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What Is This Off-Campus Rating System All About?

h is su m mer, C or nel l University will be introducing a new ratings system to its existing off-campus housing database, a tool used to connect students with housing based on criteria like rent, available rooms and length of lease. While all properties listed in the database are safe according to city standards – requiring a certificate of compliance from the city’s building division to get in the database in the first place – some offcampus housing units, according to the university, lack “what many would consider basic modern safety features.” This is because fire safety standards each building adheres to are tied to the date a building was constructed. (For instance, a building constructed in 1970 must only meet the 1964 fire safety code, rather than current standards.) Essentially, this will add a whole new category to the database, letting prospective tenants know the basic safety features of their apartments before they sign the lease. To give you a little more i n for mat ion on what t h i s means, we asked Gary Stewart, Associate Vice President of Community Relations at Cornell a little more about it. His responses informed the answers to our questions below: 1. What criteria are these ratings going to based on? Are there certain categories that will contribute to the final overall score? The format is still a work in progress, but the content that will be contained in the system will all be publicly available, safety amenity information. continued on page 4

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cancer diagnosis is probably the most devastating thing anyone will hear in a lifetime. Any future plans immediately become clouded with doubt, fear and angst. That’s where the Cancer Resource Center of Finger Lakes comes in. The center provides a community of support for those

creative outlet, best exemplified by this week’s fundraising and awareness event, the Community Celebration. The event will be held from 4-7 p.m., April 9, at the Kitchen Theater on West State Street. It’s designed to demonstrate the unseen side of the CRCFL, an event devoid of the bleakness normally associated with the sickness. In the “Cancer is not the death sentence center’s that it seems. … To see people who words, the are also dealing with the disease, Comit’s really very helpful. You are munity embraced — you know that you are Celebration will not alone.” “celebrate the diagnosed, during and after strength, beauty, and diversity treatment, which can prove of cancer survivors while crevital for a patient’s comfort and ating community support & a sense of stability during a try- awareness of the work of CRCing time emotionally and physi- FL.” cally. It can also provide its parIt includes a fashion show ticipants with the occasional featuring 16 models connected

T a k e ▶ Pulitzer Prize-winning author A lison L ur ie w ill be reading from her new book, Reading for Fun at Buffalo Street Books at 3:00 on Saturday, April 22. If you’re looking to know more about it, we’re planning to have a story about it in next week’s issue. ▶ Colonialism and Race in The Netherlands and the United States will be the topic of a lecture by professor Gloria Wekker, introducing the topic of

with the CRC, all of who have been diagnosed with cancer, wearing clothes donated by 18 local designers and stores. Additionally, there will be a silent auction with gifts donated by dozens of local businesses, musical guests and food. One of t he models, Ca l Walker, who was diagnosed in with lymphoma in January 2015, said he was participating to give something back to the CRC, which had provided him with a litany of support and services during his treatment. Another patient who will be modeling, Maimouna Phelan, will be wearing clothes from SewGreen and has been involved with the center for about 16 months. As scared as she was when she received her diagnosis, Phelan said the center has helped her maintain her wits thus far. She rushed to CRC with her husband the day she learned of her ovarian cancer. CONTIN U ED ON PAGE 10

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her latest book ,White Innocence, which explores a central paradox of Dutch culture: the passionate denial of racial discrimination and colonial violence coexisting alongside aggressive racism and xenophobia. The talk will take place Monday, April 10, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. at the First Unitarian Society of Ithaca. ▶ An Abortion Speakout to benefit Planned Parenthood will be taking place at Cinemapolis

on Sunday, April 9 at 2 p.m. Why Cinemapolis? The day’s discussion will be based around “Names of Women”, a short film, by awardwinning filmmaker Poppy Liu, about her abortion. The afternoon is sp o ns o r e d by Eli m i n at i n g Abortion Stigma (EAS), a group of local women working to reduce stigma toward abortion. Tickets are $10 and $7 for seniors and students and are also available at the door.

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What Does Ithaca’s Economic Future Look Like?

n a recent , d rea r y We d n e s d a y i n t h e d i n i ng room of t he Ithaca Country Club, County Administrator Joe Mareane – the county’s bureaucrat in chief – stood before a crowd of more than a hundred members of the local business community set to kick off its biggest event of the year: a check-up on the area’s economy – looking

The diagnosis? The future looks bright, as long as certain parties at the national level don’t screw it up and, despite Tompkins County’s economic triumphs, many challenges for its residents still remain, from housing to economic inequity. The elevation of Tompkins County – one of the rare bright spots in the Southern Tier – has embodied the successes of

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at where we were, where we are and, most importantly, where we’re going. Over the course of a lunch service seamlessly-integrated with the powerpoint slides and analytics of the county’s economic state (akin to a checkup with the doctor, as Chamber of Commerce board president Jerry Dietz put it) Mareane, along with Chamber president Jennifer Tavares and Heather McDaniel – Director of Economic Development for Tompkins County Area Development – defined how the symptoms shown through local economic trends would impact the county’s fiscal future.

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the larger economy, the trends of which Mareane said directly affects the standing of the local economy. The stock market is up near record highs, inflation rates have remained very low and unemployment – where Tompkins County boasts one of the lowest levels in the state– is back where it was dating back to before the recession, supporting an economy where wages have risen almost 28 percent over the past 25 years, according to one analysis. As such, more and more people are working here and consequently, more and more people want to live close to their jobs in the booming realm of Tompkins County. But the county has a lot of catching up to do to meet this rapid growth, from meeting housing need and finding companies to move to Ithaca to fill newly created demands all the way to recruiting and retaining talent. The Rippl es Of Success

By just about every metric, the City of Ithaca is hot right now and with it, Tomp-

kins County reaps many of the spoils. Serious money is being pumped into development and investments throughout the area, employment is up and significant interest in moving to the area has been piqued, businesses encouraged by both recent investments and the natural capital of the area. This past year, TCAD – which invests in and incentivizes area businesses – has created 98 new jobs (5 5 5 t o t a l i n t he pa st three years, according to their figures) and invested $523 m i llion in local business si nce k icking of f its Transform Tompkins campaign t hree years ago. Consequently, the county itself is taking in hundreds of millions of dollars in new property taxes, bolstered by new development and the maturation of abatements on older projects. However great this growth has been, the infrastructure to support all this growth seems to have some catching up to do. Already with 11,000 commuters coming into the county each day for work, a growing economy will only create more jobs, meaning more people looking for a place to live nearby. According to figures presented at the Tompkins County Housing Summit, the county – already 2,000 beds short of its housing goals for the past decade, according to the Chamber of Commerce – is anticipated to need approximately 10,000 new beds online over the next decade, not only to accommodate those looking to work near their jobs but to combat the nearly 5 percent increase in real estate prices reported last year. By Nick Reynolds

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special meeting was held last week by the Common Council to hear the findings of Boards and Committees Restructuring Working Group to eliminate overlap among the city’s 29 governing committees, combining them to remove redundancy in the legislative process and improve public engagement. These umbrella commissions would lead to the “elimination” of 12 of the 29 current committees; more accurately, the focuses and responsibilities of the 12 committees would be redistributed to the umbrella commissions. Additionally, the Community Police Board would only meet “as needed for investigation”. In terms of governance structure, the four umbrella commissions would fall below Common Council, which would still be the top committee, followed by the City Administration standing committee, then the Planning and Economic Development standing committee, both made up of five Common Council members. Under those three levels would come the four umbrella commissions, all separately reporting to the upper three levels. The restructuring would shrink the number of appointed serving members from 88 to 28. Though the actual proposals were just presented, this is the result of a years long effort to make Ithaca’s government more efficient. In November 2011, an analysis was conducted by Novak Consulting Firm, now commonly known as the Novak Report, called the City of Ithaca Performance Measures Framework and Organizational Analysis at the behest of thenMayor Carolyn Peterson, which provided 14 recommendations for the government, some of which were implemented. That effort petered out in about 2013, however, but was revisited during the summer of 2016.

Ups&Downs ▶ Tompkins County for putting together a really, really cool website to help you find the perfect hiking spot. Trails are a big deal around here – a big draw for locals and tourists alike – but oftentimes, it’s hard to pick the perfect one. Some are too long, some too short, etc. Check it out at IthacaTrails.org. ▶ Ithaca City Schools simply for the act of clarifying it will continue to protect the rights of transgender students under Human Rights Law following the decision by the federal government to withdraw guidance of Title IX enforcement. While the decision at the federal level doesn’t impact anyone in New York under existing state laws, it’s nice to see them reaffirm their support and commitment so publicly.

Heard&Seen ▶ Some more housing on East Hill is in the works. One proposal will house the students at the currently underconstruction Johnson School while, a couple blocks away, an as-yet undetermined amount of what will likely be student housing is planned to replace the former dormitory of the Cascadilla School. We’ll take it. ▶ Mockups of canned Flower Power beer made its way into our inbox earlier this week. They look really cool and apparently, should be good for business. Check out our story on this new development at Ithaca.com.

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Do you think a visitor-based economy is sustainable for Tompkins County’s future? Please respond at the Ithaca Times Web site www.ithacatimes.com. L ast Week ’s Q uestion : A re you more excited or concerned about the prospect of a music festival in S tewart Park ?

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Appealing For A Different Way H A C h a l l e nge r For It h ac a’s C om mon C ou nc i l We ighs I n.

ere in Ithaca we like to think that we tion policy has caused fear in many local live in a bubble with our progressive families who now face the very real threat of politics, our recession-proof economy deportation and our sanctuary city status has and our thriving arts culture but the reality put us at odds with the current administration for many of our city’s residents is very differ- landing all of us in the crosshairs. Climate ent. Influences from outside the bubble have protections are being rapidly stripped at a crept in and Ithaca is looking more and more time when we know it’s an all-hands-on-deck like a place with big city problems. moment when we need to be using every tool The opioid epidemic has recently put a new at our disposal to address this looming crisis. rash of ODs back on the front page. The housOne thing we have a lot of in Ithaca is ing crisis continues ideas and know how. to push the workRather than squan“Rather than squandering ing class out of the much of our talent, we could be dering much of our city center and those t a le nt , we c ou ld that are struggling leading the way and inspiring be leading the way to stay are working other communities with policies and inspiring other more and more to and institutions that boost our communities with afford the cost of liveconomy, put people to work policies and instituing. While business tions that boost our doing meaningful jobs and seems to f lourish, economy, put people driving innovation.” many workers are to work doing meaningful jobs and drivlocked out of that opportunity and those that do land those jobs ing innovation. We could be building more are often very overqualified. Many residents quality affordable housing so that we can keep look at new development with trepidation our talent local. We can also address the drug because they fear it will change the character epidemic that is wreaking havoc in the most of our city, but it is the characters that make vulnerable segments of our community. The way we do these things is with bold action on this city unique that we are really losing. At the same time we face these difficult all fronts. I’m prepared to help lead the charge. local issues we also face extreme existential My name is Josh Dolan and I’m running for threats on the national front. New immigra- Common Council for Ithaca’s Second Ward.

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hile tall tales are the hot new literary genre, especia l ly at t he A lgonqu i n Round Table that is the current White House Press Room, nothing beats a good old fable. Talking animals, life lessons…plus they’re short! Here are a few that a friend of mine overheard while skulking about the pro shop at Mar-a-Lago… The Ant and the Grasshopper In a field one summer’s day, Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to his heart’s content. Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil a kernel of corn he was taking to his home. “Why not come and play eighteen holes with me,” said Grasshopper, “instead of toiling and toiling in that way?” “I am helping to lay up food for the winter,” said Ant, “and recommend you to do the same.” “Why bother about winter?” said Grasshopper; “we have got plenty of food at present, and besides, winter is a hoax.” But Ant went on his way and continued his toil. When the winter came, as foretold by Scientist, Grasshopper died, but before he died, he found and squished Ant. Heed not the totally biased and fake advice of others, for you know better.

YourLetters Famous Ithacans? You Missed A Spot. After carefully reading the article, “A Step In The Path: Famous Ithacans Born Here Or Just Passing Through” that was contained in the All About Ithaca 2017 section in the March 15, 2017 issue of The Ithaca Times, I noticed that this article tends to disparage one aspect of the public mural that was created for the Alex Haley Municipal Pool. This mural was created to encourage the Ithaca community to read the books that were written by Alex Haley. K halil Bey asked both African American and other Ithaca youth to help him design and paint this mural. He did this to make sure that other Ithaca children and teenagers could learn how to successfully create a mural. These Ithaca community residents did a very good job of creating a good picture of Haley’s face and paint6

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The Ass in the Lion’s Skin An ass once found a lion’s skin, which hunters had left out in the sun to dry. He put it on and went towards his native village. All bowed at his approach, both men and animals, and he was a proud ass that day. In his delight he lifted up his phone and tweeted, but then ever yone k new him, and his owner came up and gave him a sound cudgelling for the fuss he had caused. Shortly afterwards, a fox came up to him and said: “Ah, I knew you by your voice.” Later, the ass became president of the animals by the biggest electoral landslide ever. Believe me, it doesn’t matter, as long as you win. Especially when you win big like that. The Fox and the Stork At one time, Fox and Stork were on visiting terms and seemed very good friends. So Fox invited Stork to dinner, and for a joke put nothing before her but some soup in a very shallow dish. This Fox could easily lap up, but Stork could only wet the end of her long bill in it, and left the meal as hungry as when she began. “I am sorry,” said Fox, “the soup is not to your liking.” contin u ed on page 7

ing a public mural to honor this African American author. I would encourage the entire Ithaca community to go to the Alex Haley Municipal Pool and carefully look at this mural. As I am sure you realize, there are only a few public murals that exist in Ithaca to honor the achievements of black men and women. Some of these murals are deteriorating and fading away (i.e. the Harriet Tubman/Frederick Douglass mural located in the underpass a short distance from the Marriott, or the African and American leaders and African landscape mural located on the side of the Southside Community Center.) Perhaps as time passes, black and other Ithaca artists and various other Ithaca youth can work together to jointly restore these murals and even create more, to help the Ithaca community learn what African Americans have achieved in this society. –Ken Glover, Ithaca

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“Pray do not apologize,” said Stork. “I hope you will return this visit, and come and dine with me soon.” So a day was appointed when Fox should visit Stork; but when they were seated at table all that was for their dinner was contained in a very longnecked jar with a narrow mouth, into which Fox could not insert his snout, so all he could manage to do was to lick the outside of the jar. There’s nothing better than revenge. Am I right? It’s not even a contest. The Fox and the Grapes Fox again. One hot summer’s day, he was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of grapes ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch. “Just the thing to quench my thirst,” quoth he. Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and just missed the bunch. Again and again he tried after the tempting morsel, but at last had to give it up, and walked away with his nose in the air, saying: “I am sure they are sour.” Later, Fox lashed out angrily at the Freedom Caucus for causing him to miss the grapes. Don’t trust your press secretary to expose your enemies, for he will surely bungle the matter by trying to be subtle. The Bundle of Sticks An old man on the point of death summoned his sons around him to give them some parting advice. He ordered his servants to bring in a bundle of sticks, and said to his eldest son: “Break it.” The son strained and strained, but with all his efforts was unable to break the bundle. The other sons also tried, but none of them was successful. “Unt ie t he bu nd les ,” sa id t he father, “and each of you take a stick.” When they had done so, he called out to them: “Now, break,” and each stick

was easily broken.

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The Dog and the Shadow It happened that a dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace. Now on his way home he had to cross a plank lying across a running brook. As he crossed, he looked down and saw his ow n shadow ref lected in the water beneath. Thinking it was another dog with another piece of meat, he made up his mind to have that also. So he made a snap at the shadow in the water, but as he opened his mouth the piece of meat fell out, dropped into the water and was never seen more. You can always get more meat, but that other dog needed to be taught a lesson. The Milkmaid’s Tale Ivanka the Milkmaid was going to market carrying her milk in a pail on her head. As she went along she began calculating what she would do with the money she would get for the milk. “I’ll buy some fowls from Farmer Brown,” said she, “and they will lay eggs each morning, which I will sell to the parson’s wife. With the money that I get from the sale of these eggs I’ll buy myself a new frock and a hat; and when I go to market, won’t all the young men come up and speak to me! The other girls will be envious, but I shall just look at them and toss my head like this.” As she spoke she tossed her head back, the pail fell off and all the milk was spilt. People will always be jealous of great wealth, which is perhaps the best thing about it. Charley Githler is a columnist for The Ithaca Times. His column, “Surrounded By Reality,” appears biweekly.

Corrections ‘Home Sweet Home’ In the cover story from the week of February 16, the staff of local organization Ultimate Reentry Opportunity asked us to clarify the use of verbiage to describe the situation of subject, Barry Briggs. In the copy, we characterized Briggs’ effort to stay out of trouble as “staying clean,” which URO said could be perceived as overcoming drug addiction, which he was not. That was not our intention, and would like to clarify that for the record.

A Strange Letter Last week, a writer of a letter to the editor published last week came in to tell us he did not, in fact, write the letter. (it was a comment posted to our website from an account tied to the writer’s email address.) We can’t verify whether they were hacked, if there was a typo in the email address or they thought their comment would be anonymous, but in any case know that comments posted to our website are fair game and that Google accounts typically have your full name attached.

was hoping that with the arrival of your latest issue, coinciding with April 1st, that the recent love paean to the Talented Mr. Fane would be revealed as a “Onion” type parody that I was too dense and humorless to appreciate. Sadly, it appears I was wrong. I can understand your not responding to my original snarky note (nor this one...that is to say don’t bother, I won’t be pressing the issue either way) but I’m quite surprised that nobody else seems to have raised any objections. Well, onward to other things. I hope your paper can find worthier Ithacans to lionize in future. –Richard Friedman, Ithaca

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n honor of National Volunteer Week starting April 9th, we at Tompkins Learning Partners (TLP) would like to extend our deepest thanks to the volunteers that have worked with us this past year. In 2016, over 100 volunteers spent 6,678 hours supporting adult literacy in Tompkins County. Volunteer tutors spend at least two hours per week with their adult students for at least a year—and many tutors have been with us for much longer! Tutors work with students to strengthen their English reading, writing, math, and computer skills, and some assist immigrants and refugees in achieving their U.S. citizenship. Office volunteers spend a few hours a week supporting our program coordinators with filing, front desk coverage, and providing extra help with administrative tasks and outreach events. We’d like to extend a special shout-out to Cornell’s Pre-Orientation Service Trips program and Alpha Phi Omega chapter for providing volunteers for our larger-scale events. We would also like to thank our board members who have provided volunteer services beyond their usual board duties. Marjorie Moore once said, “Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year but when you volunteer, you vote everyday about the kind of community you want to live in.” TLP volunteers choose a better community every day, and for that, we cannot thank them enough. If you’re interested in becoming a volunteer, visit us online at www.tlpartners. org or email our recruiter at MeredithC@ tlpartners.org. –David Smith, Executive Director TLP

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Week Of 3/27-4/2 By Vaughn Golden Barbara Lifton NY State Assembly The state legislature continues to hunker down in Albany as it awaits a conferenced budget resolution from the all too familiar “three-men-in-a-room” meeting between the Governor, Assembly Speaker, and President of the Senate. Albany has continued to hit the snooze button on its budget alarm since the deadline last Friday. According to officials close to the negotiations, one of the most prominent remaining points of contention of the plan is the distribution of education funding across the state. Despite those ongoing negotiations, the assembly will continue to hold session through at least Wednesday this week after which it is set to leave on a two-week recess. However, any vacation plans may be stifled if the budget isn’t finalized before then. As of press time Tuesday, it was still in limbo. Lifton provided this statement to The Capitol Project on the topic: “There are still a few outstanding issues on budget unfortunately, and Governor Cuomo is giving us an extender today that largely continues the current budget, which we either have to pass or state government will shut down.”

Tom O’Mara NY State Senate The state senate is in the same budgetary boat as the assembly at the moment, but while that drama unfolds at the bow of the ship, the senate continued to hold session in the stern last week. Two resolutions passed unanimously barring e-cigarettes from school grounds and prohibiting their distribution to minors.

Tom Reed U.S. Congress Congressman Reed voted in favor of repealing an FCC rule that limited broadband service providers from gaining access to their customer’s web browsing data. The senate passed the resolution a week earlier and the bill currently awaits its final test on the president’s desk. The house also passed two bills to adjust several parts of the EPA. The first changes the requirements for the science advisory board to prevent it from making policy determinations or recommendations and the second, would require the agency to used publicly released scientific data as the basis for its studies. The Congressman also hosted four town hall events mainly in the southern central reaches of the district this past Saturday where constituents continued to pour out in opposition. See more online at Ithaca.com

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Running To More A Newfield and Ithaca College grad has found a new calling in his pursuit of a cause. This spring, it will lead him to Boston. By Cassandra Negley

le x P r a s ch ma w a sn’t a runner at Newfield High School. He may have run the court and torn into the base paths, but he wasn’t a

runner. And Alex Praschma did not leave his hometown. He may have physically moved to further enrich and expand his life after graduating from Ithaca College, but he hasn’t left. Now, at 24 years old, he is a runner. Now he has roots and purpose in two homes. And now, less than two weeks out from the 121st Boston Marathon, he will combine them all and run for more. Much more. When Praschma lines up at Boylston Street Monday, April 17 he will do so in a yellow “Team MR8” shirt with Peace scribbled below. The third-year Suffolk University Law School student is one of a select few chosen to run for the Martin Richard Foundation, which offers 50 charity bibs to those who don’t qualify for the marathon yet have an immense heart for their cause. 8

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ies. Looking to explore something new, he chose to attend Suffolk University Law School for three years in Boston. He’ll be graduating this May. It was around this time last year Praschma first laced the sneakers and took to the road for 26.2 miles. During the winter of 2015, JR Fallon, a friend from law school and former MR8 runner, left a voicemail for Praschma asking him to run a marathon over spring break at the postcard-happy Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. Praschma laughed at the thought. “We kind of like made this deal where if I ran out and ran a half marathon, just a casual one with him, then I would agree to train with him,” Praschma said. “And so I just kind of like wanted to put it to bed and like ‘all right, I’ll come and try and I probably won’t be able to do it, and that was the end of that conversation.’” It wasn’t the end. It was the start. He kept up his end of the deal, ran the half, then embarked on an “unorthodox training schedule,” he said, by training for seven weeks to run in Asheville. Most marathon training plans require 12 to 20 weeks. “It was a great bonding experience for us,” said Praschma, who trained mainly in harsh northern elements. “But also I was just learning about myself at the same time.” Fallon asked his friend what time he thought he’d finish in. Not knowing too much about marathon running, Praschma said he went with the milestone he had heard most often.

A lex Pr aschm a, completing the Asheville M a r at h o n l a s t y e a r . . “I just kind of said to him, I’m going to break four [hours],” Praschma said. “And he just kind of looked at me like I was crazy.” He finished in 3:49. The running bug had taken its hold. The caring and athletic Martin had the bug himself, having finished the 2013 Boston Athletic Association’s annual youth relay race as a prelude to the Marathon. He had dreams of running the actual race when he was old enough. “His first marathon is yours,” his father, Bill, told the first bunch of Team MR8 runners in 2014 during the family’s first interview with the Boston Globe. Tragedy to Inspiration

The application to run for Team MR8 includes two key lines: favorite food and favorite color. The questions were added by Henry Richard, who was 11 at the time of the 2013 Boston Marathon and felt they were important to find runners who most exemplified his younger brother. The team itself is named for Martin’s initials, which he scribbled on his baseballs, and his favorite number. Praschma was a junior at Ithaca College on April 15, 2013 when two bombs were detonated at 2:49 p.m. near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing Martin; Krystle Campbell, 29; and Lü Lingzi, 23. The college student was in his living room with his

best friend and roommate, Harry Ehrlich, a Bostonian by birth. It’s a moment he remembers vividly, as he said to open the video Ehrlich and fellow Ithaca graduate Taylor Pelletier made pro bono to help his fundraising cause. Framed with Praschma’s voiceover, it shows scenes of the finish line and later Praschma training as the city stands tall in the distance. “I really admire the fact that he’s the type of person who when he has a goal for himself, he just goes out and does it,” said Ehrlich, 25, an assistant producer at Newfangled Studios in Boston. Pelletier, another IC grad, is a freelance cinematographer in Boston and the two visual storytellers felt that making the video was a way they could contribute to their friend and the foundation. “He’s got a great story and he’s doing it for a great cause,” Ehrlich said. “I saw this as a visible and tangible way to help people understand instead of him writing out a post about why he’s doing it.” Denise Richard is one of the thousands who has seen the video. Praschma had the opportunity to meet Martin’s mother and the rest of the Richard family at a Team MR8 event at Fenway Park earlier this year. “I remember coming home after the event and just kind of sitting on my couch and [I was] just in a lot of shock,” Praschma said. “And it was just because obviously, you go to this event and you know that all this greatness (with the foundation) is happening but it happened as a result of absolute tragedy. And it wasn’t just that they lost Martin.” Denise suffered a head injury and lost vision in her right eye while Bill suffered shrapnel wounds and burns to his legs. The youngest sibling, Jane, lost her left leg and was in an induced coma for two weeks. Henry was rather unscathed physically. “It was a really scary experience walking in there and knowing that their world had just been shook a couple of years ago,” Praschma said, “and then you go in there and you see that they have this incredible glow and smile on their faces just seeing the people who are there running for their son, running for this foundation.” The family started the foundation prior to the 2014 Marathon as a way to heal and, as David Abel wrote that year for the Boston Globe, “to build a lasting legacy for Martin, a boy who spoke out for fairness on ball fields and for peace in the streets.” A passion for the foundation’s mission of education, athletics and community through Martin’s now world famous “no more hurting people – peace” homemade sign is pivotal to be accepted to the team.

Praschma is running for Martin but also for how the things the boy found passion for in his life: small-town community, giving and athletics. He said he felt a connection to the prongs of the organization’s mission and was honored to have Denise compliment the video his friends had directed, filmed and produced. “That feeling of seeing the appreciation that the family had and especially having that personal moment with his mom was

the fundraising thresholds along the way. His favorite color is red and his favorite food is pasta – perfect for runners, he added. Connecting a Message

really important to me,” he said, adding he was short of breath. His own mom, Yvonne, will be in Boston for Marathon Monday after seeing him race his second marathon in Caribou, Maine, where he missed the male 18-to-

Running for Martin has brought Praschma closer to both of his homes, old and new. In Boston, running is what you do through thick winter snow and thin summer air. The marathon began in 1897 and is the oldest annual marathon in the world. Patriot’s Day, or Marathon Monday, is a Boston holiday where people trek to the city and make a day of it. It’s the one day people put down their own sneakers to marvel at those of others. “It’s something that you become very keen to whether it’s the running shoes with their suit or it’s by the brands they have on, you kind of know,” said Praschma, who has balanced fundraising with law school and an internship at Spartan Race, Inc. “And as soon as you have a conversation with those people [they ask], ‘oh what team are you running for?’ And you say ‘MR8,’ you kind of see a smile on people’s face when you say that because it’s so appreciated in this town.” His cause is appreciated in Newfield as well, where out-of-touch friends and acquaintances have reconnected with him through supportive messages, Facebook comments and donations, some of which were in the hundreds of dollars. The sup-

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port has been uplifting during winter training. “I really wanted to qualify [for Boston] after I had done that well in Asheville,” Praschma said. “But [it’s been amazing] this entire experience of just touching base with so many people and seeing how important it is to people in the Newfield community who have reached out and said ‘it’s great that you’re doing that, we’re excited to see

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people form Newfield High School who are going out there and doing things that are this incredible and are this humbling.’ “It was a blessing that I didn’t qualify and this ended up happening because it’s been a life-changing experience.” Brandon Steinorth, his middle school and junior varsity baseball coach, is one of those proud community members. Praschma and his teammates were the first group Steinorth coached at the school more than a decade ago and he keeps up with them via social media as much as possible, even getting to see his former third baseman when he made a winter trek home last year. “He was certainly an upstanding solid young man in Newfield but it’s pretty clear that he’s kind of, so to speak, hit his stride down there in Boston,” Steinorth said. “He’s pursuing a law degree, he’s involved in the Big Brother Big Sister program and now to see he’s running the marathon and doing it for such a good cause it’s really special to see.” The Martin Richard Foundation requires those running with a charity bib to fundraise at least $7,500, a threshold Praschma reached in February even though the number seemed daunting at first. As of April 1 he was at $8,123 and hoping to get more. As a whole, this year’s team has raised more than $580,000. The money goes toward a long list of foundations in Boston; it’s also being put toward “Martin’s Park,” a universial access park and playground near the Boston Museum. The experience has, in Praschma’s vision, been more than just running the Boston Marathon. It has been, as his friends helped him convey, running Boston with a purpose. “Ithaca and Newfield will always be my home-home but I think it’s (Boston) just become a place where I’ve become comfortable growing as an aspiring attorney, as an athlete, as a person,” Praschma said. “And I think that that’s something that’s really important is to kind of leave your comfort zone. And for a long time Ithaca and Newfield was my comfort zone. “Once I left, I needed to create new roots and I think that Boston, the culture that we have here, really enabled me to grow some deep ones.” It is in his words an indoctrination – to running, to Boston, to something more. • Donations made through Alex Prashma’s funraising webpage, www.crowdrise.com/ mr8boston2017/fundraiser/alexpraschma, bennifit the Martin W Richard Charitable Foundation Inc

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eople are hanging up their hoodies, putting down their light reading on the cardio machines and, likely for the first time since the cold weather hit, are lacing up their running shoes once again. It ’s a t i m e m o s t look forward to, the time where running in place is no longer the only option and the sights and sounds of the city and country are abound as you rush a long it s t ra i ls a nd sidewalks, getting fit in the beautiful weather Adrian Western of spring in the Fingerlakes. Just be sure you don’t get too excited and hurt yourself, warns one local athletic trainer. According to Adrian Western, a trainer at Cayuga Wellness Center and director of its Endurance Performance Center, the transition from stationary machines to the outdoors could often be a tough one, one in which muscles laying dormant during the winter months are suddenly pushed back into commission, oftentimes without any significant preparation. Cardiovascular fitness is one thing, but not all cardio is created equal: when-

ever you’re looking at changing the type of exercise you’re doing, it’s important to remember your body can take a little bit of time to adjust to that change in activity. “A lot of people think they’re pretty fit, and should be able to do whatever they want,” Western said. “Then they go to run and a couple weeks later, they’re injured. We see them in our office – which is great, we love taking care of them – but we’d always like to prevent it if we can.” For people starting to get back into running after a long while away, Western first asks them what their goal is – what they hope to get out of their training – be it basic fitness or athleticism (running faster than they had before, track running or fast twitch sport training, etc.) to long-distance training, for half or full marathons. Next, Western assesses how long his client has been out of the habit of running on a regular basis, going by the rule of thumb that for every one week you’ve been off, it takes about two to get back into form. But no matter how long you’ve been off the trails, Western said, you should always forget about where you were before and begin anew, starting from the ground level of your training and gradually building up muscles that hadn’t been active over several months of training on an elliptical or an exercise bike. “People don’t realize how quickly they

deteriorate,” Western said. “[...] the reason why I say what you’ve done previously is important is because you can’t always have the expectation you’re going to be at that spot right now. When you’re young, you can probably get away with taking a fair amount of time off but unfortunately, we’re all fighting the battle of aging and as you get older, it takes a little more time to get back to that running form you had before. It’s do-able, but it takes patience, and people sometimes fall into the trap of trying to do too much too soon.” The transition to running from another exercise isn’t necessarily a workout on its own, and shouldn’t be seen as one: it’s a means of working up to the point where your body is actually prepared to handle a strenuous, long-distance jaunt over an extended period of time to the point where a r u n c ou ld b e considered a full workout. To actua l ly tra in up to your goals, Western begins with something he calls the “10 Percent Rule,” where you increase your work load, on average, about 10 percent per week. (For instance, if you run 10 miles total one week, you shouldn’t attempt more than 11 miles the following week.) That’s not exactly a prescription – depending on your age and fitness level, you may be able to get away with a 25 percent increase – but with under trained-muscles in the hips, calves and around the joints, your likelihood for injury is only increased by dramatic increases in your workload: after all, while ellipticals and other machines still entail creating force, working your muscles, they don’t offer a variety of motion, and remove the impact experienced in running and its

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e all know that local lacrosse fans are in heaven this time of year, as there are enough games to satisfy almost any appetite for viewing. The Cornell men’s lacrosse team picked up a big Ivy win on Saturday, evening up their conference record and setting about the business of righting the ship. Ithaca College dropped its first game of the year, but it was a non-conference game and will surely stoke some fires. The Ithaca High boys are rolling too, as they try to bring the Sectional title back to the Goose Pastures. The women’s programs tend to fly under the radar, but a look at the outcomes of the Cornell and Ithaca College games shows an impressive combined record of 15-2, as the Big Red women are 7-1 and the Bombers, without a losing season since 2009, are 8-1. Cornell took down Rutgers by a 12-9 tally on Saturday, running their road record to an impressive 6-0. They are 3-0 in conference play, and they are ranked #7 in Division 1. Jenny Graap has been the head coach for 20 years, and when Susie Fredrick, her assistant of 8 years left for a prep school coaching job, she just reloaded and kept going. “Bill Olin is a Horseheads native who played at Rutgers, and he has head coaching experience as well,” Jenny told me, She added “We just welcomed Margaret Corzel, a rookie coach who won a national championship at North Carolina. They both bring a lot to the program.” The Ithaca College women – ranked #10 - made the trip to Pittsford on Saturday, where they would face off against archrival St. John Fisher. The Bombers and the Cardinals have squared off for the Empire 8 championship for the past four seasons, and the visitors came away with a big 12-9 conference win. Ally Runyon continued her quest to become the program’s alltime leading scorer by scoring 5 goals and assisting on another, and her 181 career goals left her three short of the total put up by Tracy Rivas, class of 2014. The defense, as always, held up their end of the deal with goalie Kimberly Presuto making a career-high 14 saves, and defender Molly Long controlling three

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ground balls. Molly- whose father, Jeff, coaches the Bomber men – was kind enough to talk to me and she laughed when I asked “the question,” which is, of course, “Does the fact that your dad coaches at the same school put any pressure on you?” Molly replied, “No, it might if I played for him, but it’s nice having him there.” She added, “We just talk a lot about games and we compare situations.” Thinking back a decade, Molly laughed again and said, “My dad was my basketball coach at Fall Creek Elementary School, and believe me, that took care of any future family coaching matters!” It is often the behind-the-scenes components that make sports so compelling to me, and I heard a conversation in a diner last weekend that could be used as a basis for an inspirational movie. An hour before game time, a college softball player was clearly agitated, as she was still unsure whether she would be in the line-up. She said, “I have worked so hard, but it seems the coach is still wanting to experiment with different lineups. It’s frustrating.” The player’s mom said, “What can I do to help you deal with the stress this is clearly causing you? You know that whatever happens, the stress won’t serve you well and when you’re out of here in a few weeks it will all be a part of your life lessons. You should make an appointment to talk to your coach and tell him how you feel.” The dad said, “Hold your head high no matter what, be a good teammate, and you know that you’ll get your shot. When you do, play your hardest and make it count.” The player took the field for both games in a double-header sweep, got three hits, drove in three runs, dropped a great sacrifice bunt, score several times and threw two runners out from the outfield - one at second base and one at the plate. That’s the language of sports: Don’t tell me, show me.

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he American musical will never die if thousands of high schools have anything to do with it. Ithaca High has a particular reputation for polished productions with top-notch perfor-

mances. This weekend sees three performances of Cole Porter’s sparkling Anything Goes in the Kulp Auditorium (Fri & Sat Apr 7 & 8 at 7:30pm and Sun April 9 at 2pm). Tickets can be purchased at ihsdrama.ticketleap.com. A week before opening the orchestra is packed into a room in the somewhat cavernous backstage maze of the auditorium, warming up. Cast are putting on head mics. A striking set of a luxury schooner circa the 1930s takes up the stage (set by Brian Ugorowski.) In the house are two long tables filled with props. Over a dozen students are relaxing in the audience—a definite theater geek sports a Dear Evan Hansen t-shirt. As 6:30 strikes, director Robert Winans is on the “god” mic corralling the dozens of students. Another dozen plus students scurry into the house; the curtain is closed on the ship, a bar sits in front; within just three minutes the run-through starts. The run proceeds smoothly until an entrance is missed, Winans rewinds the moment and the cast continues. It’s a tight ship, and the students are focused. Minus the songs, Anything Goes is all fizzy farce and sharp quips, requiring licketysplit timing and Winans is snipping out any dead spaces. Of course, the songs are what make this musical soar, including such Porter standards as “I Get A Kick Out Of You,” “You’re The Top,” “Anything Goes,” and “Blow, Gabriel, Blow” all from the original 1934 production starring

by Ross H a a rstad Ethel Merman as Reno Sweeney, plus “You’d Be So Easy To Love,” “It’s De-Lovely” and “Friendship” from other Porter scores added in the Patti Lupone 1987 revival. Senior Erin Hilgartner takes on Reno, evangelist turned night-club star, and crackles with energy, but also captures the wise-cracking, beenaround-the-block rue of Reno. Her partner-incrime is Billy Crocker, man-about-town turned hopeless romantic, played by senior Christian Henry, who handles the Porter ballads with finesse. Their scenes have a special snap. I caught up with the two in separate interviews. As Henry puts it, “It’s so wonderful. Erin is one of the smartest performers I’ve ever been paired with. There’s never a dull moment, she’s always ready to go with something new.” Hilgartner says, “Christian and I have worked together for years, and it’s so much fun to do this show with him; we have a lot of chemistry on stage. We can try different things and know the other one will follow up.” Hilgartner’s being doing musicals from age six, cast in Family Fare productions at the Kitchen Theatre. Henry started in 7th grade at Boynton (struck with panic, he erased his name the year before from the 6th grade audition sheet; he credits his father with pushing him to put himself forward.) Each of them has also done a lot with Running to Places. They are both thrilled to be doing Porter’s songs, Henry finds a lot of emotion packed in the music as well as “intention.” They are actorsingers; Hilgartner loves that while Reno is “fun and out-there” she is also very three dimensional. And while the show may be a lark, she finds it relevant to the current moment. “In the song ‘Anything Goes’ we’re celebrating because we

(Postcard) The cast of “Anything Goes” (Photo: Ithaca City Schools)

think we have a notorious criminal on board. At different times in history society gets shaken up, and we’re in one of those times now.” As the run-through continues, characters and complications pile up. Doing a fine Brooklynese, Howard Kraskow (chimney sweep Bert in last year’s Mary Poppins) cuts up as Public Enemy #13 Moonface Martin next to his gal-pal Erma (a sassy Emma Ellis); Ben Salomon is Billy’s blustering, bumbling boss Eli Whitney who fancies haughty Evangeline Harcourt (Rachel O’Brien). Evangeline and Lord Evelyn Oakleigh (plummy accent and goofy comedy from Imri Leshed) stand between Billy and the girl he wants, Hope Harcourt (a sweet Ana Louisa Brady-McCullough.) Laura Preston has choreographed the numerous dance interludes and choruses; the first act comes to a rousing close with a huge tap number of “Anything Goes” led by Reno, with a sophisticated orchestra backing her (music direction by Kristin Zaryski.) On Sunday at noon, the auditorium is quieter as tech begins. The prop tables have moved up offstage, replaced by a table with the show t-shirts. Money is being collected for a pizza order. The first 50 minutes are spent get individual mic levels set on every cast member. Singing is backed by the rehearsal piano. Hilgartner goes through a half-dozen repeats of her reprise of “I Get a Kick Out of You” as Winans works to get the big curtain opening just right. They’ve been at this 3 months, and in just 5 days they put it all into 3 performances. • Th e

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The Duality of Nuance The Queen of Bingo at CRT Downtown By Br yan VanC ampe n The Queen of Bingo, by Jeanne Michels and Phyllis Murphy; directed by Bill Kincaid; lighting, set and props design by Eric Behnke; costume design by Mark Reynolds; sound design by Seth Asa Sengal. At CRT Downtown through April 9.

was a brilliant Sunday afternoon and as I made my way to Cortland, hoping I’d have time to stop at A&W and Footie’s Freeze (yes on both counts; I lucked into Footie’s opening day) to see The Queen of Bingo at CRT Downtown, I wondered idly how long it had been since I had actually played bingo. Years, surely, maybe decades. Half the lure of the CRT show was the promise of a game of bingo as part of the action. CRT typically attracts an older audience, and we were all seated at tables in the space, with soft holiday lights overhead. I could tell the ladies I was sitting with were more practiced at the game. There was a bowl of plastic chips and a manila envelope on the table, which we opened to find three bingo forms printed

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for each of us. The Queen of Bingo appears to take place on Bingo Night in a Catholic high school. A folding chair leans against a simple but effective rendition of a greentiled school wall with left and right markers for the boys’ and girls’ bathrooms. The play, and the event, is introduced by Father Mac (Tim Mollen), a witty and able host who doubles as the bingo caller for the evening. As he sets up the table and runs through the rules and the etiquette – whoever wins the first game of the night is proclaimed either the king or queen of bingo – the two stars of Jeanne Michels and Phyllis Murphy’s comedy appear from the audience. First we meet Sis, played in subtle, convincing drag by Chris Nickerson. Sis is sweet, happy-go-lucky and conciliatory; Sis just loves the game and is happy to be there. Then we meet Babe, played by Jason Sofge like Fatty Arbuckle in drag, clad in clashing layers and laying out all of her lucky charms. A friend I worked on some films with always felt that the more Located in the heart of Ithaca, Conifer Village at Cayuga Meadows is a brand new senior apartment community offering energy efficient one and two bedroom apartments homes for individuals 55 and older. Cayuga Meadows has set aside nine units for those with disabilities and an additional three units for hearing and visually impaired. The community will offer many amenities along with breathtaking views of Cornell University and the hills of Ithaca. Qualified Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee impacted residents will be given priority for the first 90 days of rent up.

specific a scene is, the more universal it is. My obsession may not be yours, but if I see it in convincing detail, I can relate to it. Both Sis and Bade are laden down with plastic tubs full of all their precious bingo supplies. They live in a world where they take pride in having stopped off at the dollar store to buy bingo markers in order to save on bingo chips. If Sis is demure, Babe is a little large in demeanor, bossy and brassy; she’s the kind of woman who can’t restrain herself from cursing in the presence of the clergy. If Sis is the nurturing gardener, Babe is the garden that needs tending. As the ladies gossip and play the game, we get sucked into something so routine and mundane that we see our own routines shown back to us. It may not be bingo for everyone in the room, but for these ladies, it’s everything. There’s also a neat passage where Sis splits off for her own soliloquy about bingo and her life as the game continues, echoing like a

dream or a memory. And indeed, the ladies take a snack break, and Mollen’s Father conducts a game for the whole audience leading up to intermission. I’ll admit that I shouted “Bingo!” early and that I clearly didn’t understand the rules, but I’ve been known to do that in the past. Mollen keeps the proceedings going with a wry string of one-liners. As the game wore on, he quipped, “It’s a little like purgatory, isn’t it?” •

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Abstraction and the Stage The Cradle Will Rock at Ithaca College By Br yan VanC ampe n The Cradle Will Rock, a play in music by Marc Blitzstein; directed by Susannah Berryman; music direction by Joel Gelpe; movement direction by Courtney Young; scenic design by Daniel Allen; costume design by Lauren Brandt. At Ithaca College through April 8.

on’t go looking for the proscenium in Susannah Berryman’s vibrant production of Marc Blitzstein’s 1937 “play in music,” The Cradle Will Rock. It’s not there. Here is an 80-year-old musical originally staged by Orson Welles and John Houseman as part of the Federal Theatre Project, and it feels like Blitzstein could have written it this year. Berryman sets the mood when you enter Dillingham Center: actual vintage speeches play over the sound system. Once you enter the performing space, the show is already in progress. The entire cast comes and goes within Daniel Allen’s downtown design of platforms and staircases framing a wall stuffed with furniture and props, a look somewhat reminiscent of what the early SNL “home base” set looked like. Blitzstein was heavily influenced by Brecht, and so the evening is a compendium of Brechtian alienation techniques designed always to remind the audience that it is watching a play. The lights and other effects are in full view, and the actors carry the scenery on and off, even pianist Joel Gelpe, who is literally wheeled around the stage. The actors josh with the crew, with each other and with the audience like one of those Robert Altman films with large casts. Where other American musicals were more concerned with show boats and surreys with fringes on the top, Blitzstein’s play is about labor unions, corruption and corporate greed, set in “Steeltown, USA,” and peopled with crooked cops, big bosses and ladies of the evening. The song titles are like chapter headings in film-noir pulp: “Oh What a Filthy Night Court” and “The Nickel Under Your Foot.” Even after all these years, the cynicism and theatricality has the power to astonish, particularly in a number like “The Freedom of the Press,” where the tycoon Mr. Mister (Noah Ruff) pressures Editor Daily (Benjamin DeMarco) into printing lies about the play’s prounion hero Larry Foreman (Cam Wenrich, also doubling as a flawed flat foot). Hmm, media corruption and police misconduct. Sound familiar? The outsized epic quality of the show allows the talented young cast to shoot for an almost abstract, stylized kind of performance. There’s nothing realistic about Ruff ’s Mister. With his almost praying mantis-like movements and tapered pinstripe suit, you could be forgiven for mistaking

him as a gangster rather than a businessman. Constant Companion remarked that it felt like the actors were watching a lot of TCM movies, as they all seemed to be hearkening for a bigger style of acting, aping the kinds of character performers who had identifiable tics and mannerisms.

The cast is such a fine working ensemble that everyone should be credited. In addition to Wenrich, Ruff and DeMarco, the cast includes Kylie Heyman, Josh Wilde, Elias Husiak, Oghenero Gbaje, Will Thames, Rebecca Simpson-Wallack, Nick Byron, Jose Useche, Iris Garrison-Driscoll, Josh Altenburg, Juliana A. Betancur, Aiden Ankil, Sara Gutierrez, Fiona Dolan, Ryan Ballard, Olulola Fadiran, James Wamsley and Kimberly Neuschultz. And when Wenrich leads the cast in a reprise of the title song, it doesn’t feel like a musical finale. It feels more like a storm warning. •

Ithaca College Theatre presents Marc Blitzstein’s, “The Cradle Will Rock,” Pictured are Noah Ruff ‘17 and Cam Wenrich ‘17. (Photo: Sheryl Sinkow)

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Where Darkness is Pulsing Brooklyn band bends the light and soars By C hr i s tophe r J. Har r ing ton Decorum, First Pet, Sunken Cheek, Motorcyclez, 8 p.m. Saturday, April 8, Sacred Root Kava Lounge, Ithaca Underground presents

n the shadowy darkness of Brooklyn’s postpunk outfit Decorum, there lies an infinite beauty: a connection to a greater part, a widening whole. The trio uses an artful nuance to forge unity and presence in their songs, each section lean and brooding, yet hopeful and circular. The band forges the spirit of the NYC ’80s underground with the fantasy of avant-garde Goth. The picture is clear and escapist. “Imagery is definitely an important piece to our music,” singer and bassist Leif noted. “I don’t need to paint the same image in everyone’s mind, but it’s important that I try to express how things could ap-

pear. The whole band works with a definite aesthetic: from how we perform, to our cover art, to our videos.” The band is unique for their two-bass, two-vocalist approach. Leif shares bass and singing duties with Sable and drummer Shay completes the collective. The two low ends offer endless depths, sculpting an ever widening and protruding shape. The band’s sound dances and reverberates like magic, each tone equally a dream and a nightmare. “It was always the intention to have two bass guitars right from the inception of the band,” Leif explained. “The initial concept was to have the basses weave together like a synthesizer, not like a guitar and bass. I’m not sure how successful we’ve been at our original concept, but I like the fact that there is no ‘lead’ bass in the band.”

The intimacy of Decorum is another integral aspect. There’s a closeness that’s apparent throughout and a partnership that is a tight and balanced. Each member plays with an individualistic bent, playing off one another and enveloping a wavering bond. The music rolls and floats like hills in an urban desert; the darkness is pulsing, the light building up like a chasm. The band forged through a specific relationship and is structured around a bold simplicity. “Sable and I had been dating one another for a couple of years and after a while I thought it would be fun to have a collaborative and creative outlet,” Leif said. “The process of creating the band seemed fairly typical: fussing over band names, trying out other people’s drums and deciding what we wanted to do and not do as a band. It was pretty straightforward.” Within this straightforwardness the band narrows in on its inner glow: reflective and propulsive. Decorum dip and dive with hints of Joy Division, Bauhaus, Sonic Youth and minimalist postmodernism, always circulating and always aware

Decorum in the darkness (Photo: bandcamp)

of their surroundings. The trio makes a spatial pact: they rise and fall with honesty and strong connection. On a song like “No Haven,” off the 2016 EP, Near Gone/No Haven, you can really feel the space they rule. “We typically try to work out sections of songs one at a time,” Leif said. “The process isn’t terribly lengthy — maybe a few weeks to create a song — but we do slow down a lot when it comes to writing lyrics and vocal melodies … making sure our vocal weaving sounds good can be tedious.” •

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The Shifting Progression Dopapod set to land at The Haunt By C hr i s tophe r J. Har r ing ton Dopapod, Space Carnival, Wednesday, April 12, 8:00 p.m., The Haunt

here’s a unique fabric to the progressive fusionists Dopapod; one that shimmers in contemporary hues and shifting archetypes. Part of the allure of the Boston-born band is its complete dismantling of genre constraint. The group is commonly lumped into the “jam-band” scene, and all its ugly pre-conceived notions. But Dopapod is a newer and more rigid type of fusion-fueled band: as dark and aggressive as they are sunny and soulful. “To be honest, I have no idea what our fans think,” guitarist and singer Rob Compa noted recently. “All I know is that as a band we make music that we like, and we all have some extremely varied tastes.” Extensions drift from heavy metal ecstasy to hard funk, to modern electronica, neo-soul and ‘70s style progressive rock. This is a band born to extend, and they do it nimbly and artfully. What differentiates Dopapod from the vast sea of 21st century jam bands is their shape edge. They’re careful not to over-indulge. There’s infinite spirit behind every expansion. “One of the selling points is the versatility,” Compa said. “We try and not do the

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same thing twice. There’s a lot of jam bands out there that write that happy-go-luckysunshine and daydream stuff. We’re the yin to that yang, you know. Out stuff is more dissonant, more complex and dark.” Formed in 2007 while at Berklee School of Music in Boston, the band started out mostly as a funk band. A progressive edginess quickly developed, and the band fused a more complete dynamic as the years progressed. Dopapod lands in Ithaca next Wednesday as a tightly vigorous and moving amalgamation: a sort of pixilated whirlwind where every listener can get a little something they like. There’s rawness to the band’s live performance, a realness and freedom you can’t ignore. “I think the great thing about improvisation is that is doesn’t sound perfect and calculated,” Compa explained. “I kind of like the sloppiness and the threshold that is reached when there’s no distinct direction. I love playing live, and if I could get away with it as a musician, that’s all I’d do.” Part of the band’s charm is its looseness. There’s a strong compromise to the group’s totality, opening portals where others dare not. “Live, we don’t really try that hard,” Compa said. “We’ve been playing together

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for so long we just sort of know each other’s habits. I think something we don’t want is a formula. I think with something that structured, the music can sound a little forced. There’s a real honesty about playing with your eyes.” Dopapod is a singular take: pulsing and even because every member is equal. There’s no dominance and no complete theme, and this is the band’s ultimate charm. There’s a lot to grab hold of, and when extensions unfold you’re always treated to something special. This is a band that can make non-believers take notice. If you’re a fan of heavy and progressive music, these guys leave an interesting accent on it. And it works because of the group’s fluid resolution. “Compromise is necessary,” Compa

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admitted. “We can’t just play everything we each love. It’s a give and take. This is kind of embarrassing to tell, but as a kid my mom bought me a Rage Against The Machine Album and I just didn’t want it (laughs). I guess I just wasn’t angry enough. Eli [Winderman] and Chuck [Jones] are the ones more into metal, but I’m more than happy indulge in it. I mean I love Megadeth, they’re totally awesome, and as a guitar nerd you can’t help but get into that kind of stuff.” Dopapod are a band based on connection. Finding the grooves and common ground in-between is their forte. Next Wednesday’s a great chance to see this force in action. You’ll be transformed. •

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Amy Dickinson returns to the homeland By Nick Re y nol d s

my Dickinson, arguably one of Tompkins County’s most famous residents, has been rather busy as

of late. Since her latest book, Strangers Tend To Tell Me Things, hit stands on March 12, Dickinson has been a woman perpetually on the move. On Monday, Amy was in Chicago, slightly off the path from last week’s jaunt to Omaha, Nebraska before a quick trip back to Freeville. Later this week, she’ll be in Florida, another stop on a haphazardly-arranged tour schedule of NPR appearances and book signings which will drag on into May, a schedule as zany as it is in lacking suitable dining options. (Case study: In a Twitter dispatch from the airport on March 29, dinner was a bag of Corn Nuts and wine.) “This is the slog of a book tour,” Dickinson said. “[...] this tour doesn’t seem to have much rhyme or reason, which is one reason I’m looking forward to getting home to Ithaca.” It’s an occasion she’s looking forward to. The free event, slated for Wednesday, April 12 at the Hangar Theatre, promises to be something special; a decidedly goofy variety show-styled affair featuring everything from the standard monologue of storytelling and live music from the local folk duo, Nate and Kate (there’s, so far, no word on whether or not Dickinson will break out her ukulele, the first time she will have done so in public), to a lively, interactive segment akin to the 6 million listener NPR trivia show Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me, of which Dickinson is a regular panelist. Naturally, her take on the show will be chock full of Freeville-related trivia. “I see it as sort of an old-timey, welcome to spring, family-friendly thing. It’s going to be awesome,” Dickinson said. “It’s like the only fun I get to have on this whole tour, and I think it’s going to be really fun.” But the event itself and its setting is a significant one, a homecoming stop on a tour to promote a book which, in its 240 pages, touches on the importance and motivations behind her leaving the worldly, vibrant hum about Chicago’s lofty towers and bustling boulevards for the calm, microcosm of rural America embodied in her tiny hometown of Freeville (population: 524). The move, her latest memoir reads, was one of revival and rediscovery, a signifier of finding a new start as she entered, as she describes it, middle age. She found that, she said, right where she grew up. It is the place, after all, where she gained the type of perspective qualifying her for the role of advising complete and total strangers in her daily advice column, one read by more than 22 million people daily. It’s the place which influenced who she became, Dickinson say-

ing her writing has always carried a sort of homey strain of compassion and common sense informed by an upbringing in a place where it truly did take a village. It was a place where connections mattered. But what Freeville also offered was a perspective in the evolution of human relationships, seeing how people grow and how, in a constantly churning world, some things do stay static. “Growing up in a small place, people see you make mistakes,” Dickinson said. “Because they will see you off and on for the rest of your life, you have to learn to forgive one another… I’ve had a lot of encouragement over the years. It gave me the confidence to go out into the world and figure out my own life.” It wasn’t a perfect place, by any means, and Dickinson wants to avert from the cartoonish dimensions of the “Campwoe-begone” some may make it out to be from her descriptions of the area, which her family has inhabited since the close of the Revolutionary War. Instead, the borders of Freeville could be translated just

about anywhere, the impact of the local landscape as significant as, say, the overwhelming immensity of the flat midwestern landscape could be to Nebraskans. In her memoirs, Dickinson attempts to paint the idea of home not as a place persay, but as a concept, or an idea, how the experiences she’s had with other people – and the relationships both renewed and newlyformed – are the true connection to place in a person’s life, something that ties one’s perspective not only to the land, but to each other. “It’s hard to make friends as an adult,” Dickinson said, but in rekindling relationships with Ithacans and the friends of her youth, she said she’s gained a greater understanding of living life in the land she once left, a level of understanding that goes beyond a topographical knowledge of the region’s hills, valleys and wooded backroads. “People just overlay their own nostalgic ideas of what home might be,” Dickinson muses, “and they sort of layer this on top of my depiction of what home really is. It’s this whole idea of home. This whole memoir is about coming back, choosing to leave Chicago (and before that, London, Washington and New York City) for Freeville and really dive into the reality of life in middle age… the choice to move back permanently was profound. It’s a choice I’ve never regretted.” The years after this move is the story told throughout the pages of “Strangers Tend To Tell Me Things,” a chronicle of – as the Chicago Tribune described it – a tale of Dickinson’s “own bewilderments, secrets, insecurities, mystifications, distress, gratitude and curiosity — not with the hope

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that her readers will advise her, but with the hope, as she writes in the opening pages, that readers will understand the twists of fate as well as the very deliberate choices that have qualified Dickinson for a life of guidance.” “There’s something about growing up isolated that makes people good at community,” Dickinson said, and her experiences – and its way of reframing the portrait of what home means – has carved a landscape of life and a perspective distinctly suited to a life of advice. When she tells that story to Ithacans, she wants to make it matter. “I don’t think people in Ithaca really grasp my world of Freeville is very different from the Ithaca world, even only being a few miles away,” Dickinson said. “People don’t really have an idea of life in these rural villages surrounding the town… people from Ithaca will see parts of themselves, but they’ll also see what it’s like outside of here.” •

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One of the most visionary and meaningful works in human history, George Orwell’s masterpiece “1984” is bold, boundless and pure. The film version premiered in 1984, with the legendary John Hurt as Winston Smith. The film does great justice to Orwell’s novel, with its bleak atmosphere, grey horizon and brutal demeanor. (Cornell Cinema, Sunday, April 9, 7:30 p.m.) (Photo provided)

Pierre Bensusan | 8:00 PM | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, Congress at McLallen St, Trumansburg | French-Algerian guitarist weaving Celtic, folk, World music, New Age and Chamber jazz, with scat singing. The Jess Novak Band | 8:00 PM | Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St, Auburn | Syracuse Songwriters in the Round. Folk.

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Women’s Chorale | 4:00 PM | Christ Episcopal Church, 33 East First Street, Corning | Performing A Cycle of Psalms

European melodic delights with some contemporary side dishes, presented by Max Buckholtz, Rima Grunes, and Greg Ezra.

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Welcome To Nightvale | 8:00 PM | Welcome To Nightvale is a twice-monthly podcast in the style of community updates for the small desert town of Night Vale, featuring local weather, news, announcements from the Sheriff’s Secret Police, mysterious lights in the night sky, dark hooded figures with unknowable

A new, expanded Simeon’s American Bistro re-opened on Ithaca’s Commons late in 2016, restoring jobs and a vibrant presence downtown. Owners Dean Zervos and Rich Avery credit Tompkins Trust Company and Tompkins Insurance Agencies with helping the business stage a comeback after the tragic accident. Dean and Rich worked with Tompkins representatives to get the answers and support they needed to rebuild.

Says Dean: “Tompkins has been absolutely fantastic.”

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Need a local decision? Call 888-273-3210. Or visit TompkinsTrust.com. For insurance call 607-257-4440. Or visit TompkinsIns.com.

Where we make decisions. Simeon’s American Bistro Dean Zervos and Richard Avery, Owners powers, and cultural events. Matthew Hall: Harpsichord | 8:00 PM | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Program will feature the 7th Ordre from Francois Couperin’s Second book (1717) and the Pieces de clavecin, Book 1 (1702) of his musical rival, Louis Marchan.

love triangles. Obsession and betrayal set against the music scene in Austin, Texas. | 129 mins R | Kedi | A profile of an ancient city and its unique people, seen through the eyes of the most mysterious and beloved animal humans have ever known, the Cat. | 80 mins NR |

Coffee Film Festival | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, 4/07 Friday | The Studio, 171 East State Street (Center Ithaca, lower level), Ithaca | Join us for an evening of films about coffee and then sip some local brews at The Studio. Featuring Guatemalan mountains and Ecuadorian rainforests, these films share origins with some of the coffee you’ll drink. 1984 | 7:30 PM, 4/09 Sunday | Cornell Cinema, Cornell University, Ithaca | In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love. | 113 mins R |

T2 Trainspotting | After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud, and Begbie. | 117 mins R | Your Name | Two strangers find themselves linked in a bizarre way. When a connection forms, will distance be the only thing to keep them apart? | 106 mins PG | The Zookeeper’s Wife | The Zookeeper’s Wife tells the account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the German invasion. | 124 mins PG-13 |

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Personal Shopper | Revolves around a ghost story that takes place in the fashion underworld of Paris. | 105 mins R | Song to Song | Two intersecting

Ghost in the Shell | In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced

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to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world’s most dangerous criminals. | 107 mins PG-13 | Life | A team of scientists aboard the International Space Station discover a rapidly evolving life form, that caused extinction on Mars, and now threatens the crew and all life on Earth. | 104 mins R | Beauty and the Beast| Disney’s animated classic takes on a new form, with a widened mythology and an all-star cast. A young prince, imprisoned in the form of a beast, can be freed only by true love. What may be his only opportunity arrives when he meets Belle, the only human girl to ever visit the castle since it was enchanted. | 129 mins NR | Logan | In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X somewhere on the Mexican border. However, Logan’s attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces. | 141 mins R | Power Rangers | A group of high-school students, who are infused with unique superpowers,harness their abilities in order to save the world. | 124 mins PG-13 | The Boss Baby | A suit-wearing briefcase-carrying baby pairs up with his seven-year old brother to stop the dastardly plot of the CEO of Puppy Co. |

97 mins PG | Chips | A rookie officer is teamed with a hardened pro at the California Highway Patrol, though the newbie soon learns his partner is really an undercover Fed investigating a heist that may involved some crooked cops. | 100 mins R | Get Out | A young African-American man visits his Caucasian girlfriend’s mysterious family estate.| 104 mins R | Kong: Skull Island | A team of scientists explore an uncharted island in the Pacific, venturing into the domain of the mighty Kong, and must fight to escape a primal Eden.| 118 mins PG-13 |

Stage The Cradle Will Rock | Dillingham Center, Ithaca Center, 953 Danby Rd., Ithaca | Runs April 5, 6, 7 and 8 at 8 p.m. Marc Blitzstein‘s play in music comments on corruption and corporate greed during the Great Depression. The musical focuses on corrupt business practices through which corporate mogul Mr. Mister strong-arms mid-level professionals into doing his unethical bidding, while laborers struggle to form unions to fight for decent working conditions. Tickets are currently available online at Ithaca. ticketforce.com or over the

phone at (607) 274-3224. The Queen of Bingo | Cortland Repertory Theatre, Dwyer Memorial Park Pavilion, Preble | Evening performances at 7:30 PM will play on Friday and Saturday April 7th & 8th. The Queen of Bingo is directed by Bill Kincaid, who has been with CRT for many seasons having most recently directed last spring’s I Am My Own Wife and summer productions of Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, Chicago, The Drawer Boy, and many others. The cast is comprised of returning CRT actors, and by special permission of the authors, the roles of the sisters will be played by men. How I Learned to Drive | 7:30 PM, 4/05 Wednesday, 8:00, PM 4/07 Friday, 4/08 Saturday | Syracuse Stage/ Drama Complex, 820 E Genesee St, Syracuse | Buckle up. It’s going to be a bumpy ride. Li’l Bit takes us on a no-holds-barred trip back in time to her adolescence in 1960s Maryland and her complicated relationship with an older man. A deeply compassionate look at how we are shaped by the people who hurt us, How I Learned to Drive masterfully veers in and out of personal memory and deftly traverses comedy, drama, and farce. Winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. LMS spring drama “The Hound of the Baskervilles” | 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, 4/06 Thursday, 4/07 Friday, 4/08 Saturday, 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, 4/09 Sunday | Lansing Middle School, 6 Ludlowville Road, Lansing | Sherlock’s and John’s nieces, Shirley Holmes and Jennie Watson, are called upon to solve a mystery plaguing the Baskerville family. Bring YOUR family to this comedy take on the classic! April Fools: On Ice - The Tour with Brian Barganier, Tim Joyce, Kevin Salisbury | 7:00 PM, 4/06 Thursday | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | (Comedy) Cabartec: Plan B: A New Musical | 7:30 PM, 4/07 Friday, 4/08 Saturday | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Runs Friday, April 7 and Saturday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. When you reach the moment in your life when you have to stop and take stock of everything you’ve accomplished and everything you wish you had accomplished. This new musical explores that moment, dolled up with 15 new songs, featuring virtuosic multi-instrumentalists performers. Solitary Man: My Visit to Pelican Bay State Prison | 7:00 PM,

4/08 Saturday | First Unitarian Church Ithaca, 306 N Aurora St, Ithaca | Written and performed by Charlie Hinton. Music by Fred Johnson. Directed by Mark Kenward. Solitary Man is based on Charlie’s interactions with prisoners in Pelican Bay SHU/solitary confinement, where the largest prisoner hunger strike in history began in July, 2013. Francisco Ramos | 8:00 PM, 4/08 Saturday | Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St, Auburn | Stand-Up Comedian with opener Mark Walton. Graeme Of Thrones | 7:00 PM, 4/09 Sunday | State Theatre Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | In this criticallyacclaimed theatrical journey through the Seven Kingdoms, direct from sold out shows in London’s West End and Australia, avid ‘Thrones’ fan Graeme just wants to recreate his favourite fantasy saga on stage - aided and abetted by his best friend Paul and the girl he used to fancy at school - Bryony. David Sedaris | 7:00 PM, 4/09 Sunday | Center for the Arts, 72 S. Main St., Homer | With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today.

Notices Ithaca Sociable Singles Dinner | 6:00 PM, 4/05 Wednesday | The Antlers, 1159 Dryden Rd, Ithaca | RSVP lldalve24@yahoo.com. Newcomers welcome. Register Now for Spring Writing through the Rough Spots classes | | Writing can help create clarity about challenging situations. For further info: www.WritingRoomWorkshops.com Trumansburg Senior High School Award | Each year, Trumansburg Senior Citizens gives a $500.00 award to a Trumansburg High School graduate. The award is presented at the High School award ceremony. The graduate does not have to be headed for college. The only requirement is that they are a good citizens through volunteering or serving within the community. You can pick up an application at the school guidance counselor’s office. Applications need to be in by May 6, 2017. Over 30s Basketball | 4:30 PM-6:00

First Unitarian Church, Friday, April 7, 7:30 p.m.

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Blues, gospel, and jazz-singing civic activist Lea Gilmore (pictured) and pianist Professor Louie will join Annie Patterson & Peter Blood for a concert in support of the newly formed Friends Center for Racial Justice in Ithaca, NY. Blues, folk and gospel music will be featured throughout in this sing-along concert focused on equal rights, dignity, and safety for people of all races, genders, sexual orientations, and national origin. Don’t miss this.

Artists Paul Chatem, Joshua Charles Hart, and Jim Garmhausen will open at eye gallery with a group show which incorporates over 20 paintings and sculptures, all executed with a sharp wit that is provocatively folksy. The opening will also see Harry Segal and Jason Violet back to play some jazzy and edgy accompaniment for the spectacular show.

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PM, 4/06 Thursday, 4:30 PM-6:00 PM, 4/10 Monday | Henry St. John’s Gym, 301 S. Geneva St., Ithaca | Every Monday and Thursday from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Spring Rummage Sale | 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, 4/07 Friday | First Presbyterian Church of Ulysses, 69 Main Street, Trumansburg | Runs April 7 & 8, and will be open on Friday from 10am to 5pm and on Saturday from 8am to 1pm. Items offered are always a surprise, but include furniture, tools, toys, books, household items and appliances, linens, antiques, collectibles, and usually a few white elephants. Spring Rummage Sale | 8:00 AM-1:00 PM, 4/08 Saturday | First Presbyterian Church of Ulysses, 69 Main Street, Trumansburg | Runs April 7 & 8, and will be open on Friday from 10am to 5pm and on Saturday from 8am to 1pm. Items offered are always a surprise, but include furniture, tools, toys, books, household items and appliances, linens, antiques, collectibles, and usually a few white elephants. Chicken Barbecue | 11:00 AM, 4/09 Sunday | Enfield Volunteer Fire Company, 172 Enfield Main Rd., Ithaca | The Ladies Auxiliary holds a Bake Sale at each BBQ. Get a Job!: Summer Employment for Teens | 4:30 PM, 4/10 Monday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Participants will learn about the Youth Employment Services programs offered by Workforce New York and Challenge Industries and develop skills for marketing themselves for babysitting and odd jobs and tips on applying to camp and seasonal jobs. To register, contact Regina DeMauro at rdemauro@tcpl.org. Cayuga Bird Club Monthly Meeting | 7:30 PM, 4/10 Monday | Lab Of Ornithology, 254 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca | This month’s speakers will be Bruce Smith and Kit Muma, Ithaca College Biology Dept. presenting Kiwis and Kikakos: Wildlife Conservation in New Zealand. Meetings are free and open to the public and anyone interested in birds is invited to attend. For information, email president @ cayugabirdclub.org or refer to the bird club’s website: cayugabirdclub.org Ithaca Bipolar Support Group | 7:00 PM-8:30 PM, 4/11 Tuesday | Lifelong, 119 W Court St, Ithaca | This group is peer-run without supervision by any medical expert. They share knowledge

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Special Events

Maryland psychedelic funk behemoths LITZ really get after it. The self-described “Power Funk” outfit is very much an immediate and heavy experience. The groove is deep and hard with this band, and their variance is pure and notable. Expect Pink Floyd escapism, Fishbone-like energy and a wild and free tightness that is remarkable. April is the month to dance, let LITZ show you the way. (Saturday, April 8, 8:00 p.m., The Haunt) (Photo: facebook) and experience in an attempt to help each other deal with the issues of bipolar disorder including medications, life management, therapy, and anything else that might help us to live more successfully. Contact: Bill Goodhew, 607-539-4056, Bill_ Goodhew@yahoo.com

Learning ESL Snack and Chat | 3:45 PM-5:00 PM, 4/05 Wednesday | BorgWarner Room, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | These informal, drop-in sessions will offer a relaxed setting for practicing conversation and listening skills. The meetings will help participants discover and access language-learning resources at the Library and in the community and provide a forum for information sharing. For more information, contact Teresa Vadakin at (607) 272-4557 extension 272 or tvadakin@tcpl.org or Stephen Salino at 607-272-4557 extension 249 or ssalino@tcpl.org. Civic Engangement Discussion Series: The Civically Engaged Reader | 6:00 PM, 4/06 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Facilitated by community activist and Ithaca Festival Assistant Director McKenzie Jones, these discussions will incorporate

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Universe’s most fascinating features, Black Holes and their matter. Exploring Plantain with Debbie Biltonen | 12:00 PM-3:00 PM, 4/08 Saturday | 3336 Podunk Road, 3336 Podunk Road, Trumansburg | Some call it the band-aid plant but Plantain is oh-so-much more. Come explore this very common and abundant plant to see the diverse ways it can be used. Space is limited, pre-registration is required. For more information and to register go to www.knowyouroots.com / debbie@knowyouroots.com or (845) 249-3440 A Taste of Primavera - An Italian Cooking Demonstration Fundraiser | 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, 4/08 Saturday | Colitvare, 235 South Cayuga Street, Ithaca | If you enjoy cooking and classic Italian cuisine, please join us at Coltivare Saturday April 8th from 1-4PM as Marcia PatitucciWaffner, founder of Patitucci Cucina, demonstrates some of her favorite seasonal dishes. Learn how to prepare healthy, simple delicious classic Italian meals at home. It’s a fun and delicious way to spend an afternoon and all proceeds go to benefit the Ithaca Women’s Opportunity Center and Second Wind Cottages. The minimum suggested donation will be $20. There will be a cash bar and a sampling of all of the dishes prepared. There is limited

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required readings, including essays, short stories and poetry, selected from the book The Civically Engaged Reader. This series is free and open to the public, however, advance registration is required. To register, or for more information, contact Teresa Vadakin at tvadakin@tcpl.org or (607) 272-4557 extension 272. Leadership in Our Midst: Recognizing and Developing Leadership in Your Small Business | 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, 4/07 Friday | BorgWarner Room, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Led by Margo Hittleman, Co-founder and Coordinator of Natural Leaders Initiative, this workshop is a joint collaboration between Business CENTS at Alternatives FCU and Natural Leaders Initiative. Henry N. Hinckley and the Hinckley Foundation Museum: A Remembrance and Celebration | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, 4/07 Friday | History Center, 401 E State St, Ithaca | The History Center will host a presentation about Henry Hinckley and the Museum named in his honor. Sci-Cation Lunch/Talk Benefit Event: Why Black Holes Matter! | 11:00 AM, 4/08 Saturday | Aurora Inn, 391 Main St, Aurora | Syracuse U. Physics Professor Paul Souder, internationally renowned Nuclear Physicist, shares his thoughts on one of the

Silver Line Tap Room, Friday, April 7, 8:00 p.m. One of Ithaca’s true legends, Johnny Dowd settled in town in the ‘70s and never looked back, creating a body of work, varied, progressive and sharp. His music ranges from open and free alternative country, to post punk, to wild experimental density. His newest album “Execute American Folklore” is bold and individualistic, with jaunts into electronic alt-rock, funk rage and avantgarde folk rock. (Photo: Kat Dalton)

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Community Altar of Love & Loss by Art Club | DeWitt Park, , Ithaca | Community Altar of Love & Loss by Art Club. DeWitt Park, Ithaca. March 21 - April 17. Visit and contribute your own offering to the community altar during park hours (5am-10pm). Loss is universal. The community altar is for everyone. For more information see the calendar page at yourartclub.com. Ithaca College Gerontology Institute Palliative Care Conference: Building Palliative Care in Upstate New York: Practice, Policy, and Innovation | 9:00 AM-3:00 PM, 4/05 Wednesday | Emerson Suites, Ithaca College, Ithaca | Palliative care means enhanced healthcare for people with serious illness, at any stage and any age. Palliative care is taking root here in rural upstate New York and it looks different than in urban areas. This conference explores how we do palliative care and where we are headed - in practice, policy, and innovation. Breakfast with the Mayor | 8:30 AM-9:30 AM, 4/06 Thursday | Cinemapolis, 120 E Green St, Ithaca | Come and enjoy dialogue as City Mayor Svante Myrick will provide a brief update on city business and attendees will be able to ask questions about issues of interest to Downtown. Questions, contact the DIA at (607) 277-8679 or email info@ downtownithaca.com. Spring Holiday Market | 4:30 PM-7:30 PM, 4/06 Thursday | Press Bay Alley, 116-118 W. Green St., Ithaca | Expect fresh local produce and locallyraised meats such as hams and brisket perfect for holiday dinner tables at Easter or Passover, alongside local honey, cider, baked goods, and more! The shops at Press Bay Alley will also be open late for the market, selling coffee and tea, gifts, handmade herbs and tinctures, and more. Contact Matt LeRoux at (607) 272-2292 or mnl28@ cornell.edu for more information. Easter Bake Sale | 7:00 AM-12:00 PM, 4/07 Friday | St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church, 120 W Seneca St, Ithaca | For advance orders call 607-387-3428 or

e-mail ithacabaklava@gmail.com. Trumansburg Ulysses Philomathic Library Spring Book Sale | 4/07 Friday, through 4/11 Tuesday | Ulysses Philomathic Library, 74 E Main St, Trumansburg | Runs Thursday, April 6, through Tuesday, April 11. Books available in all categories, $1-$3 price range, with some select items priced higher. Movies, CDs, LPs, games and puzzles also available. Prices decrease starting April 9. Times and full schedule at trumansburglibrary.org. Community Fire Ceremony | 6:30 PM-9:00 PM, 4/07 Friday | Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Road, Ithaca | Come and joinin for the Celebration of Life ceremony. Sit, dance, drum and sing around a sacred fire outdoors. There will be songs celebration honoring the spring and the four elements of nature. For info contact Susan (607) 229-5161 or www. connecting2spirit.com Belle Sherman 5K and Fun Run | 9:30 AM-12:00 PM, 4/08 Saturday | Belle Sherman Elementary School, 501 Mitchell St, Ithaca | Mapping Tompkins | 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, 4/08 Saturday | History Center, 401 E State St, Ithaca | A community celebration of what it means to live, learn, work and play in Tompkins County. Inspired by the book Mapping Manhattan: A Love (and Sometimes Hate) Story in Maps by 75 New Yorkers, Mapping Tompkins, offers an opportunity for community members past and present to share-through writing and illustrating pre-printed, blank maps of Tompkins County-what makes Tompkins County a special part of their lives. ROBO JAM: Benefit for Trumansburg Robotics Team | 2:00 PM-6:00 PM, 4/08 Saturday | Trumansburg American Legion, 4431 East Seneca Road, Trumansburg | Featuring the soul band Stone Cold Miracle, a chicken BBQ, plus silent auction to benefit the Trumansburg High School Robotics Team. For pre-sale tix email Andy@TrumansburgRobotics. org. Shunk Cabbage Classic 10K & Half Marathon | 10:00 AM-2:00 PM, 4/09 Sunday | Barton Hall, Cornell University, 117 Statler Dr., Ithaca | This year marks the 36th consecutive running of one of

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Smith Opera House, Friday, April 7, 8:00 p.m. Celebrating the Smith Center for the Arts 4th Annual Scott LaFargo Day Celebration (LeFargo grew up in Geneva and is one the most influential jazz bassists of all time), the Eddie Gomez Trio heads to town bringing a dynamic and legendary jazz vision. Gomez played with legends like Miles Davis and Bill Evans, and continues to this day, to push the boundaries musical composition. The trio is shaped by Gomez, pianist Stefan Karlsson and drummer Joe LaBarbera, and is divine and pure. Don’t miss this.

Ithaca’s oldest and largest road races, with a choice of USATF-certified 10K and half-marathon distances. More information may be found at www. fingerlakesrunners.org Multicultural Fashion Show: Fundraiser for the Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes | 4:00 PM-6:00 PM, 4/09 Sunday | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St, Ithaca | Celebrating the strength, beauty, and diversity of cancer survivors while creating community support & awareness of the work of CRCFL. Info: gvgb.co/CommunityCelebration17. r page at yourartclub.com.

Kids Teen Writing Workshops | 4:45 PM, 4/06 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Young adults are invited to exercise their creative muscles during weekly teen writing workshops. For more information, contact Teen Services Librarian Regina DeMauro at rdemauro@tcpl.org or (607) 272-4557 extension 274. Family Storytime | 11:00 AM, 4/08 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Children of all ages and their caregivers are invited to celebrate reading and build their early-literacy skills at Family Storytime. All children must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver. For more information, contact the Youth Services Department at (607) 272-4557 extension 275. Natural Journaling for Kids: Stream Safari with Phil Koons and Jamie Lovette | 1:00 PM, 4/08 Saturday | Mullholland Wildflower Preserve, Giles Street, Ithaca | Join us on a Stream Safari to learn about the insects, fish and other organisms that live beneath the water’s surface. Meet at the parking area of the Mullholland Wildflower Preserve just off Giles Street. Contact Laurie (272-8491) or Anna (379-0924) for more information. Get a Job!: Summer Employment for Teens | 4:30 PM, 4/10 Monday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Participants will learn about the Youth Employment Services programs offered by Workforce New York and Challenge Industries and develop skills for marketing themselves for babysitting and odd jobs and tips on applying to camp and seasonal jobs. To register, contact Regina DeMauro at

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he air is translucent and the depth of baseball echoes deep in the mind. It’s officially spring. The crack of the bat, the lush steps towards downtown, and the late nights of purple and neon bend your soul. There’s an awakening. Field of Dreams was beautiful on the big screen last Friday: the magic melancholy and true. If you missed it, the State Theatre’s showing Easy Rider on Thursday, April 20—another springtime behemoth. Both films indulge your existential side. If you build it, he will come. If you dream it, well…at least most of Easy Rider is a joyous vision. Furthermore, both films have a tenderness and totality that is at once obscure and intimately ecliptic. Both deal with the radicalization of thought in the ‘60s: the birth of a lot of freedom of expression and human rights. Personally, I think swapping the term radical with the word logical, or even mindful, would be more sufficient. Radical is a term that was coined by denouncers and oppressors in a way to highlight and shift its meaning. Don’t be deterred. Indifference is the key to ascension. The time is ripe for mindfulness and compassion to rule. 1984 is playing at Cornell Cinema this week. Orwell’s masterpiece grows

ever the more prudent with each passing day. The Two Minutes Hate period that the novel’s party members of Oceania must participate in each day is very reminiscent of the way people interact with FOX News. The network’s singular and aggressive approach is insulting and dehumanizing. That similarity is just a small fragment of the vision Orwell had. The world that rose up from the ashes of World War II was dichotomous and severe. Corporate America was birthed, and here we are at the precipice: the universe as a commodity. Some say listen to music or paint to take your mind off things. I say bull to that. Creative pursuits should be a way of civil disobedience. Each vision you birth is a means to growth, a greater way to pull towards the truth and live the reality. So your sketchbook is actually crucial to your existence—as is the library. The ability to dream in infinite dimensions allows for peace. When people are utterly against helping others out, trampling on the poor, and allowing money to dictate their ultimate philosophy; it’s not hard to see that hate is at the root. LITZ play The Haunt on Saturday, and these guys develop funk ripples of breezy ecstasy. There’s a lot of color to this Maryland band, and if you want some wavy chromatic patterns to infuse your brain sphere, head this way. Also Saturday is a wicked lineup at Sacred Root Kava Lounge. Decorum (see article on page 16) headlines a dark and mystical bill, which includes Ithaca dynamos First Pet, noise legend Sunken

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Trumansburg Ulysses Philomathic Library Spring Book Sale | 4/07 Friday, through 4/11 Tuesday | Ulysses Philomathic Library, 74 E Main St, Trumansburg | Runs Thursday, April 6, through Tuesday, April 11. Books available in all categories, $1-$3 price range, with some select items priced higher. Movies, CDs, LPs, games and puzzles also available. Prices decrease starting April 9. Times and full schedule at trumansburglibrary.org. In Pursuit of Privilege | 7:00 PM, 4/11 Tuesday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 N Main St, Ovid | Professor of History Clifton Hood will discuss his new book, In Pursuit of Privilege: A History of New York City’s Upper Class and the Making

Watercolor Painting with Jim Hardesty | 6:00 PM-7:30 PM, 4/06 Thursday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 N Main St, Ovid | For more information, or to register, contact the Ford Memorial Library in Ovid: 607-869- 3031 or ovidlib@rochester. rr.com. Auburn’s First Friday | 5:00 PM, 4/07 Friday | Downtown Auburn | Activities include exhibit receptions, art making, live music and more. Pressed Lace Ceramics by Stacey Esslinger | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, 4/07 Friday | Handwork, Ithaca Commons, 102 W State St, Ithaca | Watch as Stacey Esslinger transforms a flat piece of porcelain into an intricately textured functional form. Stacey will

Cheek and the artful electro-sphere of Motorcyclez. The underground is calling you. You also have your righteous and golden boombox ever-present and ever tantalizing. This is the week for the rarities, the stuff that’s been boxed up for years. You know the tapes I’m talking about. The time’s come for connection. Grand Magus’s self-titled debut will rage you into the steel cloud of destiny. Ripping like it ripped in 2001. Acid Mother Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.’s

41st Century Splendid Man is a spiraling liquid piece of layered bread, all deep and religious-like, then sharp and wild. It’s the perfect cassette tape. And you can’t go wrong with Primus’s visionary and extended Sailing The Seas of Cheese. Personally, this was my high school anthem, and every time I blast the tape I’m reminded of the

demonstrate all the steps of making a pitcher, from imprinting the slab with fabrics to construction and adding the finishing embellishments. Snacks and refreshments provided. handwork.coop - 607 273 9400 Ink Shop 2017 Member Show | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, 4/07 Friday | The Ink Shop Gallery, (2nd floor) 330 E.State / MLK Street, Ithaca | The Ink Shop Printmaking Center’s Annual Members’ Exhibit features Ink Shop artists exploring many styles and varied printmaking techniques. Nuevo Durango by Caroline Snyder | 5:00 PM-7:30 PM, 4/07 Friday | Elevator Music and Art Gallery - at New Roots Charter School, 116 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca | Nuevo Durango is a small Maya village located deep in the tropical dry forest of southern Mexico. A few years ago, Snyder went on a biological research trip there with the New Roots upper-school

hopes and dreams I had: the want for indifference and for something beyond. Believing in yourself is all you have, and it’s infinitely

connected to the way you appreciate your surroundings. Love is the answer. So take time for your Two Minutes Love period today (and every day). Write your old friend a letter and tell your Mom you love her. •

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