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y Brenna O’Donnell Once it’s their turn, each writer approaches the podium. Although these authors operate within different genres of literature, they all share a confident, thoughtful demeanor as they bend open the spines of their new books. Palpable emotion fills the room. On this particular night, it’s the welcoming space of Buffalo Street Books where the kick-off event for the New Voices Festival is taking place.

The bookstore feels more like a stage, shown through the crowd’s laughter at Tommy Pico’s poetic punchlines, quiet contemplation as Javier Zamora describes his journey crossing the US border at nine years old, or the string quartet you can almost hear playing in the background as Aja Gabel recites an excerpt from her music-centered novel “The Ensemble.”

Every spring since 2013, the writing and English departments at Ithaca College have hosted the New Voices Festival, a celebration of selected writers and their recently published work. You might not recognize the names of these artists visiting the Ithaca area, but that’s on purpose. Ithaca College makes a point of inviting writers that have only recently launched their careers. Eleanor Henderson, a professor in the Department of Writing at Ithaca College, is co-founder and co-director of the New Voices Festival, along with Professor Chris Holmes in the Department of English.

“Chris and I wanted to

bring writers in emerging stages of careers,” Henderson said. “We wanted writers to be able to engage with each other, to have honest and detailed conversations about how they forge their paths into their writing careers.”

This year, Henderson and the other organizers brought in seven writers: essayist Sarah

Viren, fiction writer Rumaan Alam, poet Javier Zamora, image-text author Emma Kemp, novelist Aja Gabel, poet Tommy Pico and playwright Clare Barron. The festival typically spans three days, and took place from April 17-19.

Although some of the events in the festival revolve around writers reading their work, many events stray from this traditional structure of literary conferences. One of these events, called, “Is it a Love Story?” combine Ithaca College students from the Department of Theater Arts and the School

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of Music to perform live adaptations of the writers’ works.

The actors read while the musicians play, and the result is a mixed medium of different arts coming together.

Speaking about the music students performing the Dvořák American Quartet song mentioned in her book, Gabel said, “It was exactly how I heard it in my mind while I was writing that scene. I never thought I’d be able to hear that in real life. To see what was in my brain be performed on

Javier Zamora, a featured poet at the New Voices Literary Festival, reads about his journey to the United States as a child. (Photo by Casey Martin)

stage was thrilling.”

On the last night of the festival, the Cherry Art Space hosted a staged reading of Clare Barron’s play “Dance Nation,” which was recently named a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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“It’s cast with [a] combination of students, faculty, and local professional actors,” Gleitman said about “Dance Nation.” “We have a short rehearsal process, which is both exciting and terrifying when the playwright is in the audience.” Gleitman also mentioned how it’s important to have a playwright represented at a writing festival: “It’s important to remember there are so many incredibly interesting voices out there writing plays.

Playwriting adds something interesting to this discussion about what it means to create work and give it away.”

Even though organizers of the New Voices Festival make sure to invite the entire Ithaca community by hosting the kick-off and closing events downtown, it’s no surprise that students get the most out of festivals like this. Even after the readings and panels, writers visit the classrooms at Ithaca College to talk to students about their craft and careers.

Henderson said that it was important that the event be a student-run festival, but one that also invited the community.

The festival’s student director, Margaret McKinnis, said, “I appreciate getting to see the panels and facilitating conversations that are relevant to our classes but also extend beyond it, by bringing in questions from class that manifest in real writers’ work. Overall, I think the festival presents this idea of being a literary citizen and being a citizen in general. It reminds us all that these questions are important enough for us to stop and think.”

“What’s so exciting about this festival is that you’re getting authors at the beginning of their careers, but have done so much work to get here,” Gabel said. “There’s a long road to get here, but then the work is also celebrated.”

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Tompkins County Historical Commission seeks to uncover more local history

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ompkins County history buffs are slowly going to have a committee of their own thanks to Tompkins County Historian Carol Kammen. She is proposing to use

Newfield, Ulysses, and Historic Ithaca.

The commission was started by the Tompkins County Legislature, as they recognized the need for such a unifying

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the Tompkins County Historical Commission as a way to gather all of the historical societies throughout the county together. Currently, there are six: Dryden, Lansing, Caroline,

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s Ithaca continues to grow, the idea of adding more public transportation has been discussed almost constantly. Some ideas gain enough traction to see the light of reality, while others fall short of their desired goals.

Fernando de Aragón has an idea about which work and which are improbable.

De Aragón is the staff director of the Ithaca-Tompkins County Transportation Council, which is in the process of working on their five-year plan. Throughout the years, there have been some interesting plans De Aragón has had to evaluate. One he considers overly-romanticized stands 24–30 ,

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out in his memory: In the early 2000s, a plan proposed to have streetcars, like trolleys, once again roam the streets of Ithaca as they did in the 1900s.

However, trying this now, De Aragón said, would not be as practical due to the increased popularity of cars and the higher usage of TCAT. “Even though we have a history of having streetcars from the old days, and I think we have people who would be interested in that idea, it really has not received much attention,” De Aragón said. “It’s not something we’re considering right now. The reality of putting the streetcar on the road right now—it’s not the same as

historical commissions.

“We represent, we don’t speak for them,” she said. “We represent all of them and we are trying to do things that will join all of the historical interests together when it’s beneficial for them. We are not trying to tell them what to do, but we are trying to be helpful and identify their strengths and their weaknesses.”

The Historical Commission’s motto is “nine towns and a city” because Kammen wants to put the town first. She is adamant about gathering many members of Tompkins County’s vast historical community, including those from Cornell University, Ithaca College, and Ithaca High School. One of the new projects she is interested in is getting landmarks across the county better recognition.

“There is an interest in marking significant people and events around the county and it need not be with roadside signs,” Kammen said. “It could be in a variety of ways. We have a small committee working on that now. There were, in the 1880s and 1890s, three women ministers in Brooktondale. Now, that’s fairly unusual and that’s something we’d like to see celebrated. There was a sighting of a fugitive slave from the South, who spent a night in a barn in Lansing and we think that’s notable because

the woman in the house wrote about his being there and said that when he left, she gave him 25 cents to go on his way.

Now, it was February so it’s not a good time to be wandering around, but he was until he was helped here.”

Historical findings like this are something Kammen wants to make Tompkins County residents more aware of, instead of having a central focus on Ithaca’s history. More pieces of history that are as well documented as that are something Kammen sees becoming a strong part of the commission’s goals. Along with promoting history in Tompkins County, the commission is looking to have local historians contribute by writing brief pamphlets about certain topics. For now, the commission is promoting the idea of people approaching them with ideas about a pamphlet they would be interested in writing or finding writers for any ideas brought up by the commission.

Currently, the board has members from several towns, such as Newfield, Groton, and Ulysses, with Kammen looking to hear the voices from the rest as well. During her time as the Tompkins County Historian, Kammen is determined to ensure that all towns get a chance to share their vibrant histories.

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1910, when there were hardly any cars around. Putting a streetcar on the street right now is beyond expensive. It may not be a good mode because it has to deal with all the traffic. We are living in a world where we are having plenty of congestion from automobiles.”

Other proposals made over the years have focused on jumpstarting other transportation means around Ithaca. One that had some traction at a local level, but not at a federal level, was about creating personal rapid transit, according to De Aragón.

“There was a group called Connect Ithaca (it no longer exists) and they were able to get money to do an evaluation of personal rapid transit in the City of Ithaca—this is like grade-separated small rail,” De Aragón said. “That’s a very futuristic idea. It has proponents and detractors, but it never had good support at the

federal level, so they did the study and it exists and they did their evaluation. Unfortunately, the problem with that idea is that mode of transportation has gotten little traction at the federal level so there’s nowhere for that idea to go.”

Several civic leaders have been looking to create a multiuse trail plan to allow people to go from Trumansburg to Dryden, using mostly off-road trails. Although the plan is in the works, there will be some time before it comes to fruition—at least 15 to 20 years, De Aragón said. Other great transportation assets for the community developed in the last few years are CarShare, which came to Ithaca in 2008, and Lime Bike, which came to Ithaca last year and could add an e-scooter pilot program in the near future (though it has a fair number of vocal opponents). continued on page 7

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County approves purchase of Tioga Street properties, development future uncertain

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he Tompkins County Legislature voted on Tuesday to approve the purchase of several properties on Tioga Street and Sears Street for $1.8 million, sites that could soon see their uses converted to county office

to review proposals for the site and make some sort of recommendation on redevelopment.

Most of the known proposals so far would consolidate several county officers into a single structure at the site, likely three- to four-stories tall,

The parking lot and orthodontist office that will be purchased by Tompkins County in the near future after a vote by the legislature. (Photo by Casey Martin)

space after years as parking and dental office space.

After a lengthy discussion, the legislature voted 12-2 in favor of approving the purchase of the properties. The only two legislators to vote against the measure were Henry Granison and Leslyn McBean-Clairborne.

The properties, located at 408 and 412-414 N. Tioga St., are potentially slated for redevelopment by the county now that they will take ownership, although the exact form of that redevelopment is not yet known. Plus, since it would be used for county office space, it would fall under the public resource category, and thus not necessarily have to conform to the city’s zoning rules for that location, which has roiled some city officials who’d like to see more housing and less parking there.

Earlier this month, County Administrator Jason Molino and HOLT Architects presented 10 potential plans that will be considered for the site, and during Tuesday’s meeting Tompkins County Legislature Chair Martha Robertson said she would be assembling a special committee of legislators

which could include things like the county clerk’s department or the district attorney’s office.

There’s been significant interest in the county’s plans for the site recently, both from City of Ithaca officials and residents of the surrounding area. A plethora of nearby residents stood up to speak as well. Nancy Osborne said she generally supports the county’s plans to buy the properties but wanted to reiterate that the neighborhood’s character should be both remembered and reinforced with whatever development comes next. Beyond that, three members from the city’s Common Council came to the meeting to voice their sentiments regarding the site’s future.

“I understand the office concerns, I understand the parking concerns,” Common Council member Laura Lewis said. “I would hope that if you are pursuing this county center of government, that it could be three stories instead of four stories.”

Alderperson Seph Murtagh followed, stating that he thought the county should consider affordable housing for the site, something that city of-

ficials have brought up often.

“I realize the county has their spacing needs, as do we in the city,” Murtagh said.

“We would really like to see affordable housing there if possible, that’s something we’re very interested in. [...] It’s so unusual to have residents of a neighborhood coming to a public meeting and actually asking for affordable housing, as we know it’s normally the other way around.”

Fellow Common Council member Ducson Nguyen also attended and supported other statements in favor of housing from city residents and officials.

The meeting turned lightly contentious at one point surrounding a letter sent prior to the meeting by the city’s historic development planner, Bryan McCracken. Obtained by the Ithaca Times, the letter, which can be read in full in the online version of this article, is written on planning department letterhead and outlines concerns about potential future development at the site and how it would fit into the existing neighborhood. It also says that part of the office building would fall into a historic district, which would mean any future development would be subject to review by the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission (ILPC) in addition to the normal city site review process.

“It should also be noted that if a portion of a development site falls within a designated historic district, the entire project is subject to the requirements of the Landmarks Ordinance,” the letter states.

“In 2003, the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission reviewed and issued a Certificate of Appropriateness for the Hilton Garden Inn project. Although only a small portion of the project site was located within the DeWitt Park Historic District boundaries, the entire project underwent extensive design review to ensure the project did not negatively impact historic resources within the district. As the proposed North Tioga Street office building is partially located within the DeWitt Park Historic District, the project is subject to the same review and design requirements as the Hilton Garden Inn project.”

County legislators were

clearly frustrated by the memo, which likely brought up some old wounds from the tug of war over the Old Library redevelopment several years ago.

That project also underwent a long review process before it was eventually approved by the ILPC after several changes were made to the project.

“One of the things that does concern me is the implicit threat, for lack of a better word, that there will be problems with the site review in connection with our purchase of the property,” Legislator Deborah Dawson said. “I would sincerely hope that there isn’t someone in the planning department with an axe to grind.”

Nguyen and Murtagh both downplayed the chances of that being true, though it didn’t quite quell the fears of the legislature. They both also acknowledged that the timing of the letter’s delivery (just hours before the meeting began) wasn’t ideal.

“The tone is what caught us off guard, and I hope we can keep this professional,” Legislator Anna Kelles added, referring to the letter. Robertson also reiterated a complaint the county has had since the city’s interest in this peaked: Why didn’t the city either fix the zoning, or implement their own housing plans, at the site when they had a chance? It’s not a question that the city has been able to answer to the county’s satisfaction yet.

Leslyn McBean-Clairborne was the lone county legislator to offer a bit more understanding regarding the letter, or at least to not display the overt anger of other legislators. She said that, considering it is McCracken’s job to monitor development and its impact on historic landmark districts, the content of the letter makes sense.

“I do apologize for any confusion that this may have caused tonight,” Murtagh said, referring to the letter while explaining that McCracken’s duty is to balance the city’s development plans with proper observation of its history. Murtagh and Nguyen both spent most of their time before the legislature doing what amounted to damage control due to the anger of the legislature regarding McCracken’s letter.

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It’s Not About the Dogs

Ithaca Hours, Beacon Years

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Internationally-known Ithaca banjo genius Richie Stearns holds the record to this day for being thrown off the Ithaca Commons. Just a few years after I watched the concrete dry on the first Commons, there was Richie and his barefoot scruffy band of kids fiddling away.

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ete Seeger, the iconic folk singer and political activist, died in 2014 at age 94. This May 3 is the 100th anniversary of his birth.

In his work Seeger was doubtless a citizen of the world, but in his personal life he was a staunch upstate New Yorker.

He was born in New York City (like many of us), but as an infant his family moved to Putnam County.

In his 20s, Seeger lived in various locations in lower Manhattan; at age 30, he and his wife Toshi Ohta bought land an hour north in Beacon, on the Hudson River, and built a house by hand where they lived the rest of their lives.

In 2005, Seeger placed a call from Beacon to Ithaca. He had heard of Ithaca’s community currency, Ithaca Hours (thriving at the time), and wondered if a local money would work in his town.

I was a volunteer for Hours and spoke with him. He asked if I would come to Beacon the next week and speak to a group he had organized to explore the effort.

This call came very early in the year, namely January, and if it wasn’t Pete Seeger asking I probably would have said how about we wait till spring. I might have said that even if it was Pete Seeger, but younger. But it was Pete Seeger, age 85, so I said okay.

That meeting, the next week, was in a modest boathouse by the river. It was a rough structure heated only by a woodstove, which that night did not seem terrifically stoked.

I had been told not to eat, as there would be food, but there wasn’t any food beyond chips and salsa.

Neither, at the appointed time, was there any Pete Seeger among the assembly of twenty or so.

Suddenly, though, there was a loud sound at the door, and in banged Pete and Toshi. They were carrying boxes of food they had made. Pete apologized for their lateness (January snowstorm), and asked people to help Toshi bring in the rest of the food while he got more wood for the fire.

With Pete’s effort the room heated up literally, and with his presence figuratively, and it turned into an enjoyable, productive night.

At the end there was some wine, and Pete took me aside for some talk and

questions. In our dialogue I emphasized that Ithaca Hours had started 15 years before, and had taken some years to really get rolling, so the project was definitely long-term.

He took a sip of wine and narrowed his eyes and said, “Why do you think that’s a significant matter to mention to me?”

I looked at him, and the huge spread of plates and cookware, and felt the roaring fire, and considered not just the clamorous crowd he had congregated but my own presence, coming 200 miles in the middle of a blizzard.

I shook my head and raised my glass and said, “I didn’t say anything.”

“I’m 85 years old,” he said, as if conceding a point.

“I hope that when I’m 65 I’m like you at 85,” I said.

In addition to all his strengths, or beyond them, he had Toshi.

Toshi was an artist and businesswoman in her own right. Pete might not have had his success or legacy or even livelihood without her.

When Pete’s career was shattered by political blacklisting in the 1950s, Toshi kept it together with small gigs she uncovered, negotiated, and managed.

Often Pete couldn’t make a gig because of a sudden legal proceeding. Toshi would have to call to explain, apologize, and ask for another chance.

The crucible lasted years. Pete had refused to answer questions before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1955. He was convicted for contempt of Congress six years later, and sentenced to prison. The conviction was overturned by an appeals court in 1962.

When Toshi appraised the years of trial and turmoil, purgatory if not hell, she said to Pete, “Next time you’re just going to jail.”

Pete didn’t last long without Toshi.

She died in July 2013. He died six months later.

Pete’s centennial will be marked in early May with the release of a 6 CD set of his music, including 20 previously unreleased songs, with a 200 page book.

Our country has as much reason as ever to celebrate the lives of these two great citizens. We in upstate New York have special reason to honor them, our creative, brave, devoted neighbors from Beacon.

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Horseflies, and a long list of incarnations of Richie and other great Ithaca musicians. I reached Richie on tour with “Richie and Rosie” in England to confirm my own memories.

“It’s true,” he confirmed. “We’d set up, start playing, and in a while we would be thrown off.” Philosophical after all of these years, he wonders at the enduring effect of not only finding his first audiences on the Commons, but being driven off so much. “I think it bred persistence in me,” he says now. It’s an essential quality for old-time musicians.

Just saying no to things that people want to do on the Commons seems to ironically have started right in the center of a town in which tolerance is practically a religion.

On the Commons, however, we are intolerant. We have prohibited dogs to the point of ridiculousness that the beloved Riley, the golden retriever at the outdoor store with his own Facebook page, got a $25 ticket for walking over to Lou the hotdog man to get his daily grilled chicken from him. (Don’t ask him for chicken: humans only get hot dogs.)

Lou himself has to leave his customary spot during festivals unless he pays the high fees marketed to out-of-town businesses. There have been campaigns over the years against smoking, against congregations of neglected teenagers, against riding your bicycle, against performances lacking permits, against anything not managed and controlled. After all, if you don’t manage and control people in a public space, just what might they get up to? We seem to have a habit of treating the Commons not as a pedestrian public street, but as a shopping mall. Nobody is surprised that the Ithaca Mall prohibits a lot of things. They own it, and it’s solely for commerce. What if the Commons is, on the other hand, a commons? On a commons, people are likely to do all sorts of interesting and creative things. As the great urbanologist, Jane Jacobs pointed out, communities flourish in the free

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ance is working on its 2030 Comprehensive Plan and is looking into public feedback on the idea of what transportation will be best for Ithaca. According to Executive Director Gary Ferguson, many of the plans they have heard need to be considered further. He went on to say that nothing is certain as of yet, since the 2030 plan is still in its earliest stages, although the DIA is looking into what will best provide Ithacans with better connectivity.

In terms of what lies ahead, it doesn’t seem like Ithaca’s past will present a future cure for the transportation problems plaguing Ithaca. However, De Aragón has taken this into account. When it comes to

space of the street, and perish under regulation and inhospitable conditions. While dogs are prohibited, what is not prohibited? Obstructive barriers, open construction and cranes, construction noise, dust and debris are allowed on the Commons on a continual basis. And all of this is in service of turning the Commons into the kind of concrete canyon that Dryden Road in Collegetown has become.

Our twin pedestrian mall in Burlington, Vermont is often cited in comparison with ours. Theirs flourishes. Maybe it is no accident that the shopkeepers set out bowls of water for dogs there.

Maybe it is not by chance that the storefronts remain a human-scale threestory height. At the north end of their Commons, there is a big, inviting, ankledeep fountain. Instead of the “Stay Out” signs we put up, what their sign says is different: This is a lovely place to think, But not a place to get a drink.

It’s great for making dreamy wishes, But not for swimming like the fishes.

Go on—dunk a wriggling toe or two (But not a head-full of shampoo) And if you feel the urge to spout, Make sure it’s poetry coming out.

Have fun, kids!

A couple of years ago, when Ithaca was in such deep freeze that the tourist bureau redirected people to Key West, we were there. If you’ve visited Key West, you know about the little Key West Chickens, who wander freely and peck sandwich crumbs from around your feet. They are picturesque to the tourists, and a pestilence to the locals. Maybe we should ask Key West to return our referral favor and send us a flock of their chickens. They’ll be so happy to get rid of them they’ll probably pay postage. We can set them loose now that the weather has warmed up. This will accomplish something that otherwise probably can’t be done: I will never hear about dogs on the Commons again.

transportation, he said, there is no silver bullet.

“At the end of the day, we need to provide people with a variety of options so people can meet their travel needs,” said De Aragón. “Some of those trips are going to have to be in cars because maybe you live out in a rural area and maybe there’s no other service available. But we just did some numbers, [and] over half the trips taken by people in Tompkins County, and this is mostly in the urban area, are less than two miles in length [...] Is there a way of capturing, and a lot of those trips are being done in a car, more of those trips into bicycles?”

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YOUR LETTERS Letter to the Editor In Celebration of Earth Day & Arbor Day

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et’s take a moment to applaud the volunteers who recently transformed the south entrance to the Village of Trumansburg. On April 17 and 18, dozens showed up, shovels and rakes in hand, to undertake a massive cleanup and tree-planting project. This effort was funded by Trumansburg Rotary, Rotary District 7170, Trumansburg’s Gemm Shop, and cosmetologist Brenda Manheim, and aided by landscape professional David Allen, Takin’ Care of T’burg organizer Karen Powers, and landscape architect John Ullberg, who together contributed many hours of planning, measuring, choosing trees that would survive in a salty, heavily trafficked environment, teaching, and getting the word out.

A year of planning culminated in two days of labor by more than three dozen volunteers, from Takin’ Care of T’burg, Black Diamond Farm, Sweet Land Farm CSA, Trumansburg Rotary, and many others.

Mayor Rordan Hart set the Village DPW’s Casey Lincoln and Jerrod Surine to digging most of the tree-planting holes with the village’s backhoe. Jerry Reynolds, chairman of the fairgrounds board, and excavator Henry Van Ness cleared another patch of scrub on the north side of the fairgrounds entrance. And Scott Sutcliffe showed up with his front-end bucket loader to deliver compost and mulch.

Thanks to all who volunteered, and to “The Weatherman,” who provided two lovely workdays followed by a welcome rain to water our new trees. Low-growing crabapples, redbuds, and cornelian cherries now complement the greenery of Smith Woods across the street, thanks to the Village of Trumansburg and local volunteers. We look forward to next spring’s blossoms.

Peggy Haine, (Town of Hector) Trumansburg Rotary

EV In Your Future: What’s A Watt?

senger car, say, a Prius Prime, gets about four miles per kWh during the summer.

So 28kWh of daily home electricity rolls that Prius 112 miles down the road. Gasoline has a lot of power in it and that power can be expensive. Play with numbers and units, and it turns out that 1 gallon of gasoline is the same thing as 33.7kWh. Wait a minute, here. If 28kWh gets you 112 miles, then 33.7kWh gets you...almost 135 miles down the road. Does this mean EV cars are getting 135MPG? It’s not that simple, but yes. Electric motor drive, thanks to fewer moving parts and no energy going out a tailpipe, converts about 60% of the power in a battery to motion; a gas engine drive uses only 20% of the power in its fuel. Fewer parts also mean lower maintenance cost (imagine no more motor oil changes). But, wait, it gets better. If you charge the EV battery at home, the fuel cost savings (electricity vs. gasoline) is amazing. The $3 you pay per gallon at the pump would buy you about 20kWh. The gallon might get you maybe 40 miles but the 20kWh could get you 80 miles. Not bad at all, but if you have extra Solar PV power that you sell back to the power company, the $3 could get you 120kWh...or 480 miles.

Your fuel cost savings can help finance those solar PV panels!

Ted Crane Danby, NY

Correction In the April 3 edition of the Ithaca Times, the cover story “Staying on the Right Side of History” should have included a more suitable description of Tom Jones’ first wife, Stephanie Bell, a Cornell University graduate and the mother of Jones’ first child. She was previously described inadequately by the author of this article, and the article has been updated online.

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hances are, if your next car is a passenger car, you’ll be looking at some EV (Electric Vehicle) models. If you aren’t needing a car until a few years from now, you’ll be looking at a lot of EV choices. There will even be EV trucks by then.

We all live with electricity and gasoline, but few of us have a gut feeling for how the energy in a kilowatt-hour of electricity compares to the energy in a gallon of gas. A kilowatt-hour (kWh) is 1000W (watts) for 1 hour. Your toaster uses 1000W, but only for a minute or two.

Toasting a bagel is maybe 0.033kWh—not much compared to the average home, which uses about 28kWh (about 840 bagels) per day. Let’s roll that bagel down the road. A reasonably efficient EV pasA p r i l

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The Future of the Mall

As retail falters and storefronts sit empty, can the Ithaca Mall pivot?

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By M att Bu tler he demise of the American shopping mall in the same form that it has existed for generations seems all but a foregone conclusion.

Around the country, as the retail industry shifts quickly and abruptly away from brick-and-mortar stores in favor of the convenience of cyber-shopping, centers of retail face one of two realities: either pivot away from reliance on retail, or likely die while trying to resist the omnipotence of the internet.

A quick stroll around the Shops at Ithaca Mall on a recent Thursday night reveals that it is undergoing many of the same negative impacts from online shopping as other retail centers around the country, with the added pressure of another pedestrian marketplace in the Commons nearby in downtown Ithaca. The hum of commerce and customers that once bounced around its halls is largely gone, as businesses have moved in and out while crowds steadily dwindle.

The former American Eagle location sits empty. Ultimate Athletics recently closed up shop. Bon Ton, a former headliner of the mall, has also left in the last two years, along with Sears Hometown Store last year, which followed the departure of the large Sears department store in 2014. While the majority of the storefronts in the mall still house businesses, the num8 T

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For their part, the mall’s management is not denying nor ignorant of the issues their retail tenants are facing. Gina Speno, the property manager for the Shops at Ithaca Mall, said she isn’t sure if the general public is grasping the dire plight of storefront retail versus the internet, or the effort that goes into resisting it. While the onus is on mall management to appeal to enough people that they keep the mall vibrant, part of the burden must fall on customers as well to make a conscious decision to patronize local businesses.

“Sometimes, I do not think people realize what is happening behind the scenes and believe me, we make it our business on a daily basis to look for new tenants and retailers,” she wrote in an email. “We really do get it—we live it and we breathe it. Every store manager in our mall comes to work every day and they push forward and work against online shopping. The success of their store relies completely on the customers who shop there. When their sales decline and all they handle are internet returns, how does that work?”

Speno admitted that this year has been a “bumpy ride” for the mall, losing some stores due to “bankruptcy, downsizing, poor operations of the brand and believe it or not, some for not paying their rent.”

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what extent is unknown and could depend on the type of interest the mall is able to attract.

“Will the shopping mall remain strictly retail? Probably not,” Speno said. “We are looking to add a [mixture] of retail, food, entertainment and offices. As our shopping world evolves, one thing is for certain: The Shops at Ithaca Mall is located in a wonderful, vibrant community and we still have some of the best retailers and we still need our community to support these retail stores by shopping in their stores.”

Theories abound about what the mall could do to evolve further. Tompkins County Legislator Deborah Dawson suggested remaking itself into a hub of unique local merchandise, a type of retail/experience blend, and adding an outdoors element during the warm weather months.

A popular suggestion over the years has been to add a housing component to the mall, something that could occupy a second and maybe third floor of the building while helping address the obvious housing needs and joining the movement toward mixed-use development that’s become increasingly popluar. Village of Lansing Planning Board Chair Lisa Schleilein said that although housing would be possible at the site, the infrastructure at the site would need to undergo an overhaul in order to properly support it.

“There are some infrastructure things that would need to be worked out, like the sewer-water thing,” Schleilein said, going

on to describe research that has been done on the topic. “There is no clear direction as to how a mall should go, but it really is based on your market analysis, what the community wants, what the stakeholders want, and bringing all that together.”

The future growth of Lansing’s population, which appears imminent considering apartment development on the horizon, may bolster interest in the mall. But it all returns to one central question: more people in the immediate area or not, will they want to go to the mall? As Schleilein said, there must be something in the mall that grabs all the new people that are going to be driving by. Village of Lansing Deputy Mayor Ronny Hardaway lamented what he felt like was a lack of communication and commitment on the part of mall ownership, the Long Island-based Namdar Realty. Namdar did not return phone calls asking for comment.

“Currently, the owners haven’t shown a tremendous desire to do any of that,” Hardaway said. “Not the local management, but the owners don’t seem to be present or participating in any type of communication with the Village or the county, as far as making the mall better.

So we have to rely on them to approach us and see how we can help them. But their ultimate success relies on their ability and desire to be successful.”

Whatever the final product is, early elements of that next evolution can already be seen throughout the mall. Businesses

with a focus on service and a secondary retail component, like Regis salon or Mastercuts, are both notable in that they provide something other than a purely retail element. Speno also said that the mall has a tenant interested in coming to the BonTon location, and that a letter of intent has been agreed upon to bring a hotel element to the mall. She said she could not provide further information about either of those two developments, however.

Up and down the mall’s hallways, there are examples of the different options of businesses that could be emphasized outside of retail. There will be, of course, some bumps in the road to overcome for this approach to work in the long run:experience-based businesses that will fail to catch on or overestimate the market demand, while others survive and thrive. Ultimate Athletics was a popular gym tucked into a $80 M massive space around the back of the mall with a batting cage section run by Jeff Spada of Hitz Ithaca, but they desert$60 M ed their location earlier this year, much to the chagrin of members who have taken to social media to decry the clos$40 M ing, yet Planet Fitness seems to have carved out a good customer base across from the $20 M Regal Cinema. While Barskis Xtreme Lazer Tag faltered and closed, its child-focused entertainment counterpart Jump $0 Around Inflatables, a wonderland of inflatable bouncy structures, was one of the busiest spots in the mall during a recent visit. Running 2 Places, the local youth theater group, is constructing a new venue at the mall for their shows as well.

It’s well known that the mall’s ownership has been trying to sell off portions of the mall in a piecemeal fashion, by selling the land beneath the occupied stores to the companies that lease that store space, though it does not appear that approach has had much success. One indicator of the mall’s hardships over the last several years is its cratering property value assessment. Over the last 10 years, mall management has seen its property value assessment decline precipitously from a high of $51.5 million, which it held for two consecutive years in 2008 and 2009, all the way down to its current valuation, at $19.35 million, according to the Tompkins

County Assessment office. But, to exemplify that some parts of the mall are still holding strong: During that same time frame, the property value assessment for Target, which is connected to the mall but technically owns the land on which the store sits, has remained steady at $7.7 million. Relatedly, all indications are that the endlessly persistent rumors over the last few months that Maguire Family of Dealerships had purchased the mall are false, according to Phil Maguire and Schleilein.

That decrease in value is the most clear connection between the economic success of the mall and how it benefits the surrounding area. As the taxes on the property dissipate, the slack must be handled by local residents.

can Eagle quietly absconded some time in the last year. To be certain, both of those companies were experiencing struggles everywhere, not just in Tompkins County: Bon-Ton closed as part of a companywide liquidation, and American Eagle announced in 2017 that it would be “more aggressive” about closing stores in the near future. But they weren’t the only ones to leave, and the troublesome part for Ithaca Mall specifically is that since those massive spaces have closed, the mall has been unable to attract replacements, the possible Bon-Ton replacement notwithstanding, leaving it with the gaping holes that it now houses.

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The opinion of the mall’s future from its retail tenants varies. The larger stores that house national brands like Target, Old Navy and Dick’s Sporting Goods seem to be relatively healthy. Representatives of each of those stores declined to comment, deferring to their national corporate offices which had not responded in time for publication. Of course, other seemingly secure nationwide brands haven’t had as much luck. Bon-Ton’s closing was wellpublicized in April 2018, while Ameri-

Jocelyn Debique, manager of Bazaar Gifts for the last year-and-a-half, offered a blunt but bleak assessment of the mall.

“It’s very, very slow,” Debique said. “It’s always dead. The mall is dead. We’re hoping not to move out, but it’s very slow.”

Debique said she isn’t sure of the solution, whether it hinges on better marketing or something else, but that it’s been the same level of activity for her 18 months at her location, a corner spot across from The Cornell Store’s mall locale. She did say, though, that her rent has not increased since she’s been operating at the mall.

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U-Code’s owner, Janet Carmosky, said she was initially attracted to the location because the mall has long been one of the premier gathering places for families with children, which is her target clientele. Carmosky’s business runs classes for kids to learn coding and computational thinking, and she said that she has so far been disappointed by the amount of foot traffic at the mall when not bolstered by holiday rushes like Black Friday, Christmas and Valentine’s Day, although she said she sees places like Jump Around Inflatables across the hall attracting plenty of customers. Generally, she sounds hopeful, though hesitant, about the mall’s ability to pivot, looking at Destiny USA in Syracuse as an example of a successful mall revitalization through a focus shift from retail to “education and entertainment.”

“It would take an effort, because in order to bring families back to the mall, you have to organize more stuff,” Carmosky said. “The mall’s job is to bring traffic into all of its tenants. [...] We talked to Destiny USA and it’s very clear how much effort that property makes to schedule activities to bring people in for education $19.3 M and entertainment. It’s impressive how focused they are on positioning as a destina$7.7 M tion rather than just a place of merchandise. I think any mall could go for that positioning, 2018 they would just have to make that a very conscious decision and commit to hosting all the activities that are necessary to support that positioning.”

Regardless of its obvious issues, the mall’s management must keep a rosy outlook, at least publicly. Despite plenty of reasons for negativity, Speno claimed that right now, the mall is maintaining optimism and curiosity above all else, even with a future clouded by uncertainty. There may be hope on the horizon, particularly if the aforementioned plans for a hotel and a new tenant in the BonTon space come to fruition. But if and when that happens, it remains a relatively small step in curing the long-term future of the mall.

“There are many potential opportunities ahead and right now we need to be patient and remain positive and see what unfolds,” Speno said.

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Sports

Equal Playing Field Co-ed, mixed ability IHS team provides everybody a chance

By Ste ve L aw re nc e

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rom the outside looking in, the term “Unified Sports” sounds nice. For a high school student who has never worn an Ithaca High School uniform, or never ridden a bus to an away game to represent the Little Red, the view from the inside looking out is far beyond “Nice.”

The Unified Sports program at Ithaca High is a co-ed, mixed-ability sports program. “Mixed-ability” means that some of the students have intellectual disabilities and some do not, and when the team took the basketball court at the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton, it was not just a game-changer, it was a life-changer.

Stephanie Velletta is a special education teacher in the Ithaca City School District, and when the district decided to join several other schools in Section IV, the stars aligned for Stephanie to be a part of it.

She told me, “Samantha Little, our athletic director, and Martin Shaw (an inclusion specialist) reached out to me, and given

I am a special education teacher and a basketball coach (she formerly coached the Little Red varsity), it was the perfect blending of two things I love.” She added, “Dr. [Luvelle] Brown (ICSD’s superintendent) was also very supportive, and has done a lot to help us.”

Providing a bit of back story, Stephanie said, “Section IV schools like Elmira, Horseheads and Corning had Unified teams, and schools, and this is the second year we have been involved.” She pointed out in an email that “there is also a Youth Activation Committee (YAC), which is a group of student leaders who focus on increasing inclusion in the school and community,” and said, “This is our second year running the program and we have experienced a lot of growth.We went from a five-member YAC to a 30-plus-member YAC, and a team of nine to a team of almost 20!”

Not to overuse the phrase “It takes a village,” but in the case of Unified Sports, that really is the case.

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“We have had so much help from so many donors in our community,” Valletta offered. “Chuck from Shortstop has donated meals, the Ithaca Sports Boosters have been amazing—everyone in the community has been so onboard with the whole idea of inclusion.” She stated, “The idea of including kids in authentic ways is really not a hard sell.” Valletta talked about the fact that many of the athletes have had a connection with the local Special Olympics contingent, and she said the organization offers “some really good resources and opportunities.” There is a solid fundraising pipeline in place, and she tipped her hat to Dr. Brown, who recently took part in one of the Special Olympics’ biggest fundraisers, the Polar Plunge.

At this point, Unified Sports has not expanded beyond putting a basketball team on the court, and that is by design, Velletta points out. She said, “Some schools have bowling, and flag football, but we’re making sure we are doing it right before we branch out. We’re just trying to figure out what we’re doing, and making sure the kids feel good about everything.” When talking about the opportunity to play at the Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton, Valletta is the first to admit that “feel

good” is an understatement. She said, “We got the invitation to play at halftime of a boys’ state championship game, and we had been holding some open gym sessions, so we were ready to go.” She added, “We brought 20 kids, and we split into two teams. We work to increase awareness, and these players deserve to have people see the show.”

People saw the show, that’s for sure.

Valletta said, “We were given VIP passes and seats, and when we played, there were about 4,000 fans there! I have never played in front of 4,000 fans. The kids felt like star athletes.”

The team has several upcoming games, and Coach Valletta would love to see bleachers full of fans, a pep band, and as much support as these deserving athletes can get. The schedule for home games is: May 5 vs. Lansing, May 9 vs. Johnson City and May 20 vs. Maine-Endwell (senior night). Away games are: May 7 at Elmira, May 14 at Dryden, May 16 at Owego and May 22 at Union-Endicott.

The website address is: https://staging.specialolympics.org/unified-sports. aspx?src=navbar Those interested can access the Ithaca Unified Twitter and Instagram pages: @IthacaUnified.

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thaca Youth Bureau’s summer camp programs are making a return with some new additions as well as old favorites. The Youth Bureau offers two camps: one at Cass Park for kids ages five to eight and another at Stewart Park for ages 8-14. Liz Klohmann, executive director of the Ithaca Youth Bureau, is more than happy to see these programs come back.

Both the parks offer a full-day and a half-day option that offer a variety of activities throughout the day. Some activities include arts and crafts, swimming, boating, archery, drama, recreation and games.

Along with this, the Cass Park Day Camp, which is held at the pool and rink, offers one swim lesson a day for kids. Since both camps run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., there is an option for parents and caregivers to drop their kids off as early as 7:30 a.m. before they go to work , Klohmann said.

Both camps also have a nurse on-site.

At Cass Park Camp, after the morning swim lesson, campers rotate through a variety of activities like arts and crafts, drama and theatre, and field games. Each afternoon, after lunch, the kids have

“magic circle time,” which is usually a special guest speaking to the kids or engaging them in a special performance for 30 to 45 minutes. In past years, Klohmann said, guests have included the Ithaca Fire Department (with fire trucks), local musician John Simon, and a magician.

Following this, kids can spend the rest of the afternoon in the pool or playing games on the playground. Klohmann They all got it right, basically. (Photo provided) said this allows the kids to have some fun with friends they’ve made throughout the One of them is a theatre camp for kids summer. ages four to six called “Imagine That” and The camp at Stewart Park offers more a theatre camp for older kids as well. New activities than those for the little kids this year is a junior golfx220 camp, Klohmann camp at Cass Park.

Georgia@ithacatimes.com 607-277-7000 said, which seems like a great idea since At Stewart Park, kids can engage in the camps for years have been offering golf activities like tennis, archery, canoeing,Newspaper: lessons. Other programs include a sailing drama, arts and crafts, and recreation. lesson partnership between the Ithaca They also bike along the Waterfront Trail.

Youth Bureau and the Cornell Sailing However, after lunch kids have two opCenter, adult-child pottery classes, open tions as to what they want to do. Half the studio time for art and clay work, begincamp goes via TCAT bus to Cass Park to ner and advanced Taekwondo classes for swim, while the other half stays at Stewart all ages, swimming lessons, tennis lessons, Park to continue engaging in the aforesummer band and orchestra lessons, and mentioned activities. an outdoor program called “Rocks, Ropes In addition to the full day camps, there and More.” will be several half-day specialty camps.

Another new item this year stems from the Tompkins County Youth Services Pitch Contest. The program director of Cass Park Pool submitted a small grant application that meets some of the county’s leading youth demands. The small grant is now going to provide family swim passes to 15 families who are income-eligible. According to Klohmann, this means they are either eligible for free or reduced lunch to apply for a free summer family swim pass at the pool.

“The idea is to really help people access the pool,” Klohmann said. “Maybe they haven’t been able to, maybe they don’t have transportation to get to the pool, and to assist with that we will offer a free bus pass so that families can get to and from the pool so they have an opportunity to get to and from the pool. Research shows that if families don’t swim, their kids aren’t going to learn to swim. It’s also a wonderful way for families to recreate together, have fun, learn a new skill, and stay healthy. We are really excited to be able to offer that this summer.”

One returning item for this summer Client: is the Ithaca Youth Bureau’s ever-popular roller skating night. Over five Friday nights in the spring and summer, they offer roller-skating for people of all ages at the Cass Park Rink. In years past, Klohmann said, there have been over 1,000 participants. She is looking forward to seeing as many people have fun at the rollerskating night as well as the various camps which will begin in the coming months.

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More than throwing a punch

By Jaime C one

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hen it comes to keeping your family safe, one unfortunate fact of life is that unexpected things can happen, even in small com-

munities like Ithaca—or, even smaller, Candor, where Fay’s Fitness is working to relieve some modern day anxiety by teaching self-defense techniques for women and

girls.

The class is for ages 11 and older, and the most recent class, held April 6, included Keanna Fay, gym co-owners Barb and Ron Fay’s 11-year-old granddaughter.

“Oh my gosh, it was a relief,” Ron Fay said of teaching his granddaughter selfdefense. “It’s one of the main reasons I ran this class. She can pack a wallop, but she needs to learn about the other things.”

Barb Fay said the class is an activity that family members such as mothers and daughters can do together. She said she can still remember the lessons taught to

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her in her eighth-grade gym class: how to walk confidently, “like you know where you are going,” as Fay put it, as well as how to defend yourself with your keys. “I still remember this palm strike to the nose,” she added, and it is a move the Fays teach their pupils.

“People in their 60s might not think you can do something like that, but it’s focused on things women of any age can do,” said Sue Heavenrich, who participated in the class. For older individuals, especially if they travel, awareness and avoidance is key, said Ron Fay, as is being healthy and strong “because that makes you less of a target,” Fay said.

Heavenrich added that one of the most important aspects of his teachings is awareness, which is a skill people can develop at any age.

“The best defense is having awareness of the dangers that are out there,” Heavenrich Said.

Ron Fay considers this so crucial, in fact, that he spends a considerable amount of time talking about how to be more aware before the class even starts with any physical exercises.

Local Taekwondo instructor Aaron Reagan, who teaches out of the Memorial Baptist Church in Candor, helped lead the class.

Ron Fay helped develop a pamphlet he hands out to his self-defense class called “Practical & Empowering Self-Defense for Women.” The cover highlights the four a’s that all women should remember: Attitude, awareness, avoidance and action.

“They can go away knowing that the basic thing they are going to do is avoid the situation, and the second is going to be to scream really loud,” Heavenrich said.

“A problem never encountered is the best kind to have,” as the pamphlet says.

Ron Fay then had the class learn some self-defense moves that can be used in dangerous situations if an altercation can’t be avoided. “We punched the bag; that was fun,” Heavenrich said. “It’s to get over the fear of punching something.” The class members learned how to do a groin kick and an elbow strike. “An elbow strike is a very strong move because you’re not just hitting with your elbow but using your whole body,” Heavenrich explained.

“We wanted to make sure the women got to hit things,” Ron Fay said. “Even though awareness and avoidance are really kind of the cornerstone, they come to hit, and that builds confidence.”

He also showed them how to get out of a wrist grip and how to escape a situation where someone puts their arm around your neck.

“I actually think this stuff should be taught in PE (physical education) classes for girls in middle school or junior high,” Heavenrich said. “It’s great for seventh and eighth graders to learn it and feel a little more confident.”

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ince opening in 1928, the State Theatre has come to be a cultural landmark throughout the greater Ithaca area, with a history that necessitated its preservation in the past and future so. The theater hosts numerous community events every year, even working to offer tickets to low-income children and their families using community donations and community fundraisers. To fuel those events, fundraising is necessary, and one of the theatres largest events of the year is coming up: The ninth annual Benefit My State concert on Saturday, April 27, at 8 p.m. Partnering with Ithaca College, this year’s show features Almost Queen, a Queen tribute band that, according to the press release, “recaptures the live energy and precision that is the ultimate Queen experience.”

Proceeds from the show help to support the rising annual operating costs of the 90-year old theater. This year, those expenses include replacing a $125,000 boiler furnace, on top of the extensive renovations that have already been completed, which have tripled the theater’s seating capacity and made the theater more accessible overall. According to the press release, “prior to the summer of 2018, only five out of the theatre’s 1600 seats were ADA [Americans with Disabilities Act] compliant.” This project increased that number to 13 ADA-compliant seats, which were installed in strategic locations around the downstairs orchestra section and in areas near the top of the downstairs seating area. The State Theatre

consulted with the Finger Lakes Independence Center and received guidance on how to distribute the seats, accounting for ideal sight lines to the stage. This project included the installation of two extra wide “buddy” seats, which can accommodate couples, parents with small children and larger patrons who don’t feel comfortable in the regular-sized theatre seats.

The theatre also added more than 30 new cushioned removable seats to the front orchestra section, which has a newly refinished floor.

Those will be used for reserved-seating shows, but can be easily packed away for general admission events, creating more space in front of the stage. This entire project, including the new seats and additional work to the theater, costs around $100,000 in total, and was the theatre’s biggest upgrades since a major renovation of the primary restroom facilities during the summer of 2015.

Given that only 10 percent of tickets sales are used to cover these expenses, the funding is largely sourced by the State Theatre Foundation, which has advocated and fundraised on the theater’s behalf since it was founded in 2009. According to Doug Levine, the executive director of the foundation, the future of the theater appears to be bright, even if there is much work to be done. He said numbers were amazing 2018, with 65,000 tickets sold across 85 events throughout the year. However, Levine continued to explain the sensitive balance of traversing different audience demographics as the theater brings in dramatically different acts.

“More expensive tickets mean more out-oftown customers,” he explained.

While expensive headliners allow the theater to continue to grow in terms of recognition, inexpensive family and communityoriented shows are equally necessary for

maintaining local support and enriching the community.

Especially with changing tax laws, and a shifting dynamic throughout the nonprofit sector at-large that has lead to fewer donations and donors, the theater is ever-reliant on community support. Moreover, financial obstacles such as the need for a new furnace are further complicated by procedural obstacles, as the State Theatre was officially designated as a historic site by the National Historic Organization in 1995, and as such, “projects have to be approved in advance, which can pose problems,” Levine said. Rob Gearheart, the president of the State Theatre Foundation Board, elaborated on the theater’s community presence, expressing a need for greater recognition of the foundation in order to encourage more steady funding.

“People don’t necessarily understand that we are a nonprofit and that the majority of our revenue goes to artists,” he said.

This next iteration of the annual benefit concert comes on the heels of major change in the State Theatre Foundation. Longstanding board members’ term limits have expired, bringing an influx of new faces in leadership, including Kathryn Foley, the new State Theatre development chair. In order for the State Theatre Foundation to operate most efficiently with its current resources, every member of the board has several roles in the organization, which means that changes in leadership are not made lightly. Looking toward the future, however, it looks as though the State Theatre will continue to provide the Ithaca area with a historic, unique venue for decades to come.

Tickets for “Benefit My State: Almost Queen” range from $19.50-39.50 and are available now from the State Theatre Box Office by calling 607-277-8283, or online at www. stateofithaca.org.

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Memories Living On at IC Concert remembers Matthew Shepard

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ometimes a musical concert is more than a concert––it’s a prayer, a healing, a transformative ritual.

That’s true of Bach’s celebrated 1727 sacred oratorio, “St. Matthew Passion,” and also of a recent choral work it inspired. “Considering Matthew Shepard,” composed by Craig Hella Johnson in 2016, acknowledges its debt to Bach while incorporating a range of musical styles––all in tribute to a murdered youth whose death has become emblematic.

Under the masterful guidance of conductor Janet Galvan, the Ithaca College Choir––49 singers, featuring several soloists––and a 10-person orchestra splendidly performed this massive work in the college’s packed Ford Hall on Tuesday, April 16. A Prologue, a Passion consisting of 10 recitations, and an Epilogue all meditated on the life and death of Matthew Shepard, the gay college student who was murdered near Laramie, Wyoming, in October 1998.

Shepard was brutally beaten, tied to a fence and left in the freezing cold. The two men who attacked and robbed him might have hated gays; their motives have been much debated. But the national outpouring of sympathy and grief for a young gay man that followed was radical for the time.

It led, in 2000, to the play “The Laramie Project,” which addressed issues of homophobia and violence. And ultimately, in 2009, the national discourse led to the passage of The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, named for Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., the

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Nearly 21 years later, Shepard’s memory lives on in the educational foundation established by his parents, in the LGBTQ community, and in the wider dialogue on crimes motivated by hatred and prejudice.

Craig Hella Johnson’s choral work commemorates Shepard’s life and legacy, and Ithaca College’s production was stunning in almost every aspect. Conductor Galvan, assisted by theatre director Norm Johnson, shaped a production whose scope alone was striking. The music is classical yet interweaves songs in liturgical, gospel, jazz, country western, and contemporary styles.

Not only does the mixture create a musical spectrum of Americana, but each song or recitation segues exquisitely into the next. For example, after the spiteful, inflamed screams of anti-gay protestors at Shepard’s funeral, violins take us gently into the sorrowful “Keep It Away From Me (The Wound of Love).” These transitions, and the use of silence, contributed to a comprehensible and moving structure, almost a living organism.

The large chorus itself also moved fluidly, regrouping constantly as the recitations and topics demanded. Soloists came forward or clustered in small groups of three or four (as in “The Fence”); the singers assembled in different formations, actors embodying the story symbolically. One unforgettable moment: all the men lying on the ground as the women’s chorus behind them sang the consoling “Deer Song.”

The lyrics range from poetic to commonplace, from celebrating the “Cattle Horses Grass and Sky” of the West to mournfully invoking loss and pain (“The Innocence,” “In Need of Breath”). Some recitations are sited in the actual events (“Stars,” from the eulogy by Shepard’s father); others more abstractly explore our connection to them (“I Am Like You”). But all lead to the thrilling music of “Pilgrimage,” a prayer at the fence––“Beauty above me, beauty below me / By beauty surrounded.” Then comes the rousing score of the epilogue, the talismanic, humanistic affirmation of the natural world, of love, of beauty, of the human connection expressed in “All of Us.” This spiritual oratorio, in performance and effect, handsomely exemplifies how art (and the belief in art) transcends suffering (though it can never obliterate it).

But in invoking one individual as iconic, it may over-simplify reality. For all its richness, “Celebrating Matthew Shepard” canonizes Shepard (the Christian allusions are inescapable). And despite its aesthetic beauty, this oratorio’s contribution to mythmaking may obscure our more difficult but necessary search to understand the complexities of human nature, then and now.

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The magnificent Brahms Requiem

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rchestra (CCO), led by music director Cornelia Laemmli Orth, will be joined by the Cornell University Glee Club and Chorus— prepared by the university’s choral director Robert Isaacs—and soloists soprano Tamara Acosta and baritone Sidney Outback in a performance of the great choral masterwork “Ein deutsches Requiem” by Johannes Brahms. The concert takes place on Saturday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. in Bailey Hall on the Cornell campus.

Both Laemmli Orth and Isaacs spoke of their excitement in presenting this monumental work and the collaboration between their ensembles. It provides an awe-inspiring close to the CCO’s orchestral season, plus an outstanding experience in the Glee Club’s 150th anniversary celebrations. The two have talked about scheduling the concert for several years and recently have been in touch frequently to discuss details of tempos and acoustics, plus their personal views of the work.

Orth got to hear the chorus rehearsing a few weeks ago, and admired their sound and excellent mastery of the German text.

Both directors emphasized the Requiem’s remarkable symmetry and structure.

The Requiem is in seven movements.

Instead of the traditional liturgical Latin of the Catholic mass for the dead, Brahms compiled his own text from Martin Luther’s German translation of the Bible.

The words and special sweep of the music of this humanistic work create feelings of hope and consolation, a concern with comforting the living, while offering gentle prayers for the souls of the departed, for they too will be comforted, and their works will live after them.

For Cornelia, this is her third time with

the Requiem, the first being 10 years ago. “You never feel you are mature enough to do it,” she told me, but on the podium “you forget the anxiety and the work takes you along.”

There are dark moments but then the “darkness turns to light.” She spoke too of the arc of the music and of the structure, how the first and last movements are a frame (much of the same material in Movement 1 reappears in Movement 7), the funeral march and big sound of Movement 2 is balanced by the trumpet call of death in Movement 6; the fugues in Movements 3 and 6 are contrasted by the lovely, gentle, almost pastoral Movement 4 plus the quiet prayer for the dead—probably inspired by the recent death of Brahms’s mother—in Movement 5 at the top of the arc.

As for Robert Isaacs, he said that this German Requiem is on the top-five list of every choral singer, and although the soloists are important, the chorus plays the principal vocal role throughout.

“Every movement is satisfying and the chorus is propelled by the orchestra,” often with an infectious rhythmic quality. “The students absolutely love this work.” And the Glee Club, he added, gave its first concert in January 1869, just two weeks before the first performance of this Requiem. It’s a “fitting way for them to end their 150th anniversary year.”

Soprano Tamara Acosta, on the voice faculty at IC and well known to Ithaca audiences—she sang with the CCO just last spring—recently performed the Requiem with Cornelia’s Symphony of the Mountains in Tennessee.

“It will be a treat to be onstage with a friend,” Cornelia said.

Baritone Sidney Outlaw from North Carolina, acclaimed for his deep, rich, and versatile baritone voice, comes “highly recommended,” Robert said. While here, he will provide a master class.

The enthusiasm of both musical leaders is contagious. “This is such an accessible concert,” Robert said, at just 70 minutes with no intermission. For Cornelia, this is “my first time with the Cornell University Chorus, my first time in Bailey Hall.” It’s such powerful music, with an energy and excitement in the air.

“You need to be in the concert hall to hear it,” she said.

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about the festival and its submission process.

Sean McNierney: We’ve been going about four years; we were very small. We used to start out here on campus, [screening] in classrooms and having people walk

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Ithaca Times: How do you attract filmmakers?

SM: It’s mostly just through the experience the filmmakers get when they come.

We’re very involved with them, the process of reaching out to them. I work with the viral marketing team, so we work with putting out the films, letting people know what films are going to be shown. [We tell them] “Hey, we tweeted about your film, and the film got accepted.” It gives them exposure and makes them happy. We have a meet-up. We have dinners with them. It’s like an experience for the filmmakers.

IT: Seeing their film with an audience is the ultimate reward, really.

SM: Yeah, it’s a great experience for them, especially because we get to talk to them. I was a fall intern and a film reviewer, so I get to see some of the films that got accepted. Some of the films I saw—I was actually able to meet the filmmakers themselves, and they love it. It’s a very personal experience.

IT: Can you talk about one or two of those films on the schedule this year?

SM: There’s a comedy film called “Brown Fish,” but I’d rather not go into the details of that. It’s actually very funny. And there’s this cute little animation that we have playing called “On My Mind.” It’s directed by Shirley Zhou. It’s basically about this girl who got her heart broken, and there’s a little crow on the top of her head.

And the crow just keeps reminding her of her past relationship. But as she keeps moving forward, the crow goes away. It kind of broke my heart up.

IT: You just described two of the films showing at Blackbird. How many films are you showing?

SM: We had over 1800 films submitted, and we accepted 87 films. We’re really proud to say that we have a 4.64% acceptance rate, and over half of our filmmakers are female.

IT: You’re reviewing films now. What were the films that inspired you to pursue this?

SM: Not so much films when I was younger, but more recently. When I was growing up, I went and saw superhero movies and action movies. But I would say movies like “Her,” “Interstellar,” any Quentin Tarantino movie got me into film.

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Cornell Chamber Orchestra | 7:00 PM, 4/26 Friday | Barnes Hall, Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca |

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Rebecca and the Souls Shakers Trio | 7:00 PM, | Two Goats Brewing, Burdett

Tim Vitullo Band | 4:00 PM, | Two Goats Brewing, Burdett

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Rob Ervin | 7:00 PM, | Elm Tree Inn, Mc Lean

4/24 Wednesday

Gaibelball: Benefit for Dan Gaibel & Family | 5:00 PM, | The Range, Ithaca | $10 s.d.

Chris Trapper | 7:30 PM, | 6 On The Square, Oxford

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

Mary Lorson & friends | 7:00 PM, | The Westy, Ithaca

Domino Saints | 9:00 PM, | The Range, Ithaca

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

4/27 Saturday

Bound for Glory - Jane Rothfield & Allan Carr | 8:00 PM, | Anabel Taylor Hall, Ithaca

Open Mic | 7:00 PM, | Ithaca Coffee Company, Ithaca

The Yardvarks | 6:00 PM, | Americana Vineyards, Interlaken

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

Garlic Band | 7:00 PM, | Two Goats Brewing, Burdett

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

Glacial Erotics | 8:00 PM, | Silver Line Tap Room, Trumansburg

4/25 Thursday Rob Ervin | 5:30 PM, | Collegetown Bagels, Ithaca Taksim: Live Mid-East Music & Belly Dance | 7:30 PM, | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, Ithaca The Brother Brothers | 8:00 PM, | The Haunt, Ithaca

4/26 Friday Purple Valley | 6:00 PM, | Americana Vineyards, Interlaken Erin & The Backwoods Blues Project | 6:00 PM, | Hopshire Farm & Brewery, Freeville

Gutterpunk: Bad Hand, 86er’s, New Motor Club, Drew Kiddoo and the Blackouts | 8:00 PM, | Bowl-ODrome, Ithaca

4/29 Monday Open Mic | 8:30 PM, | Agava, Ithaca

4/30 Tuesday Professor Tuesdays Jazz Quartet | 6:30 PM, | ZaZa’s Cucina, Ithaca Irish Session with members of Traonach | 7:00 PM, | Argos Inn, Ithaca

Li’l Anne & Hot Cayenne | 8:00 PM, | Danby Gathery, Ithaca | $10

Open Mic Night | 9:00 PM, | Lot 10 Lounge, Ithaca

After Six | 9:00 PM, | Agava, Ithaca

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The Blind Spots - Diaper Jam! | 9:00 PM, | The Haunt, Ithaca | $10-$20

4/28 Sunday Mary Ott Band | 11:00 AM, | Stonecat Cafe, Hector Diana Leigh & Jesse Collins | 12:00 PM, | Agava, Ithaca Gerard Burke | 1:00 PM, | Red Newt Bistro, Hector

The Dennis Winge Trio | 6:00 PM, | Monks on the Commons, Ithaca Canaan Jam Session | 7:00 PM, | Canaan Institute, Brooktondale IC Senior Showcase: Aaron Rizzo + Butter + Lazy Bones w/ East Coast Summit | 7:00 PM, | The Haunt,

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Happy Hour: Bendher | 6:00 PM, | The Haunt, Ithaca

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

IthacaROC Swing & Blues Collaboration | 7:00 PM, | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, Ithaca | $5.00

Mighty & The Jet Band | 7:00 PM, | The Westy, Ithaca

East Coast Summit | 4:00 PM, | Americana Vineyards, Interlaken

Open Mic | 7:00 PM, | Ithaca Coffee Company, Ithaca

Concerts/Recitals 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 | Gordon Stout, director. Featuring alum Giff Howarth as soloist in Daniel Levitan’s Concerto for marimba and percussion ensemble, the premiere of a new percussion ensemble composition by Josh Oxford, and music for steel band.

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 | Emilio Tamez, percussion, and Oscar Tamez, guitar hail from Monterrey, Mexico. They will be joined by local jazz musician, Peter Mack, on bass. | $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.

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 | Her signature song, “Calling All Angels,” cemented her status as one of the world’s foremost performance artists. | GA $28 Tuck & Patti | 8:00 PM, 4/26 Friday | Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St, Auburn | Captivating audiences for over 40 years as a jazz voice/guitar duo, they are known for the virtuosity and complexity of Tuck’s guitar technique, and the rich mezzo-soprano timbre of Patti’s voice and her rich skills as a songwriter. | $28/$33 Some basso, some Brahms | 2:00 PM, 4/27 Saturday | Barnes Hall, Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca | Elizabeth Lyon and friends play chamber music.

Cornell Gamelan Ensemble | 3:00 PM, 4/27 Saturday | Lincoln Hall Rm B20, Cornell, Ithaca | A Javanese wayang (shadow puppet play), performed

by Darsono Hadiraharjo, Visiting Critic with the Southeast Asia Program, accompanied by the Cornell Gamelan Ensemble under the direction of Christopher J. Miller. As is customary with wayang, the audience is free to come and go. The performance will last between two and three hours.

Ithaca Community Orchestra Presents: Music Inspired By Nature | 4:00 PM, 4/27 Saturday | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | $7; children free 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 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 | Cornell Symphony Orchestra | 3:00 PM, 4/28 Sunday | Bailey Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Adrian Slywotzky, conductor.

Brahms’ Symphony No. 3 and selections from Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, plus a new work by Can Bilir.

Ithaca Gay Men’s Chorus 10th Anniversary Concert | 3:00 PM, 4/28 Sunday | First Baptist Church, 309 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | $15 donation Intergenerational Choir | 5:30 PM, 4/28 Sunday | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Ithaca College, Ithaca | Cornell Jazz Combo Showcase | 7:00 PM, 4/28 Sunday | Carriage House Cafe, 305 Stewart Ave, Ithaca | Jazz Vocal Ensemble: Payin’ Tribute | 7:00 PM, 4/28 Sunday | Ford Hall, Ithaca College, Danby Rd, Ithaca | John White, director. Music honoring Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Marvin Gaye, Duke Ellington, Gene Puerling, Al Jarreau, Cyrus Chestnut, the NYVoices, Darmon Meader and Anders Endenroth.

Patty Larkin | 8:00 PM, 4/28 Sunday | Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St, Auburn | | $25-$30 Jazz Vocal Repertory Ensemble | 7:00 PM, 4/29 Monday | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Ithaca College, Ithaca | Piano studio recital: Students of Shin Hwang | 8:00 PM, 4/29 Monday | Barnes Hall, Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca |

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Jazz Lab Ensemble | 8:15 PM, 4/29 Monday | Ford Hall, Ithaca College, Danby Rd, Ithaca | Piano studio recital: Students of Xak Bjerken | 8:00 PM, 4/30 Tuesday | Barnes Hall, Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca | Women’s Chorale, Chorus, and Madrigals | 8:15 PM, 4/30 Tuesday | Ford Hall, Ithaca College, Danby Rd, Ithaca | The Madrigal Singers present works by J. S. Bach, including music from the b minor Mass and Cantatas 102 and 140.

Gabe Condon and Catherine Gale | 5:00 PM, 5/1 Wednesday | Argos Inn, 408 E State St, Ithaca |

Stage Troades (The Trojan Women) | 7:30 PM, 4/24 Wednesday | RhodesRawlings Auditorium, G70 Klarman Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca | Cornell classics students will stage the play in the original Latin (with English supertitles).

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 | W8ING | 7:30 PM, 4/25 Thursday | Center For the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St, Homer | An adaptation of the Theatre Absurd classic WAITING FOR GODOT. Spill | 7:30 PM, 4/26 Friday | Cornell Performing and Media Arts, 403 College Ave, Ithaca | Contact theater for additional showtimes.

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | 8:00 PM, 4/26 Friday | The Central New York Playhouse, 3169 Erie Blvd. E., B201 , Syracuse | Fri & Sat shows at 8PM; Sundays at 2PM. | $20/22 The Humans | 8:00 PM, 4/26 Friday | 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 family Thanksgiving celebration. Contact theater for additional showtimes. | $20-$39

Zero Ground Given V | 12:00 PM, 4/27 Saturday | Ithaca College, 953 Danby Rd, Ithaca | Ithaca College presents the fifth installment of our FREE annual breakdance and hip hop dance competition. Everyone is welcome!!Ben Light Gymnasium, Gym 3 2019 New Play Incubator | 3:00 PM, 4/27 Saturday | Dillingham Center, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | Provides the opportunity for aspiring playwrights to workshop and develop their work as they compete for the Golden Egg in-front of the special distinguished guest judge.

Kase Raso for a stand up comedy show about: nothing! | $15/$17 IC Unbound Dance Co. Presents: FLEX | 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM, 4/28 Sunday | Ithaca College, 953 Danby Rd, Ithaca | Ithaca College’s largest and longest running dance company, is performing their spring showcase, FLEX. The show is completely student choreographed and features all styles of dance. | $5

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 for a visit - all performed brilliantly by this incredibly talented artist! | $25

Galumpha | 3:00 PM, 4/28 Sunday | The State Theatre of Ithaca, 105 W State St, Ithaca | Combining stunning acrobatics, striking visual effects, physical comedy and inventive choreography, Galumpha brings to life a world of imagination, beauty, muscle and merriment. The three performers create a sensory feast of images ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime, drawn together into a seamless whole, consistently bringing audiences to their feet. | $10.00 $15.00

Tour About Nothing | 8:00 PM, 4/27 Saturday | Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St, Auburn | Join Katie Hannigan, KC Arora, Alex Pavone and

Tri Cities Opera presents: H.M.S. Pinafore | 3:00 PM, 4/28 Sunday | Forum Theatre, 236 Washington St, Binghamton |

County Arts Council Gallery, 109 Fall Street, Seneca Falls |

Rodgers and Hammersteinís The King and I | 7:00 PM, 4/30 Tuesday | Clemens Center, 207 Clemens Center Parkway, Elmira | Contact theater for additional showtimes. | $30-$67

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Grounded | 7:30 PM, 5/1 Wednesday | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St, Ithaca | Contact theater for additional showtimes. | $20-$45

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

Art Transparent Moves - Connie Zehr Installation | Ongoing | State of the Art Gallery, 120 W. Martin Luther King, Jr./State Street, Ithaca | Free 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 | T Director’s Choice Exhibit |Ongoing | West End Gallery, 12 W Market St, Corning | Atlantic Arias: Coastal Ireland and Maine | Ongoing | North Star Art Gallery, 743 Snyder Hill Road, Ithaca | Cleo Wilkinson | Made in the Shade | Ongoing | Ink Shop Studio Gallery, 2nd floor CSMA bldg, 330 E. State Street, Ithaca | Going Nowhere - ft.the works of Caleb Harrington | 5:00 PM, 4/26 Friday | Arts Council of the Southern Finger Lakes, 79 W Market St, Corning | On display thru 5/10. Opening reception 4/ 26. An artist talk will begin at 6pm.

The Ithaca Music Forum presents “Hip-Hop on Earth” | 5:00 PM, 4/26 Friday | Whalen Center, 953 Danby Rd, Ithaca | A roundtable of theory and practice on Hip-Hop as a music, a cultural practice, and a source of history. McHenry Lounge Urban Arts Crawl | 5:00 PM, 4/26 Friday | Downtown Corning, Corning | Polymer Clay Jewelry Workshop | 10:00 AM, 4/27 Saturday | Seneca

Cornell Cinema

Capernaum | 4/25 & 4/26, 7:00 PM | While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | 4/25, 9:30 PM (in 3D); 4/26, 9:30 PM| Teen Miles Morales becomes Spider-Man in his reality, crossing his path with five counterparts from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities.

Walking on Water | 5/1, 7:00 PM| Ithaca Premiere. For the first time since the passing of his wife and partner, Christo sets out to realize The Floating Piers, a project they conceived together many years before.

Cinemapolis Week of Friday, April 26 through Thursday, May 2. Contact Cinemapolis for showtimes. New films listed first*.

The Brink*| A fly-on-the-wall chronicle of embattled former White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon’s global mission to spread extreme nationalism. | 91 mins NR Family* | Kate Stone is careerfocused, and enjoys her life that way.

Her brash attitude keeps relationships at arm’s length, making her an outcast in her own right. |85 mins R High Life*| A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.| 113 mins R 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 Woman at War (Kona fer i stria) | Halla becomes a determined environmental activist, but this threatens a long-held hope of hers. | 101 mins

ITHACA COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA PRESENTS: MUSIC INSPIRED BY NATURE

SATURDAY, APRIL 27 AT 10:00 AM

Ithaca High School, 1401 N. Cayuga St.| Families across Ithaca and Tompkins County are invited to celebrate the pleasure and power of words with an exciting free event that features art, entertainment and activities, all celebrating words and books. Award-winning author and illustrator of “The Word Collector,” Peter H. Reynolds will be the special guest! (photo: YouTube.com)

SATURDAY, APRIL 27 AT 4:00 PM

Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd., Ithaca | ICO promises they will be playing all your favorites and will do their best to inspire spring to stay in Ithaca for good! Join the musicians for a reception following the show. (photo: provided)

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Poet Craig Czury | 6:00 PM, 4/26 Friday | Riverow Bookshop, 187 Front St, Owego | Craig Czury, poet, editor, teacher, and arts advocate, will give a reading of his recent works. He has authored over 20 books and his poetry has been translated into 11 languages.

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thaca College Students to Host Depressed Cake Shop Pop-up Sale Benefiting Ithaca Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service ITHACA, NY—Ithaca College therapeutic recreation students are hosting a Depressed Cake Shop pop-up event at the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County in Ithaca, New York, on Sunday, April 28, from noon-4 p.m. Students will be selling baked goods donated by local bakeries and businesses. All proceeds will be donated to Ithaca Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service.

The sale, which also includes face painting and the opportunity to learn about decreasing the negative stigma sometimes associated with mental health issues, will take place immediately following the Cornell Cooperative Extension 4-H Duck Race.

The Depressed Cake Shop is a unique platform designed to raise awareness of mental health challenges. It facilitiates pop-ups worldwide that sell highly customized baked goods as a way to get people talking about mental illness.

TCPL’s Readathon | 8:00 AM, 4/27 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | The annual read-out-loud fundraising event enlists readers to raise funds for the Library, culminating in a day-long celebration of reading out loud outside the Library on Green Street.

Drag Queen Story Hour | 12:00 PM, 4/28 Sunday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Literary Reading by Dennis Formento, poet | 7:00 PM, 4/29 Monday | Been There - A Community Cafe, 224 Main St., Montour Falls | The Watkins Glen Writers Group presents a featured reading by Dennis Formento, poet from Slidell, LA.

For more information about the event, contact Laura Bonerbo atmlbonerbo@ithaca.edu or Catherine Gooch at cgooch@ithaca.edu.

Regal Ithaca Wednesday 4/24 through Tuesday, 4/30. Contact Regal Ithaca for showtimes. New films listed first. * Avengers: Endgame* | The universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to undo Thanos’ actions and restore order. |181 mins PG-13 After* | A young woman falls for a guy with a dark secret and the two embark on a rocky relationship. Based on the novel by Anna Todd. |105 mins PG-13 Teen Spirit* | Violet is a shy teenager who dreams of escaping her small town and pursuing her passion to sing.

With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a local singing competition that will test her integrity, talent and ambition. |93 mins PG-13 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

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 Hellboy | Hellboy, caught between the worlds of the supernatural and human, battles an ancient sorceress bent on revenge. |120 mins R 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 Little | PG-13 Pet Sematary | 101 mins R Shazam | 132 mins PG-13 Dumbo|112 mins PG Us| 116 mins R Captain Marvel| 124 mins PG-13

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Special Events “From Williard Straight to Wall Street and Back | 8:00 PM, 4/24 Wednesday | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | Tom Jones, ‘69, returns to his alma mater to remember and reflect on his role in one of Cornell’s defining moments on the 50th Anniversary of the Willard Straight Takeover.

Belle Sherman 5K and Fun Run | 9:00 AM, 4/27 Saturday | Belle Sherman Elementary School, 501 Mitchell St, Ithaca | Fall Creek 5K and Fun Run | 9:00 AM, 4/27 Saturday | Stewart Park, 1 James L. Gibbs Dr., Ithaca | 15th Annual SHIFT New York Holistic & Psychic Fair | 9:30 AM, 4/27 Saturday & 4/28 Sunday | Quality Inn, 5206 State Hwy 23, Oneonta | A Transcendent & Fun Fair for All! Tried and true psychic readers & energy healers from across the Northeastshopping for mystical delights, aura

photos and 20+ free presentations on: Soul Purpose, Angels, Telepathy, Spirit Guides, Animal Communication, Past Lives,Ghosts, Yoga, Meditation & more. | $6/Adv/1-day; $10/2-day Depressed Cake Shop Pop-Up Event | 12:00 PM, 4/28 Sunday | CCE Tompkins, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca | Ithaca College therapeutic recreation students are hosting this event w/ goods donated by local bakeries and businesses. All proceeds will be donated to Ithaca Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service.

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. Phil Jordan Show | 2:00 PM, 4/28 Sunday | Candor American Legion, 90 Spencer Ave, Candor | To benefit Candor July 4th Celebration. Call 607659-4724. | $20 presale Hangar Theatre Spring Gala: An Evening with Kate Hamill | 5:30 PM, 4/29 Monday | La Tourelle Resort and August Moon Spa, 1150 Danby Rd, Ithaca | An intimate evening of food,

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First Unitarian Church Ithaca, 306 N. Aurora St. | Mostly Motown is a fun show featuring your friends and neighbors performing great songs by Martha and the Vandellas, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, Temptations, & more! (photo: provided)

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Celebrate Kate’s extraordinary artistic accomplishments and learn more about her as an artist and a person.

Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture | 7:00 PM, 5/1 Wednesday | Temple Beth El, 402 N. Tioga Street, Ithaca | Gerd Korman’s family was separated during the war in various camps across Europe. They were finally reunited in the United States in 1946.

The presentation is appropriate for ages 10+. School and scout groups are welcome.

Books Arts Unplugged: “The Odyssey in Ithaca” | 8:00 AM, 4/26 Friday | Klarman Hall, 232 East Ave, Ithaca | A daylong community reading of a new translation of Homer’s Odyssey featuring campus and community members.

Audience members are encouraged to come during any part of the day.

Dennis Formento & Fred Muratori, poets | 5:00 PM, 4/26 Friday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca |

The Resistance: The Dawn of the Anti-Trump Opposition Movement | 4:30 PM, 4/30 Tuesday | Olin Library, Cornell, Ithaca | A book talk by Sidney Tarrow, in conversation with Glenn Altschuler.

Write Now Writer’s Group | 10:00 AM, 5/1 Wednesday | Candor Free Library, 2 Bank St, Candor | For more information on membership or visiting the group, contact author Carol Henry at carolhenry@frontiernet. netor 607-659-7661.

Kids 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, 4/25 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Thursdays through May 2. Appropriate for people in grades 6-12.

Worbla Workshop for Teens | 4:30 PM, 4/25 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | At this hands-on workshop, teens will learn to use Worbla, a non-toxic moldable plastic material commonly used to recreate costume pieces for cosplay.

9TH ANNUAL BENEFIT MY STATE FEATURING ALMOST QUEEN SATURDAY, APRIL 27 AT 8:00 PM

State Theatre of Ithaca, 107 W. State St. | Queen-fever continues to rage through Ithaca! This concert is sure to make you feel like you are at an actual Queen show from the band’s heyday with Freddie Mercury. Travel back in time and help our beloved State Theatre carry on for the future in the process. (photo: Almostqueen.com)

Participants will have the opportunity to make and customize a super herostyle mask or simple fantasy tiara.

Preschool Storytime at Southworth Library | 10:00 AM, 4/26 Friday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden | Baby Storytime | 10:30 AM, 4/26 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Additional session at 3:30 to 4:00 pm.

DIY Terrariums | 3:15 PM, 4/26 Friday | Van Etten Library, 83 Main Street, Van Etten | Make an Earth-friendly craft!

MakerSpace Event: Paracord Bracelets | 3:30 PM, 4/26 Friday | Newfield Public Library, 198 Main St, Newfield | Learn how to make your own paracord bracelets using different weaving techniques and in all sorts of colors! All materials provided. For kids in grades 6-12.

Teen Writing Workshop (Fridays) | 4:30 PM, 4/26 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Final Friday session.

Comic Creation Lessons - Age Group Sessions | 10:00 AM, 4/27 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. The Word Collector Extravaganza | 10:00 AM, 4/27 Saturday | Ithaca High School, 1401 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Family Storytime | 11:00 AM, 4/27 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Sciencenter Showtime! | 2:00 PM, 4/27 Saturday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | General admission fees apply The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell | 2:00 PM, 4/27 Saturday | Community School Of Music And Arts, 330 E State St, Ithaca | Storytelling by Jay Leeming, music by the Calliope Chorus. Come ponder ultimate questions through the telling of an old medieval fable that remains as fresh as the crocuses bursting out of your front lawn. | $5 to $20 Sliding scale, children free LEGO Building Program | 3:00 PM, 4/27 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca |

Maker Mondays for Teens | 4:00 PM, 4/29 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, 4/30 Tuesday | Candor Free Library, 2 Bank St, Candor | Family Story Time | 10:30 AM, 4/30 Tuesday | Newfield Public Library, 198 Main St. , Newfield | J Toddler and Preschool Storytime | 11:00 AM, 4/30 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Cuddle-up Infant & Toddler Library Time | 10:00 AM, 5/1 Wednesday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden |

Notices Ithaca Sociable Singles | 6:00 PM, 4/24 Wednesday | 4/24, 6:00 PM 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, 4/24 Wednesday | Lehman Alternative Community School, 111 Chestnut St, Ithaca | Check out the league’s website for more information.

Doug’s Fish Fry To Go | 11:00 AM, 4/25 Thursday | Trumansburg Fairgrounds, 2150 Trumansburg Road, Trumansburg | Sponsored by Cayuga Medical Center Auxiliary. Call ahead 607-423-5996.

Candor Senior’s Club Monthly Meeting | 12:00 PM, 4/25 Thursday

| McKendree Church, 224 Owego St, Candor | Dish to pass, all are welcomed to join!

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Candor’s Farmers Market Meet & Greet for Potential Vendors | 6:00 PM, 4/25 Thursday | Bread of Life Food Pantry, 1 Water St., Candor | Now seeking local gardeners, farmers, crafters, & others interested in being a vendor at the Candor Farmers Market in 2019. Focus is on locally grown, made, or produced food, items, and services.

Enfield Volunteer Fire Company: “RecruitNY” | 11:00 AM, 4/27 Saturday | Enfield Fire Hall, 172 Enfield Main Rd, Ithaca | Learn about Enfield opportunities for service, education, training, and personal development for Juniors (14+), Adults, and Seniors!

Sciencenter After Dark: Beer & Bread | 6:30 PM, 4/25 Thursday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | | Regular museum admission fee Introducing the Dryden Rail Trail | 7:00 PM, 4/25 Thursday | Dryden Village Hall, 16 South St., Dryden | Dryden Town Historical Society will host Bob and Bruno as they present a progress report from the Task Force and the Friends of the Dryden Rail Trail in developing this long-desired off-road connection between Drydenís communities and the Town and City of Ithaca.

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

Beginner Bird Walks | 8:30 AM, 4/27 Saturday | Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 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.

Targeted toward beginners, but appropriate for all. Binoculars available for loan.

Earth Day Workshop: What’s the Harm in Household Plastic Recycling? | 10:00 AM, 4/27 Saturday | Newfield Public Library, 198 Main St, Newfield | Please register.

IPEI & DiscIthaca Disc Golf Event | 10:00 AM, 4/27 Saturday | Robison Disc Golf Course, 150 Pleasant Grove Road, Ithaca | Free Clinic with DiscIthaca, 11:30am Tournament (Next Gen players can earn points!)

The Climate Wise Earthkeeping Garden Fair | 10:00 AM, 4/27 Saturday | Boynton Middle School, 1601 N Cayuga St., Ithaca | Showcasing practical ways gardeners and

Downtown Living Tour | 1:00 PM, 4/27 Saturday | Presented by City Centre Ithaca is a great way to get a feel for what it might be like to live in Downtown Ithaca. A self-guided tour of multiple apartment complexes including a hard hat tour of soon-toopen City Centre apartment complex on E. State St. at Aurora, the recently completed Press Bay Court addition to Press Bay Alley plus more. | $5 3 Estate Auction | 2:00 PM, 4/28 Sunday | Clarion Inn, N Triphammer Rd, Ithaca | Preview from Noon until start. Clarion Inn will be serving food and drinks until Auction end.

Thai Express. Host: Joyce W., RSVP: joyceannewhite@icloud.com

Martial Arts , 335 Elmira Road, Ithaca | There will be a raffle, demos, games, snacks, and more. Kickboxing, Kids Kung Fu, Adult Martial Arts, Kettle bells, Boot Camp, and Yoga classes.

Health S.A.I.L. Into Fitness | Classes held at Juniper Manor, Lifelong, & Brooktondale Fire Station. Contact Lifelong for specific days and times.

Exercise Class for Seniors | 8:30 AM, Tuesdays & Thursdays | Newfield Public Library, 198 Main St. , Newfield | Tai Chi | Classes held at Lansing Library, Titus Towers, Brooktondale Community Center, and Lifelong.

Contact Lifelong for specific days and times.

Estate Planning with attorney Keith McCafferty | 6:00 PM, 4/25 Thursday | Ulyssess Philomathic Library, 74 East Main Street, Truman-

Sacred Sunday Community at Yoga Farm | 9:00 AM, 4/28 Sunday | Yoga Farm, 404 Conlon Rd, Lansing | Open Meditation | 10:30 AM, 4/28 Sunday | Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Road, Ithaca | Dance Church Ithaca | 11:30 AM, 4/28 Sunday | Fine Spirit Studio, 201 Dey Street, 2nd Floor, Ithaca | $5 suggested donation Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous | 4:00 PM, 4/28 Sunday | Community Recovery Center, 518 W Seneca St, Ithaca | foodaddicts.org

Ukulele Group | 2:00 PM, 4/28 Sunday | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, Congress at McLallen St, Trumansburg | Knitters and Crocheters | 3:00 PM, 4/28 Sunday | Varna United Methodist Church, 965 Dryden Rd, Ithaca | Sunday Night Alive! | 6:00 PM, 4/28 Sunday | McGrawville Church, McGraw | Free Adult Tutoring Services | 10:00 AM, 4/30 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.

ESL Talk Time | 3:45 PM, 5/1 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Casual weekly lessons guided by Library volunteers.

Open Hearts Dinner | 5:00 PM, 5/1 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, 5/1 Wednesday | Dinner: Taste of

SPILL Opens Friday, April 26 at 7:30. Additional shows through May 4. | Flex Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, 430 College Ave., Ithaca | On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig set off the largest marine oil spill in history. Crafted from interviews with those most intimately affected, SPILL paints a striking portrait of communities indelibly altered by this disaster. (photo: provided)

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Overeaters Anonymous 12-Step meeting | 7:00 PM, 4/29 Monday | Just Be Cause Center, 1013 W State St, Ithaca | Free Anonymous HIV Testing & Counseling | 1:00 PM, 4/30 Tuesday | Tompkins County Health Department, 55 Brown Rd., Ithaca | Appointments are available on Tuesdays & Thursday from 1 pm to 3 pm; please call to schedule at, (607) 274-6604. Walk-ins are accepted on Tuesday mornings only from 9 am to 11:30 am.

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Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd., Ithaca | An evening of cutting-edge and innovative dance directed by Cindy Reid. Dancers will perform several new works by different choreographers. This performance will be a memorial tribute to Laurie Conrad, a composer and longtime friend to the Ithaca Ballet. (photo: provided)

First Baptist Church, 309 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca | Ithaca Gay Men’s Chorus is celebrating their Tenth Season! They have pulled out some IGMC standards and crowd favorites from all ten years of repertoire for a concert you won’t want to miss. (photo: Facebook)

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