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wo lawsuits have been filed this month against the New York State Police, with both of them alleging misconduct by the same officer, Jevon Pakkala, a trooper with Troop C in Sidney and a former Ithaca Police Department officer.

The suits are similar in nature, concerning two arrests that were made in separate cases earlier this year, connected only by Pakkala, the arresting officer in both incidents. The two plaintiffs, Kayla Virginia and Darla Wright, both allege that they were wrongfully charged and detained, among other allegations in the suits.

Wright’s charges were dropped, while Virginia’s case remains in the criminal justice system.

The lawsuits were filed in the Syracuse district Court of Claims, and name the State of New York as the sole defendant.

The plaintiffs in both lawsuits are area residents (Virginia from Dryden, Wright from Newfield), and they’re being represented by Ithaca attorney Russell Maines. Along with seeking damages for his clients, Maines said another goal of the lawsuits is attempting to draw attention to New York State’s lack of a mandatory body camera policy for state police officers, something Tompkins County Sheriff ’s Department officers and Ithaca Police Department officers are both required to wear.

Each suit contains four charges aimed at New York State: wrongful detainment and defamation (from what the plaintiffs contend are their unlawful arrests and the charges publicly brought against them thereafter); negligent hiring, for hiring Pakkala; negligent training, supervision and

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ith New York joining the two other states, Hawaii and California, that have already banned plastic bags, Ithaca will get a preview of what this could look like at several local stores next week. Karen Suskin is part of a group of local psychotherapists responsible for organizing a one-day ban that will take place on Earth Day, April 22.

Three years ago, Suskin and her colleagues found that the topic of climate change can often be emotionally-charged, particularly since it is a reality everyone has to live with. According to Suskin, she has seen an increase in anxiety as people come to terms with climate change’s increasing severity.

“There is a tremendous amount of anxiety that people are carrying around climate change and that we live with this reality that yes, climate change is happening, and what is the role that we all play in it,” Suskin said. “How much can people bear around the possibilities for the future and what kind of changes would people have to make at a personal level, at a community level, and on a global level? It’s an issue that can be so overwhelming and feel disempowering. It can create a lot of despair, and it’s an issue that can activate people to get involved and can get people involved on many different levels.”

After grappling with some way to enact change locally, the group had the idea of a oneday bag ban. Originally, Suskin

contacted the City of Ithaca and Tompkins County officials regarding the event. They told her to hold off because at the time there was a great deal of discussion about a statewide bag ban going into effect.

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That has since been approved as part of the recent budget negotiations, with a statewide plastic bag ban going into effect in 2020.

Suskin went to plenty of local stores and got a greater reaction than she expected: Ithaca Bakery, Tops Friendly Market (both in Lansing and Ithaca), Wegmans, Alternatives Federal Credit Union Bank, Greenstar, and TJ Maxx. Some stores wanted to participate, but the cost of switching over for a day would have been too

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“They all agreed and will be doing it, and I also contacted the health department since they have a number of outreach programs in the community and the Healthy Neighborhoods Program provides a reusable bag for their home safety visits, and WIC (Women and Infant Children) is also giving out a reusable bag,” Suskin said.

Suskin was also impressed by how quickly many stores responded to her. With the exception of Ithaca Bakery and Greenstar, the rest of the businesses require some form of district-wide approval. She kept at it, though, and found that businesses were very interested in going along with this idea. Many of the businesses will be going back to plastic bags after the one-day ban, but things will change when the statewide ban goes into effect sometime next year.

A representative of Alternatives spoke about how Suskin approached them about participating, and their attraction to the project. It fits into what the company has been trying to do for some time now.

“The reason we got involved is that the more non-plastic bags someone has to use in the rest of their life, the less plastic bags they will use,” the representative said. “We want to support getting away from plastic bags. We have had non-plastic bags, recycled bags, that we have given away over the last couple of years. Mostly, it’s at events. I think the most we’ve ever given out was at Ithaca Festival. We were part of the parade and we just handed out lots and lots of them.”

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WHAT TV SHOW OR OTHER FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT WILL ALWAYS BE BETTER THAN GAME OF THRONES?

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Local #MeToo

Advocacy Center sees calls rise with #MeToo movement

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he unmarked building sits quietly. By all outward appearances, it’s like any other: standing sturdy since the 1800s, unsuspecting. But get closer and you’ll see there’s a buzzer on the door and a receptionist desk just through the front door.

This is the Advocacy Center of Ithaca, and there’s a reason for their low profile. As an organization committed to helping survivors of sexual assault, stalking and domestic violence, the Advocacy Center ensures all precautions are in place to protect clients from those who could harm them. Even their website comes with a preemptive warning to make sure your browser is not being monitored by your abuser, with an “Escape” button that exits the site automatically.

“Some of our confidential-

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ity standards are stricter than HIPAA,” said Kristi Taylor, education director at the Advocacy Center.

The center certainly serves a vital role in the community,

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Rep. Tom Reed visits IC for talk on student debt, climate change

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in a lecture room on Ithaca College’s campus.

Invited by the Ithaca College Republicans, Reed, the Congressmember representing

one that has grown recently.

The U.S. Center for Disease Control reports that one in three women and one in four men have experienced sexual violence in their lifetimes, and one in four women and 1 in 19 men have experienced violence by a partner, and those are just among reported cases.

In the latter half of 2017, Hollywood’s film industry erupted with widespread allegations of sexual misconduct against powerful producers and actors. The #MeToo movement, originally started by activist Tarana Burke in 2006, gained tremendous traction. By the end of 2017, #MeToo tallied over 12 million tagged social media posts. In December of 2017, Time Magazine named “The Silence Breakers,” those publically coming forward with their stories of sexual abuse, their “Person of the Year.” This change in national discourse around abuse was palpable and inspired survivors everywhere to come forward to share their experiences.

When asked if the Advocacy Center in Ithaca has felt

the impact of this cultural shift, Taylor said, “Yes, 100 percent.

We have seen an increase in requests for services, which is not surprising.”

Taylor cites data the center receives from RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) which runs their hotline service connecting Tompkins County callers to the center in Ithaca. “Twice a year, we get a report from RAINN about how many calls our center gets,” Taylor said. “On average before [the #MeToo movement], we would get five or six calls a month. And at the end of 2017, we started seeing a jump to 15 calls a month. And at the time we were like, ‘Wow. That’s huge.’ That is such a marked point right around the time #MeToo became a national conversation.”

There’s no doubt this nationwide dialogue has local impacts. But coming forward is just the start of a survivor’s journey to heal. To help, the Advocacy Center offers a multitude of services based on the needs of the survivor’s particular situation. This includes a 24-hour hotline, support groups, legal advocacy, safety plans, safe housing, and support during doctor visits and

NY-23, briefly addressed the crowd prior to taking questions during an hour-long stay on campus. It was not as heavily-attended as a typical Reed event in this area, which would normally draw the bare minimum of hecklers from the political left and usually a contingent of Reed’s supporters from the surrounding rural areas as well (perhaps a result of late public notice for the event, compared to his regular town halls).

To start the event, which was touted as a chance to discuss current political issues facing the nation, Reed mostly took aim at high college tuition prices, excoriating higher education institutions for, as he put it, placing a higher priority on campus amenities instead of education. He also said schools would happily raise prices in order to raise the brand of a degree from that school (more money spent, more valuable

degree). In order to chip off some of that money, Reed has proposed a tax on school endowments past a certain dollar amount, which he has said should then go toward more financial aid.

While Reed showed concern about the rising costs of college, and at student loan debt that ranges from limiting to debilitating upon graduation, he shied away from suggestions from the audience like free college tuition, a proposal that has gained momentum among progressives. No members of the audience broached the idea of student loan forgiveness, although that has also been vaguely mentioned as a possible solution.

Climate change also ended up being a primary topic at the event. Reed said he has tired of the constant back-and-forth debate on the existence of climate change on Capitol Hill,

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court appearances.

“There’s not a universal answer; everyone deals with trauma in completely different ways,” said Lara Hamburger, campus educator at the Advocacy Center.

She continued that as time has gone on and the #MeToo movement has taken on different forms, entered different industries and grown nationally, numbers have continued to climb.

“At the end of 2018 we received another report from RAINN,” Taylor said. “I have a distinct memory of opening it up, and seeing right around the end of September [that] our numbers jumped up to 40, 50, 68 calls a month. I was floored.

Then I started doing some back-connections, and it was the time of the Supreme Court Nomination for Judge Brett Kavanaugh. We knew that was another time where there was such a national outcry and to be able to see these small benchmarks [in the center’s reports], there’s no way that you can deny there’s a connection between what’s happening on a national level.”

Taylor mentions that not only have more people been coming to the center to seek help, but also to provide help.

“We’re seeing an increase in folks who want to volunteer through our organization,” she said. “The other side of awareness is asking, ‘What can I do?’ It’s easy to say that these issues are far away from here, but they’re happening here in Tompkins County. We can engage in national conversations, but also at home in our own communities we should ask, ‘How do I bring this to my everyday life?’”

“This work has never slowed down,” Hamburger said. “There’s not more violence now, there’s just more visibility. This not an end to the violence but the start of a conversation.”

If you’re interested in volunteering at the Advocacy Center, information can be found on their website, actompkins.org.

If you or someone you know has or is currently experiencing sexual abuse, domestic violence, or stalking, the Advocacy Center’s hotline number is 607-277-5000.

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Abate Debate

Old Library, Arthaus projects will have to try again for tax abatements

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ollowing a lengthy public comment period and much debate, the Tompkins County Industrial Development Agency (TCIDA) delivered their decision regarding several projects seeking a tax abatement through the Community Investment Incentive Tax Abatement Program (CIITAP) program. The three projects the board discussed were Arthaus, Library Place, and the Hilton Canopy. Although no action was taken due to a lack of time, all three appear primed to come back before the agency’s board next month. Arthaus will have a public hearing on April 29, and the Library Place project will go before the public on May 6.

The Hilton Canopy, a modern boutique hotel experience, is part of a pilot program by the Hilton Hotel chain. The project had already received an abatement, but was requesting that abatement would be altered to have a 100 percent abatement on the first year, then a year of pause during 2019-20 when there would be no abatement, before starting again at 100 percent in 2020-21 and descending each year after that.

Since the project was set to open earlier than expected, the hotel wasn’t open in the first year of the abatement.. For the second year, though, the project will be open for business, although Hilton officials were looking for a zero percent abatement for that year.

However, many board members were hesitant to allow the abatement modification since Hilton is looking to get it extended for two additional years. Despite a resolution proposed to go through with the abatement, the board decided to have the project come back to their next meeting in May. In total, according to the extension application, the project would save about $3.2 million in property taxes over the next 10-12 years.

Arthaus, slated for Cherry Street, will be primarily affordable housing, with 40 of the 124 units set aside to provide

a place for homeless youth to reside. In addition to the affordable housing units, the building will also have a gallery space occupying the ground floor, the most notable portion of the project to be specifically aimed at its stated target demographic of artists. Molly Chiang, a representative of the Vecino Group, gave a brief presentation about some of the aspects of the project.

Most, if not all, apartments in the building are being sold below market rate. Rents in the new building would start at $737 for a studio apartment being sold at 50 percent of area median income (AMI). The highest rent in the building would be $1,752 for a threebedroom that is going to be at 80 percent of AMI. However, there would be 2-percent rent increases each year. The project will also be using local labor, and is on track to start looking at bids over the summer.

Chiang said Vecino is trying to start building towards the end of the year and would potentially open the building sometime in 2021. In total, they are asking for just over $4.5 million in tax discounts over 30 years, while touting in their application that the project could also produce sales tax revenue for the city and would still be paying over $3 million in property taxes over that time period.

Library Place, the final project discussed, has been the subject of great controversy among community residents.

After a public battle over its demolition process in December, many people came to the meeting and spoke during the public comment portion to say the abatement should be denied, with a select few wanting the abatement to go forward.

Most of the public’s thoughts on the project argued that the developer, Travis-Hyde, erred in the asbestos removal process during demolition.

Susie Kramer, who resides near the site along North Cayuga Street, has been vocal about her disapproval of this project. Kramer placed plastic

over her windows and porch to minimize the exposure to any asbestos coming from the library. Other members of the public want the abatement denied due to Travis Hyde not using local labor, and that the housing building, aimed at active senior citizens, would not serve an affordable or middleincome market. Since its inception, the project has not promised any type of belowmarket rents, but controversy has arisen since then after a change in the CIITAP policies in the city, which now require 20-percent affordable housing units to receive an abatement, with some exceptions.

The project was approved before that change was enacted, though, which is what has generated the debate over whether the changes apply to the Old Library. Mayor Svante Myrick, who is responsible for recommending projects for tax abatements to the TCIDA, did lend his support to the project, though he took the opportunity to offer a critique of the project and the developers’ conduct.

“While the project does meet the minimum criteria, it does not meet the recommended affordable housing inclusion criteria passed by Common Council in the summer of 2018,” Myrick wrote. “Because we received the application before the Council voted, the applicant does not technically need to meet the new criteria in order to receive this endorsement letter, but we should note that the City has a clear desire to see affordable housing included in all downtown abated-housing projects.”

There were, however, a select few who wanted to see the project go forward. Three people, of the 15 who participated in public comment, spoke in favor of giving the Travis Hyde the abatement because senior housing is something that should be in downtown Ithaca. However, they did mention that the rents should be reduced because they want to see middle-income empty nesters occupy the building, not wealthier seniors who are able to afford some of the other senior housing in the area.

UPS&DOWNS

▶▶ Thumbs Down - Tragedy struck the area on Friday afternoon, when a brutal crash involving four vehicles on Route 13, between Triphammer Road and Warren Road, claimed the life of Kathleen Downes.

Downes, 63, was a retired special education teacher in the Ithaca City School District, according to 14850.com. ▶▶ Thumbs Down - As more news reports emerge regarding bar patrons being drugged in downtown Ithaca, the silence of the Ithaca Police Department has been pretty powerful. Ithaca College students came forward, saying they believe they were drugged earlier this month, following police’s lone statement on the matter. But the public deserves to know what’s going on, before it keeps happening. ▶▶ Seen - Cornell’s graduation ceremony is in flux after comedian Hasan Minhaj dropped out just before the announcement was to be made, according to reports from the Cornell Daily Sun. Convocation speakers are a dime a dozen and they’ll likely find someone just fine to replace him, but allowing the mind to wander about who the school will find on just six weeks’ notice is quite entertaining.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

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So, when are you going to quit social media?

31.6% I would, but I want to keep up with friends and family without effort.

10.5% I can’t. It’s the best way to engage my audience.

10.5% Sorry. My job title is literally, “Can’t Ever Quit Social Media Liaison.”

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36.8% Not until I get my tax abatement.

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Pick Cornell’s convocation speaker and alternate.

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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

SURROUNDED BY REALITY

Cooking in Prison

Lassie to the Rescue

By M a rjor i e O l d s

By C h a r l ey G i t h l e r News item: The Pyramid Development Corporation of Syracuse made a formal presentation to the Town of Lansing’s Planning and Zoning Board to secure a building permit for a 300,000 sq. ft. enclosed shopping center near the corner of Route 13 and Triphammer Road. The shopping center would include two department stores and 40 small variety stores. A Pyramind architect assured the Board and assembled crowd that the mall could be financially successful without drawing shoppers away from Ithaca. (Cornell Daily Sun, March 12, 1974)

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and met good folks wherever he worked. rowing up, John Corbin’s family In 2016, John was hired as a line cook moved around a lot. In 2012, when at Coltivare (part John was of TC3’s Farm to 15, he joined his Table program). father in Ithaca.

After quickly Completing his working his way GED early, he up to sous chef, entered the world by the time John of work: first, as graduated from a dishwasher at TC3 in Fall 2018 Northstar in Fall he was director of Creek, then over the bistro kitchen time he moved in the charming up to sous chef, restaurant and working with the bar. owners.

During the When John day, Coltivare became interested Culinary Center in college, he is a beehive of was drawn to the activity with its Tompkins Cortbistro, caterland Community Matt Wright and John Corbin in Coltivare kitchen ing and banquet College’s (TC3) services and its culinary proCulinary Educagram. Combining tion Center. TC3 students are studying in theory with practice, John applied what the amphitheater classrooms, practicing he learned and worked his way through what they have learned in the large bright Café Dewitt, Mercato and Cent-Dix restaurants in downtown Ithaca. He picked up lots of useful ideas, learned new skills continued on page 7

Scene: April, 2019, corporate headquarters of the Pyramid Management Group, in the office of CEO STEPHEN CONGEL. The outside wall is all glass and the glittering splendor of Syracuse, New York is on full display. It’s overcast outside, but the real storm clouds are inside the office, as corporate minion LOGAN CORNSTARCH is fumbling at setting up a flip chart. He’s been summoned to give a status report on one of Pyramid’s properties…the Shops at Ithaca Mall.

CONGEL

Cornstarch, you dunderhead! I’m busy. Can’t you talk while you’re putting that thing together?

CORNSTARCH

(struggling to tighten a wing nut on the easel)

Of course, sir. There’s been another incident at the mall, and they want us to cover medical bills. It seems a child was knocked over by a tumbleweed by where Claire’s used to be.

CONGEL

Again? Can’t maintenance do something?

CORNSTARCH

The workers won’t go down that hall any more. They think it’s haunted.

(CORNSTARCH finally steps back from the assembled easel and flips the first page) CONGEL

(folding his arms and leaning back in his chair)

Well, this doesn’t look so bad. Bon Ton, Ultimate Athletics, the Gap, Aeropostale…

CORNSTARCH

These are the stores that have left, sir. Spencer Gifts is now our anchor store.

CONGEL

Ha! Let’s see Amazon compete with Spencer’s for impulse purchases of artificial flatulence devices and naughty tee shirts!

(CORNSTARCH flips to the next page. It’s a picture of a dog.)

CONGEL

Confound it, man, what’s with the dog? I thought the SPCA cut and ran with the rest of them.

CORNSTARCH

It’s…well…it’s just that dogs aren’t allowed on the Ithaca Commons, Mr. Congel, sir.

(A long moment passes, as CORNSTARCH dabs at his forehead with his tie. Then, CONGEL’s face suddenly brightens, as understanding dawns on him. He leaps to his feet.) continued on page 6 T

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Cornstarch, you dunce! You beautiful, bumbling genius! You’ve blundered onto the solution! Who needs Maguire to bail us out?! We’ll be the dog-friendliest mall in America! People are nuts about dogs in Ithaca. There’s a @#$%@% menu item for dogs at Purity Ice Cream!

CORNSTARCH

Why stop at dogs, sir? Why not cats, too? And ferrets? I’ve heard there are certified service ferrets.

CONGEL

You need to know when to quit while you’re ahead, son. Now, go forth and make this happen! We’ll bury the Commons once and for all!

(CORNSTARCH hastily begins to disassemble his flip chart, and we…)

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kitchens, working in one of the programs.

“Many people come and enjoy a meal, a drink, an event at Coltivare Restaurant,” said Jason Sidle, director of the center.

“But that is only a part of the amazing program. Created by generous and creative community members, Coltivare also includes the sustainable farm at TC3 in Dryden, [the] wine marketing program, the Culinary Institute.”

While working and attending TC3, John agreed to help out at a couple Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) events at the Ithaca Youth Bureau. Many months later, the BBBS organizer contacted John and asked if he might be willing to give one cooking class at an Office of Children and Family Services facility in Brooktondale, NY. Matthew Wright has served as a youth development associate at MacCormick Secure Center more years than John has lived. He may have more years in at that rural site with multiple roll wire fences than anyone else there. Mr. Wright is admired by colleagues and residents.

After John’s “one class,” he and Matt Wright planned what they would need to revive the facility’s culinary program.

Since educational and employment training makes a difference for teens who head home on Parole, Wright purchased the necessary equipment. John and Matt were in business.

With little fanfare, John offered his first cooking class in January 2018.

Loosely based on the Culinary 101 class offered at TC3, John’s students learn the basics: how to make soups, stocks, sauces, lots about nutrition and equipment.

Everything is made from scratch.

One day a week, John drives the long, hilly route past the forests of Caroline to reach MacCormick Secure Center,

arriving by 7:30 a.m. to set up for the three-hour class. Sometimes, he and Matt grocery shop before or after class as well.

Over time, John has customized the class to offer what will hold the class’ interest yet prepare the young men who grow into adulthood behind bars, for a better chance at employment. John notes that developing culinary skills has a special emotional draw for his students.

“Food brings people together, the classes at MacCormick are a very special example of that,” he said. “Students talk all the time about cooking certain meals for family or significant others when they get out. One kid who was preparing to head home often remarked in class that he would be able to make the same meal for his family when he got home.”

Many young adults who end up in prison have grown up in families rocked by poverty, homelessness, joblessness, drugs, alcohol and mental illness. For some incarcerated teens, they have moved through so many foster homes and institutions, they can’t recall all the names of their temporary lodgings. Young people making parole know that many formerlyincarcerated young adults end up back in the criminal justice system, especially if they aren’t prepared to go on to jobs and/ or higher education. Matt and John are offering a step in the right direction.

John Corbin wanted to become a chef. Now 23, he graduated college, and with Matthew Wright, he co-directs and teaches MacCormick’s Culinary Institute on his own time. Working with young men only a bit younger than he is, he realizes his goals have changed. As director of TC3’s Coltivare Bistro Kitchen, he intends to the make the world a better place through his career.

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retention; and false imprisonment, again as a result of the time spent under arrest and detained. An overarching theme of the two suits: If Pakkala had been wearing a body camera, the truth of what happened during his interactions with the two plaintiffs, including statements Pakkala made regarding the condition or impairment of the drivers, would be much clearer. The suits further make reference to a March 2016 case in which Pakkala, working for the Ithaca Police at the time, arrested a man on drunk driving charges, only to have the charges dismissed after evidence contradicted Pakkala’s allegations. Pakkala joined the NYSP seven months later.

The suit filed on behalf of Wright states that on Jan. 5, 2019, Wright swerved to avoid a deer and crashed her car into a ditch. Pakkala and another state police trooper responded to the scene of the accident, where they searched Wright’s car, stating that they smelled alcohol in the car and, according to the lawsuit, “falsely reported that the claimant had admitted to drinking two glasses of wine.” The suit says the officers accused Wright of slurring her speech, smelling like alcohol, and that she appeared to be impaired and driving while intoxicated. She was arrested and detained for “several hours,” and charged with Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs, a misdemeanor. According to the lawsuit, a subsequent toxicology test proved that Wright was not under the influence of either alcohol or controlled substances at the time, and the charges were dropped.

The suit asserts that damages amount to at least $200,000, and asks for further damages be determined at trial. Wright’s experience is used as evidence of a pattern in the other lawsuit, from Kayla Virginia, TOM REED Contin u ed From Page 4

though judging by his stated stance that would seem to be a critique of Republicans, since most, if not all, Congressional Democrats have acknowledged climate change’s impact. He also defended rolling back certain regulating powers of the Environmental Protection Agency, calling those regulations “not balanced” and “unreasonable.”

“I believe the climate is changing and I believe humans have contributed to it,” Reed said. “One of the issues I find is how do you talk about climate change and bring people together instead of divide people?”

Diving deeper into the climate change topic, Reed and the audience went back and forth about potential solutions, like the Green New Deal. Reed, challenged by the audience, reiterated two points he’s made several times before: first, that the Green New Deal is unrealistic and costly (although he avoided language like “extreme” or “utopic”), and second, that switching to natural gas from fossil fuels is already making satisfactory progress in A p r i l

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which stems from a Jan. 14, 2019 arrest and makes the same claims for financial damages.

Virginia’s lawsuit is similar to Wright’s, with some key differences. According to her suit, she was sitting in her car, parked but with its motor running in a lot off of Sand Bank Road in the town of Ithaca, when Pakkala approached, stating that he could smell burning marijuana from her vehicle. Though she denied having smoked any, Pakkala still searched her car and found no marijuana or paraphernalia, according to the lawsuit. The public police story on this differs: it says that marijuana was found in Virginia’s possession. Yet she wasn’t charged with any drug possession offenses, just the same charge that Wright received, Driving While Ability Impaired

by Drugs, and was also held for “several hours.” Her case has not yet been resolved, but Virginia is steadfast that she was wronged.

Wright could not be reached for comment. In an interview, Virginia said she felt there was ample evidence that Pakkala had a pattern of inappropriate behavior and arrests, and that it should be put to a stop, one way or another. Virginia also said she’s had to cover the medical expenses for the blood tests to prove her innocence, as well as missing time from work for court dates.

“I don’t think it was right, people using their power as an authority figure like that to ruin people’s lives,” Virginia said. “Honestly, I just want them to take a harder look at this officer himself.”

A request for an interview sent to Pakkala’s work email went unanswered. Beau Duffy, the director of public information for the New York State Police, declined to comment, citing the pending litigation.

M att Butler reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

“Where do you get your science?” one student asked, before the two sparred over the merits of things like clean energy incentivization tactics or carbon emission taxes. Reed hit another of his environmental talking points, which is that the free market is an effective tool to encourage companies to self-regulate emissions, opting for a capitalist strategy. This was not a particularly crowd-pleasing line, either.

Reed, who has taken up the lead on Social Security reform in Congress, also hinted at support for changing the retirement age when asked about the future of retirement benefits, but didn’t offer a very strong position either way except to say that it must be addressed.

Later in the meeting, Reed was also asked to comment on a statement sent out by the group who invited him on campus, the IC Republicans, in 2018 in the wake of the Mollie Tibbetts murder allegedly at the hands of a man later found to be in the country illegally. Reed deferred, pivoting the question to an immigration discussion, though the discussion quickly switched back to climate change.

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or several years, the gig economy has been a powerful presence locally, with apps like Uber, Lyft, Grubhub and others driving the industry.

But while these apps may have reached the pinnacle of popularity with users, for their employees, it may be a different story altogether.

Workers have found varied success from what they believed their gig economy experience was going to be. But with some highs come a wide range of lows, some of which appear to be making it more difficult for workers to benefit financially from their long hours.

According to a survey done by Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, preliminary numbers found a great deal of difficulty in working in gig/app-based jobs. Using a sample size of about 270 participants working in gig economy jobs across New York State.

Maria C. Figueroa, director of labor and policy research, discussed the preliminary results, which show that working several apps is what people must do to get by.

But one thing she said was striking in the findings was only 13 percent said they could support themselves by fully working through apps. Twenty-seven percent said that they had to resort to other support systems, including public assistance.

Figueroa found this to be especially true of those who work for ride-hailing services.

“Sixty-two percent of the workers we surveyed work for Uber, but also, 56 percent of them work not just for Uber but also for Lyft,” Figueroa said. “Because of the fact that this kind of work, the digital platform work is not enough for them to make a living, a lot of these workers are working for several platforms at the same time. For instance, when we ran the survey, we found out 13 percent of the workers that responded to the survey worked for four or more applications.”

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deliver for apps like Uber Eats, GrubHub or DoorDash. The survey found that over 50 percent of respondents work for more than one app.

For the purposes of this survey, they selected some of the highest employers in the state: Uber, Lyft, Uber Eats, GrubHub, DoorDash, Instacart, Care.com, Postmates, and Airbnb (Airbnb provides a service). For the most part, the postings confirmed the findings of the survey data.

One of the biggest issues to be mentioned in the interviews was sexual harassment. The biggest reason for this is that many of these companies match someone with the customer. For women, according to Figueroa, this can often lead to harassment, with customers sometimes becoming belligerent. And since Uber and Lyft don’t pay for drivers to have a dashboard camera, these are extra expenses incurred by the driver. Figueroa also said that one of the common complaints they received from those interviewed for the survey was about how issues normally dealt with by an employer would fall to the employee to handle.

The issue of gig economy workers not receiving the same rights as employees revolves around their classification as independent contractors. Even though this does prevent workers from such apps like Postmates and Uber from receiving health care and unemployment benefits, it has become a workable business model, Figueroa said. Other results of the survey showed that many of these workers are unable to sustain themselves with this work alone, causing them to look for help from public assistance programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Since many of these companies conduct the hiring and work process through an app, there isn’t really a boss, per se. This can make it difficult for workers to lodge a complaint about their working environment. In this instance, places like the Tompkins County Workers’ Center step in to help workers get the restitution they are looking for. Rob Brown, the operations manager of the Workers Center, has found not much has improved in the gig 17–23 ,

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economy, though, and complaints remain a constant.

“The gig economy, part of the world of work, has been rapidly developing a whole new suite of problems to it,” Brown said.

“Far faster than labor regulations and enforcement have been able to keep up with it. One of our main lines in the general field has been really pushing for working with regulators, addressing some of the serious questions that come out of it with the evolving elements of the sector.”

Overall, the Workers’ Center has been pushing for more regulations to stop what Brown considers the abuse of the contractor classification by employers. The organization has also been working with people to try to get them fair compensation because, as Brown has found, gig economy jobs are rife with wage theft as well as rapidly shifting terms and conditions of employment.

“Part of what the contractor structure of the gig economy does is suppress the worker’s pay, but when a company uses this kind of strategy, they also dodge their obligation to pay workers compensation, unemployment, disability, and payroll taxes that are shifting all social security and Medicare tax onto the worker,” Brown said.

Brown has found that for ride-hailing drivers, this can be a prominent part of their job structure. Since they are not required to have the same licensure, certification and requirements as taxicab drivers, Uber and Lyft drivers are faced with issues of road safety and uncertainty over the responsibility of being a public transporter.

Matt Stupak, a barista at Gimme Coffee, found this to be true when he worked for Uber while living in Boston in 2012.

“I was told I would be making $20 an hour and more, especially on rush shift,” Stupak said. “I was also told I could use my regular personal vehicle insurance to do the job. Neither of those turned out to be true. A few months after I started with Uber, I got a letter from my insurance carrier [that] because my insurance was not

tailored to livery purposes that they’d be dropping me, at which point I stopped driving for Uber.”

Between downtime and delivery, Stupak was making closer to the minimum wage at the time, which was $7.25.

The issue with his insurance was the final straw. Since his vehicle was not insured as a commercial vehicle, his policy would have been cancelled.

Another issue Stupak had to contend with was the rating system, which placed a high value on drivers’ ratings.

“Even though I only got one rating that was ever below four stars, one week I had a consistent string of four-star ratings that my average got brought down to 4.2,” Stupak said. “After that, I got communication from them saying, ‘Your performance has been suffering. If it doesn’t change, we are going to drop you.’”

Despite most of the focus on Uber and Lyft, they are not alone. The food delivery app Instacart, which is popular in the area, has received some criticism from workers in the area. Robin Pape works with Instacart and has found that since a change in the pay structure, late last year, things haven’t felt the same.

“I started in December before the pay changed and I’ve really felt the big difference in how my time is being valued since then,” Pape said. “Where I was easily making $30 an hour, it’s now 40 to 50 percent of that. We’ve dealt with them stealing our tips. So, right now, their whole thing with the new pay and the $7 minimum—it used to be $10 but also inside that $7 they’re also including the mileage in there. So, if we are delivering 10 miles away, they can get away with paying us $7, and by the time you figure out the mileage, you realize they haven’t paid

you anything.”

Instacart has set delivery fees across the country, and for Ithaca, it was closer to $4 for delivery. However, after the change in the pay structure last year, some bonuses that workers used to receive were added into delivery fees instead of being considered a separate addition.

Pape explained just what has changed and found declining wages are becoming a point of contention among workers.

“You’d get a $3 bump if it was a club order,” she said. “If the order was over $200, then you could receive an extra $5 to $20 depending on how much over.

You used to receive an extra $5 for driving over eight miles and then the mileage wasn’t considered at that point. In the last iteration of the change, they took away the item commission and all of the bumps for the club orders [and] the large orders and just stuck us with whatever they decided.”

Prior to this, Pape said, workers had the right to figure out what they were going to make on a certain order, while adding in the bumps.

Now, the price remains the same $7 for all orders. Along with this, they had a policy where the more people tipped drivers, the less they had to pay on orders; Instacart publicly acknowledged their controversial tipping policy in a New York Times article. The new system has some additional changes to it, such as a $7 minimum on delivery orders. Pape has found that with a batch system, which can contain multiple orders,

she makes the same flat fee, not including a tip.

“We get a ‘batch,’ and so it’s a $7 minimum per batch and that batch could have two full-service orders,” she said. “Just like it’s a $5 minimum for delivery orders, if you’re delivering only, it’s $5 per batch, but they’ll put three deliveries in that one batch and pay you $5. So, you could be delivering to three different people, driving 15 miles and dropping off 40 bags, but Instacart only pays you $5 because it’s one batch. I don’t think the public really understands the difference between an order and a batch and that a batch can contain multiple orders, and we only get the minimum once.”

One other new feature that Pape has had to contend with is when she allows

we’d like to extend our shift by an hour or two hours or if we’d like to add a shift if we hadn’t been planning on working, and if we allow the system to add us, they don’t put in the peak boosts that corresponds with those hours had we gone in and picked them ourselves,” Pape said. “That’s just another way they ask me to extend and they don’t give me the peak boosts that correspond with that hour that every other shopper is getting because I allowed them to extend me instead of doing it myself.”

An Instacart spokesperson said that the changes to the system and glitches are due in part to some new technology changes that the company is attempting to make.

To m k i n s C o u n t y Wo r k e r s C e n t e r i s a g r e at l o c a l r e s o u r c e f o r g i g e c o n o m y w o r k e r s ( P h o t o : C a s e y M a r t i n) the system to add her for additional hours.

If there are peak boosts, which is a bonus during times when there’s more demand for deliveries, in effect, she will not be eligible for them.

“The system will ask us regularly if

“Since April, we’ve worked to improve shopper earnings through a series of focus groups, ongoing feedback loops, and hyper-local launches of new features that our shoppers have been asking for. We started small by flying out a cross-functional team

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of engineers, designers, and PMs to spend time with 16 shoppers in Boulder to enlist their feedback for a series of new earnings features. After months of testing and feedback, we announced last month that we’ll be introducing these new earnings features, which are already live in dozens of markets, to all full-service shoppers by the end of the year. These features were created in close collaboration with our Shopp e r Experience Council, which we formed in early 2018.”

Brown has reasoned out several solutions that could be made to make gig economy jobs easier to live with. For starters, he wants to see the classification of workers as subcontractors eliminated across the board. Brown’s other proposed ideas are based around workers being able to garner more support from their employers on difficulties they may be facing.

“We would like to see requirements for worker’s compensation, disability and other insurances guaranteed across the sector,” Brown said. “We also think that making sure companies have robust internal complaint systems and support for workers who are dealing with issues such as sexual harassment or other discriminatory conduct, on the basis of the customers, they really need to have these internalized company procedures in place.

There’s no reason a personal shopper should take a gig and then be subjected to a tirade about her race or ethnicity from the customer when he or she interacts with them. And then, have the company face no consequences or the case of a driver dealing with sexual harassment. All of these are required to have in place for employees, [and] need to be established as things these companies are subject to and liable for.”

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t’s that time of year again. Mud, Sweat and Cheers 7 is one of Ithaca’s most revered events, held in honor of one of Ithaca’s most beloved young men, and it will take place next Saturday, April 27.

Terry Ciaschi, the facilities director at Island Health & Fitness, has been the driving force behind the event since its inception, and the cause is dear to his heart. Not only is he lifelong friends with Carol and Tim Bordoni, whose son, Chris, passed on in 2012 while serving as a U.S. Marine, Terry’s son Dominic is a Marine as well.

The Bordoni 5K and 5K Extreme Fitness Challenge will start off at Island H&F at 8:30 a.m., and it will involve a sevenstation obstacle course. Each station will feature two or three challenges (like Rapid Descent, Rope Burn and Hellish Hill), and as always, the support from local athletes and coaches runs deep and wide.

“This year, we have the entire Cornell Sprint Football team coming and the wrestling teams from both hills (Cornell University and Ithaca College) will compete again, as they have from the beginning,” Ciaschi said. “I.C.’s women’s basketball

program sent three teams, the rugby team is in. Plus, we have a lot of police officers, firefighters and first responders competing.”

I have to hand it to Terry for working his publicity channels and personal and professional networks to grow this event into something so big and impactful.

Many different charities have benefitted, including B.O.S.S. (Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers), Saratoga War Horse and the Chris Bordoni Scholarship Fund.

Money raised has also been funneled into the Bordoni Trailhead (at the Cayuga Waterfront Trail), and that ever-expanding project has celebrated Chris’ life by offering fitness challenges for visitors. Terry offered, “I try to stay in contact with Carol and Tim and get their input about how to use the money and organize the event.” He said, “Given it’s an obstacle course and not just a run, there is a lot more involved in the planning and operation.”

Ciaschi also gave a shout out to IH&F employee Dillon Shaffer, a former Army officer who just ran in the elite division of the Boston Marathon, procured a lot of sponsors and donated the money to

A shot from last year’s Mud, Sweat and Cheers competition, which normally features first responders competing. (Photo provided)

the Bordoni Scholarship Fund. He also thanked Major Sponsors Cayuga Medical Center, Maguire Family of Dealerships, Chemung Canal, Tompkins Trust and Bang’s Ambulance.

I asked Terry if his enthusiasm level was as high as it was in the beginning.

“Yes. I think it’s important to give our thanks and credit to the police officers, firefighters and first responders. There is always enough press when something negative happens, but these people do a lot for all of us.”

For information on how to get involved, provide needed support or to donate, please go to www.islandhealthfitness.com.

••• Every year, I try to find an inspiring personal story related to Mud, Sweat and Cheers, and my buddy Kevin English is this year’s story.

Kevin and I go back 30 years as fellow media guys, but our friendship really solidified as softball dads, driving our daughters to practices, venturing far and wide to those grueling (but fulfilling) travel team tournaments, and sitting outside in all manner of precipitation to cheer on our girls and their teammates. We laughed about our old adage, “The older I get, the more awesome I was,” and we talked about returning to our former glory. Then, we would laugh and have another slice of

pizza.

Apparently, Kevin had enough of living on “Someday Isle”—you know, “Someday I’ll do this,” or “Someday I’ll do that”—and he, at age 61, reinvented himself.

“In January of 2018, I had enjoyed the treats of Christmas vacation way too much,” Kevin told me. “My attempts at exercise and better nutrition weren’t working, so I started the process of getting ready for surgery. I had the procedure in July of last year, and here I am, 100 pounds lighter. I don’t get so tired, I am off some of my medications, and it has opened doors that have not been open in a long time.”

His self-respect clearly enhanced, he added, “I feel like I got a ‘Get Out Of Jail Free’ card.”

As the father of a young man in law enforcement, English is pleased to be a part of Mud, Sweat and Cheers. He said, “The station (ESPN Ithaca/Vizella Media, his employer) has been involved since the inception. We are entering a team, and I can’t believe I’m in a position to be a part of it. My father and brother served in the military, so this is my kind of environment.”

Addressing his personal reinvention, Kevin said, “It was such a negative cycle. I was overweight, and that was depressing, and that led to me being more overweight.

Now, I can look forward. I hope to retire someday, and be able to golf, and hike, and bike.”

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While air tourism has been available before, through hot air balloon, this will be the first season that visitors to the area will be able to sit inside a full globe-view passenger helicopter, a service provided by Andrew Garcia and his new company, Finger Lakes HeliTours.

Garcia’s background covers a wide swath of experiences.

After graduating from Ithaca College, he was an early employee of Wayfair, the online home goods seller that was founded by two Cornell students and is now worth over $6.7 billion. He was hired as the general manager of the local media businesses for Wayfair, where he worked for four years as the company ascended to stunning success. continued on page 13 continued on page 11

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he local economy rebounded from a slow start in 2019 by picking up the pace in February. The Ithaca Business Index increased 0.4 percent to 172.32 from a revised mark of 171.69 in January.

Gains in hours worked, home sales, and help wanted advertising drove the index higher. Declines in the labor force and retail sales limited the gains, while employment held steady. Compared to February 2018, the index was up 2.2 percent.

The number of jobs in the Ithaca metropolitan area held steady at 65,200 in February. All the figures in this report are seasonally adjusted so that any month can be compared with any other without regard to seasonal factors. Ithaca’s unemployment rate held steady as well at 3.2 percent. The comparable unemployment rates for New York State and the nation were 3.9 percent and 3.8 percent, respectively.

Ithaca’s labor force decreased by 400 to a level of 51,400 persons. Anyone residing in Ithaca with a part-time or full-time job is in the labor force. In addition, anyone residing in Ithaca without a job, but actively seeking employment, is also included in the labor force. A smaller labor force means less economic potential.

After a strong showing in 2018, retail sales in Tompkins County lost ground in January and retreated further in February, falling another 4.5 percent. It will be interesting to see if Ithaca’s retail sales growth continues in 2019. Hopefully, this is a two-month setback, and not a trend. Compared to February 2018, retail volume was up 1.0 percent.

The average work week in Ithaca edged higher to 32.9 hours from 32.8 hours in January, an increase of 0.3 percent. This figure is indeed an average that includes both full- and part-time employees in the private sector. Compared to February 2018, the work week was 1.9 percent longer.

Home sales in Ithaca vaulted 60.0

percent in February after a disappointing showing in January. It is not unusual for this volatile indicator to vary widely.

Comparing February 2019 to February 2018, home sales were up 9.1 percent. But the median home’s price fell between those two months from $224,500 in 2018 to $213,100 in 2019.

Help-wanted advertising popped 46.1 percent in February. Compared to February 2018, help-wanted advertising was up 32.6 percent. Like home sales, help wanted advertising can vary widely from month to month. Changes in help wanted advertising can signal changes in employment.

It was good to see the Ithaca Business Index rise in February after its poor showing in the first month of the year.

2017 was a breakout year for the local economy when it grew 3.8 percent. 2018 would have been perfectly flat if not for a growth spurt in the fourth quarter. Even with that, the local economy expanded by only 1.0 percent.

2019 is off to a mixed start. January was down, but February was up. Retail sales had been doing well in 2018, but not so far in 2019. Home sales underperformed in 2018, but look better at the start of 2019. Perhaps next month’s figures will help us determine if we are at an inflection point.

In January 1985, the Ithaca Business Index stood at 100.00. In February 2019, the Index reads 172.32. This means that the Tompkins County economy has grown 72.32 percent in those 4,010 months.

From 1985 until 1988, the Ithaca metro region grew at a rapid clip. The average annual growth rate was 5.4 percent.

The Ithaca Business Index reached a peak of 130.34 in March 1989. A recession brought the Index down to a level of 110.98 in April 1992. This 36 month slide was much longer and more severe than the national recession which lasted only eight months. Since then, the county economy has recovered, but annual growth rates of 1.5 percent are more typical these days.

There was a less severe version of the Great Recession here in Ithaca that started in April 2008 and ended in July 2009. The most recent recession began in March 2014 and ended in March 2015. There was no national recession during this time, but economic activity in Ithaca fell 0.2 percent in 2014 and 1.4 percent in 2015.

The Ithaca economy has been expanding since the summer of 2015. The Ithaca economy grew 2.2 percent in 2016, 3.8 percent in 2017, and 1.0 percent in 2018.

The all-time high for the Ithaca Business Index is 174.03, its reading in November 2018.

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But Garcia has always been drawn to the air. After leaving Wayfair in 2012, he spent five years founding and operating several commercial skydiving companies in Massachusetts, and in 2015 he joined the United States Air Force. With the military, he became a combat search and rescue pilot, saving people from Califor-

had been sitting there unsatisfied.

“There’s just a vacuum,” Garcia said.

“No one is really doing what I’m doing, and I’m very excited to see how it plays out in our first season.”

Garcia said at maximum, the company is able to take 100 people on tours per day, starting May 1. Each trip can fit a pilot plus three passengers, without age or many disability restrictions. Micro-tours, which involve a brief lap around the airport in the helicopter to see the area from a bird’s eye view, are $99 per person, while the more traditional 20 minute tours are $149 per person or $199 for a solo ride.

Garcia also offers premium tour packages

that can last one to two hours, for which prices are individually determined based on the custom tour. Garcia’s office, and the launchpoint for tours, is at Taughannock Aviation next to the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport.

Garcia knows there’s a certain amount of risk associated with his chosen path, a path that has taken him away from the staid comfort of the corporate environment. He’s lost friends and employees to skydiving, including an accident in 2014 that killed two people from his thencompany in Massachusetts, and there’s an inherent risk in starting your own small business, particularly having just moved

back to the area. But with the trust of his family, Garcia’s excited that he will be able to take a new venture doing what he feels is his true calling: flying, and getting the opportunity to share that with others.

“I will choose flying in the air over flying a desk any day of the week,” Garcia said. “I wouldn’t trade my corporate experience for anything. I learned a lot about working with others, navigating structure, generally everything related to running a business. I’d encourage other people out there who are thinking about starting a business to make the leap and do it with good data to set yourself up for success.”

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“For me, it was a natural connection,” he said of how he first realized his passion for flight. “That first time flying an airplane and realizing that it is achievable.

A lot of people—the issue that they have with flying is they don’t understand it. But going out and taking that first flying lesson, that’s something that can change your perspective.”

The Air Force lifestyle did take a toll on Garcia, though. It forced him to move himself and his family to seven different states in three years. He and his wife had always wanted to retire back to Ithaca, so they decided to kickstart the process early, settling down here with an idea to start a helicopter touring service. Interested customers have already begun contacting him for experiences beyond tours, like flight instruction training (for which Garcia is licensed). Additionally, local wineries and vineyards have contacted him to inquire about utilizing his skills for surveying their land and potentially treating their crops.

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By Edwin J. Viera s the year progresses, the late-November deadline for the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport’s upgrade to an international airport approaches, as work steadily continues.

According to airport Director Mike Hall, the project is currently entering the second phase of its development, which includes the bulk of the renovations that are included in the project. Currently, the canopy at the front of the airport is being replaced, with work nearing completion, and Hall jokes that the demolition is being done by a hungry Tyrannosaurus Rex that keeps gnawing at the canopy.

But in reality the most visible work is actually being done by an excavator. By the end of that process, the front of the airport will look vastly different, Hall said. The old canopy must first be removed before a new one can be installed properly.

In the coming months, work will begin on the new departure and arrival terminal. New footers will be put down for the new concourse as well as some alterations to the current layout of the airport. Hall described some of the new work that is going to be done to create a more traditional airport feel at Ithaca Tompkins Airport.

“If you stand right now at security, there’s a wall and there is a little bit of a ramp where you go out to the jet bridge,” Hall said. “That wall gets pushed out 135 feet and it becomes what you see when you stand at security and look straight ahead, which looks like a traditional airport concourse, and there will be four jet bridges attached to that. Those are the two most obvious things. In addition, we are going to be starting very shortly on renovating the bathrooms and completely renovate the plumbing. And then there’s all the stuff in the ceiling and behind the walls that support the new construction.”

Both phase two and phase three are

the same as the exit from the airport,” Hall said. “It used to be, before we started construction, that you came in on one end and you come out of the other end. Now you come in and out on the same end.

There’s a temporary wall screening in front of the old ticket counter location while we redo all the ticket counters and other offices and what have you. It’s all being very carefully managed from the standpoint of safety but it’s something that you can live Demoliiton of the old terminal enterance (photo: Casey Martin) with during construction. People are getting out of supposed to be completed by late Novemhere on time, the airplanes are full. We apber or early December depending on how preciate their cooperation.” things go, according to Hall. The bid for Hall addressed fears that have arisen phase three’s work has yet to be awarded, in the community regarding the presence though that stage will primarily be the of a customs facility, which is included in construction of the general aviation and the airport’s expansion. Comments have customs facility as well as finishing up the popped up at several recent Tompkins interior decorating.

County Legislature meetings along with In terms of financing, the latest phase editorials in local publications, including is contracted at just a little over $18.6 this one, criticizing the potential presence million, which, according to Hall, is about of more immigration monitoring here. two-thirds of the total project. The entire Hall, however, said that won’t be the case, renovation to the airport was proposed and that the new facility is for a different to cost around $24 million, although the reason altogether. whole project is set to cost around $27 “The bottom line is, should we in million. Hall is more than grateful that Tompkins County feel the facility was people have been working around the being misused or abused in any way, we possible inconveniences that stem from could simply terminate the lease and that the reconstruction. He knows that in would be it,” Hall said. “It’s not as if the about six months, this will all be in the federal government is building a building rearview mirror, and for now, this project and they can do with it what they want. is working to ensure as little disruption to When you add all that up, I think we have passenger service as possible. a handle or a level of control on this.”

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The Cascadilla Community Solar Farm extends Cornell’s renewable energy effort as the school, along with much of the county, hopes to curb carbon emissions and further conversion efforts away from fossil fuels.

The 18-megawatt farm sits on a 125acre parcel near Game Farm Road. The parcel was designated by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences as “non-producing farmland.” The overall project of about 79,000 solar panels has been under construction since late 2018 by developer Solar Farms New York; it will add over 30 gigawatt hours onto the grid to serve about 3,000 average residential homes.

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Hangar Theatre announces new Board of Directors members The Hangar Theatre announced that nominated candidates were voted on in mid-March by the Hangar member body for selection to the board of directors.

Candidates for the board were Davina Desnoes, Luke Fenchel, Dale Flinn, William Highland, Stephen Kimball, Jill Loop, Stephanie Meyer, Dana Mueller and Aundre Seals.

Additionally, the Hangar Board of Directors recognized new emeriti members to its board of trustees: Julie Bonney, Ann Costello, John Elliott, Mary Kane, Susan Kaplan, Paula Peter, Ray Schlather, Shelley Semmler and Jamie Wells.

Tompkins Trust Company snagged two different awards in the last few months, one for its location and one for its work.

First was for HOLT Architects, for their design of the new Tompkins Financial headquarters. The American Institute of Architects Southern New York Chapter recognized the local architect firm for their design of the Seneca Street building, which the company notes is one of its largest at seven stories and 110,000 square feet. The building houses 300 employees and opened officially last July.

Second, the bank was recognized for its economic development work at the annual Downtown Ithaca Alliance (DIA) awards. The DIA credited the bank for its decision to build in downtown Ithaca as opposed to moving its headquarters out of the city, where it would have undoubtedly been cheaper construction. Tompkins Financial CEO Greg Hartz accepted the award.

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By Barbara Adams

pera Ithaca has a commitment to performing works by women, and last weekend the company closed its robust fifth season with two groundbreaking operas––the very first and the most recent.

Francesca Caccini’s sole surviving opera was performed in the Florentine court in 1625; Kamala Sankaram’s new piece was commissioned

by Opera Ithaca and premiered here at The Cherry Arts. Seeing these works in tandem was fascinating, given their musical styles are separated by 400 years.

Caccini’s life is so compelling one longs for a biopic: composer, singer, teacher, mother; a contemporary of Monteverdi and Peri, she thrived in a Florence dominated by two female leaders. Her opera, with libretto by Ferdinando Saracinelli, is based on a tale from Ariosto’s epic “Orlando Furioso.” “The Liberation of Ruggiero from the Island of Alcina” recounts how the knight is rescued from the enchantment of bad sorceress Alcina by the machinations of good sorceress Melissa so that he may return to his true love, the female warrior Bradamante.

The opera has been trimmed for this production by about 20 percent, but the gorgeous music still prevails (produced by Mila Henry’s fine small orchestra, complete with harp and theorbo). Its pleasing harmonies, so well sung by the cast of nine, unfortunately must compete with the busy comic interpretation that

director Richard Montgomery superimposes on the production.

“The Liberation” opens with an ominous video: Norm Johnson channeling Donald Sutherland’s evil “Hunger Games” president, warning us that making all art is forbidden.

The cast is apparently trying to rehearse despite this injunction––a newly-added framing device that supposedly justifies the performers’ antics while “rehearsing.” So, while the rescue of Ruggerio (tenor Kameron Ghanavati, drugged by love and wreathed in ivy) is underway, the musical emotion is continually undercut by the comedic antics.

Passionate Alcina (soprano Tamara Acosta) and clever Melissa (mezzo-soprano Courtney Elvira) battle handsomely and lyrically for this soldier’s soul, while the talented ensemble gamely plays multiple roles. As actors rehearsing, they keep checking the score (on an evercollapsing music stand), sigh at excessively long songs by the principals, and fuss with their shredded fans and leafy attire (Alcina having turned all her discarded lovers into plant life).

The stage is awash with humorous costumes and mounds of prop debris (Norm Johnson, design)––homely graffiti-stained cardboard boxes and endless foliage. The funniest moment is one of dolphin transport: the mammals denoted by maidens in blue gauze nosing forward a thermos bottle.

But the attempted comedy finally seems purposeless, as if added to amuse viewers who can’t tolerate the pace of 17th-century music (Not exactly the best tribute to Caccini’s significant and pleasing work).

Contemporary soprano and composer Kamala Sankaram fares much better, her newest work directed here by Susan Berryman. With Englsh libretto by Rob Handel, “The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace” focuses on Lord

Bryon’s daughter, who had to live in the wake of his scandals. A mathematical innovator, she worked with Charles Babbage, inventor of the difference machine, a precursor to the computer.

The stage is simply set with hanging fulllength sepia photos of the characters, who step out from behind their images as the plot demands. In brief: The brilliant but sickly Ada eventually abandons her husband and children to assist Babbage, though there’s hint of a happy ending that’s radical for the time.

Courtney Elvira is clever and quirky as Ada; Kameron Ghanavati is thoughtful as her affectionate spouse, the Earl of Lovelace. Dennis Jesse seems born for the role of Babbage, and Madison Drace plays Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose journalistic defense of Ada’s mother merely adds fuel to the scandalous fire.

Besides their vocal strengths, all bring interesting nuance to their characters. We’re lucky that Opera Ithaca consistently brings such fine professionals to town, while simultaneously making use of younger local talent.

One splendid feature is Lydia Kelly as the hummingbird that Stowe gifted Ada; her intense, nervous movement echoes Ada’s energy as a “logarithmic Frankenstein.”

Sankaram’s music is clipped and contemporary, suiting spoken dialogue; this is opera easily followed even without the supertitles.

The ending duet feels too abrupt, though, and overall, this 40-minute piece might easily be expanded: it feels like the highlights of a more complicated story.

Despite the curious comic impulses, one leaves this paired production eager to hear much more of both Sankaram and Caccini.

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

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his month marked a change for the Community Arts Partnership (CAP), which uprooted itself from Center Ithaca and now resides across the way in the new Tompkins Center for History and Culture, a location which previously housed the Tompkins Trust Company. The Tompkins Center for History and Culture is a newly-designed space and an expansion of the History Center, in partnership with various other organizations in town as well, from the Discover Trail to the Wharton Studio Museum. And while CAP’s operations will now take place upstairs in the building, its ArtSpace gallery space has relocated as well to a large room that, after entering the building, is directly to your left. The official hours of the ArtSpace are still being determined (the Center itself has yet to open until later in the spring), but its inaugural show is taking place now through April 28, and viewers are welcome.

With a long table located in the middle of the room and various seating options provided as well, the room is planned to function as an event and programming space as well as a gallery. It might also be worth mentioning that the lights within are motion sensor lights, so if the room appears closed and dark when you visit (as it did for me), the gallery itself is likely still open and accessible; you just need to walk in.

The inaugural show of the new CAP ArtSpace showcases work by Ned Carlson, an Ithaca local who specializes in Land Art, a genre of art conceptualized in the 1960s and 1970s that utilizes natural materials (such as branches, rocks, and leaves) to create larger, inevitably sculp-

tural works within the outdoors. Coined

by Robert Smithson, most famous for his “Spiral Jetty” piece created in Great Salt Lake, Utah, Land Art—sometimes referred to as Earth Art—was also made famous by the likes of artists such as Richard Long, Nancy Holt, and most recently Andy Goldsworthy. The work exists as twofold: firstly as the ephemeral works in nature, pieces that are created as fleeting to exist in the moments of their creation until they fall apart and dissipate naturally, and secondly as their photographic documentation to be displayed after the fact.

“Some efforts are literally blown away by the wind even before they are completed,” Carlson writes in his statement.

“Others decay over weeks, and a few are knocked down. In all cases, the work finds transcendent beauty in the hidden corners, small moments, and secret symmetries that abound in the natural world, but often go unnoticed and unseen by those passing through.”

These “small moments” of beauty are apparent and highlighted all throughout Carlson’s show, which includes 23 photographs of his work accompanied by informative notes detailing where each piece was created and its materials. In “Old Leaf Mandala,” a combination of newly-fallen and quickly-browning reddish leaves are arranged in a beautifully symmetrical mandala shape, pleasantly vibrant against dried oak leaves. In “Arch on River,” Carlson produced a functioning archway out of shale over the water at Taughannock: a complex-looking structure of skill and patience that leaves the viewer thinking, “But how?” Perfect circles are a theme throughout the show: a circle created from sticks and logs in “Nest,” a circle carved out of a rectangle of compressed Maine snow in “Black River,” or a beautiful ring of Golden Amaranth presented atop a shale slab in “Amaranth Wreath.” Each piece in the show is undeniably impressive, requiring an awareness of surroundings, a gentleness so as not to wound the earth, but also stamina and focus in formulating and achieving how to work with nature.

In “Opening Earth Pt. 2” yellow leaves surround a serpentine shape, clarified as a hole dug into the soil. Produced is an earthy river.

Carlson’s work isn’t entirely original, echoing the same patterns and forms of Land artists before him, but he pays proper homage and gives credit where it is due, even listing out those who have inspired him by name. He seems a student of the earth, and it’ll be interesting to see how his art progresses in the future, perhaps even into forms that have yet to be seen.

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An Experimental Attempt Patrick Brennan at the Hilton

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atrick Brennan is not afraid of color, nor is he afraid of eccentricities. A mixed-media painter currently in Ithaca to receive his M.F.A. from Cornell University, the artist seems well-versed in creating slightly comical abstract works that pitch a balance between saturated background colors and a spattering of shapes that contain more nuanced patterns. “Two Birds,” a painting viewable online, for example, presents a sky blue background with brush strokes creating texture for an otherwise flat surface. On top of the blue are more complex shapes, such as a curved mountainous piece at the bottom corner of the work, filled in with a mishmash of green triangles, black curves, and zigzag lines. This colored-in shape appears like the remaining edges of an egg-shaped piece of paper whose intended shape was cut out of it, thus leaving the remains displaced. But it also manages a intriguing quality of its own, inducing intrigue. The piece is lovely, with the abstract image taking on a breath of its own.

Thus, I’d be lying if I didn’t admit to a reaction of mild disappointment when viewing Brennan’s “Roll With It…” show, currently on display at the Hilton Garden Inn on East Seneca Street. Walking in to a sparse display of three paintings alongside a few works scattered within a display case was surprising, impacted also by hotel construction occurring in the front desk area adjacent to the paintings. As a result, the art feels sequestered in its corner amidst the surrounding chaos, relatively inconspicuous despite the artist’s desire to make it seen. Of course, it doesn’t mean the art isn’t worth seeing, but this just goes to show how affecting environment can be on an art show, which is sometimes outside of the artist’s control. It’s also an instance, at least in my mind, where showing more work could have been more effective than less.

The three main paintings on display are untitled, but they each showcase Brennan as an experimenter with his art, playing with various media combinations and even stacking canvases on top of one another for dimension. In one piece, a triangular canvas painted with a splattering of gray and black splotches is affixed to the center of a larger rectangular canvas that itself contains mesmerizing black paint that’s amorphous and smudged as if mixed with water to allow it to run freely. Yellowpainted popsicle sticks glued together to form their own shapes are in one portion of the work, with thick blue paint dripping down them. At the top of the canvas, the background is painted in a solid pink, and around the bottom edges of the work are sections of blue. A small rectangular can-

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vas is atop the triangular one, itself painted with a celestial blackish background overtaken by a bright red rectangle. The work has a lot going on, but stepping back and viewing it as a whole highlights its many small details and defined lines.

In another work, more popsicle sticks are glued into an abstract pattern, these ones spray-painted in glittering neon shades. The canvas itself is pure chaos, with neon marks creating a psychedelic pattern in the background. It’s not my favorite work by any means—it appears a bit craft-like within the hotel environment—but I can’t help but feel that if exhibited within a more proper gallery or museum setting, the work might come off differently.

The display case includes a combination of miniature canvases and more sculptural popsicle stick works, and unfortunately these come off as more random than enticing. There are some beautiful moments, however, such as a small triangle whose pink paint drips in diagonal lines across it in peaceful harmony, or a tiny black square canvas with a starburst of thick white and pink lines painted carefully in its center.

Again, this show simply highlights how important context and environment may be in making or breaking a show. There’s much to love about Brennan’s work—he seems like an innovator and experimenter in the studio, first and foremost. I’m curious what might come out of a larger, more formal show of his work, and hope that we will get to witness one in the future.

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mble down the twisting stairs from the Johnson Museum’s main lobby and step into the overscaled Bartels Gallery—the concrete framed, white-walled belly of architect I.M. Pei’s towering Brutalist beast. The space hosts art of all varieties but is best suited for work of a certain size and power.

It’s a surprisingly good fit for the richly colored, intricate, often expansive sheets that are the subject of the museum’s current exhibition “Traded Treasure: Indian Textiles for Global Markets.”

Presented by Ellen Avril, Curator of Asian Art (and interim museum codirector), “Traded Treasure” (January 26 through June 9, 2019) draws off of the extensive holdings of two local collectors: Banoo and Jeevak Parpia. Both are Cornellians with a background in the sciences: Banoo is a director of alumni affairs, Jeevak is a physics professor.

As they recount in a personal essay in the exhibit’s catalog, the couple have been collecting historical Indian textiles since the eighties. They have amassed considerable expertise as well as an extensive collection. Their exceptional fabrics have been the subject of several shows at the Johnson, most recently “Essence of Indian Textiles: Selections from the Parpia Collection” in 2011.

The present exhibit focuses on a particular strength of the collection: cotton and silk textiles designed and manufactured for export to specific markets in Asia and Europe. By the middle of the last millennium, this was a well-developed practice encompassing various regional centers and specialties along with markets spanning half the globe. Covering roughly the 14th through the 19th centuries, the show traces how this interplay of cultures forced artists to adapt their traditional know-how to new and distinctively cross-cultural

forms of style and iconography.

Although largely dyed in red and indigo (dark greenish blue—the term relates to “India”), the color here is extremely rich, attesting to the mastery of craft for which these anonymous artists were known, as well as the apparent care with which most of these pieces have been preserved. Block printing and hand painting are both used, often together. Use of mordant to attract and hold the red dyes and resist to block the indigo is a common technique. Other pieces deploy embroidery, sometimes using sumptuous metal-wrapped threads.

Most of the artwork in “Treasure” was made in and distributed from the coastal regions of Gujarat in the northwest and the Coromandel Coast in the southeast.

It’s with the former region that the exhibit opens.

For the Toraja people of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, Gujarati cotton cloths were far more than mere objects of conspicuous consumption. Known as maa’, such treasures were considered family heirlooms and ceremonial talismans, imbued with magical powers.

The oldest piece in the exhibition, dating back to the 13th or 14th century, is a block-printed maa’ of exceptional eloquence. The piece features a procession of five elaborately dressed dancing women with the leftmost and rightmost identical save for their skin tone. Decorative elements float around them while the background is dark blue, suggesting night. Borrowing from the Hindu and Jain painting traditions of Gujarat and

The Johnson Museum’s “Traded Treasure” display, showing until June 9. (Photo by David O. Brown, Johnson Museum of Art)

nearby Rajasthan, the style comes across as comical—all bulging eyes and static three-quarter poses.

The Johnson has a single but excellent example of sarasa, made in Gujarat in the 17th or 18th century. A wobbly honeycomb pattern covers the sheet, each hexagonal cell holding an abstracted blossom—really an assembly of bubble-like loops. The color is strikingly rangy with bands and fills of black, indigo, pink, and purple.

India was best known for its cotton cloth manufacture. (Indeed, it remains a leading producer to this day.) Silk fabrics were considered more of a Chinese specialty. Still a generous selection of Gujarati-Indonesian patolu (plural patola) silks form yet another highlight of the exhibition. Done in an elaborate technique known as double ikat—where both the warp and weft threads are resist dyed before being woven together—they are characterized by a “pixelated” appearance sometimes applied to images of tigers and elephants. (As seen in a few examples here, this stylization was sometimes mimicked in cotton: an example of what is known as

acterize most of the other designs here.

Often featuring stylized floral and botanical motifs against plain backgrounds, the pieces show an apparent concession to European taste in their straightforward separation of “figure” and “ground.” While executed with great skill and flair, they demonstrate that artistically at least, some cross-cultural blends are more fruitful than others.

Made for the Portuguese market in the early 17th century, a large cotton colcha bedcover features hyper-detailed embroidery in tasar silk, a material with

a naturally yellowish, almost dull gold color. It’s an extraordinary piece of work: centering on a depiction of the Judgment of Solomon and stirring in an incongruous melting pot of Bible scenes, Greek myths, and Hindu lore. The subtle color contrast between the embroidery and the backing saves it somewhat from excess. Still, the effect is a bit stupefying.

“Traded Treasures” is accompanied by an elegant, fully illustrated hardcover catalog designed by local graphic artist Mo Viele (who has done several superbly conceived books for the museum) and featur-

ing essays by Cornell art historian Kaja M. McGowan as well as Ruth Barnes of Yale and Sylvia Houghteling of Bryn Mawr.

In advance of an all-day symposium on the Indian textile trade, to be held this Friday, April 19, the museum will hold a keynote lecture by Susan S. Bean of Harvard’s Peabody Museum: “The American Moment.” The talk, which takes place on Thursday April 18, from 5:15 p.m. in the museum’s wing lecture room, will address the substantial U.S. participation in the exchange, a topic not covered in the exhibit or catalog.

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A striking characteristic of both the Gujarat and Coromandel fabrics here, particularly those intended for Southeast Asian consumption, is the development of complex compositions featuring multiple, intersecting or layered patterns—commonly floral and/or geometric.

One particularly heady example, originating from the latter region in the 18th century, is what is described as a canopy or ceremonial hanging made for the Indonesian market. Contained within a square dark indigo border—itself set off by elaborate bands to the left and right—is an unusual diamond pattern possibly imitating Islamic patchwork jackets. Colored in white as well as thin and saturated variants of red and indigo, triangular fragments are filled with a range of carefully repeated micro-patterns in a way that is both highly controlled and dizzying.

To these eyes, the cotton-weave “chintz” fabrics popular in Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries lack to their detriment the layered aesthetic complexity that char-

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Music Bars/Bands/Clubs

Black Castle w/ Lucas Ashby’s Brain Trust of Big Mean Sound Machine | 9:00 PM, | The Haunt, Ithaca | $15

4/17 Wednesday

David Rosales & His Band of Scoundrels | 10:00 PM, | The Range, Ithaca

The Dennis Winge Trio | 6:00 PM, | Monks on the Commons, Ithaca

4/20 Saturday

Canaan Jam Session | 7:00 PM, | Canaan Institute, Brooktondale

Radio London | 6:00 PM, | Americana Vineyards, Interlaken

Taksim: Live Mid-East Music & Belly Dance | 7:00 PM, | Belly Set Go!, Cortland

Haunted Continents | 7:00 PM, | Barry Family Cellars, Burdett

Folk ‘n’ Kava | 7:30 PM, | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, Ithaca Squirrel Nut Zippers | 8:00 PM, | The Haunt, Ithaca | $25 - $30

4/18 Thursday Papadosio: Content Coma Spring Tour 2019 w/ Cycles | 8:00 PM, | The Haunt, Ithaca | $17 - $20

4/19 Friday

IU: Bubba Crumrine (Release Show), Piyawat Louilarpprasert, Smaxkult, Tara & Bobby | 7:00 PM, | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, Ithaca | $7

Bound for Glory - Joe Crookston | 8:00 PM, | Anabel Taylor Hall, Ithaca

4/22 Monday Blues Jam with Bill Gregg | 7:00 PM, | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, Trumansburg Open Mic | 8:30 PM, | Agava, Ithaca

4/23 Tuesday Professor Tuesdays Jazz Quartet | 6:30 PM, | ZaZa’s Cucina, Ithaca Irish Session with members of Traonach | 7:00 PM, | Argos Inn, Ithaca Open Mic Night | 9:00 PM, | Lot 10 Lounge, Ithaca

Dapper Dan | 7:00 PM, | Two Goats Brewing, Burdett

4/24 Wednesday

Bob Roberts Calamity | 8:00 PM, | Silver Line Tap Room, Trumansburg

Buckethead | 8:00 PM, | Asbury Hall at Babeville, Buffalo | $25 - $30

Box of Rain: Essential Grateful Dead 1968-1974 | 8:00 PM, | The Haunt, Ithaca | $15 - $18

The Werks w/ Litz | 8:00 PM, | The Haunt, Ithaca | $12 - $15

Zydeco Trail Riders | 5:30 PM, | Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards Winery, Hector

Viva Mayhem! EP release w/ Kitestring and Multibird | 8:00 PM, | The Range, Ithaca

Bob and Dee | 6:00 PM, | Americana Vineyards, Interlaken

4/21 Sunday

Better Weather String Band | 6:00 PM, | Hopshire Farm & Brewery, Freeville

Ithaca Folk Song Swaps | 2:00 PM, | Tompkins County Workers’ Center, Ithaca

Arthur B and the Planetary Mix | 7:00 PM, | The Westy, Ithaca

Ithaca Jazz and Blues Jam | 4:00 PM, | Mix Kitchen and Bar, Ithaca

Endless Mountain Derelicts | 7:00 PM, | Two Goats Brewing, Burdett

The Gab Stillman Band | 4:00 PM, | Two Goats Brewing, Burdett

Louiston | 7:00 PM, | Barry Family Cellars, Burdett

Rachel Beverly | 7:00 PM, | The Westy, Ithaca

Concerts/Recitals Richard Valitutto, piano | 8:00 PM, 4/17 Wednesday | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | illusory mirrors, a concept program of (post)modernist piano solos from the last 80 years.

Midday Music in Lincoln | 12:30 PM, 4/18 Thursday | Lincoln Hall Rm B20, Cornell, Ithaca | Ariana Kim and Angela Yantorno, music for two violins

by Bartok, Berio, and LeClair, plus American folk music Strings for Stewart Park | 7:00 PM, 4/18 Thursday | La Tourelle Resort & Spa, 1150 Danby Rd, Ithaca |

Musicians from Ithaca College, Cornell University, and the Ithaca community present an evening of traditional and original music. The unique towngown collaboration benefits Stewart Park revitalization. | $12.50-$60.

The CNY Love Jam with Lil Mo & Slim of 112 | 7:30 PM, 4/18 Thursday | Landmark Theatre, 362 S Salina St, Syracuse | | $30 and up The Cornell Hangovers | 7:30 PM, 4/18 Thursday | Center For the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St, Homer | The official a cappella subset of the Glee Club. | Admission by Donation/Pay What You Can Voice studio recital | 8:00 PM, 4/18 Thursday | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Students of Patrice Pastore, Tamara Acosta, Anna Coogan, Lucy Fitz Gibbon, and Gary Moulsdale.

Jazz Repertory Ensemble | 8:15 PM, 4/18 Thursday | Ford Hall, Ithaca College, Danby Rd, Ithaca | Greg Evans, director. Music of Mary Lou Williams, Melba Liston, Sherisse Rogers, and others.

Barry Sharp, composition recital | 7:00 PM, 4/20 Saturday | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | ‘When is art performance?’ is both a question and event. Materials include paper, the environment, instruments, and sine waves. Tea may or may not be served after the first half, and before the premiere of a new work by Barry Sharp, Twenty-five tones.

Preston Reed | 8:00 PM, 4/20 Saturday | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, Congress at McLallen St, Trumansburg | One of the most

Woodwind Chamber Music | 7:00 PM, 4/22 Monday | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Ithaca College, Ithaca | Woodwind Chamber Music Nancy Ren, piano | 8:00 PM, 4/22 Monday | Barnes Hall, Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca | Featuring Schumann’s Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Beethoven’s Sonata no. 30, op. 109, and works by Chopin and Gershwin.

Percussion Ensemble | 8:15 PM, 4/22 Monday | Ford Hall, Ithaca College, Danby Rd, Ithaca | Conrad Alexander, director.

Campus Choral Ensemble | 7:00 PM, 4/23 Tuesday | Ford Hall, Ithaca College, Danby Rd, Ithaca | Susan Avery, conductor.

Ariana Kim, violin | 8:00 PM, 4/23 Tuesday | Carriage House Cafe, 305 Stewart Ave, Ithaca | Faculty violin recital, with Kerry Mizrahi, piano: ìSong and Dance Come Forth,î works

by Bach, Brahms, Gershwin, and American folk music.

Contemporary Chamber Ensemble | 8:15 PM, 4/23 Tuesday | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Ithaca College, Ithaca | Jorge Grossmann, director.

Piano/Vocal Duos | 7:00 PM, 4/24 Wednesday | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Ithaca College, Ithaca | Cody Knight, piano | 8:00 PM, 4/24 Wednesday | Barnes Hall, Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca | A senior recital program of Schumann, Beethoven, Ravel, and Mendelssohn.

Crystal Bowersox | 8:00 PM, 4/24 Wednesday | Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St, Auburn | | $20-$25

Percussion Ensemble | 8:15 PM, 4/24 Wednesday | Ford Hall, Ithaca College, Danby Rd, Ithaca | Midday Music in Lincoln: Jazz Trio | 12:30 PM, 4/25 Thursday | Lincoln Hall Rm B20, Cornell, Ithaca | w/ Steve Pond, Sergio Ospino-Romero, and Chris Worden.

Tamez Brothers Trio | 7:30 PM, 4/25 Thursday | Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St, Auburn | | $15-$20 TAK Ensemble | 8:00 PM, 4/25 Thursday | Barnes Hall, Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca | CCCP presents: TAKnTime: TAK ensemble will play works focusing on perceived duration, time manipulation, and the effect of sound on temporal experience. .

Lincoln Center Preview Concert: Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony | 8:15 PM, 4/25 Thursday | Ford Hall, Ithaca College, Danby Rd, Ithaca | Our History, Our Future: A Celebration for Winds.

Cornell Chamber Orchestra | 7:00 PM, 4/26 Friday | Barnes Hall, Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca | Cortland Chamber Singers: Spring Returns Concert | 7:30 PM, 4/26 Friday | Center For the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St, Homer | Jane Siberry | 8:00 PM, 4/26 Friday | Club 86, 86 Avenue E , Geneva | GA $28 Tuck & Patti | 8:00 PM, 4/26 Friday | Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St, Auburn | $28/$33 Some basso, some Brahms | 2:00 PM, 4/27 Saturday | Barnes Hall, Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca | Cornell Gamelan Ensemble | 3:00 PM, 4/27 Saturday | Lincoln Hall Rm B20, Cornell, Ithaca | Brahms’ German Requiem | 7:30 PM, 4/27 Saturday | Bailey Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | The Cornell Chorus & Glee Club, Robert Isaacs, director, collaborate with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra. | $28 for adults, $10 for students

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Mostly Motown | 7:30 PM, 4/27 Saturday | First Unitarian Church Ithaca, 306 N Aurora St, Ithaca | $12 Almost Queen | 8:00 PM, 4/27 Saturday | State Theatre Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | An evening of song and conversation with Peter Yarrow | 8:00 PM, 4/27 Saturday | Center For the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St, Homer |

Stage Andrea Gibson | 7:00 PM, 4/18 Thursday | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Spoken word poetry and music.

Baldwin vs Buckley: The Faith of Our Fathers | 7:00 PM, 4/18 Thursday | State Theatre Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | A theatrical re-imagining of the famed 1965 debate between James Baldwin and William Buckley Jr. An Evening at the Caffe Cino | 7:30 PM, 4/18 Thursday | Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell Uni-

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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | 8:00 PM, 4/19 Friday | The Central New York Playhouse, 3169 Erie Blvd. E., B201 , Syracuse | Fri & Sat shows at 8PM; Sundays at 2PM. | $20/22 Ling Wang’s Dance Studio presents Celebrate Spring! | 7:00 PM, 4/20 Saturday | Center For the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St, Homer | A variety of Chinese traditional, ethnic, and classic dances as well as ballet dances with authentic Chinese food, drink, and desserts. | Entry by donation/Pay What You Can

Emerging Artist Series: Illustrator Ed Catto | Ongoing | Cayuga Museum, 203 Genesee Street, Auburn | World Picture: Travel Imagery Before and After Photography | Ongoing | Hirshland Exhibition Gallery, Kroch Library, 161 Ho Plaza, Cornell University, Ithaca |

The Protest Banner Lending Library | Ongoing | Handwerker Gallery, Gannett Center, Ithaca College, Ithaca |

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Transparent Moves - Connie Zehr Installation | Ongoing | State of the Art Gallery, 120 W. Martin Luther King, Jr./State Street, Ithaca | Thru 4.28. | Free

Get Real: Seeking Authenticity in African Art | Ongoing | Handwerker Gallery, Job Hall, IC, Ithaca |

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family Thanksgiving celebration. Contact theater for additional showtimes. | $20-$39

Marisol By Jose Rivera | 7:30 PM, 4/23 Tuesday | Clark Theatre, IC, Danby Rd, Ithaca | April 23 thru April 28th. Contact theater for additional showtimes. Angels are starting a revolution to overthrow God, and Marisol Perez, a Puerto Rican copy editor in Manhattan, finds herself caught in the crossfire.

W8ING | 7:30 PM, 4/24 Wednesday | Center For the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St, Homer | An adaptation of the Theatre Absurd classic WAITING FOR GODOT. Open Mic Comedy | 10:00 PM, 4/24 Wednesday | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca |

Grounded | 7:30 PM, 4/21 Sunday | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St, Ithaca | by George Brant. 4/21 & 4/23 are pay-what-you-can preview shows.

Opens 4/25. | $20-$45

Staged Reading: The Devil’s Pink Cloak | 7:30 PM, 4/23 Tuesday | Schwartz Performing Arts Center,, 430 College Avenue, Ithaca | A Hallucinatory Play in Two Acts and Thirteen Scenes by Palestinian playwright and scholar Mas’ud Hamdan. Translated and directed by Rebekah Maggor. The reading will be followed by a discussion with the playwright.

SPILL by Leigh Fondakowski | 7:30 PM, 4/26 Friday | Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca | More dates through May 4, 2019. Based on interviews with those most intimately affected by the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon, SPILL paints a striking portrait of communities indelibly altered by this disaster.

Troades (The Trojan Women) | 7:30 PM, 4/21 Sunday & 4/24 Wednesday| Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, G70 Klarman Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca | Ghosts, sacrifices, visions -Seneca’s ancient tale of the aftermath of the fall of Troy is a Roman tragedy in the grand tradition. Cornell

The Humans | 7:30 PM, 4/24 Wednesday | Syracuse Stage/Drama Complex, 820 E Genesee St, Syracuse | Runs April 24 - May 12, 2019. Critically acclaimed winner of the 2016 Tony Award for Best Play, The Humans offers a compelling look at a slice of contemporary life as seen through a

The Dozen Divas Show | 7:30 PM, 4/27 Saturday | Cortland Repertory Theatre, 24 Port Watson St., Cortland | Brilliant impressionist and trained classical singer, DOROTHY BISHOP returns to Cortland with all her divas in tow! Cher, Stevie, Dolly, Barbra, Liza, Adele, Madonna and MORE all stop by

Cleo Wilkinson | Made in the Shade | Ongoing | Ink Shop Studio Gallery, 2nd floor CSMA bldg, 330 E. State Street, Ithaca | Atlantic Arias: Paintings of Coastal Ireland and Maine | North Star Art Gallery, 743 Snyder Hill Road, Ithaca | Fri-Sun, thru 4/28.

Drop-In Art Series | 5:30 PM, 4/23 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | April 23: Paper making for Earth Day. Workshop participants will use prepared cotton pulp and mix in colors, seeds, and more to create a one-of-a-kind recycled paper. Paper with wildflower seeds mixed in can then be planted.

Film Cornell Cinema All films are shown at Willard Straight Hall on Cornell campus.

Territorio | 4/17, 7:00 PM | w/ filmmaker Alexandra Cuesta in person. an experimental portrait of Ecuadorians filmed in their homes and on the street, moving from the coast into the rainforest.

Long Day’s Journey into Night | 4/18, 7:00 PM; 4/21, 7:00 PM| A man went back to Guizhou, found the tracks of a mysterious woman. He recalls the summer he spent with her twenty years ago.

A Tribute to the Late French Filmmaker Agnes Varda – La Pointe Courte | 4/18, 4:30 PM| FREE! w/ faculty panel discussion. Sequences of life in the fishing village of La Pointe Courte alternate with others following a couple - he is from La Pointe Courte, she is Parisian - coming to terms with their changing relationship.

On the Basis of Sex | 4/19 & 4/20, 7:00PM | The true story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her struggles for equal rights, and the early cases of a historic career that lead to her nomination and confirmation as U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice.

2001: A Space Odyssey | 4/19 & 4/20, 9:30 PM| After discovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the lunar surface, mankind sets off on a quest to find its origins with help from intelligent supercomputer HAL 9000.

The Human Element | 4/22, 7:00PM | *Free, w/ photographer James Balog in person. Balog investigates how altering the elements is in turn affecting everyday Americans right now.

The Human Element features subjects who are often overlooked victims of climate change.

Take it Down!: Recent Film Work

by Sabine Gruffat and Bill Brown | 4/23, 7:00PM | w/ filmmakers in person. A collection of recent work

by NC-based media artists who aim to extend the formal possibilities of non-fiction filmmaking.

Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (How I Felt When I Saw That Girl) | 4/24, 4:30PM |Free! w/ filmmaker Shelly Chopra Dhar in person. Some love stories are not simple, Sweety’s is one such story. A groundbreaking crowd-pleaser with Bollywood’s first non-straight romcom protagonist.

Cinemapolis Week of Friday, April 19, 2019 through Thursday, April 25. Contact Cinemapolis for showtimes. New films listed first*.

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Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd., Ithaca | One of the most celebrated and successful poets in the field of spoken-word poetry, Gibson leaped into the forefront of the national scene in 2008 when they won the first ever Woman of the World Poetry Slam. Author of three collections of poetry and currently working on an illustrated collection of their most memorable quotes, Andrea (they/them/their) has also released seven full-length albums. (photo: Facebook):

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State Theatre of Ithaca, 105 W. State St.| A theatrical re-imagining of the famed 1965 debate between James Baldwin and William Buckley Jr. about the American Dream and its cost to African Americans. (photo: provided):

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Kids Fix Workshop | 10:00 AM, 4/18 Thursday | Ithaca ReUse Center, 214 Elmira Rd, Ithaca | Volunteers from the Ithaca Fixers Collective will help children (5 & up) fix toys or small electronics that they bring in. There will also be hands-on demonstrations on the use of basic tools and kids will have a chance to take things apart.

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hosts, sacrifices, visions – Seneca’s ancient tale of the aftermath of the fall of Troy, “Troades” (“The Trojan Women”), is a Roman tragedy in the grand tradition.

On April 21 and 24 Cornell classics students will stage the play in the original Latin (with English supertitles), demonstrating both the power of Seneca’s language and the vigor of Cornell’s living Latin program.

“Troades” is a Roman version of the Greek tragedy about the women who survive the fall of Troy. Before

their Greek conquerors haul them off, an oracle demands that two of their offspring be offered as human sacrifices. The play examines whether death would be preferable in the face of such senseless slaughter.

The performance will feature an original musical composition by Cornell student Ellie Cherry.

The play is sponsored by the Department of Classics in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Ancient Theater Performance Group of Cornell University.

Sciencenter Science Together | Sciencenter, 601 1st St. , Ithaca | Tue/ Th @ 10:30AM and Wed/Fri @ 3:00PM. | General admission fees apply Teen Writing Workshops | 4:30 PM, 4/18 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Thursdays through May 2. Appropriate for people in grades 6-12.

The Sunday, April 21 performance will be at 7:30 p.m. and the Wednesday, April 24, performance will be at 7: 30 p.m. All performances are free and will be held in the Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium in Klarman Hall. For more information, email lmb296@cornell.edu.

Amazing Grace *| A documentary presenting Aretha Franklin with choir at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in January 1972. | 87 mins G Her Smell * | A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success. | 134 mins R Peterloo * | The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester. |154 mins PG-13 The Public | An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold. | 119 mins PG-13 Woman at War (Kona fer i stria) | Halla becomes a determined environmental activist, but this threatens a long-held hope of hers. | 101 mins The Mustang | The story a violent convict who is given the chance to participate in a rehabilitation therapy program involving the training of wild mustangs. |96 mins R Regal Ithaca Wednesday 4/17 through Tuesday, 4/23. Contact Regal Ithaca for

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Breakthrough* | When her 14-yearold son drowns in a lake, a faithful mother prays for him to come back from the brink of death and be healed. |116 mins PG

hidden deep in the woods near their

Penguins* | The story of an Adélie penguin on a quest to find a life partner and start a family. But nothing comes easy in the icy Antarctic. |76 mins G

Hotel staff risk their lives to keep ev-

The Curse of Llorona* | Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother suspected of child endangerment, a social worker and her own small kids are soon drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. |93 mins R

The Best of Enemies | Civil rights

Hellboy | Hellboy, caught between the worlds of the supernatural and human, battles an ancient sorceress bent on revenge. |120 mins R

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new home in rural Maine. |101 mins R Hotel Mumbai | The true story of the Taj Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai. eryone safe as people make unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and their families. |123 mins R activist Ann Atwater faces off against C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1971 Durham, North Carolina over the issue of school Shazam | By shouting out one word - SHAZAM! - a streetwise fourteen-

Missing Link | Mr. Link recruits explorer Sir Lionel Frost to help find his long-lost relatives in the fabled valley of Shangri-La. Along with adventurer Adelina Fortnight, this trio of explorers travel the world to help their new friend. |95 mins PG

year-old foster kid can turn into the

Little | A woman is transformed into her younger self at a point in her life when the pressures of adulthood become too much to bear. | PG-13

Five Feet Apart | PG-13

adult superhero Shazam. |132 mins PG-13 Dumbo|112 mins PG Us| 116 mins R

Captain Marvel| 124 mins PG-13 Wonder Park | 85 mins PG

| Award-winning author of Citizen, Claudia Rankine, will read from her work. Free admission with ticket.

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Silents Roar! Film Festival for Youth - Screening & Awards Ceremony | 6:00 PM, 4/20 Saturday | Auditorium, Park School, Ithaca College, Ithaca | Produced in partnership with Wharton Studio Museum, Okumu Productions, Seneca Film Festival, and Roy H. Park School of Communications.

Premonitions Book Launch w/ AK Thompson and Catherine Taylor | 5:00 PM, 4/20 Saturday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Hosted by Keywords for Radicals and Buffalo Street Books.

Earth Day Celebration | 6:00 PM, 4/22 Monday | Ithaca Children’s Garden, Taughannock Boulevard, Ithaca | On Gaia The Turtle. Ceremony honoring the Air we breath, the Water that nourishes us, the Sun that warms us, and the Earth that feeds us. All ages welcome to participate. Bring musical instruments if you can.

Streets Alive! | 1:00 PM, 4/28 Sunday | Location North Cayuga Street from Lake St - Court St. West Court Street from Cayuga St to Plain St.

Books The Robert Chasen Memorial Poetry Reading by Claudia Rankine | 5:00 PM, 4/18 Thursday | Statler Auditorium, Cornell University, Ithaca

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FRIDAY, APRIL 19TH AT 9:00 PM

The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave., Ithaca | What started as vocalist Elliot Martin’s side project away from the muchloved John Brown’s Body has evolved into a veritable Ithaca super group featuring local favorites such as Matt Saccuccimorano, Brian Dozoretz. Nate Silas Richardson Jon Petronzio and Brian Wilson. Time to get your dancing shoes on, Ithaca! (photo: provided):

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The Future is Feminist Book Club | 3:00 PM, 4/21 Sunday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Making All Black Lives Matter by Barbara Ransby

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WALL-E | 3:00 PM, 4/17 Wednesday | Ithaca ReUse Center, 214 Elmira Rd, Ithaca | The 2008 Academy Awardwinning film about a waste-collecting robot in the future has strong themes about sustainability, consumerism and reuse. At 5 pm directly following the film, local musician Remanu Panther will premiere his song, ReUse. Maker Party | 5:00 PM, 4/17 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | For children 5 and caregivers. Make custom stickers using the Libraryís Cricut machine to create shapes that can then be turned into silhouette paintings.

Space is limited for the free event, and registration is required.

Stuffed Animal Sleepover Storytime | 6:00 PM, 4/18 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Children and their caregivers are invited to wear their pajamas and bring a stuffed animal to this special storytime.

Preschool Storytime at Southworth Library | 10:00 AM, 4/19 Friday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden | A different theme every week!

Baby Storytime | 10:30 AM, 4/19 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Additional session at 3:30.

Easter Storytime | 10:30 AM, 4/19 Friday | Five Star Bank, 2168 NY-96A, Ovid | Five Star Bank in Ovid will host the Ford Library. Children will enjoy stories, songs from Three Stone Fire, crafts and egg dying. Registration is appreciated.

Teen Writing Workshop (Fridays) | 4:30 PM, 4/19 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | The Friday workshop will run through April 26.

Easter Egg Hunt | 9:00 AM, 4/20 Saturday | Bethel Grove Bible Church, 1763 Slaterville Rd, Ithaca | All are welcome to our free annual Easter egg hunt! Huge free hunt, separated by ages, nut free with allergy friendly/ candy free options. Live animals, including baby chicks, bunnies (including the popular bunny on a leash), lambs, and other fuzzy friends to pet!

Live show from entertainer Nate the Great, known for his juggling and

SILENTS ROAR! FILM FESTIVAL FOR YOUTH - SCREENING & AWARDS CEREMONY SATURDAY, APRIL 20 AT 6:00 PM

Roy H. Park Auditorium, Ithaca College | Presented by Wharton Studio Museum, this event features short b/w films created by Southern Tier youth, ages 13-18. All submitted films were reviewed by a jury panel consisting of film and media professors from Ithaca College. Prizes will be awarded! (photo: provided):

fire breathing acts on the commons, Ithaca Festival, and other fun events!

Comic Creation Lessons - Age Group Sessions | 10:00 AM, 4/20 Saturday | Children ages 12 and under attend from 10:00 to 11:00 am in the Library’s Makerspace, and teens may attend from 11:15 am to 12:30 pm in the Library’s Digital Lab. Dino EGGstravaganza! | 10:00 AM, 4/20 Saturday | Museum Of The Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca | All activities are included with admission to the Museum. A noncompetitive, candy-free egg hunt throughout the Museum exhibits, plus a special room for extra young egg collectors. Along with the egg hunt, we will have eggcellent egg-tivities to explore.

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Easter Egg Hunt | 10:00 AM, 4/20 Saturday | Montgomery Park, Elm Street, Dryden | Family Storytime | 11:00 AM, 4/20 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | We meet each Saturday for stories, songs and family fun.

Bunny Bonanza | 12:00 PM, 4/20 Saturday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden | Bunnies will be hopping all over with peeps, a bunny hunt, fun activities and a bunny show!

Sciencenter Showtime! | 2:00 PM, 4/20 Saturday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Take part in a lively presentation about different science concepts each week with local scientists, educators, and students. Topics range from chemistry to rockets and more. | General admission fees apply LEGO Building Program | 3:00 PM, 4/20 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | The Library provides building bricks, and all creations are displayed at the Library for one week.

DIY Terrariums | 3:15 PM, 4/22 Monday | Van Etten Library, 83 Main Street, Van Etten | Make an Earthfriendly craft!

Maker Mondays for Teens | 4:00 PM, 4/22 Monday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Tutorials will be provided for the Makerbot 3D Printer, Epilogue Helix Laser Cutter, and Cricut.

Tuesday Morning Story Hour | 10:15 AM, 4/23 Tuesday | Candor Free Library, 2 Bank St, Candor | Family Story Time | 10:30 AM, 4/23 Tuesday | Newfield Public Library, 198 Main St. , Newfield | Toddler and Preschool Storytime | 11:00 AM, 4/23 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Cuddle-up Infant & Toddler Library Time | 10:00 AM, 4/24 Wednesday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden | Tanglewood Nature Center Visit | 3:30 PM, 4/24 Wednesday | Van Etten Library, 83 Main Street, Van Etten | Which animals will visit? An owl? A hawk? A snake?

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Dungeons & Dragons Guild | 3:00 PM, 4/19 Friday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden | Beginners 4/12 & 26. Advanced on 4/19.

Community Fire Ceremony | 7:00 PM, 4/19 Friday | Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Rd, Ithaca | At this Full Moon fire ceremony, the topic is ‘Sitting in Silence with Spirit’. Info: Susan (607) 229-5161 Open Mic Night | 7:00 PM, 4/19 Friday | Dryden Community Center Cafe, 1 W Main St, Dryden | Come share your songs, stories, poems and enjoy your favorite coffee or tea and delicious homemade baked goods.

Contact Arron Bound: (607) 844-1500 or email at manager@1westmain@ gmail.com.

Beginner Bird Walks | 8:30 AM, 4/20 Saturday | Cornell Lab of Ornithology,

T-burg Lions Chicken BBQ | 11:00 AM, 4/20 Saturday | Taughannock Falls State Park, 2221 Taughannock Park Rd, Trumansburg | Proceeds to T-burg Takes on Pediatric Cancer. | $10 Re-visioning: Harriet Tubman in Visual Culture | 2:00 PM, 4/20 Saturday | Tompkins Center for History and Culture, 110 N Tioga St., Ithaca | Representations of Tubman across various media will illustrate how her legacy has been framed and reframed over time.

Preston Reed Guitar Workshop | 3:00 PM, 4/20 Saturday | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, Congress at McLallen St, Trumansburg | | $30 Dryden Senior Citizens Lunch | 11:45 AM, 4/22 Monday | Dryden VFW, 2272 Dryden Rd, Dryden | $7.00/ $8.00

222 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | Call 607- 2572382 for more info.

Drawdown Workshop Series | 6:30 PM, 4/22 Monday | Museum Of The Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca | Discover your unique contribution to reversing global warming based on the research of Project Drawdown.

Come to the Introductory session.

Free Adult Tutoring Services | 10:00 AM, 4/23 Tuesday | Seneca Falls Library, 47 Cayuga Street, Seneca Falls | Learn reading, writing, math and job-related skills. Drop-ins welcome.

Teachers provided by the Literacy Volunteers of Seneca County.

Sprouts and Microgreens Workshop | 6:30 PM, 4/23 Tuesday | Seneca County Cooperative Extension Office, Main Street Shop Center - 3rd Floor, Waterloo | Space is limited, registration is required. Call 315-539-9251.

Tompkins County Genealogy Society Meeting | 6:00 PM, 4/17 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | The Tompkins County Genealogy Society provides a local network for citizens, highlighting local genealogy resources, assisting in learning more about researching family history, and encouraging participation of community members of all backgrounds.

Advanced English as a Second Language Classes | 1:00 PM, 4/19 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Students will develop skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. To register, please contact Lifelong Learning at (607) 273-1511.

ESL Talk Time | 3:45 PM, 4/24 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Casual weekly lessons guided by Library volunteers.

Open Hearts Dinner | 5:00 PM, 4/24 Wednesday | McKendree UMC, 224 Owego St., Candor | Come and join in the fun. Whether you are looking for fellowship or a free meal this one’s for you. Contact: Denice Peckins denicepeckins@hotmail.com Ithaca Sociable Singles | 6:00 PM, 4/24 Wednesday | Dinner: Crossroads in Lansing. Host: Norma H., RSVP: mailto:spicechick2@verizon.net Candor Central School BOE Meeting | 7:00 PM, 4/24 Wednesday | Candor High School, Academy St, Candor | Held in HS Library Media Center Finding a Good College Fit (Without Breaking the Bank) | 7:00 PM, 4/24 Wednesday | Ulyssess Philomathic Library, 74 East Main Street, Trumansburg | College admissions continues to change. This talk will cover new developments in college admissions , a basic timeline and strategies for reducing the cost of college.

Wednesday Night Ithaca Women’s Basketball Association | 7:00 PM, 4/17 Wednesday | Lehman Alternative Community School, 111 Chestnut St, Ithaca | Check out the league’s website for more information.

Easter Bake Sale | 7:00 AM, 4/19 Friday | St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church, 120 W Seneca St, Ithaca | Preorders will be accepted until 5 pm Tuesday, April 16 - call 607-387-3428.

St, Ithaca | Andy Noel, Director of Athletics and Physical Education at Cornell University: The Exciting World of Cornell Athletics | $15

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TOWN OF DRYDEN EASTER EGG HUNT SOUTHWORTH LIBRARY BUNNY BONANZA Saturday, April 20 at 10:00 AM and Noon | Montgomery Park and Southworth Library, Dryden | Enjoy all sorts of Easter-themed activities in Dryden this Saturday starting with a town egg-hunt. Afterwards hop over to the library for stories, crafts, activities and live bunnies & friends to see and pet! Participants at the library will receive a free stuffed bunny PEEP and a free book to take home. (photo: provided)

159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca | Guided bird walks every Saturday and Sunday morning, starting at 8:30 a.m., sponsored by the Cayuga Bird Club.

for non-members.

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Landlords Association of Tompkins County Monthly Meeting | 4:30 PM, 4/22 Monday | Hotel Ithaca,

Ithaca Rotary Club Luncheon Speaker Series | 12:15 PM, 4/24 Wednesday | Coltivare, 235 S Cayuga

Men’s Group | 6:00 PM, 4/17 Wednesday | The LGBTQ Center, 73 Main Street, Cortland | Menís Group is a group for gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and straight ally men to get together to support one another. This group meets the third Wednesday of every month at 6 p.m.

Healthy Aging in Rural New York | 8:00 AM, 4/18 Thursday | Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel, 16 N. Franklin St., Watkins Glen | Come connect with members of your community to explore topics of broad personal and professional relevance to people living in rural New York.

THURSDAY, 4/18 AT 7:30; FRIDAY 4/19 AT 5:00 PM; & SAT 4/20 AT 2:00 AND 7:30 PM

Black Box Theatre at Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, 430 College Ave., Cornell | Considered one of NYC’s LGBT Historic Sites, the Caffe Cino became an important theatrical venue from 1958 to 1968, premiering early plays by Sam Shepard, John Guare, and Lanford Wilson. This project uses playwright Robert Patrick’s online archive about the Caffe Cino as source material to develop a performance that centers on the Cino’s legacy as a queer arts space. (photo: provided)

SATURDAY, APRIL 20 AT 3:00 PM

The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave., Ithaca | Box of Rain is a hand-picked, all-star combination of musicians who have come together to recreate the music of the Grateful Dead from what is arguably their most prolific and exciting era, 1968-1974. Complete with Pig Pen vocals, extended improv and feedback. (photo: Facebook):

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Hours offered each week may be more or less than stated in item 11 depending on weather and crop conditions. Workers not required to work extra hours offered. $13.25 per hour. Applicants to apply contact CT Department of Labor at 860-263-6020. Or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #214169. May perform any combination of tasks related to the production and harvesting of apples, pears , peaches, nectarines, plums, and apricots including pruning, thinning, hoeing, baiting, irrigating, mowing, fertilizing, and harvesting. Workers will be using straight and stepladders and will be required to lift approximately 50lbs while descending and ascending ladders on a sustained basis. At least two month s experience in duties listed above required.

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