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Readers' Writes Dear Readers, e got an avalanche of submissions in response to our request for prose and poetry on the theme of “Social Connections.” The lion’s share of the writing that came in addressed the theme.

As has been the case each year, we received more than we can put into the issue.

The first criterion for inclusion is whether or not a writer tackled the “social connections” topic. The second was usually length; we got a couple of really long pieces that we couldn’t really edit down as if it were a news story.

Most of the prose was some form of fiction, but we got some ruminations on current events as well, including two essays that wrestled with the idea of “whiteness” and one that began to address cause of serial murder.

In general though, most people took a more personal approach, but the interpre-

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tations of social connection went well beyond the conventional ideas of friendship, which is as we hoped.

As far as the publisher can remember the idea for Readers Writes originated with editor Sandy List, who was also the last Ithaca Times editor to manage both the news and the arts.

It is a democratic impulse that reflects the mood of the period—the 1980s—which was a left-leaning one in Ithaca. They had a socialist mayor, for Pete’s sake. While the rest of country was busy falling hard for the Reagan revolution, good ol’ Tiny Town kept the red flag waving. Relatively speaking, perhaps it still does.

Happy New Year, Bill Chaisson, managing editor Louis DiPietro, associate editor

Beginner’s Mind B y Le s lie Ihde

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n Zen, there is the notion of date, as if they have no history at all. “beginner’s mind.” Shunryu Suzuki One further point is that since I am described beginner’s mind in his not looking to stimulate or reawaken classic Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. In romantic feelings in this exercise, I ask my work as a teacher and therapist, that the date take place in the morning I use the notion of beginner’s mind and or middle of the day. I am teaching the apply it to human relationships. When I am couple to increase their clarity about having a conversation with an individual, who they are.

I start with the problem that the person You might glean the purpose of describes. In this essay, I will start with a this exercise as you imagine doing it question. Why is it that we are often hardest with your own significant other or close on the people we love the most? In other friend. If you do the exercise sincerely, words, why do we have your tensions more conflict with “What happened to the and habits can our significant other be exchanged for joyful beginner’s mind than we do with less playfulness almost of our new acquaintance immediately. significant relations? over weeks, months, The answer to Your sense of this question is very inquiry and and perhaps years of complicated, but there relations? The answer is openness return. are practices that can that we brought a set of You drop your loosen the tension usual attitudes and requirements to bear on really feel like you between people even the relationship.” when those tensions are getting to know have been incarnated someone new. In for a long time. The this case, you already best practice I have found is the practice of know that you will like them. You have a beginner’s mind. big adventure ahead of you.

To adapt this wonderful notion to my Now let’s return to the original work with couples, I created an assignment. question. Why do we get so tied up with Many therapists will ask a couple to have our loved ones that speaking with them a date night. My variation is to ask the can be like walking on eggshells? What couple to go on a date but when doing so, happened to the joyful beginner’s mind to pretend that they had never before met. of our new acquaintance over weeks, I tell the couple to go all the way with this. months and perhaps years of relations?

They are directed to ask their date what The answer is that we brought a set of he or she does for a living and whether or requirements to bear on the relationship. not he or she wants children. As the date Those requirements weren’t active when we continues the couple explores one another’s first met, but they are palpably active now. personal goals and frustrations. They do The history of both our disappointments all this as if they were Method actors. They and satisfactions underlie each conversation. enter the feeling forms of people on a first We can barely remember what these

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requirements are. Perhaps we have never articulated them and know them only by our feelings of dissatisfaction. The exercise of beginner’s mind breathes air into the tight space of entrenched patterns.

I use this loosening to my advantage to ask my couple to catch hold of the requirements that they originally brought to their relationship. This exploration takes us back to the question of what we want from each another. What happened? We begin a sort of psychological archaeology. Forgotten are the accusatory tones, the hurt and habit.

These are replaced by the curious, fumbling investigations of a modern-day Columbo.

We become children getting to know other children, or foreigners visiting an exotic new land.

Describing the trajectory of our unconscious requirements of our mate through the years is beyond the scope of this article. Suffice to say it can be found.

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We can trace it backwards from our little dissatisfactions or moments of happiness.

My exercise simply allows people to loosen themselves from the tight grasp of those demands long enough to notice and catalogue them.

When we have met the requirements we have of one another we can look them over carefully. We have two minds. One is the mind that lives in service to those previously unarticulated requirements.

One is the mind that simply notices those requirements. The second, born of beginner’s mind, is our friend in the difficult but playful journey of selfdiscovery. • Leslie Ihde is opening a practice in Ithaca at 108 South Albany Street. Information about her can be found in the Ithaca Psychology Today listing online or at her website www.spiritualself-inquiry.com.

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These walls are onion thin, translucent, we come early morning to shed all we’ve gathered over the week, to leave it here

we find there is no end, no middle inside,

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Our new name and identity is a symbol of the

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with each layer peeled, tears, with each layer peeled, more tears

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but just remember everyday this table holds a feast as long as love surrounds it, and hands, entwined, are creased, in memory of having nothing, in memory of those who’ve passed, we make this simple table an offering that lasts

from corner hutch, find harbor in the center and crystal, polished of last years drops wait empty for grape and cheer this simple table once a year becomes a banquet setting with loved ones gathered, hand in hand, in thanks and grace, and love, and after coffee, after pie, this dinner is dismantled the cups returned, the plates hand-dried the service now is ended

outside, every creature peers in at us, nods to scripture, coos to hymn they place offerings of nut, twig, nest-string and seed on sidewalks’ edge for us if you listen closely during silent prayer you can hear them, if you watch carefully on your walk home, you can see their gifts

Readers' Writes

November Interlude

by Neil Gol der

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ost of what I do these days I do with Kathy in mind. Kathy, my wife who died two years ago.

During the past two months I have been writing about her a lot. The following is an interlude. I think she would like it, both the actual event and the story about it. It’s about her, me, and the community around us.

On Monday, November 25, 2014, at North Point, Taughannock Falls State Park, I jumped into the lake—ran into it, to be exact. Bare-assed naked. Kathy would have loved to be there to see me and the others make fools, clowns, and bizarre heroes out of ourselves.

It was an exceptionally warm and sunny day for that time of year. All the leaves were down, there was a little breeze, some clouds: a delightful November break before the cold.

I wouldn’t have done this alone. Daredevilish things need others to egg you on, or at least to be there to watch. I have a friend who calls herself “d “ (birth name Danielle), a stalwart at the Ithaca Catholic Worker. D loves to swim and go into different bodies of water at various times, not just in good weather. I have sometimes speculated about going into the lake in each month of the year. May through October are doable, even if a little daunting on the edges; the other months are more than questionable. I am not of the ilk of those in the Polar Bear Clubs, those who would plunge into the ocean in January.

So when that warm end-of-November day came, I thought of d and sent her a three-word text: “Do you dare?” She did.

We spoke on the phone. I was not at home.

I didn’t have a towel, bathing suit or warm clothes for afterwards. She said she’d lend me a towel and bring some sweat pants.

When I got to the Catholic Worker house, d’s friend Chris was there. When I asked him, “Want to jump in the lake?” he said OK, hardly batting an eyelash. So off we went, the three of us and my little dog Puccini.

Yes, the water was cold, but no colder than in early July. The greatest pain was in my ankles and the most difficulty was in running on the slippery rocks to get in and out as quickly as possible. Chris and d didn’t appear to have any problems and I never even heard Chris scream. He did, however say, “Did we just jump in the lake? It happened so fast.” Puccini would not come to the water as he usually does and stood guard at the car.

We dried off, marveled about what we had done about how it was, and drove off.

Just as we were driving out, a Park Police vehicle pulls in to where we had been. Had someone made a report? Were they after

us? After all, this is not a legal place to swim and two of us were quite illegally not wearing bathing suits. And on the ride back into town down Route 89, a State Trooper was following us. In Ithaca, it seemed that around each corner we encountered another police car. There we were, feeling guilty—or at least paranoid—for the most wonderful thing we did at Cayuga Lake on November 25, 2014. •

By JR Ramirez

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I’ve met artists and addicts.

The hard to tell beatniks from the beat poets to the beat writers.

Everyone in this town full of different drummers.

The most elegant of souls to the most brazen hedonists.

Some are long gone, so long, farewell.

And there are the prodigals, the winders, the boomerang effect that this place puts on your soul.

We can all feel that affinity, the sense of place we all yearn for, the right time in the right space.

I want to hold it in my hand like the snow in the winter.

The sunny day that springs from nowhere and steals your heart.

My heart was stolen here, many times, and the last time it was stolen for good.

Like I am here in this place, for good.

With my love and my life, it is here. My hometown.

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by S ean McKean

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pen my eyes: all I see are dancers.

How long have I been dancing too, I know the music hasn’t stopped. No one looks back at me oddly, only smiles. I keep going. Feet haven’t ached in hours, sun long gone, saw old friends, made new ones, gotta be my third wind. Must be late.

But late is not a word that exists in this milieu. The illusion of time struggles to gain traction here: one of those sacred places where humans find the power to resist it. I am easily convinced it’s not late.

I look around at the people rhythmically writhing around me. They seem not to care either. We all flow together.

Time measured only in opening chords and closing encores. A connection of social proportions, music soothing all our beasts. But I am not soothed; I am stricken. Bare feet necessary to grip the Earth tighter, lest I float away.

Those feet stop halfway to their next destination. Standing outside the enclave,

I look to the sky. Having physically separated from the congregation, I regain a sense of self. My hips still swaying to the communal beat, my mind readjusting to thoughts only for the individual. There, first of which forms a question. Body knows the answer, but the mind still wonders; is dancing salvation?

Looking back wistfully at the mass of loving movement; I feel the draw. If nothing else, it certainly breeds harmony.

Even the most out of step, those with multiple left feet, them who consider themselves rhythmically challenged, they all can find their groove. Children dance in marvelous sporadic fits of joy, couples locked hand in hand move closer even if their bodies only move in circles, an old man dances alone but never lonely, I shake and shimmy allied with this dancing community. Expressing freedom found only in seamless connections to the life and land surrounding us. •

Readers' Writes

Brief Visit

by W.S. Eddy

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dults frequently shake the dust Mr. Irwin died, my dad and off one’s shoes and leave the I shed no tears. hometown for better opportunities.

My hometown was in I am no exception, but I also left because the news occasionally, and my dad had been wronged by the school sometimes I would learn system that he had conscientiously served of the death of a classmate. almost two decades. He was a good I never drove the several teacher, hardworking and dedicated. hours to attend funerals, Good though he was, he had a touch but did send memorial of naivete, and he once told me that contributions. that characteristic ruined his chances Then fate stepped in, for advancement in my hometown. The and it was because I, like my principal at his junior high had resigned, dad, had taken up bowling. and my dad’s reaction was to say, “I hope “Kent, the state tourney Mr. Tallman is appointed”. Well, Mr. is in your home town, let’s Tallman wasn’t, and the bitter, politically field a team,” suggested Hal, astute man who was made it known that one of my team’s bowlers.

“Mr. Sutherland will never be promoted to Like the despised Mr. Irwin, anything, if I have anything to say about Hal was Irish, but Hal was it!” someone I respected and Well, James Irwin did have something admired. to say about it, and my dad was never And that is why, while promoted, causing him to join the faculty waiting around for our at a State University College. But petty Mr. team’s starting time, I idly Irwin was superintendent of schools when picked up the local paper I graduated from high school, and I faced and saw an obituary for having to receive my diploma from him a woman a few years my and, of course, shaking his hand. senior. Her maiden name I My mother later told me Dad recognized immediately, for whispered, “Thank you, Bill” after the Janet Rainnie had been one school principal read the graduate’s name of my dad’s best students before mine, and ... proof, my dad once then added, “Mr. commented, that good “I’m never at ease in a people can come from Sdao, family friend Catholic church!” and Honor Society Ireland. No calling adviser, has asked hours, the article said, to issue the next but there would be a diploma”. funeral mass 11 a.m. tomorrow.

Bill Sdao gave me my diploma, we Hal, bless his Irish heart, asked, “Are shook hands, and I said, “Mr. Sdao, thank you going?” you.” He knew the enmity between Mr. “Of course not,” I answered, “I’m Irwin and my dad. It was a simple, but never at ease in a Catholic church!” meaningful, gesture.

“I will go with you,” Hal offered. “My Like many of my classmates, I went wife might be impressed if I report I had off to college and was among those who communion; she thinks all we do is miss did not return to my hometown. When easy spares and drink beer.”

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And that is how I, with Presbyterian background and Scottish blood, went to a Catholic funeral several hours before Hal and I were scheduled to bowl in doubles and singles events.

Hal and I sat together, without dress shirt and tie, but feeling adequately dressed. I was impressed when the priest said “The Our Father uses debtors, and the ending is not the longer one many Protestants use.” I did feel at ease in this Catholic church, and felt sad that a husband and children, sister, and others had lost someone they loved.

I “passed the peace” with Hal, and

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also strangers sitting near us. After communion, several hymns, and readings from the Bible, relatives filed out. First Janet’s husband and daughters passed by me, then her sister. I felt humbled when her sister looked at me, then did a double-take and smiled as if she knew me. Hal and I walked out, but stopped to sign the guest book, and, as I put the pen down, a girl, one of Janet’s daughters I soon realized, was by me, asking, “Is Mr. Sutherland your dad?”

A bit surprised, I said “Yes,” and this young girl, barely a teenager, said that her aunt and her father “really want you to come with us for my mother’s interment.”

And so it was that two bowlers, one a stranger to the community, one who had not been in it for several decades, entered a car with a “funeral” pennant and went to a Catholic cemetery for the burial of a woman I had barely known.

There wasn’t much conversation, but Janet’s sister and her husband, now her widower, made us feel welcome. “Janet always talked about your dad,” her sister said. “Mr. Sutherland told her she was one of the best students he had ever had, and that he expected to read that she had been elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Your dad had left the school while Janet was still in college, but I know she sent him an announcement of her election.”

I felt honored to be asked to be present during the burial of one of my father’s long-ago pupils. Yes, I have been told I resemble my dad, otherwise I would not have been recognized during the burial of one of my father’s long-ago pupils. Yes, it isn’t often that I stand in for my dad, but I think I did it well, and he would be proud of me being at Janet’s funeral and interment.

My hometown has several cemeteries, and I have relatives buried in the major one, but we were at the Catholic cemetery,

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Readers' Writes

Watching Missiles

by Annika Pinch

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Summer Tensions he day I arrived in Jerusalem, a 16year-old Palestinian, Muhammad Hussein Abu Khdeir, was found dead in a Jerusalem Forest. This killing, along with the killing of three Israeli teenagers a few days before, sparked what the Israeli government called, “Operation Protective Edge,” a violent escalation between Hamas and Israel. The killing of these teenagers revealed the great lengths to which people would go to inflict damage on the other side. Both sides were in mourning, and both sides were angry, eventually leading to a devastating conflict in which many more people would be killed.

The funeral of Khdeir on July 4 sparked street riots around East Jerusalem. Several light-rail stations were destroyed by Palestinian protestors, who also threw large rocks, cracking the windows of the light rail itself. These attacks on Israeli infrastructures meant that the light rail stopped its service to certain areas, including my own.

Tensions were high and rising: both Israeli-Arabs and Israeli-Jews were subject to verbal assault or even physical attacks. The majority of Arabs would not go into Jewish areas, and vice versa; I had never seen such a strict entrenchment of ethnic boundaries.

Protesting for Peace Looking back through history, there are plenty of examples of warring places that eventually reached some sort of peace. This was my hope for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Yet that hope was somewhat shattered as I saw the reality of the situation. It was painful to hear stories of young right-wing extremist Jewish mobs going into stores looking for Palestinian-Israeli workers to attack.

Furthermore, the conflict was not only restricted to a simple struggle between Arabs and Jews; there were also clashes between right-wing and left-wing Jews.

One of the protests I witnessed occurred in Zion Square on Jaffa Street, a major shopping area in West Jerusalem.

There, a small number of left-wing Jews sat in a circle lighting candles, singing songs for peace and promoting nonviolence. However, more and more rightwing extremists rapidly gathered and began chanting loudly, disturbing the anti-violence demonstration taking place.

There were police standing around, but they didn’t get involved. At one point some first-aid officers, who had been standing by, jumped onto motorcycles and rode off at great speed. The right-wing mob, all in their teens, instantaneously chased after them. One of them ran by me; he had a 8 The I thaca Times / D ece

ferocious look in his eye. At that moment, it was not clear to me whether there would ever be a solution to the Middle East conflict. The hatred on the street was so palpable that I couldn’t see how it was ever going to change. Yet people just 20 feet away continued eating, shopping, and socializing, unfazed by the commotion around them. It’s almost admirable how people can continue on with their everyday lives under increasingly abnormal and unstable circumstances.

Zion Square. (Photo: britinjerusalem.com)

Watching Missiles from the Rooftop In the following days, the code red alert sirens went off to warn of incoming missiles. The first time they sounded, I had no idea what was happening. Luckily, I was with a Greek Israeli in the Old City of Jerusalem. I expected us to go into a mamad (a safe room) or into his basement. Instead, he looked at me and said, “Maybe we go to the balcony on the roof. Let’s go.” He walked me up a narrow set of stairs up to his roof in order to see if we could see the incoming missiles. I felt shaky, but at the same time, having grown up in the peaceful upstate New York town of Ithaca, it was impossible for me to fathom the idea of missiles coming towards me. It seemed so unreal that it didn’t scare me. As I looked into the night sky, I heard two loud booms, indicating that the Iron Dome (Israel’s’ missile defense system) had shot down the incoming missiles. The sirens lasted just a minute, yet it seemed much longer. Then it became uncomfortably quiet. Now what?

My question was answered as I walked through the streets of the Old City.

Everyone was asking each other, “Did you hear the boom boom?” Which would be followed by, “Yes I heard the boom boom!”

Then they would all laugh and walk on.

For them, nothing that extraordinary had just occurred. That is simply how m b e r

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it is here. There may be missiles, riots, demonstrations, and police forces everywhere, but life continues, and the seemingly abnormal becomes the normal.

A Visitor in Jerusalem Everyone experiences such a conflict differently. I do not live in Israel and was merely visiting during a summer of conflict. Many Ithacans upon my return would ask me, “Wasn’t it scary to have missiles raining down on you?” No, I would reply. My fear of walking along the streets every day in a city exploding with ethno-religious hatred was far greater.

People were unpredictable, and I didn’t feel the same sense of security that I was used to in Ithaca. I didn’t have a sense of safety or a sense of belonging. I was an outsider, desperately trying to make sense of this ‘situation,’ as locals often called it. Yet being a foreigner had its advantages. It meant that I could go into Arab and Jewish neighborhoods, freely crossing ethnic boundaries.

The constant racial profiling, however, meant that people were always evaluating you, looking at you. Are you Palestinian? Are you Israeli?

Who are you? Where are you from? Why are you here?

I felt like I walked around with a tag stuck to my head—blonde hair, Englishspeaking, backpack—all the signs of a foreigner. I was told by many that during such times it is actually better to look like a foreigner, whilst others recommended that I should try to blend in. I was told by some to try and speak Hebrew and Arabic, by others, only to speak English.

The truth, I began to realize, was that there was no one right way of navigating such a conflict.

I was used to having different kinds of conversations in Ithaca, on subjects as diverse as the ever-growing deer population to the cold winters. In Israel, every conversation I had shifted to the conflict, its politics, the violence, and speculations on what would happen next?

Was peace possible? At a dinner party I attended, the mere mention of Gaza or the civilian deaths brought a man to the verge of tears. It is emotional for everyone, no matter what side you are on.

Prospects for Peace?

I’m not sure how peace will be achieved, if ever. The majority of others who experienced this ever-escalating conflict unfold over the hot summer months, whether they be Palestinians or Israelis, seem to be gripped by similar sentiments.

Yet, as many peace activists would argue (see www.pij.org), peace is too precious to be left for politicians to negotiate. Instead, it is the people that need to learn to accept, understand, and try to learn about the other side. People sometimes lose sight of a fundamental

fact: we are all human. Teenagers have lost their lives in a battle that isn’t theirs to fight. Innocent civilians, of all ages, have been injured or killed. When will the pain and suffering end? When will people see that the lives of one community are worth the same as another regardless of the fact of their ethnic or religious identity? As Omar Nada insightfully asserted in an essay published in the Palestine-Israel Journal: “The killer and the killed are both losers because the killed will have lost his life and the killer his humanity.” •

By L. Anna McIntyre

Thoughts

So, I can keep things inside if you want I can let things be still for a long, long time.

You do not have to see. You do not have to listen.

Or I can let my thoughts have wings and fly out to freedom, to progress, to human, and, yes, social connection.

With you present?

I own these thoughts, these feelings, these needs.

They are not projections onto you.

They invite your thoughts, your feelings, your needs.

Take them or leave them and fly.

Stories to Share

You say you have a story to share—an insight, a musing?

How will it be? And to whom?

Will it be via the Book of Faces perhaps considered as one hurriedly scans or contemplatively reviews recent posts?

Will it be via text?

Will you hear the person on the other end?

Will you see the person respond?

Feel the person’s energy? Know the person?

Introvert-Extrovert Spectrum

Social connection is what I want but not the kind that’s in one’s face, that talks non-stop, that gets in one’s space and does not leave not the kind that is solely social-media deep but instead the kind that is okay with spaces in togetherness, that picks up where it left off, that never forgets it exists no matter what.

So Often Communities Inspire Aliveness and Lasting CONNECTION

Readers' Writes

By Katharyn Howd Machan

In London They Were Down the Hall

Wolves, all of them. Taking turns to sneak out for sushi and raw burgers on warm buns. Chuckling in that low-down dirty way that makes a woman check her skirt to see if her underwear’s showing.

Music from an old phonograph, the same black record over and over, jazz from some city in the States, a loud long horn, percussion. News travels fast from window to window so I heard when the hunters came.

Beer bellies in sweaty suits, guns cocked and ready for fun. I got out fast and headed for Paris.

We pigeons could always be next.

Linden Tree Every three months when the moon’s half full Fox meets him here, the praying soldier, where clean grass grows tall and lush and starlings have circled until each has found its perfect place on a branch. He never has to open his eyes; she simply makes her red way to him and lays her muzzle upon his knees where they bend to touch

like a fat mouse on a Friday.

But they don’t want ceramic owls anymore in the home of their hearts: they spread their sighs into pale sky and let the sharp green-billed collector hunt among long wooden tables behind the let’s-keep-fools-away taut rope.

Fourth of July Salsa rhythms pulse our short leafed street as ten children at the drug dealers’ house ride bright bikes and cry as Big Wheels smack and crash on narrow lawns. A storm

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strong earth. No matter the season, sky open or full, he is there and she is there until dawn calls small dark wings flying.

Fox knows what it is to be a Crone a lost young man can value: magic in all that she does not say, the weight of her head, her amber gaze what quietly helps him find his way. for Donna Andrews

The Collector of Ceramic Owls goes to garage sales: often.

Gets there as an early bird and hoots to be let inside before the time the papers stated, before the sellers have come outside with sugared cups of coffee.

The collector of ceramic owls seems to peer, near-sighted, at a watch and blink in blank apology for disturbing, distressing, discomforting, and then wings a winsome way of asking yet again: Could it be, surely, possible just to take a short good look?

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Whiskey Tango Sideshow At the burlesque with a grin and a twitch the Devil slyly sneaks into the line of tattooed dancers in glimmering thongs and sequin pasties on vigorous breasts that swing and circle in colored lights.

His own haunches gleam with fur but it’s satin-fine so it looks like tights and even the goat horns on his head could be part of a painted leather mask.

Everywhere red wine is pouring into crystal cups as wide lips laugh: how snakily he shimmies and thrusts his muscled buttocks and writhing tail, knowing he won’t be going home alone when moonlight drops her spangled veil.

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Do I Know Who?

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ohn was content with his life. It was be rummaging through his discarded always sunny in his world as, ever since papers. However, he had reached that he had retired, John made it a point older age where people are advised to be to never go out of the house when it was especially careful, and to be on the lookout raining. Today was a pleasantly warm and for con artists and scammers. sunny June Friday morning, so John was A black Cadillac slowly pulled up putting out the recyclables. Except for a alongside John. The car was a bit worn few cans and some no-deposit bottles, and had an out-of-state license plate. It his bins generally contained a wealth of was driven by a black man, and there was newspapers and magazines, half read or a black woman in the seat next to him. oftentimes unread. The recycle pickup With a hum, the passenger side window used to occur very early, sometimes even slid itself open. John put down the bin he before dawn, so John had previously put was holding and cautiously stepped back a the containers out on Thursday night. few paces.

Now the truck didn’t come until 1:00 or “Excuse me, sir,” the driver said 1:30 in the afternoon, so he could put the leaning over the woman to speak through bins out after he had breakfast. John was the window. happier with this “Yes . . . ” John new schedule, as he replied, gradually “... he was a person who moving a bit closer to had been somewhat was moved only by those the car. uncomfortable leaving the contents “Do you know things that concerned of his recycling him directly, so had never where (he said a bins out overnight. name that John didn’t gotten to know any of his recognize) lives?”

Although he was neighbors.” always careful to the man asked in a shred any papers circumspect way, and with personal information on them, John then added; “We have a house number, worried he might have missed something but must have written it down wrong, it useful to scavenging identity thieves. doesn’t match any of the places on this John lived on a rural road with no road . . . but I am sure of the name of the neighbors on either side of his house or road.” across the street for about a quarter of a “Do I know who?” mile. The road was a steep hill, and there The man in the Cadillac slowly were only a few houses on it, which were repeated his question. clustered at the top and at the bottom. As Now John had lived on this road it had no sidewalks, John considered it a long time—long enough to see the rather unlikely that any passers-by would mortgage on his house paid off. However,

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that, Mamma? This here must be some kind of a town. A black family lives on this man’s street, and he doesn’t even know it. Back where we’all come from he’d be planning on moving out.” Speaking to John, “Thank you, mister; we’ll try farther on up the hill.” With that said the man rolled up his window and drove off, contentment apparently reigning on both sides of the conversation.

Having become somewhat perplexed by the man’s comment, John walked slowly back up the driveway to his house.

For the rest of the morning John busied himself with his yard work. When his wife returned from the supermarket he would ask her if she knew where the black family lived on their road. •

he was a person who was moved only by those things that concerned him directly, so had never gotten to know any of his neighbors, as they were not exactly next door, and a lot of the tenants at the top of the hill were renters, college students who were always moving in and out. John thought a moment before replying: “I can’t say that I know of anybody by that name.”

“He’s the father. It’s a black family recently moved here,” the man explained with a business-like gravity, hoping to jog John’s memory.

“Oh,” John replied, nonplussed, “I didn’t know that there was a black family living on this road.”

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to be a part of and feel enormously blessed to have ended up making my life here for the long haul almost by accident.

But it is a community that in many respects coheres around privilege (economic, ethnic, educational), perhaps remains comfortable in part because of unconscious exclusion.

It is also a community that no longer includes Richard and his family. When we returned from our annual summer sojourn in Missouri that year we learned that they were gone. No more would the three joyful daughters be racing up and down the sidewalk on their bikes or would Richard be unloading some kind of meager money-making cargo from his van.

If I knew little about the circumstances of Richard’s family’s life while they lived on our street, I know nothing about where they went.

Transience is a given in Ithaca, as in most college towns. But there are different kinds of transience, and I suspect that Richard and his family were priced out of the neighborhood, but still live in the area.

We don’t any longer live in the world described by W.E.B. DuBois in the story “The Story of the Coming of John” in The Souls of Black Folk, a wrenching tale of a black man being lynched merely for becoming educated in the Jim Crow South. Yet we do still live with color lines, less visible than they once were perhaps, or less likely to be enforced through terror and vigilantism, but they are there. You can see them in Ithaca, and during gatherings like Porch Fest they may become a bit more visible to the city’s majority population. Or you could probably just ask any African-American in town where they are.

At Porch Fest that Sunday I had something of a revelation about how easy it is for me to control what social circles I am part of. How easy it is for the privileged to do that. How much power we all have in drawing color lines, even when we don’t realize we are. I recently saw the movie Glory for the first time in nearly 20 years, and was struck by one of the remarks Denzel Washington’s character makes to Robert Shaw about the mess of race in the U.S. Shaw: “It stinks, I suppose.”

Trip: “Yeah, it stinks bad. And we all covered up in it. Ain’t nobody clean. Be nice to get clean though.”

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UnbearableWhiteness

By Michael Smith

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or the third year in a row Porch Fest was blessed with perfect late summer weather. Mid-seventies temperature, sunlight angled for the equinox filtered through leaves that were just beginning to turn. The neighborhood was filled with the sounds of guitar, mandolin, pennywhistle, fiddle, baritone, alto, tenor, trumpet, trombone. If anyone should doubt that making and experiencing music won’t bring a smile to your face and help you feel connected to other people, well, I defy such a person to wander around the streets of Fall Creek and its periphery on Porch Fest Sunday.

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As I sat watching the Sim Redmond Band and the hundred or so listeners moving in what I can only describe as the “white person sway” to their jam band sound (I found myself wanting to move too, even though I was seated cross-legged on the ground), I began reflecting on the unbearable whiteness of Ithaca. Most of the people wandering the streets during Porch Fest are my tribe, insofar as I have one—liberal, (over)educated, informal in manner and dress, all presuming to have a pretty good idea of what sustainability means, all reasonably civic-minded, most theoretically in favor of a proposed backyard chicken city ordinance. Last year the neighborhood was filled with as many “Make the Minimum Wage a Living Wage” signs as Porch Fest signs. Most people in the neighborhood, I suspect, twice voted for Obama. Most—myself, again, included—think of themselves as enlightened about matters related to race.

I began to consider the possibility that one of the reasons Porch Fest is so beloved and comfortable—indeed, has become perhaps the only downtown event that doesn’t involve drinking or the Commons shopping district to attract small numbers of curious Cornell University and Ithaca College undergrads—is its whiteness. It is a whiteness produced not by white supremacy or lesser conscious forms of racial exclusion, but by an unconscious collective failure to understand the ways “ex”-clusiveness works in our supposedly enlightened little burg.

The overwhelming majority of white denizens of Ithaca live, work, play, and, worship in environments that are generally homogenous. I don’t think many of us white, liberal Ithacans take note of that enough. Most of us certainly don’t find ourselves in environments where we are the only person, or one of only a handful of people who look like we do.

So I found myself wondering: what does Porch Fest look (and sound) like to the outsider, and who might that outsider be? In what ways is it inviting? If the venues extended a few blocks further

west into a more African-American neighborhood, would the throngs drift that way? Or is this again an example of residential “self-selection,” effectively foreclosing meaningful street interactions, social connections?

Two years ago, my family hosted a band in our front yard (our porch not being one that faced the street). At one point our neighbor Richard (not his real name), with whom I’d exchanged pleasantries on occasion, but whose name I didn’t even know for the first two years we lived on the street, approached me and asked if he might say a blessing between numbers. In addition to being some kind of handyman who seemed to work at least six days a week (among other things he sometimes cut up scrap metal in his backyard to sell), I think he was a preacher.

Richard and his family (three daughters and spouse, who is white) lived in one unit of one of the few houses on our block that is not at least partly owneroccupied. Now, I certainly don’t know every person on our block and Richard’s kids were enough older than ours that Photo: Tim Gera they didn’t interact much. But I don’t think it occurred to any of us with young children to inquire whether his early voice boomed out of the speaker, though teen daughters might be interested in he really needed no amplification. I don’t babysitting, despite there being a very real remember what he said exactly, though need for that, especially of the “two hours I know he invoked God or the Lord at some afternoon” variety. No, Richard and the outset because many of the tribe of his family existed on the periphery of life white, liberal, secular Ithaca shifted a bit on our block and in our neighborhood. nervously and looked down or away. Very They were not alone in this regard, few had closed their eyes or bowed their nor were most of the others ethnically heads in the customary way of prayer. distinctive from the majority of people But then a short blessing of such genuine who live on the thanksgiving—for street. But I couldn’t “Yet we do still live with the beautiful day, for help wondering how the joy of music, for color lines, less visible Richard and his the safe passage of all than they once were family felt they were these people through perceived. perhaps, or less likely to be the neighborhood— As the band in enforced through terror poured out of him our yard jammed its even the most and vigilantism, but they that way toward the end secular person in are there.” of a tune I said to the crowd could Richard, “sure, fine not have but been with me. But you’ll grateful too. Grateful have to ask the band.” In a way, this put for all those things Richard invoked, yes, the bandleader, whom I’d only met earlier but for Richard himself as well. I suspect that afternoon, in a position where he his benediction may be the only one really had no choice but to say yes. And ever delivered at Porch Fest. For me at the secular humanist in me cringed at the least—and I really can’t presume to know thought that as host I would be tacitly what was going on in the heads and hearts endorsing what would almost certainly be of other people in the crowd—this seemed an overtly Christian prayer with possibly like a moment of authentic connection, evangelical overtones. The part of me that unity through the ephemeral grace of is constantly disgusted by how hard it can collective thanksgiving. be to just not care what other people think Music-making has that unifying wanted to slap the secular humanist. But power too, and as I wandered the tribal affiliations can beget conformity. neighborhood this year I could see the After the final chord echoed through magical way soundwaves carried on the amp, Richard and the lead singer had a an early autumn breeze can reinforce brief consultation off mike. Then Richard’s community. It is a community I am proud

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etween 1989 and 2005 I was a meth addict, and I allowed my life to slowly spiral out of control until I eventually lost everything I owned and was living on the streets in Los Angeles.

In 2005 I managed to finally get sober, and I knew I had to get out of Los Angeles and away from my “friends” if I were going to succeed in my journey to a sober life.

I moved to a small town in Wisconsin, started working, finally had health insurance and saw a doctor when I wasn’t feeling well one day. When I told the doctor about my background, she ran countless blood tests to look for everything from AIDS to high cholesterol levels.

The tests came back positive for hepatitis C. I started treatment immediately and beat hepatitis C in 2007. The day I received the test results I knew it was my second chance at life.

I was more than two years into my sobriety, and I felt strong and able to take on any challenge before me. I understood what a miracle beating hepatitis C was, and I felt this was life’s way of saying, “You earned this chance. Now do something with it.”

I decided to go to college for the first time in my life. My sister, who works at Cornell, offered to allow me to live with her in Ithaca while I attended college classes in Ithaca. I flew to Ithaca in July of 2007 and started classes at TC3 in August.

In May of 2009 I graduated from that two-year degree graphic design program with a 4.0 GPA. I was awarded numerous national and local scholarships, which then made it possible for me to transfer to R.I.T. in September of 2009 for their four-year graphic design program.

The TC3’s graphic design program teaches you a lot of manual design and design theory, as do many two-year graphic design programs. I had not really been on a computer in a decade, and I was enrolling in computer graphic design classes at a college centered on technology. This was going to get interesting.

As an incoming 47-year-old junior, I was in classes with 20-year-old students, and it was clear that I did not fit in. On the first day of classes it became evident that I was going to have a difficult time bringing my computer skills to the level of my young classmates. In the first week of classes my classmates were whipping through in-class assignments while I struggled along and tried to just learn the design programs as I went.

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As the tutoring came to a close that year we still met almost every day after classes and hung out together talking, laughing and critiquing each other’s work.

We had become friends.

That year Brandon helped me chose my first smart phone, and I could finally text! We sent text messages when we were unable to talk on the phone or meet up on campus to talk. We shopped together

as quickly as possible was going to be one of my biggest hurdles to overcome.

At one point during the first couple weeks of classes, a fellow student, Brandon Kelloway, approached me when he saw that I was struggling with the software programs. He seemed curious about me, and he offered to help teach me the programs after classes. I did not feel comfortable with him donating his time to me, so I got him accepted as the first graphic-design-software tutor, and TRIO Student Services at R.I.T. funded the tutoring sessions.

We met almost every day after classes, and we would work on Photoshop, InDesign or Illustrator projects.

As my skills with the programs were honed, Brandon and I would talk and share life stories. I gradually revealed my entire past to him over late night coffees while working Brandon Kelloway and Julianna Truesdale. (Photo: provided) on our projects together. We would laugh and sometimes cry, as my life story unfolded in front of and turned to each other for advice. We Brandon. We would end up chatting long felt genuine joy and pride when the other past the allotted tutoring time. received an award or accolade, and we As I divulged the stories of my drug nursed each another back to health when addiction, homelessness and victimization one of us wasn’t feeling well. Our friendon the streets to Brandon I looked for any ship deepened. sign of incomprehension in his face or a We were an odd pair: a smart, creflash of judgment in his eyes. They never ative, gay 20-year-old guy who had always

made the “right” decisions and an intelligent, creative, and determined 47-year-old ex-addict, ex-felon, heterosexual woman with this crazy past. I knew that people must look at us and find us a strange pairing. I wondered what his parents must have thought of me, but Brandon has his own mind and made decisions based on his own personal experiences with people.

The following year we were seniors at R.I.T., and as such we chose to create one of our senior projects as a team.

That project was life changing for both of us. We developed an organization, “Keep Rochester,” which we designed to humanize the experience of having to live in a shelter. Brandon felt as passionately about this idea as I did.

Keep Rochester helped shelters meet unmet needs, worked to get prostitutes off the street, campaigned to get much needed toiletries to shelters and most importantly, it created a student club to bridge the gap between R.I.T. students and their community. It was a major success, and we had the support of the entire R.I.T. community.

Working every day with Brandon on that project and spending so much time on the streets and in shelters strengthened our bond. I also saw the shift in how the students looked at Brandon and I. We were no longer a strange pair. We were just great friends and fellow students.

Today Brandon is a graphic designer in Rochester and I am a production director in Ithaca. We talk and text several times daily, and we see one another every chance we get. We feel like we have known each other forever. We complete each others sentences, and we know what the other is thinking. I never would have imagined that a connection that began with a young man being kind and compassionate to an older student would have ended with a lifetime friendship, but here we are. •

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need them to sustain a life on land. Of he golden opportunity to shine course I have no desire to thrive on shore, on the global front of the blazing but, if compelled, I think I would be just digital horizon is of course one of my favorite subjects when I am pretending fine. Deep inside, I feel fine. I would study philosophy and meet interesting people. to be snorkeling with scuba divers off the I just hope I don’t run into crazy people coast of Belize. That’s really all I know or because they don’t treat you right. They all I can think about. But even though want you to hate them forever, and you I have all of these unusual physical are supposed to take them seriously. They handicaps and sometimes they make me just don’t respect your freedom. I have a cry, I feel great a lot of the time, and I ton of fashion ideas, and I love outfits. If I like the feeling of my back, and I like the lived on shore, I can entertain myself for a feeling of my body, and sometimes I feel lifetime just on fashion. I don’t care about like I am the most enchanting creature politics. I just don’t. I like science, but I in the entire world. I feel wonderful, and have a terrible time with I always think about it, because I don’t have dancing, especially when the patience to collect the sound of music perks my data before jumping my ears. When I am idly to conclusions. swaying by the postI like ideas, and Sandy Jersey shore, I just I’m terribly curious want to start dancing. about spirituality. I can’t But I don’t dance that tell what is what, so I much. Sometimes I do prefer to read just about and I really get going. everything. Acting is That’s one reason I also something I like. am frustrated with my I like art but I hate the social connections. There way it’s displayed now. is no solid ground in I am sure there are the ocean. Then there some artists who are are all of these other nice but the industry tacky creatures floating is suffocating their by. The dolphins are creativity. They want the great. I love the way same pattern over and they communicate over again, because with a smile. Being a (Photo: copenhagendenmark.co.uk) it’s bound to sell and mermaid in a fish bowl sell even more. I is just awful but being think art has become a selfie mermaid is a an issue for vanity. I find that awfully wild experience, which is why I don’t boring, and I don’t like it. Neither do I like want to live on shore. I don’t really know reading art criticism. quite what to make of the mermaid’s place I miss my dear sea friends, and I like in society. I have not been able to find to float to them from time to time. Lately, I any underground books on mermaids. feel everything is on the verge of collapse.

It depresses me, and it seems whenever But I love being myself. I love going places I snatch a dry smartphone, I find and seeing people and just being happy; something written by a male philosopher trying on new things; trying on different or something, I come on these painful, personalities; fantasizing about what it stumbling blocks where I realize how would be like to wear cosmic outfits. I they really feel about mermaids is not that wonder about love, too. I wonder if on great. shore I would ever be in love. I sure hope After a while, I try again, thinking so, because I like a solid relationship. maybe it’s really not that bad. Most of the But the way the world is I don’t think ones I read are mystics anyway. Still I love e-reading water-resistant tablets, especially I’ll ever be that lucky. If I lived on land in Denmark or Greenland, I don’t think any concerning Copenhagen mermaids.

I want a husband, unless I find a really What intrigues me is the mystique—not good, loving one. I do want to have lots of mystics—the warm cry of empathy. If I babies. Of course I would need some kind had the option of breathing on shore, all of career so I can support them through I would be interested in doing is dancing, college. But first, before I have a baby, I reading and painting. My wanting to must meet my soul mate, the father of my be a selfie artist sounds to me a nice unborn child. Chances of that are slim. way of making a decent living, which is But you never know. It’s a huge world, something, I am prepared to handle. And and I just want to have fun with my social if I got to be a famous artist then maybe connections. That would be great for a I’ll get some recognition and fame. while on shore, and then I would have to These are all the things I don’t really leave. • care about, but it seems like you kind of 14

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7/17/13 If your best friend of forty plus years has the loving idea to buy you a massage at the Chelsea Pier Fitness Center in New York City on 19th Street and 7th Avenue Be sure to ask for Karen Though a tiny little thing, she will give you a very strong massage making sure to pay particular attention to the trouble spots, like your winging scapula, swollen arm, painful cording, and terrified heart She might say “What have you been holding on to that you must let go of?” and as you lie there weeping though younger than you by forty plus years she will call you “sweet one” and tell you that even if the body’s ailing the soul is never sick

If You Get Cancer

7/3/13 If you get cancer I hope you have the good fortune of having a sister-in-law like mine Because when you feel discouraged she will be there On one of the more terrifying days just throw open the windows plop down on the sofa pick up the phone and listen to one of the messages that you have saved about how she’s praying to her Jewish God “or whoever helps us out up there” Your favorite message might sound something like this: “Hello my sister-in-law You don’t have to call me back I don’t want to bother you I’m just calling to say I love you and my prayers and best wishes are for you every day And my mom who loved you right until the end, O.K.?

You were one of her favorite people She will be there for you So will my father because he always used to say ‘Oh, if I was young again; she is gorgeous!’

He loved you I talk to them every night I know that they’re going to be there for you

You don’t have to call me back and you know What can I say?

Anyway I just wanted to let you know You have been such a part of our life I just miss you and wish I could be there to hold you In my heart I am Rest your soul and body You will find the strength and energy To take this journey” Now if you are blessed enough to possess a message like this then surely you have done something right and while you may worry about the mistakes you have made or beat yourself up for errors and oversights do not imagine for one minute that the cancer you carry is your fault Your sister-in-law loves you That’s all you need to know

The Best Years of My Life

11/13 Just wanted you to know that I tried to find you on Facebook I was hoping if I found you you might give me your address so I can list you as one of my beneficiaries and when I die, you would get recompense for all the hard work you did and the several years of your life you gave me before I threw your clothes into the yard and burned your books When I left that note saying my dad was going to kill you I hope you didn’t believe me When I ripped the spark plugs from your car and chased you through the woods I hope you know it’s not because I hated you nor that you did anything wrong really though having an affair could be seen as such I wonder where you are now and how you are doing if you are well or even alive I truly hope so If I could find you on Facebook and you would give me your address I would list you as one of my beneficiaries I would say I’m sorry and make sure to thank you for giving me the best years of my life

White Privilege

Readers' Writes

by Anthony Gallucci

When addressing the impact of seem as innate to the being of whiteness; terminology on the development of social and therefore it is identified with and circumstances, culture and personal incorporated into lifestyle and culture lifestyle choices and approaches, it is of whiteness as a seemingly natural, relevant to begin by defining the terms deserved and an honorable venture for being critiqued. The terms focused on are white people/allies to partake in (i.e. the “whiteness,” so-called “white people/white exploitation of so-called “other” people). allies” and “white privilege.” The terms are Therefore in the U.S., to the person explained at the end of this opinion piece. whom embodies whiteness, giving it up n the aftermath of the most recent is a dangerous and unnatural option that deaths of black men by the ‘whiteness’ secures their exclusion from the so-called dominated police force, it is relevant perceived “privilege” group that may to address the root cause. In my opinion, result from their participation in, and in the U.S. there is a direct relation attempted or successful hegemony. between common misconceptions of If we call it what it is (uncivil), then ‘white privilege’ and the resulting deaths we will not continue to be educated into of innocent black men. thinking that ‘whiteness’ is privileged.

In the U.S. there are common Sadly, the impact of this terminology promotions is not limited to the and behaviors white people’s/allies “... to the person whom perpetuated perception and behavior embodies whiteness, that serve to from it. To giving it up is a dangerous resulting indoctrinate the the contrary, all people and unnatural option ...” are negatively impacted concept that the (and some die) by the social position uncivil approaches to held by whiteliving that are exhibited through adopting skinned people in the United States ‘whiteness’ as a guiding social approach. of America offers benefits, advantages I find solace in the faith that soon and/or favor. The social offerings are supposed as ‘white privilege’. The so-called all people will make the right choice for the sustainability and peace for all people ‘privileges’ are promoted as justifiably on the planet. There should be a selfhoarded and occasionally they are reflection on the part of all people, if they extended to white allies. feel uncomfortable with this actuality.

The social position, though salient It should be a personal, psychological, in the disproportionate allocation of resources and access towards white emotional, and social reflection that people/allies, is not a privilege. Rather a could inspire positive and civil behavioral privilege is earned (e.g., completing of changes. I implore you; we need to homework affords a child the ‘privilege’ seriously revamp our personal and social to have a cookie). Simply put, it is not structures before things get even worse. a privilege to exploit, oppress, murder, Terminology disenfranchise or minimize another Whiteness: The socio-economic person (or oneself) to acquire more and psychological promotion, practice, resources, materials and/or access to theology and ideology of “white” them.

(European/Western culture) as the Essentially, those behaviors can be dominant group with perceived deserved defined as uncivilized. The characteristic access to benefit off of any structure (uncivility) has been misconstrued to engulfed in it.

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“White” person/”white” ally: A person with interest in and willing to participate and/or embody “whiteness” as their guiding ideology, practice, promotion, theology and social organizing tool. All things, nations, states, corporations, and persons that utilize

racial construction or socio-ethnicpolitical hierarchy in an effort to oppress people of the world (e.g., Barack Obama and George W. Bush II). • Anthony Gallucci is a 2008 graduate of Ithaca College and lives in Boulder, Colo.

By Jane Smith

At a Station on the Underground Railroad

When stationmaster spots escaping slave she knows at once the sacrifices made.

He’s seen her quilt: she leads him to the barn he’s manacled, in irons, his back’s been harmed.

He’s barefoot, tattered rags adorn his frame he’s caked with sweat and grime, his walk is lame.

She carries lamp and leads him to the hay as he ascends, she hears him softly pray.

She sends her husband for the Quaker smith who helps them in their cause; he has the gift.

Her husband brings him water, washes wounds and strong Black flesh; no longer is he bound.

Her husband’s clothes make do: they fit him well and as he sleeps, they guard their barn; don’t tell the neighbors how, by candlelight, they wrote a freedom paper full of burning hope.

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This Is Not a Happy Poem I am bad company For my cat.

I am so depressed I’m not sure I can write this poem.

I talk to my friends And my family On the phone But when I hang up I am alone.

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My worried mind And my fear That this pain is really What I deserve.

Jigsaw Life is like a jigsaw A composition of many pieces Part of a big picture.

Adding pieces, subtracting pieces Some days they fit, Some days they don’t.

Which pieces make the puzzle?

Are there too many, or too few, Or one that just won’t go?

I curse my empty heart.

This loneliness is surely All my fault.

I entertain the notion That I’m no good, That life is a curse, With no way out, And God will damn me When I die.

We seek harmony.

Try to keep it simple.

There are seasons of the day.

Some days seem so long, Some days are here and gone So soon.

I look around at my things.

My things don’t make me happy, Though maybe they do On a better day.

Mine is a well-furnished misery.

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What part do I play?

Sometimes I feel small, Sometimes I am all there is.

I am a moveable piece.

I am a part of your puzzle If I’m lucky.

Hope that I’ll fit in.

How do we put it back together When it all falls apart?

I have a long list Of things to do, But no inspiration.

The cat is sleeping Out of desperation.

The quiet in my apartment Is like pressure.

I feel I will explode Like the Big Bang When God realized That He was alone.

When the pieces fall in place We thank God, or luck, Or our own resourcefulness.

When we add up the parts And come up with a whole, When the pieces put together Become a beautiful scene Call it a good day.

I am sure that God is kinder Than I believe On days like these.

So I pray that He will ease

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he woman I married and I were taking the railroad to the wake of a friend’s father. I knew my friend since were together at the same high school our U.S. senator attended on Long Island. He, my friend, was currently selling coins over the phone, trying to get into fake arm and leg school, and taking various drugs with me on Friday nights.

He is Irish, a surfer and lives now in Denver or Chicago. I have an analogous social status.

My girlfriend knew him a number of months and though, I’m sure, she was charmed by him, she disliked drugs. The only friends I saw, were drug friends.

His father had died. We got to the home about fifteen minutes to the closing hour

of the final night of the viewing. We, my girlfriend and I, had just stepped over the threshold of the room and had stopped there. We saw the body and my friend, the people. I remember it was bright.

My friend came right over. He had it in hand, I could see. His mother came over. My friend said to his mother, “You know Raymond, and this is his friend Lori.” And then he said to us, “My Mother, Mrs. Mulligan.”

Mrs. Mulligan extended her hand to Lori. Lori took her hand and, this is the only way to say it, burst into tears. I looked at Lori and thought, “I’m going to marry this person.” •

By Tyrus Raymond

Every Conversation with Someone Who Desperately Wants to Be Associated with New York City

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o. How was your weekend?

“Oh I went to the Pace Gallery down in Chelsea, right between 180th street and 62nd Boulevard, between 6657th Street and Roadhouse Avenue, directly across the street from Muko’s Juke Joint, that place where ol’ Ronny Lozziano did the jig on top of his toupee back in the 1970s.

You know of it, right? Surely, you do. It’s right near the Bowery, the Brill Building and another Building That Starts with the Letter B, beneath the Metro B line – between 7th Avenue and 43rd street, where Central Park meets up with Cha Cha’s espresso bar (ever had coffee there? It’s so DOPE!) – that takes you clear through to Manhattan, Staten Island, you know, all the Boroughs. Anyway, we had lunch at Cheeky’s, this little place between 91st and 16th – I just LOVE that area, don’t you? – and then rode the A train to 157th Avenue and 545th Street, between 6th and Lakeside, right before 81st meets up with 38th. You know where I’m talking about, surely you do.” • 16

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By Kathleen Lilley

For Dodo Walking early in the morning most days for five years.

Three close friends laughing and talking—Jae’s art, our kids, jobs, selling houses, Strategizing, seeking advice from each other, telling funny stories.

Our childhoods.

Adventures. Men. Travel. You had been just about everywhere. Your breast cancer.

Last Saturday, at Sage Chapel, four hundred people came despite August heat, Including a past president of Cornell.

You were a big deal there.

Your only child, a poised eighteen, spoke in very human terms about his mother.

Others called you sparkling, fun, always beautiful, impulsive, accomplished, smart, warm, modest, lacking in self-pity, a matchmaker, generous and, above all, a good friend.

You were the leader, the fastest walker, the loudest talker, The most literate, the most raucous, the constant planner of parties.

I loved your voracious energy and your appetite for my anecdotes.

Evenings you would often make faces at my window, some spontaneous plot afoot Or some philosophical disagreement to finish.

Together we’d pick up on our veggie share and make pesto and your potato-beet salad.

There were endless summers on your porch, boys tromping in and out.

And Christmas Eves with our families singing and dancing Around your tree alight with real candles.

And all the while our breath-taking walk across the high bridge, Gazing anew at the gorge and the lake.

Trotting to Sunset Park and all the way back home to Cascadilla Park, Three miles before work, uphill and down.

Then gradually came trouble walking so fast, walking so far.

We’d turn around early.

Pain. Making light of it. Apologizing.

Never complaining.

You kept on trying longer than most people ever would.

This summer on your deck by the lake, Your turquoise gowns matching luminous turquoise eyes.

Tanned, sometimes jumping out of your wheelchair to see something.

You looked so healthy, Entertaining guest after guest with wine and buoyant conversation.

When they left, we’d talk about dying.

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Are you a college student who wants to earn $2,500 this summer?

You had asked me to speak at your service but, Irish to the core, you asked me to talk without choking up. I said no, I couldn’t do it.

If I had, though, I’d have said you really were larger than life, An arresting presence wherever you went.

Courageous, kind, yet sharp-edged.

A superb advocate.

And always, always upbeat.

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Today I walked our walk again.

Crying under steady rain, mud sticking to my shoes.

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Kathleen Lilley wrote this poem in memory of Dorothy Reddington, who died 10 years ago. Dorothy was senior development officer at the Boyce Thompson Institute.

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Arnold Farngren

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wealth. Now, I wandered the busy streets n school I was bullied. One bully often of New York, sometimes well into the said: “You know, Arnold, you’re too night. Many of the people I passed were of smart for your own good.” I know lesser means, and a great many obviously that’s also why I was real close to my poor, begging for small amounts of parents—I asked too many questions, or money, and sleeping on streets, steps, or in tried to explain complex things I learned from library books. But, I always loved my alleyways. I became painfully aware of our great disparity of wealth. parents. I also hated high school football I wore my oldest, well-worn, clothes games with their brutality and injuries, so I could blend in and talk with the and was not popular with other students poorer men and women of the streets because I avoided most team games. and parks. As months passed, I gave away My teachers told me to go to a most of my remaining money, and became university. So, after graduation I went, one of the poorer folks, making friends without cost, to a supposedly premier with some of them. They were usually university—Harvard. The first semester interesting and greeted me using my courses were easy, and boring. Second semester, I sneaked into excellent graduate nickname, “Arnie.”

I left two thousand dollars in my bank classes in macroeconomics and global account in case I chose to leave New York history.

City. The remainder of my “wealth” went Then I dropped out of college, to the Salvation Army. Not infrequently, and worked at McDonald’s in our old the Salvation Army and the Red Cross neighborhood in New York City. I rented were now sources for my food. I felt a a tiny basement apartment, and spent growing sense of freedom. I gave up my free time at the library, where I learned apartment because I could no longer pay first hand about using and programming computers. That was 1966 when computer the rent, and now slept on the streets, technology was in an early, explosive stage. using newspapers and cardboard boxes, a plastic sheet and two blankets for warmth.

I was nineteen.

In those early years of poverty My job two years later was with I survived by begging or taking jobs Advanced Computational Corporation, cleaning streets. I became friends with a a start up. I soon began earning a lot of black guy about my age named Roggy. He money, rising from technician to become had been a school bus driver, but was fired one of the vice presidents in 1978. But for drinking too much. even with my wealth rising above two One day in my fifth year of poverty billion, I was not happy. My sadness only increased when I realized great wealth had Roggy walked rapidly toward me with another guy saying: “I become meaningless, “In those early days of want you to meet this while preventing fellow. His name is Art. good interpersonal poverty I survived by relationships. I often begging or taking jobs He’s come to visit his brother. You know his mused about having cleaning streets.” brother Frank, who a relationship with once drove taxis. Art a bright, interesting wants to take me and woman.

Frank to a place in Ithaca, and you might I started making large charitable be interested.” donations. These brought a bit of I asked, “What is that place, Art?” happiness, especially ones devoted to “It’s called the ‘Jungle’. It’s a helping refugees in war torn places all over community of people who are, or choose the world, or other donations for poor to be, homeless. We have our own little people in the United States. I was told encampments in a nice natural setting. For that I would be the next president of the things like bathing we use the Red Cross corporation. No surprise, I had received building, and we get books from a great stupidly large bonuses for the last four public library.” years.

“Are you going, Roggy?”

I worried about my parents, though I “Yes, Arnie. Next week, hope you only saw them infrequently. I wanted their might be with us.” lives to be secure when they entered old “I’ll sure think about it.” age. With my lawyer, I set up a trust fund After more conversations with Art, paying sufficient monthly amounts for as long as they might live. I also put a million I got excited. It was 1990, and what-thedollars in their bank account so they could heck, I was only forty-four. Four days later we rode a bus to Ithaca. There, Art travel. arranged for a truck to move our gear Over the next three years my to the Jungle. Our gear included: tents, donations lowered my wealth to twenty small propane heaters, cots, sleeping bags, million. I left the corporation. I would cooking stuff, folding chairs, and food. I have been president in another year. provided some money for the gear.

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lugged our gear to our chosen, semiisolated, camping spots. Mine was less isolated than some because another tent was a short distance away. I had chosen my place because it was near a stream in a canal flowing into the southern end of Cayuga Lake. It was beautiful and peaceful.

A few days after settling in I discovered that a single woman lived in the tent and nicely planted area next to mine. Her name was AmyLyn. She was about my age, nice looking, very intelligent, often reading or softly playing classical music on her CD player. We became friends, and soon enjoyed many things together including shared meals, library books, newspapers and magazines, as well as hikes along the lake or into town. Our relationship became amazing to me. I had never had a girl, or now better to say, a lady, friend.

I soon knew I loved AmyLyn. I could tell she was fond of me. So, it came as only a little surprise when after a year of our close friendship she asked if I was interested in sex. Sexual intercourse was new to both of us, and we found new pleasures in this closeness. This journey into poverty and love was miraculous.

In 1999 we were married in the Jungle, with many friends around us at a simple ceremony led by a local minister. I had written my parents about our wedding, but was still stunned when they appeared, as if from nowhere, to join our wedding party.

This surprising, wonderfully fulfilling life got better. I acquired a dozen more interesting friends in all parts of the Jungle, and others in community organizations where I volunteered. When volunteering I sometimes received small gifts of “thank you” money. On receiving these “bonuses,” I chuckled, recalling my corporate bonuses.

In 2000 I heard about closing the Jungle so housing and commercial developments could be built on the

property. Such ideas were not new. Others had publicly suggested it. Then, it reached a more serious stage in 2013 when my friend Richard Sherman died accidentally during a fire in his tent. After that our Mayor, Svante Myrick, said: “It’s time we work with human service agencies, the community of faith and private individuals, to clear the jungle and keep it clear.”

On reading this I said to AmyLyn: “Does Myrick know any of us? Has he any grasp of the peace, joys, and quiet happiness we find in the Jungle? Can’t he understand that we intentionally sought and found a life of greater meaning here? I think the money-driven life I escaped is a force driving him and others to want this land. Has he ever watched that video that I love about this Jungle?” (vidooly.com/ vidio/ev1MKv4) “I think you are right, Arnie. Last night as we were falling asleep I thought it is too bad you don’t still have those billions hidden away somewhere, so we could put up legal fights the city could never afford.

With a fraction of that wealth we could buy this land, leave it alone, and continue to share it with others and the railroad.”

“Yes, my dear. People come here freely to escape all the increasing tensions, crimes like many that plague Ithaca, economic disparity, and conflicts existing everywhere, every day. I see the reality of this torturous American condition—even in Ithaca almost every time I read the local newspapers. We and others have this amazing life in the Jungle. Not because of a mayor or other officials. We responded to the ‘siren call of freedom,’ something money and power doesn’t buy.” • Recently a friend said: “Two years later, in 2015, thankfully, AmyLyn and Arnold are still with us in the Jungle.”

By Emma Karnes

Boy’s Father

(after a photograph of eight-year-old Ahmed, son of a Syrian rebel fighter, smoking and holding an AK-47 in Aleppo, taken by Sebastiano Tomada.)

This young boy has been thrust into a disillusioned wasteland of tattered families and a rifle on the hip.

Is this why he is mistaking the merciless butt of an AK-47 for the yet-bald skull of his newborn sister? Someone should remind him that he has no baby sister, only this war his father speaks of through glazed gazes and five pistols in the corner behind his chair. And afterwards, when he calls the sad unshaven man Father, someone should take the boy’s swollen knuckles in hand and tell him once again that like the gun is no sister, the war is no father.

Music bars/clubs/cafés

12/30 Tuesday

Bert Scholl and Friends | 6:00 PM-10:00 PM | Maxie’s Supper Club & Oyster Bar, 635 W State St, Ithaca | Professor Tuesday’s Jazz Quartet | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM | Corks and More, 708 West Buffalo Street, Ithaca | Traditional Irish Session | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM | Chapter House Brew Pub, 400 Stewart Ave., Ithaca | I-Town Community Jazz Jam | 8:30 PM-11:00 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Hosted by Professor Greg Evans Open Mic | 9:00 PM- | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S. Cayuga St., Ithaca |

12/31 Wednesday

Djug Django | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 South Cayuga Street, Ithaca | live hot club jazz Don Slatoff Jazz Quartet | 6:30 PM-8:30 PM | Felicia’s Atomic Lounge, 508 W State St, Ithaca | Early New Year’s Eve. Champagne cocktails and groovy jazz.

Jam Session | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM | Canaan Institute, Canaan Road, Brooktondale | The focus is instrumental contra dance tunes. www. cinst.org.

Pete Panek and the Blue Cats | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM | Silver Line Tap Room, 19 W. Main St., Trumansburg | New Year’s Eve Party | 8:00 PM-3:00 AM | Oasis Dance Club, 1230 Danby Road, Ithaca | Featuring The Destination and DJ Jorge Cuevas.

Misses Bitches / Mr. Boneless / Newman Brothers | 8:00 PM- | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W. Main St., Trumansburg | Reggae Night with the Ithaca Allstars | 9:00 PM- | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Sim Redmond Band / Blackcastle | 9:00 PM- | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | NYE 2015 Jimkata / Hector Works Sound System | 9:00 PM- | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave., Ithaca | NYE 2015 New Year’s Eve Show: Big Mean Sound Machine / Mosaic Foundation / Grey Gary | 9:00 PM-3:00 AM | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 South Cayuga Street, Ithaca | Live music will take place upstairs while DJ’s Ben Ortiz and Jay Stooks will be holding down the dance floor downstairs. T The Jeff Love Band | 10:00 PM-1:00 AM | Agava, 381 Pine Tree Road, Ithaca | R&B, Soul, Funk

01/01 Thursday

Pete Forlano Jazz Expressions | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S. Cayuga St., Ithaca | Downstairs Lounge

01/02 Friday

Radio London | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | Americana Vineyards Winery, 4367 East Covert Road, Interlaken | The Delta Mike Shaw | 8:00 PM- | Silver Line Tap Room, 19 W. Main St., Trumansburg | Lucky Old Sun | 9:00 PM- | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | -

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Hot Biscuits | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM | Corks & More Wine Bar, 708 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Singer/Songwriter, Folk, Pop, Country

Cielle and All Sounds On | 4:00 PM-6:00 PM | Americana Vineyards Winery, 4367 East Covert Road, Interlaken | Dennis Winge Trio | 6:00 PM-10:00 PM | Maxie’s Supper Club & Oyster Bar, 635 W State St, Ithaca | Claire Byrne and Brian Vollmer | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM | Felicia’s Atomic Lounge, 508 W State St, Ithaca | Acoustic Open Mic Night | 9:00 PM-1:00 AM | The Nines, 311 College Ave, Ithaca | Hosted by Jerry Tanner and Lisa Gould of Technicolor Trailer Park

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Open Mic Night | 8:30 PM- | Agava, 381 Pine Tree Road, Ithaca | Signups start at 7:30pm.

Blue Mondays | 9:00 PM- | The Nines, 311 College Ave, Ithaca | with Pete Panek and the Blue Cats

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The Hilltoppers | 6:00 PM-10:00 PM | Maxies Supper Club & Oyster Bar, 635 W State St, Ithaca | Professor Tuesday’s Jazz Quartet | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM | Corks and More, 708 West Buffalo Street, Ithaca | Traditional Irish Session | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM | Chapter House Brew Pub, 400 Stewart Ave., Ithaca | I-Town Community Jazz Jam | 8:30 PM-11:00 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Hosted by Professor Greg Evans Open Mic | 9:00 PM- | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S. Cayuga St., Ithaca |

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Djug Django | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 South Cayuga Street,

Ithaca | live hot club jazz Jam Session | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM | Canaan Institute, Canaan Road, Brooktondale | The focus is instrumental contra dance tunes. www.cinst. org.

Reggae Night with the Ithaca Allstars | 9:00 PM- | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | -

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Movie descriptions via rottentomatoes.com Birdman | BIRDMAN or The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance is a black comedy that tells the story of an actor (Michael Keaton) - famous for portraying an iconic superhero - as he struggles to mount a Broadway play. | 119 mins R | Fri: 4:30, 7:00, 9:30; Sat & Sun: 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30; Mon - Wed: 4:30, 7:00, 9:30; Thu: 11:20 AM, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30.

The Imitation Game | During the winter of 1952, British authorities entered the home of mathematician, cryptanalyst and war hero Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) to investigate a reported burglary. They instead ended up arresting Turing himself on charges of ‘gross indecency’, an accusation that would lead to his devastating conviction for the criminal offense of homosexuality - little did officials know, they were actually incriminating the pioneer of modern-day computing. | 114 mins PG-13 | Fri: 4:15, 6:45, 7:00, 9:15; Sat & Sun: 1:45, 2:00, 4:15, 6:45, 7:00, 9: 15; Mon - Wed: 4:15, 6:45, 7:00, 9:15; Thu: 11:20 AM, 1:45, 2:00, 4:15, 6:15 , 7:00, 9:15.

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eyes. | Thu: 11:10 AM; 2:00 PM; 4:50; 7:40; 10:30; Into the Woods | A modern twist on several of the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales, intertwining the plots of a few choice stories and exploring the consequences of the characters’ wishes and quests. | Thu: 10:50 AM; 1:00 PM; 4:00; 7:00; 10:00 .

Unbroken | Academy Award® winner Angelina Jolie directs and produces Unbroken, an epic drama that follows the incredible life of Olympian and war hero Louis “Louie” Zamperini (Jack O’Connell) who, along with two other crewmen, survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII—only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisonerof-war camp. | Thu: 12:20 PM; 3:30; 6:50; 10:10.

The Gambler | Thu: 12:30 PM; 3:20; 6:30; 9:30 .

Annie | Ever since her parents left her as a baby, little Annie (Quvenzhané Wallis) has led a hard-knock life with her calculating foster mother, Miss Hannigan. However, all that changes when hard-nosed billionaire and mayoral candidate Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx) takes her in on the recommendation of his advisers (Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale). | 119 mins PG | Thu: 12:00 PM; 3:05; 6:40; 9:40; Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Get ready for the wildest and most adventure-filled Night At the Museum ever as Larry (Ben Stiller) spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever. | Thu: 11:45 AM; 2:40 PM; 5:30; 8:10; 10:40;.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Having reclaimed Erebor and vast treasure from the dragon Smaug, Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) sacrifices friendship and honor in seeking the Arkenstone, despite Smaug’s fiery wrath and desperate attempts by the Hobbit Bilbo (Martin Freeman) to make him see reason. | 144 mins PG-13 | Thu: 11:20 AM; 2:50; 6:20; 9:50. Also showing in 3D Exodus: Gods and Kings | Exodus: Gods and Kings” is the story of one man’s daring courage to take on the

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The Woman in Black 2 Angel of Death | When a group of orphaned children are forced to move from their home in London, caretakers Eve (Phoebe Fox) and Jean (Helen McCrory) bring everyone to the desolate and eerie British countryside. | Thu: 7:00 PM; 9:30; Fri: 12:30 PM; 3:00; 5:30; 8:00; 10:30; Big Eyes | Directed and produced

by Tim Burton, BIG EYES is based on the true story of Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz), who was one of the most successful painters of the 1950s and early 1960s. The artist earned staggering notoriety by revolutionizing the commercialization and accessibility of popular art with his enigmatic paintings of waifs with big

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The Interview | As Dave and Aaron prepare to travel to Pyongyang, their plans change when the CIA recruits them, perhaps the two least-qualified men imaginable, to assassinate Kim Jong-un. | 112 mins R | Fri - Wed: 4:40, 9:30; Thu: 11:20 AM, 4:40, 9:30 The Theory of Everything | The extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.

Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. | 123 mins PG-13 | Fri: 4:20, 6:50, 9:20; Sat & Sun: 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 9:20; Mon - Wed: 4:20, 6:50, 9:20; Thu: 11:20 AM, 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 9:20 Wild | With the dissolution of her marriage and the death of her mother, Cheryl Strayed has lost all hope.

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With absolutely no experience, driven only by sheer determination, Cheryl hikes more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, alone. | 115 mins R | Fri: 4:25, 6:50, 9:15; Sat & Sun: 2:00, 4:25, 6:50, 9:15; Mon Wed: 4:25, 6:50, 9:15; Thu: 11:20 AM, 2:00, 4:25, 6:50, 9:15

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Stage Hairspray | 7:30 PM-, 12/30 Tuesday; 8:00 PM-, 01/02 Friday ; 3:00 PM-, 8:00 PM-01/03 Saturday; 2:00 PM-, 01/04 Sunday | Archbold Theatre at Syracuse Stage, 820 Genesee Street, Syracuse | The hit Broadway musical piled bouffant high with laughter, romance, and deliriously tuneful songs. Bubbling with joy and 60s era music and dance, Hairspray delights with the pleasures of a classic American musical. Tracy Turnblad is a teen whose life revolves around dancing on the Corny Collins TV show. Who knew that a teenybopper TV show could be a catalyst for integration? You can’t stop the beat, and truth be told, you won’t want to once the all-singing and dancing cast takes the stage.

Notices Mentors Needed for 4-H Youth Development Program | 1 | Cornell Cooperative Extension Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca | For more info, call (607) 277-1236 or email student.mentor@yahoo.com.

Learning Jesusians of Ithaca | 7:00 PM-8:30 PM, 12/30 Tuesday | Ithaca Friends Meeting House, 120 3rd St., Ithaca | For more info, email jesusianity@gmail.com or visit: www.facebook.com/groups/ JesusiansOfIthaca.

Art Classes for Adults| Community School Of Music And Arts, 330 E. State St, Ithaca | For more information, call (607) 272-1474 or email info@csma-ithaca. org. www.csma-ithaca.org.

Winter Writing Through The Rough Spots | See website for location and meeting dates | Writing Through The Rough Spots. Fall and Winter Classes in Ithaca. www.WritingRoomWorkshops. com Learn to Play Bridge or Practice Play | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, 01/02 Friday | Ithaca Bridge Club, Clinton Street Plaza, Ithaca | Coaches are available to teach bridge to beginners or to give advice to more advanced players. No partner needed. No signups required. Walk-ins welcome. This is the same group that used to meet at Lifelong. Location: 609 W Clinton St. (park on east side (furthest from Route 13) of the shopping plaza, close to Ohm Electronics. Enter through door to the right of Ohm’s storefront.

The Ithaca Bridge Club is located down the hall.

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might of an empire. State of the art visual effects and 3D immersion bring new life to the story of Moses (Christian Bale), who leads 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of plagues. | Thu: 11:00 AM; 6:10 PM; Also showing in 3D. Top Five | Though he began in stand-up comedy, Andre Allen (Chris Rock) hit the big-time as the star of a trilogy of action-comedies about a talking bear. Andre is forced to spend the day with Chelsea (Rosario Dawson) a profile writer for the New York Times, whose film critic has just panned Andre’s passion project about the Haitian Revolution. Unexpectedly, Andre opens up to Chelsea, and as they wind their way across New York, Andre tries to get back in touch with his comedic roots. | Thu: 1:50 PM; 4:40, 8:00; 10:35.

Penguins of Madagascar | Super spy teams aren’t born…they’re hatched. Discover the secrets of the greatest and most hilarious covert birds in the global espionage biz: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private. | Thu: 11:15 AM; 1:40 PM The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I | The worldwide phenomenon of The Hunger Games continues to set the world on fire with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, which finds Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) in District 13 after she literally shatters the games forever. | Thu: 1:30 PM; 4:30; 7:30; 10:20.

Big Hero 6 | Robotics prodigy Hiro (Ryan Potter) lives in the city of San Fransokyo. Besides his older brother, Tadashi, Hiro’s closest companion is Baymax (Scott Adsit), a robot whose sole purpose is to take care of people.

When a devastating turn of events throws Hiro into the middle of a dangerous plot, he transforms Baymax and his other friends, Go Go Tamago (Jamie Chung), Wasabi (Damon Wayans Jr.), Honey Lemon (Genesis Rodriguez) and Fred (T.J. Miller) into a band of high-tech heroes. | Thu: 11:30 AM; 2:15 PM; 5:00; 7:50; 10:35.

Interstellar | In Earth’s future, a global crop blight and second Dust Bowl are slowly rendering the planet uninhabitable. Professor Brand (Michael Caine), a brilliant NASA physicist, is working on plans to save mankind by transporting Earth’s population to a new home via a wormhole. | Thu: 1:15 PM; 5:15; 8:50.

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Awaken Your Heart and Mind with Buddhist Meditation | 6:30 PM-, 01/07 Wednesday | GreenStar Cooperative Market, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Join Lama Laia and Lama Pema Dragpa to learn simple meditation techniques to calm your mind and open your heart to its full potential. This class will include a talk on essential Buddhist concepts and brief meditations. Free and open to the public, and held at the Classrooms@GreenStar, 700 W. Buffalo St. Registration is required - sign up at GreenStar’s Customer Service Desk or call 273-9392.

Nature & Science Primitive Pursuits Adult Weekend Workshop | Upcoming events: Tracking, January 10 - 11; Winter Shelter / Survival, February 7 - 8; Friction Fire Intensive , March 7 - 8. For more information, call 607-272-2292 ext. 195 or visit online at primitivepursuits.com.

Cayuga Bird Club Annual Christmas Count | 6:00 PM-, 01/01 Thursday | Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca | Volunteers are needed to help census birds on Jan. 1st and make Ithaca Number One again in the state this year.

Those who don’t want to venture outside that day can be a feeder-watcher. This is a fun and competitive way to start off the New Year outdoors with wildlife, and engage in “Citizen Science.” Everyone is invited to join in. Participants are also invited to the famous dish-to-pass supper at the Lab of Ornithology at 6 p.m.. Just remember to bring a dish-topass and also your own place setting.

Begin the new year with the 115th year of Audubon’s great birding event, and don’t forget to fill your feeders!

Guided Beginner Bird Walks | 9:00 AM-, 01/03 Saturday; 9:00 AM-, 01/04 Sunday | Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca | Bird walks around Sapsucker Woods are sponsored by the Cayuga Bird Club and are targeted toward beginners, but appropriate for all. Binoculars are

available for loan. Meet at the front of the building. Please contact Linda Orkin, wingmagic16@gmail.com for more information.

Special Events

First Day Community Celebration | 2:00 PM-7:00 PM, 01/01 Thursday | Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Road, Ithaca | Foundation of Light presents “First Day Community Celebration” featuring live music from One Love Chant, Answer the Muse, & Mantra Magic, Shakti-Naam Yoga with Melissa, intention-setting ceremony and more. Net proceeds to benefit Ithaca Health Alliance and Loaves & Fishes. ongoing

Open Hearts Dinner | 5:30 PM-6:30 PM, 12/31 Wednesday | McKendree United Methodist Church, 224 Owego St., Candor | Every Wednesday. Come and join in the fun. Whether you are looking for fellowship or a free meal this one’s for you.

Ithaca Farmer’s Market | 10:00 AM-2:00 PM, 01/03 Saturday | Steamboat Landing, , Ithaca | Soup and or Chili Nights | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM, 12/30 Tuesday | Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church, 17 Main St., Candor | Every Tuesday Night. With dessert and drink. Free Will Donation

Health Anonymous HIV Testing | 9:00 AM-11:30 AM, 12/30 Tuesday | Tompkins County Health Department, 55 Brown Road, Ithaca | Walk-in clinics are available every Tuesday from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Appointments are available on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:30 to 3:30 pm. Please call us to schedule an appointment or to ask for further information (607) 274-6604 Support Group for People Grieving the Loss of a Loved One by Suicide | 5:30 PM-, 12/30 Tuesday | 124 E. Court St., 124 E. Court St., Ithaca | Please call Sheila McCue, LMSW with any questions # 607-272-1505 Pet Loss Support Group | 7:00 PM-8:30 PM, 12/30 Tuesday | 316 E. Court Street -- enter Linn Street side, 316 E. Court Street -- enter Linn Street side, Ithaca | Talk with others who are dealing with the death of a beloved pet.

Professionally facilitated by Jane Baker Segelken, LMSW, and Cathie Simpson, PhD. For information and other details,

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The film that became subject to an (alleged) North Korean hack and a stern lecture from President Obama to Sony executives opens locally at Cinemapolis. The Interview stars Seth Rogen and James Franco who are recruited by the CIA to assassinate [redacted]. For additional viewing times, see our Film listings.

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call: Jane at 607-351-2740 or Cathie at 607-273-3063, or email petloss@ gmail.com Coping With the Loss of Your Pet Group | 7:00 PM-8:30 PM, 12/30 Tuesday | Pet Loss Group, 316 E. Court Street, Ithaca | Facilitated by Jane Baker Segelken, MA, LMSW, and Cathie Simpson, PhD, the group is open to all humans who have experienced the loss of a beloved companion. The group, open to all who have experienced the loss of a beloved companion, allows individuals to pay tribute to their pets and provide support to each other.

For more info, please call Jane Baker Segelken at 607-351-2740 or Cathie Simpson at 607-273-3063 or email petlossgroup@gmail.com Alcoholics Anonymous | 12/31 Wednesday | Multiple Locations | This group meets several times per week at various locations. For more information, call 273-1541 or visit aacny.org/ meetings/PDF/IthacaMeetings.pdf Support Group for Invisible Disabilities | 1:00 PM-3:00 PM, 12/31 Wednesday | Finger Lakes Independence Center, 215 Fifth St., Ithaca | Call Amy or Emily at 607-272-2433.

DSS in Ulysses | 1:00 PM-4:30 PM, 12/31 Wednesday | Ulysses Town Hall, 10 Elm St, Trumansburg | walk-ins welcome.

For info on SNAP, Medicaid, Daycare and Emergency assistance. CALL (607) 274-5345 with any questions.

Lyme Support Group | 6:30 PM-, 12/31 Wednesday | Multiple Locations | A free group providing information and support for people with Lyme or their care givers. We meet monthly at homes of group members. For information, or to be added to the email list, contact danny7t@lightlink.com or call Danny at 275-6441.

Overeaters Anonymous | 6:30 PM-7:30 PM, 12/31 Wednesday | Dryden Village Hall, , Dryden | 7:00 AM-8:00 AM, 01/01 Thursday | First Unitarian Church Annex, 306 N. Aurora Street, Ithaca | 11:00 AM-12:15 PM, 01/03 Saturday | Ithaca Free Clinic, 521 W Seneca St, Ithaca | 7:00 PM-8:00 PM, 01/05 Monday | Just Be Cause center, 1013 W. State St., Ithaca | Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) | 7:00 PM-8:30 PM, 12/31 Wednesday | First Congregational Church of Ithaca , 309 Highland Rd , Ithaca | 7:00 PM-8:30 PM, 01/05 Monday | Ithaca Recovery Center, 518 West Seneca St., Ithaca | Adult Children of Alcoholics | 7:00 PM-8:00 PM, 12/31 Wednesday | Ithaca Community Recovery, 518 West Seneca

Street, Ithaca | 12-Step Meeting. Enter through front entrance. Meeting on second floor. For more info, contact 229-4592.

Sacred Chanting with Damodar Das and friends | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 12/31 Wednesday | Ithaca Yoga Center, AHIMSA Studio, 215 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca | Free every week. An easy, fun, uplifting spiritual practice open to all faiths. No prior experience necessary. More at www.DamodarDas.com.

Walk-in Clinic | 4:00 PM-8:00 PM, 01/01 Thursday | Ithaca Health Alliance, 521 West Seneca St., Ithaca | Need to see a doctor, but don’t have health insurance? Can’t afford holistic care? 100% Free Services, Donations Appreciated. Do not need to be a Tompkins County resident. First come, first served (no appointments).

Recovery From Food Addition | 12:00 PM-, 01/02 Friday | Ithaca Community Recovery, 518 West Seneca Street, Ithaca | Successful recovery based on Dr. Kay Sheppard’s program Dance Church Ithaca | 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, 01/04 Sunday | Ithaca Yoga Center, AHIMSA Studio, 215 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca | Free movement for all ages with live and DJ’ed music. Free.

A Quiet Practice: Yin-Restorative Yoga for Women | 4:00 PM-5:15 PM, 01/04 Sunday | Fine Spirit Studio, 201 Dey Street, | Led by Nishkala Jenney, E-RYT. Email nishkalajennney@gmail. com or call 607.319.4138 for more information.

Walk-in Clinic | 2:00 PM-6:00 PM, 01/05 Monday | Ithaca Health Alliance, 521 West Seneca St., Ithaca | Need to see a doctor, but don’t have health insurance? Can’t afford holistic care? 100% Free Services, Donations Appreciated. Do not need to be a Tompkins County resident. First come, first served (no appointments).

Winter Qigong | 5:15 PM-, 01/06 Tuesday | Office of Suicide Prevention, 124 East Court Street, Ithaca | Meditative movement practices to enhance circulation, vitality, health and mood.

Join Will Fudeman, L Ac, LCSW.

Arts opening Opening: Two Shows at State of the Art | 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM, 01/02 Friday | State of the Art Gallery, 120 W State St Ste 2, Ithaca, NY | In January, there will be two shows at State of the Art. In the main gallery, three new members, Patricia Brown,

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Ithaca’s Jon and Laura Wolfe lead Lucky Old Sun, a band of friends playing a mix of originals and covers. They play The Dock to kick off the weekend. (photo via Facebook)

Margaret Reed and Connie Zehr will show paintings, drawings, prints and mixed media assemblage in “New Work from New Members.” In the Salon, Marian Van Soest will show oil, acrylic and watercolor paintings in “Looking Outward, Looking Inward.” Show dates are December 31 through February 1, 2015. Two artists’ receptions will be held this month: Friday, Jan. 2, 5-8pm and Gallery Night, Friday, Jan. 9, 5-8pm. ongoing Benjamin Peters | 120 The Commons, Ithaca | Monday-Saturday, 10:00 AM-6:00 PM; Thursday, 10:00-8:00 PM | 273-1371 | Gina Cacioppo and Ursula Hilsdorf, through December | www. benjaminpeters.com Buffalo Street Books | 215 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca | 10:00 AM-8:00 PM, daily | 273-8246 | Emily Koester: Play, Craft, Transcend, through December | www. buffalostreetbooks.com CAP ArtSpace | Center Ithaca, The Commons, Ithaca | Mon-Thu 9:00 AM-7:00 PM, Fri-Sat 11:00 PM-7:30 PM; Sun 12:00-5:00 PM | Don Ellis: Outdoor Mobiles, through December | www. artspartner.org Cellar d’Or | 136 E. State/MLK Street, on the Commons, Ithaca | 12:00 PM-8:00 PM Monday through Thursday; 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM, Friday; 11:30 AM to 8:00 PM Saturday; noon to 6:00 PM, Sunday | Scene: Collages and Drawings by Peter Fortunato, through December | www. thecellardor.com Chemung Canal Trust | The Commons | photo series by Nancy Ridenour, up

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by John Whiting, opening 10/08 through 12/31 Collegetown Bagels | 203 North Aurora Street, Ithaca | Sun-Wed 6:30 PM-8:00 PM; Thurs-Sat 6:30 AM-10:00 PM | Flowers and Bones, Acrylic Paintings by Kristin Dutcher, through December | collegetownbagels.com Community School of Music and Arts | 330 E.State / MLK Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 | Annual Open Show, Curated

by Michael Sampson, CSMA’s Open Show presents works in a variety of media and styles by more than 30 local artists, through December | www.csma-ithaca. org Corners Gallery | 409 E. Upland Road (within the Community Corners Shopping Center), Ithaca | TuesdayThursday, 10:00 AM-5:30 PM; Friday, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM; Saturday, 10:00 AM-2:00 PM. Closed Sun & Mon | Line/ Language, 12 artists, up through 12/20 | www.cornersgallery.com Crow’s Nest Café | 115 The Commons, Ithaca | Inner Space, works by Andrea Staffeld and Gerry Monaghan, ongoing | (646) 306-0972 Décorum Too | Dewitt Mall | Ann Day, watercolors, through December | 319-0944 or visit www.decorum-too. com Dowd Fine Arts Center | temporary location: 9 West Main Street, Cortland | Transcendences: prints, panels, drawings and sculptures by Diana Al-Hadid, Wang Gongxin and Lin Tianmiao, opening 10/23 up through 12/10 | (607) 753-4216

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which I had never before visited. Hal and I checked our watches, and there was still time to return to the church and then drive to the bowling lanes, so I felt free to walk about within the cemetery rather than impose upon Janet’s relatives during undoubtedly emotional moments.

Hal and I walked together, and sometimes I would recognize a name from local history. “He founded the downtown dry goods store,” I rememember commenting as we passed by a moderately imposing tombstone, And then I stopped, and exclaimed, “Oh my God!!”

One tombstone, four names, and I knew three of them. They were neighbors, during my childhood. Mr. O’Neill worked many years for the railroad before retiring.

Mrs O’Neill outlived her husband by a

Elevator Music and and Art Gallery | New Roots Charter School, 116 North Cayuga Street, Ithaca | 882-9220 | White Noise, Sound and Space Installation by Rebecca Cutter, through December | newrootsschool.org Gimme! Coffee | 430 N. Cayuga St, Ithaca | Samantha Liddick, Fine art photography, through December | www. gimmecoffee.com/ Handwerker Gallery | Gannett Center, Ithaca College | Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 AM to 6 PM; Thursday, 10 AM to 9 pm; weekends, noon to 5 PM. Closed to the public on Tuesdays | Divergent Series, 15 faculty artists, ongoing | www.ithaca.edu/handwerker Home Green Home | 215 East State/ MLK Street | Taughannock Creek Photographs by Fernando Llosa, through December | 607-319-4159 or www. homegreenhome.com The Ink Shop | 330 E.State / MLK Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 | Tuesday to Friday 12 -6 PM, Sat 12-4 PM | The 18th Mini Print International, juried exhibition of prints, through 01/2015 | 607-277-3884 | www.ink-shop.org Kitchen Theatre Company | 417 W. State/MLK St., Ithaca | Branching Out: Paintings by Kent Goetz, through December | 272-0403 or www.kitchentheatre.org PADMA Center | 114 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca | David Watkins will be exhibiting his photography through December | 607-351-7145 | www.padmacenter.com Sarah’s Patisserie | 130 E. Seneca St., Ithaca | 9:00 AM-10:00 PM, daily | Images on Metal, through December |

decade, and I remember stopping at her house for several Halloweens; she always gave us a small glass of cider and Hershey chocolates. I remember, too, photographs of Arthur and Nancy, their children. I never knew Arthur: he lived only four years. Nancy I did know, she babysat me several times, although she was very young.

She was killed by a car while crossing the nearby, very-busy four-lane highway. I remember how sad my parents were, and how, it seemed, both Mr, and Mrs, O’Neill went about their lives as if God had given them a terrible burden, and, somehow, they had to find strength to go on, day after day.

When I said, ‘Oh my God,” my voice must have carried, for an older woman came up to us and asked, “You were at Janet’s funeral, weren’t you? Aren’t you Mr Sutherland’s son?” She introduced herself as the mother of one of Janet’s classmates, and I found myself wanting to explain what had

www.sarahspatisserie.com/ Silky Jones | 214 The Commons (E. State St.), Ithaca | Daily, 4:00 PM-1:00 AM | abstracts by Eric Draper, through December | www.silkyjoneslounge.com Solá Gallery | Dewitt Mall, Ithaca | 10:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday-Saturday | japanese prints, ongoing | www. solagallery.com State of the Art Gallery |120 West State Street, Ithaca | Wednesday-Friday, 12:00 PM-6:00 PM, Weekends, 12:00 PM-5:00 PM | 25th Anniversary Juried Show, through December | For information: 607-277-1626 or gallery@ soag.org Studio West | 516 W. State/MLK St., Ithaca | Heidi Lee, The Artist Within, paintings and multimedia, through December | 607.277.5647 Sunny Days of Ithaca | 123 S. Cayuga St., Ithaca | Faux Antique Signs by Christopher Wolff, through December | 319-5260 Titus Gallery Art & Antiques | 222 E State St, Ithaca | Mon. Wed. Thurs.

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Kids Programs at Ithaca Youth Bureau | | City Of Ithaca Youth Bureau, 1 James L Gibbs Dr, Ithaca | Theatre Buffet; Imagine That; Improv; Showtime! These weekly programs begin in January. For more information visit IYBrec.com or call 273.8364.

Cuddle Up Storytime | 10:00 AM-, 12/31 Wednesday | Southworth Library Association, Main, Dryden | Songs and stories with Ms. Diane for babies and toddlers. Stay after for play time.

Caregivers are required to stay with their child(ren).

Science Together | 10:30 AM-, 12/31 Wednesday | Sciencenter, , Ithaca | Parents and their toddlers and preschoolers explore science through hands-on activities, reading and songs.

Sciencenter’s early explorer educator, Victoria Fiordalis, shares research-based parenting tips in an interactive, fun environment.

School’s Out Activities: Wii & Playstation Free Play | 1:00 PM-3:00 PM, 12/31 Wednesday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, Main Street, Ovid | Ulysses Philomathic Library: Story and Art | 10:30 AM-, 01/01 Thursday | Philomathic Library, 74 E. Main St., Trumansburg | Awana Clubs | 6:30 PM-8:15 PM, 01/01 Thursday | Dryden Baptist Church, , | Every Thursday night for kids ages 3 to 8th grade. Any questions please call 607-898-4087.

Story Time | 10:30 AM-11:30 AM, 01/02 Friday | Ford Edith B Memorial Library, PO Box 410, Ovid |

Tot Spot | 9:30 AM-11:30 AM, 12/30 Tuesday; 9:30 AM-11:30 AM, 01/01 Thursday; 9:30 AM-11:30 AM, 01/03 Saturday | City Of Ithaca Youth Bureau, 1 James L Gibbs Dr, Ithaca | A stay and play program for children 5 months to 5 years old and their parent/caregiver. Go to IYBrec.com for more information or call 273.8364.

Sciencenter Earth Time: Bear Snores On | 10:30 AM-, 12/30 Tuesday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | For toddlers and preschoolers, hear the story Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson and create your own cave art.

Non-Mythical Beast | 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, 12/30 Tuesday | Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca | Drop-in for kid friendly activities about whale evolution.

School’s Out Activities: Movie Matinee Peter Pan | 1:00 PM-3:00 PM, 12/30 Tuesday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, Main Street, Ovid | Dinosaur Evolution | 2:00 PM-3:00 PM, 12/30 Tuesday | Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca | Drop-in to the Museum of the Earth between 2 and 3 pm for kid friendly activities about dinosaur evolution.

Primitive Pursuits Youth Program Events | Location TBD | Several multi-week youth programs beginning in January: Youth Nature Awareness; Winter Tracks & Trails; Winter Explorers. For more info, call 607-272-2292 ext. 195 or visit us

occasioned my “Oh my God!” exclamation.

“I was very impressed by the outpouring of love for Janet’s family, and know she will be remembered for many years by her children, her sister, and her descendants. I felt sad for the O’Neills. They have no family. No family member tends their grave. Janet’s grave will be tended for many years.”

“Son,” this woman I had never seen before said to me, “Did you know your grandparents?”

“Yes,” I told her.

“Did you know your greatgrandparents?” I told her I did not.

“Do you know anything about them?”

I told her one great-grandfather fought in the Civil War, that he is buried in a family plot on Long Island, and that I have his shaving mug.

“Your great-grandfather will not be forgotten. Perhaps someday your son will

have that shaving mug. He might visit that Long Island cemetery, but even if he doesn’t, he will have that shaving mug, and remember, yes, his great-great-grandfather.”

This mother of one of Janet’s classmates briefly looked at the O’Neill monument.

“May they be with Our Lord in Heaven.

Meanwhile though, they are remembered by you, Mr. Sutherland, and by others.

And, as long as one person on this Earth remembers someone, it is as if that person is still alive.”

That bowling tournament is history.

We won a few dollars. Hal had communion in a city and church both previously unknown to him.

And I learned something: the kindness and eloquence of strangers. Yes, my son will inherit that shaving mug someday. And I will tell him who was its original owner. •

Claire Byrne and Brian Vollmer

Accomplished local guitarist Delta Mike Shaw brings his band to Trumansburg’s new Main Street pub, Silver Line Taproom.

This three-piece plays blues, classic rock, Motown and a mix of funk and soul. (photo via deltamikeshaw.com)

Claire Byrne of Driftwood returns to Ithaca for a gig at Felicia’s Atomic Lounge. She’ll be joined by Brian Vollmer, with the duo blending country, bluegrass and old-time. And keep an eye out for Byrne’s solo record coming in the new year. (photo via Felicia’s)

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large, clean, nice unfurnished two bedroom/two full bath apartments available in 36-Unit Grad/Professional Apartment complex located in the Fall Creek neighborhood with excellent location to the Cornell Campus and Downtown Ithaca. On site laundry and free parking.

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607-351-0640, june@twcny.rr.com

AAM

www.moonlightdancer.com

We Buy, Sell, & Trade

607-797-3234

ALL ABOUT MACS Macintosh Consulting

Independence Cleaners Corp

http://www.allaboutmacs.com

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL

280-4729

Housekeeping*Windows*Awnings*Floors

Buy/Sell & Home Decor

Mimi’s Attic 430 W. State Street

Black Cat Antiques

OLD & TREASURED

607-898-2048

Affordable, unique old house parts and furniture www.SignificantElements.org

Year-End Sale

24/7 EMERGENCY CLEANING Services

212 Center St.

at Handwork Coop

607-227-3025 or 607-220-8739

A program of Historic Ithaca

LIGHTLINK HOTSPOTS

Peaceful Spirit TAI CHI

http://www.lightlink.com/hotspots

classes at

High Dusting*Carpets*Building Maintenance

hotspots@lighlink.com

CULTIVATE YOUR INTENTION A New Year’s Donation Yoga Class

50% off select holiday ornaments and greeting cards December 26th-January 1st

Sunrise Yoga

Thursday, Jan.1 12-2pm All Levels

Love dogs?

Sugg. $15 to help The Cancer Resource

Check out Cayuga Dog Rescue!

Center

Adopt! Foster! Volunteer! Donate for vet care!

MIGHTY YOGA

www.cayugadogrescue.org

Visit www.mightyyoga.com, 272-0682

www.facebook.com/CayugaDogRescue

Classical Yang style long form

You Never Know What You’ll Find

Thursday’s 7:30-8:30 pm

Found

Anthony Fazio, LAc.,C.A, www.peacefulspiritacupuncture.com

607-272-0114

Antiques * Unusual Objects 227 Cherry St. 607-319-5078

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