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AN ETHICAL DILEMMA Accusations of ethics violations interrupts the "Reimagining" process HIS HOLINESS

LEGISLATORS +2

ALLERGY SEASON

AT THE STATE

GOOD EATS

Dalai Lama library breaks ground

New maps for county Voting districts

How to fight spring pollen

Q&A with Valerie June

A review of fancy favorite Allechant

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Namgyal Monastery Institute celebrates groundbreaking of Dalai Lama’s library

One of the cultural ceremonies from the groundbreaking celebration. (Photo: Visit Ithaca)

n May 11, 2017, Tenzin Taklha — secretary to His Holiness the Dalai Lama — wrote to the Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies in Ithaca, approving their proposal to build His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s Library and Learning Center on their property. The project was put on pause due to the pandemic, but on the bright and sunny morning of April 29, the Ithaca community gathered for the library’s official groundbreaking at the monastery. The ceremony commenced with a prayer delivered by Buddhist monks. They blessed the land before local officials and members of the monastery sunk shovels into the dirt, marking the start of construction. Following the groundbreaking, Ngawang Dhondup — the monastery’s administrator — invited the crowd to stay for a series of cultural events, facilitated by members of the monastery. They served hot tea and sweet rice and shared traditional Tibetan dances and songs.

Each guest left with a small token of affection for attending. The Dalai Lama Library and Learning Center will house all the written works of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama. Works of the previous Dalai Lamas and significant translations of blessed texts will also be presented in the library. By making these artifacts accessible, the 9,000-square-foot facility will unite people of all religious backgrounds. “The library’s a blessing for the community,” said Ven-Tenzin Choesang, monastery president. “I first discussed my plans for the project in 2016, and I’m truly honored that His Holiness chose our land for such a unique, international treasure. Our library will cultivate love, kindness, and compassion, which are His Holiness’ greatest values. No matter who you are or where you come from, you’ll learn to appreciate the teachings at our learning center.” There are four principal commitments of the Dalai Lama that the library intends to practice.

T a k e XX Circus show - Fern Collective composed of Alice Knipe, Cora Williams, Nuala Hill, Izzy Tenorio, Miley Charsky, Nuala Ugine, and Lily Ryan will perform their original devised circus show in Ithaca May 5-8. In “Altercation of the Mundane,” circus artists use group acrobatics, soundscape, dance, and tumbling to explore the reality that life

“His Holiness advocates for the benefit of all humankind,” said Priscilla Sawa, a member of the monastery’s board of directors. “As a human being, he preaches the importance of embracing positive qualities. As a Buddhist monk, he commits to fostering harmony between the world’s religions. As a Tibetan, he’s committed to preserving his native language and culture. And finally, he’s devoted to sharing the value of ancient Indian knowledge. The Dalai Lama Library and Learning Center will allow us to join His Holiness in sharing these values with the world. A true honor.” Choesang and Sawa were two of many speakers who shared their perspective on the significance of the project. The library is expected to bring the Ithaca community together in a new way and will hopefully remind people of the breadth of knowledge that exists in religion. “Regardless of identity, the learning center will have something for everyone,” Sawa added. “One of the Dalai Lama’s strongest beliefs is that once we heal our hearts, we can go out and change our insights. The library will give visitors the opportunity to study and question religion in an intimate space, fostering community and healing. We welcome all who are willing to open their eyes compassionately to perspectives that challenge their own. How else are you to learn about the world?” His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s Library and Learning Center will officially open its doors on July 6, 2023. Until then, donations for the building’s construction can be made in any of the ways listed on the project’s website. https://www.dalailamalearningcenter. org/donate/ As Choesang writes in regard to community funding efforts, “With your help, we can be one step closer to creating a more connected, unified, and compassionate world.”

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without individuality and meaning is pointless. The artists, who happen to be 15-18 years old, have formed a collective and created the show independently in order to ensure that everything from act creation to merchandise is representative of who they are and what they stand for. The show is sure to give you an authentic glimpse into the

human experience in this very moment. The show has been rated PG-13 by the artists and is not intended for children. 2022 Ithaca Tour dates:May 5 at 8 .p.m - CSMA, Ithaca; May 6 at 8 p.m. - CSMA, Ithaca; May 7 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. - CSMA, Ithaca; and May 8 at 3 p.m. CSMA, Ithaca. Visit https://circus-culture. ticketleap.com/ for tickets.

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would like to sincerely thank everyone who has reached out after the loss of my friend Richie Moran. People are well aware that Richie and I spent a great deal of time together writing and marketing his book, and that our journalistic collaboration deepened an already cherished 40-year friendship. I was deeply honored to have been among those asked to talk about Richie on numerous media platforms, and I have every intention of carrying the torch of his deep love for people as best I can, for as long as I can. His memorial services will be held the first weekend in June, and more details will be shared soon. *** I know for a fact that Richie was very pleased with both the men's and women's lacrosse programs at his beloved Cornell, and it was a great weekend for both teams. The

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N e w s l i n e men visited Princeton with a lot on the line, and took down the Tigers by a score of 18-15. In doing so, the Big Red clinched a share of its 30th Ivy League regular season title (tied with Yale and Brown) and a spot in the conference tournament. The Cornell women laxers were in the spotlight when they hosted Dartmouth on Saturday, as it was Senior Day and the team had a lot on the line — a win would put the Red in the Ivy tournament. The team came through with a 16-13 Katie Castiello's 6 points helped lead triumph. Many special guests were Cornell into the Ivy League tournament. at Schoellkopf, as Cornell hosted a (Photo: Patrick Shanahan/Cornell) big celebration to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the passing of Title IX, a seminal moment in the world of 1980s, we saw a lot of changes,” Stevenson women's athletics. said. She laughed and added, “In our freshI asked Birgit (Zeeb) Stevenson — Cornell man year, our coaches actually had to drive class of '85, and an All American gymnast vans to meets, but by the time we were finand member of the Cornell Athletic Hall of ished, we rode in these big, fancy SwarthoutFame — why she and two teammates made Ferris buses. That was a big deal!” the trip to be a part of the celebration. “Given we (Karen Walsh and Mara Horwitz also attended) were athletes in the early contin u ed on page 7

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he City Administration Committee picked up the conversation about pay transparency legislation at its April 27 meeting, this time voting in favor of moving it on to Council. Only Alderperson Jeffrey Barken voted against it. Committee Chair Robert Cantelmo introduced the legislation at the February meeting. It would require businesses with four or more employees in Ithaca to include a salary range in job postings for the city. He said it “helps right the structural wrongs in our workforce,” particularly pertaining to the pay gap between men and women and between white people and people of color. “We’re at a time where we’re trying to rebuild our community workforce and women and people of color are bearing the brunt,” he said. Cantelmo added it would be beneficial to employers too, by simplifying salary negotiations and improving employee retention. Barken reiterated his concerns from the previous discussion that he isn’t sold on the idea that the government should have a role in regulating the hiring process in

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private companies. However, Alderperson Ducson Nguyen said he believes they should be involved. “I think it’s important, and I want to support this,” he said. Alderperson Cynthia Brock also supported the legislation and said she likes what it’s trying to achieve, but did have some logistical questions, especially as remote work has become increasingly common since the onset of the pandemic. Her concern is that companies that are not based in Ithaca can still advertise their position in Ithaca specifically on job board sites like Indeed. “So I see that they don’t show the range of salaries,” she said. “What do I do? File a complaint to the city? That this company in Hoboken is advertising in a way that doesn’t meet our standards?” Cantelmo clarified that the language in the legislation specifically targets companies with four or more employees based in Ithaca. “We understand there’s a large remote presence,” he said. “The intention we’re capturing here is do you functionally have an office presence with the number of employees you have in a location?”

City Attorney Ari Lavine added that New York State has a department that handles those types of complaints, and that would likely be the enforcement mechanism for this legislation as well. The reasoning is that the legislation would be akin to a workplace discrimination law, and the rest of anti-discrimination laws go through that process as well. Barken also said he thinks employers will “breeze through this” by listing a salary range as $30,000-$100,000, but Cantelmo said it will only make those employers look bad. “If you’re the type of employer who wants to represent yourself that way then it’s your right to do so,” he said. Barken said he wanted more information from the business community and doesn’t want Ithaca to be seen as unfriendly to business. Both the state of Colorado and New York City have passed similar legislation. “I don’t think New York City is viewed as a business unfriendly environment, and this passed close to unanimously there,” Cantelmo said.

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elections. In Tompkins County this means being aware of issues associated with overlapping boundaries for city wards, town lines, village boundaries and county legislative districts. As noted above, the maps proposed include 16 legislative districts, two more than the current 14. One of the new legislative districts is in the city of Ithaca, which is currently home to districts 1-4, but under the new plan would have a fifth; the county district lines match up with the newly proposed city ward lines. Each district would have about 6,609 people per district, give or take that 5%. The biggest jumps from the ideal 6,609 number are the proposed district nine, which is 2.13% lower at 6,468, and the proposed district two, which is 1.79% higher at 6,727. District two is in the city of Ithaca, while district nine is the Groton area. The lines aren’t dramatically different, but there have been tweaks made to accommodate the growth and shifts in population. Those with comments or questions can attend the next meeting on May 10 at 5:30 p.m. at the Department of Emergency Response (92 Brown Rd. in Ithaca), or submit written comments via the website https://www.tompkinscountyny.gov/redistricting

population of all districts. Prior to this year, the difference could be up to 10%. In Tompkins County specifically, the 2020 Census showed a population of 105,740, which is an increase of 4,176 or 4.11% since 2010. The largest growth was in the town of Ithaca at 12.15%, and the largest decrease in size was the village of Groton, which reported 9.23% fewer residents. The second key factor is the protection of minority voting rights, which means districts must not be drawn with the intent or result of denying or shortchanging the equal opportunity of racial or language minority groups to participate in the political process, or to diminish their ability to elect representatives of their choice. Districts must also be contiguous and as compact as possible. This can be a challenge in Tompkins County as significant differences in the density of certain areas create districts that vary in geographic size substantially while representing equal populations. The final three factors to be considered are fairness in the political arena (no gerrymandering), maintaining neighborhoods and populations group when possible, and election administration, or creating districts that promote the orderly and efficient administration of

ounty redistricting effort could add 2 legislators The Tompkins County redistricting commission is looking for public input on the proposed maps of the 16 new election districts. There will be a public meeting on May 10 for residents to give their comments and suggestions, and on May 24 the commission will meet to determine any changes they want to make. The final report will be submitted to the Government Operations Committee of the County Legislature by June 2. The commission began meeting on Dec. 14, 2021 and has been working closely with the redistricting working group in the city of Ithaca through data sharing and joint meetings to solicit public input. Before redistricting began, members of Legislature did express a desire to have county lines match city lines at some level to make things easier on voters. The state has a set of key factors that are required to be considered by local governments in the process of redistricting. The first, and of highest priority, is “equality in population.” This requires district to be as nearly equal in population as is practicable. The difference in population between the most and least populous district cannot exceed 5% of the mean

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The proposed new district lines for the county, with an inset of the district lines within the city.

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rowing up in Vestal, New York, Joseph Talbut played a lot of sports. Sure, he played with his two brothers and friends in the woods, but he was in high school before he fell in love with hiking and the outdoors. For 12 years after college Joe worked with the town of Vestal’s Parks Department, until he applied to become the deputy manager of parks in the town of Ithaca, for which fortunately, he was selected in May 2018. “It was a smooth transition,” Talbut said. “Vestal had good trails and parks and the town of Ithaca has so much to offer.” When much loved Rich Schoch retired as parks maintenance manager, Joe stepped into his position. We note that trail, park, and open space enthusiasts report terrific interactions with Joe Talbut. Joe responds: “The town of Ithaca’s staff is outstanding and Rich Schoch and people who came before me, and the many diverse volunteers who maintain green space and cemeteries. Everyone on the staff and everyone who has stepped up to the plate to volunteer as caretakers for the public land makes our green space program good… Parks and Open Space is one of three divisions in the town of Itha-

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here are peer-reviewed studies out there that suggest that having hundreds of billions of dollars does not inevitably turn you into a demented narcissist prone to alarming business decisions. That just hasn’t been borne out yet in the wild. Elon Musk has placed some remarkably good bets in the past, and spending $44 billion on what might seem to the untutored to be a cesspool of toxic hate speech is his latest roll of the dice. Who are we to second-guess? Twitter is hot these days, and seems likely to stick around. I guess. Actually, it doesn’t, and it’s hard for me to believe that it’s a sound investment. I confess it’s a fond wish of mine that it will go south, and soon, like buying U.S. Steel in maybe 1973, or Kodak in 1995. Or Netflix last month. It all looks rock solid until it isn’t. And does Twitter even look rock solid? If he were to ask me, and he never did and never will, I have some better, clearly more worthwhile investments to consider. All math has been certified correct. A standard olympic-size swimming pool contains 660,000 gallons of water. The dry contents of a family size (19.4 oz.) box of Froot Loops cereal displaces about the same volume of space as a gallon of water, and costs $3.98. It would therefore cost $2,626,800 to fill an olympic-size pool with Froot Loops. Forty-four billion dollars would allow Mr. Musk to fill an olympic-size pool with fresh Froot Loops every day for 45 years, 10 months and 14 days, bringing us to St. Patrick’s Day, 2068. He and his friends could do cannonballs, like Scrooge McDuck did in his money vault. By then, the cryogenically-frozen heads of our space-exploring billionaires will be securely ensconced on Mars, and Florida will be safely under three feet of sea water. Or, buy a sizable island off the coast of Central America. Then, construct an extensive laboratory capable of cloning animals from simple strands of DNA retrieved from mosquitoes that fed on dinosaur blood in the Cretaceous Era that were preserved for millions of years inside fossilized amber. Also build a containment area of electrified fences on the island, together with a luxury hotel, dinosaur-themed restaurant, and a gift shop. Release the cloned dinosaurs into the containment area and charge people a fortune to go on safari-like tours of the containment area in speciallydesigned Tesla SUVs. Best money-making park ever, and it’s a foolproof plan.

Build 88 hospitals. Alternatively, the money could be spent as follows: $28.1 billion will buy all the franchises in the National League. Musk could abolish the Designated Hitter Rule, thereby restoring a shred of order in the universe, and still have enough money to give every single man, woman and child in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico a plush Scrooge McDuck action figure ($29.95 each at Walmart). Everybody wins. I’m pretty sure a person could buy all the real estate in Schuyler County with $44 billion. Probably money left over for Yates and maybe Chemung Counties, too. It would be sort of a lark at first, but Musk could move to Watkins Glen when his fortune disappears and ingratiate himself to the townsfolk with his quirky, out-oftouch rich guy ways. In time, he would grow to understand the value of true friendship, and ultimately become a real boy. There’s this to consider: according to the best U.S. Census estimates, there are 552,830 homeless people in America at any given time. $44 billion would provide $79,590.46 per person to help out. Per. Person. Herr Musk would still have $220 billion in his vault to indulge his whims, like a solid gold space station, a vast underground lair in a hollowed-out extinct volcano, or the Froot Loop Pool Cannonball Challenge. The money also works out to $5.75 per person worldwide, exactly enough to buy everyone a vegetarian bagel from Ithaca Bakery. Veggie cream cheese, sesame bagel, tomato, and melted Muenster cheese. It’s not going to solve anything, just a really nice gesture. $44 billion would pay off the external debts of Latvia, or Ecuador. Or Angola. Or the combined debts of Chad, Haiti, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Laos and Luxembourg. I’m not saying all those people would necessarily become his minions, but I think they’d be pretty grateful, and it might come in handy to have some foreign couches to crash on if out-of-control income inequality stirs the masses to revolution back home.

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think you're forgetting what the past has taught us over and over again and that is that the majority of the people who currently live in places like The Jungle do so by choice. They do not want the rules and regulations that come with living in permanent/semi-permanent structurres. It is part and parcel of their way of lives. And if you think that building a "log cabin" is going to entice them, you are dead wrong. They want their freedom to come and go as they please, to live as they please, and, yes, to drink and even do drugs as they please. You can't pretty this situation up and make it go away. These people (The Jungle) have serious problems and are very weary of outsiders coming in. I'm afraid you are fighting an uphill battle and this is not the solution. -Suzanne Pederson, via Ithaca.com

he original poster is correct. Most of the jungle residents do not want to live in a structured setting due to serious mental health issues. Ithaca's mental health help is sadly lacking. Long-term counseling must be utilized before any of these residents are able to occupy a more structured setting. -Elisabeth Hegarty, via Ithaca.com Re: Myrick denies wrongdoing, calls accusations ‘disrespectful’

he whole Reimagining Public Safety is a solution without a cause. Ithaca had no police

violence issues, it has a very real and growing criminal issue. But Ithaca just had to wade into woke progressive issues of the day, necessary or not. See how well the Reimagining Public Safety is working out in cities from NYC to Seattle. Keep voting for this nonsense...while you keep moving up the hills & into the woods. At least you FEEL good. -Eddie Coyle, via Ithaca.com Re: Proposed new fire station on Ithaca’s East Hill would be fully electric

hy fully electric, it is on a natural gas line? Electric heating is the most expensive & inefficient choices for heating. -Eddie Coyle, via Ithaca.com Re: Where should we put the buses?

he last time the City and TCAT looked at this issue was in 2004 when a Downtown Transportation center was proposed for Green Street on the ground floor of the bus garage. At that time, then number of people traveling by intercity buses to Ithaca significantly exceeded the number of people flying in and out of the airport. The Green Street location would provide a sheltered location for TCAT and intercity bus passengers and convenient access to the Center Ithaca Food Court in the heart of downdown. That is what transportation centers do. Obviously, the Green Street site is not available. But, a Seneca Street location will open up when the parking garage is replaced. This is a new option. The current value of the site could be used as a local match for a Federal grant to build a transportation center. That's how infrastructure projects are done. The cost of the parking garage, above a transportation center, would need a different funding source. The former bus station in the west end was located there because it was a former passenger train station. It was not an optimal location for passengers. At night, it was unsafe. You were outside of the downtown, no lights and no people. Since the building is owned privately, there is no public equity to use to match a Federal infrastructure grant. These are several ideas to consider. Happy trails. -Dwight Mengel, via Ithaca.com

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to other departments for their expertise and support.” “The town of Ithaca has 11 Parks (with playgrounds), 80+ acres of park land, plus East Hill Recreation Way and South Hill Recreation Way,” Joe said. “We have land preserves (over 200 acres) which we manage with the Finger Lakes Land Trust so that our land will be forever preserved as a natural area that everyone can enjoy. We have outstanding volunteers who take care of our cemeteries while communing with loved ones, and volunteers who offer their time to care for and present programming in our parks and playgrounds.” “During Covid we were limited when hiring seasonal staff. But we managed then to hire some high schoolers through the Ithaca Youth Bureau, and we hired a few college students,” Joe added. “Now we will be posting seasonal jobs, and we are looking forward to working with new crews in our parks this summer.” But Joe and his crew don't just maintain the natural areas in the town of Ithaca, they also improve them. “We have also been continuing Rich Schoch’s Invasive Species Removal

project, replacing invasives with native plants,” Joe said. “Knowledgeable and energetic volunteers are involved with that undertaking on our trails too.” Joe said the town also tries to encourage the preservation of green space through its zoning regulations. “Another important initiative has laid the foundation for creation of additional permanent public green space in the town of Ithaca. When subdivisions apply for approval, there is a zoning provision to consider a set aside by the developer for up to 10% of the project land,” Joe said. “Even though not all of the land contributed can be turned into a park or a trail, the value of open green space, which is accessible to all, is invaluable to us, to the wildlife and to the environment.” Joe ends by describing what he likes best about the Ithaca area: “My family is everything to me. My parents are in Vestal and at home my wife Tiffany and I have a 12-year-old daughter, Taylor, a 6-year-old son, Henry, and Michael is 3. Almost every weekend we are out hiking and exploring and enjoying being together in the outdoors.”

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*** I plead guilty to not usually giving a damn about the Yankees — or any other Major League team for that matter. I am a fan of great stories — athletes overcoming obstacles, teams developing a unique chemistry — I can always find something compelling about which to write. Or care. That said, I absolutely love following the Yankees when Ithaca College grad Tim Locastro is on the roster, and what a roller coaster ride it has been. Back story... Locastro grew up in Auburn, lit up the stat books at Ithaca College, and was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in 2013. He made some brief appearances in the Majors with the L.A. Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks, and when he finally established himself as a legitimate MLBer, he carved out a place in the record books by being the first Major Leaguer to start his career by stealing 29 bases before being caught. Widely regarded as the fastest player in the Bigs, Locastro's base-stealing prowess and highlight-reel defensive plays were all over YouTube, and a lot of fun to watch.

When Locastro was traded to the Yankees last year — fulfilling a lifelong dream — he was playing superb baseball. But when he made one of his daredevil catches along the left field line, he hit the wall and tore his ACL. As frustrating as it was, it was time to get the surgery and do the rehab, and Tim's fans were a bit disappointed when he was claimed off waivers by the Red Sox. But the roller coaster ride continued when he was traded back to the Yankees before this season. He started the season in Scranton, but was soon called up and has been making more highlight reels. So far this season, he has shown up in plenty of newscasts for blasting a home run, stealing some bases and making a flat-out, fully extended diving catch to rob a hitter of an extra base hit. His ability to turn infield grounders into base hits makes him a valuable contributor to the Yankees' hopes this season, and the soon-to-be 30-year-old gives pitchers fits every time he reaches base. I love Tim's story, I love the fact that a kid from upstate New York can get to the Bigs via Ithaca College, and I hope to watch him light it up for a long time.

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AN ETHICAL DILEMMA Former mayor Svante My rick comes under f ire from Alderp er son Cynthia Brock for alle ge d unethical ac tions b ehind the scenes of the Reimagining Public Safet y pro cess.

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process that has been controversial from the start has a new complication as Alderperson Cynthia Brock has requested an ethics investigation from the Tompkins County Ethics Advisory Board into former mayor Svante Myrick for his alleged actions throughout the Reimagining Public Safety process. Brock brought the issue up to Common Council members at the April 27 City Administration meeting. There was a vote on the City Administration agenda to approve $20,000 — funding for co-leads of the Reimagining task force Eric Rosario and Karen Yearwood, who were allegedly both promised $10,000 by Myrick. Brock said that Council did not at any point discuss or agree to the payment, adding that there was no approved resolution or budget document that included city payments for the working group. With that said, Brock’s primary complaints against Myrick include: promise of payment to the task force co-leads without council approval; soliciting funds from outside sources to go toward task force members; the acceptance of Center for Policing

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Equity’s services pro bono without any assessment into qualifications or motives and without going through council; and his overlapping time as both the mayor and a paid employee of his current organization, People for the American Way. People for the American Way currently employs people whose roles include lobbying for support for the Reimagining Public Safety plan, which Brock identified as a potential conflict of interest. Below, we’ll break down Brock’s complaints and give Myrick’s response to the accusations. Promise of payment to the task force co-leads without Council approval Alderperson Ducson Nguyen noted that they had to face some “uncomfortable truths” that had been uncovered, adding that he wished the money for Rosario and Yearwood had come before Common Council. “And I wish the process was infinitely more transparent,” he said. Alderperson George McGonigal, who was on the task force with Rosario and Yearwood, said there was no doubt that they thought they were going to get a stipend. “I spoke with [Rosario] early on about this,” McGonigal said. “He told me, though he didn’t say a number. I want to know if this was something that Mayor Myrick decided to do? If it was a negotiated amount? I want answers to those questions.” McGonigal later apologized for not raising a flag about the payments sooner. However, it became clear throughout the City Administration discussion that McGonigal was not the only one who knew about the agreement to pay Rosario and Yearwood. Human Resources Director Schelley Michell-Nunn also knew about it, and said there was an “internal administrative contract” that existed. Brock also alleged that the contract had First ward alderperson Cynthia Brock been signed by a member of the city attorney’s office and a mem-

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ber of the controller’s office. City Attorney Ari Lavine denied knowledge of the commitment to pay the co-leads. It was City Administration Chair Rob Cantelmo who eventually questioned it when it was handed off to him for the City Administration Committee meeting vote. Cantlemo and Brock both pointed out that members working on city working groups have been strictly volunteer. “It would break precedence to pay ad hoc members,” Cantelmo. The funding for the co-leads was not approved at the meeting, as committee members expressed their disappointment in the “errors of judgment” and want to get questions answered before moving forward. Soliciting funds from outside sources to pay working group members In addition to the co-leads, Brock alleges that other members of the working group were paid as well. The funds reportedly include $10,000 from the Park Foundation to pay the co-chairs and $25,000 from the Dorothy Cotton Institute to pay $10,000 to the co-chairs and an estimated $12,000 to the members of the working group who were not employees of the city at $2,000 each, and $3,000 to the subcom-

mittee members who were employees of the city at $500 each. There’s concern that if outside organizations were paying for the work to be done, it’s possible there was an influence in the selection of working group members and influence over the opinions and performance of the members. According to the City of Ithaca’s “City Gifting and Solicitation Policy” the city is allowed to accept donations and gifts of goods, services or funds. The policy states that if goods, services or funds are donated for a purpose that is limited to the purview of a single city department, then the donation may be accepted by the mayor upon the advice of the city attorney’s office. If the goods, services or funds are donated for a purpose that falls under the purview of multiple city departments, the donation must be accepted through a resolution of Common Council. Additionally, acceptance by the mayor of Common Council is not required when a private entity makes an unrestricted donation of funds to the city. However, Brock’s concern is that the funds were not just donated but were sought out by Myrick.

“We have processes that prohibit officials from soliciting funding from soliciting funding from third parties,” she said. “That is clearly understood and yet this was done in this way to provide funding for working group members and chairs. $55,000 for services of a working group is astounding to me. In addition, we have a person who went out and solicited services that were donated to the city that helped guide city work.” Brock questioned if Myrick ever wondered if the funding sources had ulterior motives or if there was a conflict of interest. The city policy states clearly that “city departments, employees and officers have no authority, and it is against public policy, to solicit donations/gifts on behalf of the city.” Accepting Center for Policing Equity’s services pro bono The city and county both worked with the Center for Policing Equity (CPE) from the beginning of the Reimagining Public Safety process, which originally led to the 19 recommendations presented in Feb. 2021. The city task force continued to work alongside CPE as it delved into specifics on recommendation one, which was the creation of the Department of Community Safety. Brock questioned the appropriateness of the city using unpaid services that would be expected to result in legislative changes — the vote to create the Department of Community Safety and hire a civilian commissioner to oversee it. Brock said it’s estimated that the services donated to the city would likely cost about $700,000. There was an interview with CPE’s founder last summer in which he relayed he had spoken to Myrick about dismantling the Ithaca Police Department prior to the organization’s work with the city or county and Myrick agreed. Brock expressed concerns about that, as well as the fact that no review was done by Council into CPE’s expertise or qualifications. If the city was hiring a consultant like CPE for a project like Reimagining Public Safety, there would have to be a request for proposals. Interested parties would then submit their proposals and qualifications, and the decision of who the city would work with would be made that way. Because the services of CPE were free, they did not go through this process. Simultaneous work as the mayor and an employee of People for the American Way Brock alleges there’s a conflict of interest in Myrick’s work with People for the American Way (PFAW) while he was the mayor. Myrick announced in January he would be resigning from the city to take the executive director position at PFAW, however he

had been working with the organization for years beforehand (which was known and not a fact he hid). Brock points to the fact PFAW hired multiple organizers seemingly to lobby for the passage of the Reimagining Public Safety legislation. The PFAW employees form a group called “Ithacans for Reimagining Public Safety” and have written op-eds and started a community group to support the legislation. The city’s ethics code does state that city officials and city employees “must exercise their official duties solely in the public interest and must avoid actual conflicts

take away from the work that Rosario and Yearwood did, but that he is concerned about the optics of the process being nontransparent and agenda-driven when “that’s not what it was.” Alderperson Jeffey Barken agreed that the process was lacking transparency and that Council must figure out exactly what happened and how before moving forward. “I don’t think there was a characterization of ill intent, I think there is a characterization certainly on the part of the former mayor to run aside processes that went around the normal workings of Council,” Barken said. “I’m grateful [Brock] has ini-

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of interest to the greatest extent possible.” It adds that city officials and employees should also avoid circumstances which compromise their ability to make impartial judgments solely in the public interested and should avoid even the appearance of conflict of interest. “No city official or city employee shall knowingly take any action or incur any obligation of any nature which is in conflict with or might reasonably tent to conflict with the proper discharge of his or her duties on behalf of the City of Ithaca,” the policy states. Council reaction “This whole situation is deeply disturbing,” Brock said. “Like everyone has mentioned, this really undermines the integrity of the entire process.” Indeed, most Council members seemed to struggle between their respect for Myrick. Yearwood and Rosario, and the fact that these accusations undoubtedly taint the entire Reimagining Public Safety process. Alderperson Jorge Defendini said he doesn’t think any of the accusations should

tiated this to find out where these internal attributes of our government failed.” Brock did say that she doesn’t believe there was ill intent on the part of Rosario and Yearwood, but that she does “believe we had a mayor that went rogue.” “I have the deepest respect for our chairs and working group members, but with regards to the actions of [Myrick], this is inappropriate,” she said. “This taints the entire process and it’s indefensible, frankly.” McGonigal said that Myrick “made some poor choices,” but that he’s not convinced he had bad intentions either. “But we need to find out what happened,” he said. Acting Mayor Laura Lewis issued a statement on Friday, April 29, stating that she is "concerned by the failure across the past year to consult with Common Council and by the prospect of third-party financial influence on the city's Reimagining Public Safety process." She added that she will ensure a thorough investigation to establish "a clear picture of facts."

This is an evolution from her statements at the City Administration meeting, at which she said she didn't want to ignore the issues but did want to move forward. Myrick’s response In an interview on April 28, Myrick pushed back on claims that any of the aforementioned actions were unethical or wrong. He said he could think of “hundreds of instances” in which the city collaborated with an organization without asking for Common Council’s permission. He cited a city partnership with a group of Cornell students to create the city’s Snow Angels app. “We work with other organizations all the time,” he said. “It’s when you’re going to give them a ton of money — that’s when you go to Council to make sure that can’t be better spent elsewhere.” He added, “It’s perfectly ethical if you can get an organization like CPE to work pro bono.” While Brock, and other Council members, maintained it was unusual to pay members of a city working group, Myrick said it was more akin to paying consultants for a project. “If we bring in an organizational expert, which [Rosario] and [Yearwood] are, from like, Rochester, we would pay them $150,000 to do what they did,” Myrick said. He also said there was a $30,000 threshold for when the city is required to get council approval for funding. “We spend those types of money all the time,” Myrick said. “If we send a fire engine to be repaired that’s $15,000 right there.” Myrick also denied he solicited the donations from the Park Foundation and Dorothy Cotton Institute and said he was approached by the organizations that wanted to support the process. He also addressed Brock’s concerns about his work with People for the American Way while he was mayor, calling that issue “the weirdest one of them all.” “You can have outside employment,” he said. “Most elected officials do.” Myrick said that he ultimately thinks Brock is against the Reimagining Public Safety plan, particularly the civilian oversight, and she’s “fishing for process arguments” to stop it. “It’s disrespectful to me, it’s disrespectful to the co-leads she’s accusing of being puppets, and it’s disrespectful to the hundreds of people who contributed to this report,” he said. “If she’s going to vote against it […] she should just do it on its merits.”

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t’s happening. The leaves are budding, flowers are blooming and pollen is everywhere. If you’re one of the many people who are suffer from seasonal allergies, we’ve collected some tips on how to make spring a little more bearable. KNOW THE FORECAST Make it a habit to start checking the pollen forecast in the morning when you check the weather. Pollen.com is a website owned by IQVIA, a provider of biopharmaceutical development that focusing on clinical trials, laboratory services and consulting services, that provides daily allergen forecasts for your town. If you put in 14850 (or Ithaca, NY), you’ll get the current allergen report, as well as the previous and next days. If you’re

someone who has had an allergy test or knows what you’re allergic to, the website also gives you the “top allergens” for the day. Being armed with this knowledge can help you make little decisions that could help you feel better overall, such as opting for a fan instead of an open window, or hitting the gym instead of running outside at the park. The Mayo Clinic also suggests taking allergy medicine before your symptoms start if you see there’s a high pollen forecast. Additionally, pollen counts are highest in the early morning. REDUCE EXPOSURE In a similar vein, the Mayo Clinic suggests these simple steps to reduce your exposure to allergy triggers: • Stay indoors on dry, windy days. The best time to go outdoors if after it rains. • Avoid outdoor chores like mowing the lawn, pulling weeds or gardening. • When you do spend time outside, change your clothes and jump in the shower to rinse the pollen off your skin and hair. • Don’t dry laundry outside. • If you can’t avoid outside chores, wear a face mask to reduce inhalation of pollen.

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opening windows. And if you do have forced air heating or air conditioning in your home, you should use high-efficiency filters and follow regular maintenance schedules. Keeping the air inside your home dryer helps with allergens, so the Mayo Clinic recommends using a dehumidifier. You can also purchase a HEPA filter for your bedroom to help while you sleep, and you should make sure your vacuum cleaner also has a HEPA filter.

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INDOOR MITIGATION Even if you take all the steps you can to avoid spending time outside when allergens are high, there are still things you can do to protect yourself inside. The Mayo Clinic recommends using air conditioning in your house and car to cool off if things get warm, rather than

WHEN NOTHING ELSE WORKS… Sometimes you can do everything right but there’s no way to avoid needing a little relief from medication. The Mayo Clinic outlines four types of nonprescription medications that can help ease your symptoms: oral antihistamines (Zyrtec, Claritin, etc.), corticosteroid nasal sprays (Flonase, Nasacort, etc.), cromolyn sodium nasal spray and oral decongestants (Sudafed, ZyrtecD, Allegra-D, etc.). Before starting any new medication, whether prescription or over the counter, you should have a quick chat with your doctor about what’s best for you.

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inger-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Valerie June returns to the State Theatre on May 7, currently on tour to play songs from her latest release, “The Moon and Stars: Prescription for Dreaming.” Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, June’s style incorporates folk, gospel, blues, Appalachian and country. June spoke to the Ithaca Times about COVID, songwriting and her upcoming show at the State. Ithaca Times: I heard that you and your team were ill? Valerie June: Well, yeah, we all got over COVID in the last week.

That was the start, and that’s as much as I can say about it. [laughs] IT: I was born and raised here in Ithaca, but all my people are from Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. I miss that part of the country. VJ: Well, when I hear your voice, I’m like, “Wow, he is a very true Northerner.” IT: [laughs] Yes! VJ: You know, you don’t hear that many true Northern accents, but I definitely hear it in yours. That’s cool. IT: Let’s talk about your show at the State? Where are you at with what you do? VJ: I’m having so much fun with these shows, I’m telling you, Bryan. Like, anytime you put out a record, and it takes a year before you can really tour with it,

you’re burning for that whole year, just to be able to share the songs in a live sense. Because it’s such a different way for people to get to hear the stories behind the music. I tell a lot of stories in my performances, and it’s just stuff you don’t get on a record: “Guess what I was doing on this day when I wrote that song?” If I had to choose something that I enjoy the most in music, it would be the writing. That’s a side of music that I do while I’m doin’ other things, like when I’m gardening, or while I’m cooking or while I’m taking a shower or walkin’ down the street. So I’ll tell the audience about what I was cookin’ when I wrote this song. Valerie June is playing at the State Theatre (107 W State St.) on Saturday, May 7. Doors open at 7 p.m., show starts at 8 p.m. Proof of vaccination is required. For more info, visit https://stateofithaca.org/e/

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IT: Uck! How is everybody? VJ: Everybody’s doin’ okay. Someone else got it from the interaction upon return from tour [laughs], and so now they’re gettin’ over it. No big problems, you know? These are small problems. We’re alive, we’re healthy, we’re ready for this tour, we’ve already got COVID. IT: With the vaccinations, it seems like people are getting sick, but fewer are dying. VJ: Exactly. IT: I don’t think any of us have been through anything like this. VJ: Never. I’m just kind of hoping it’ll go away. Aren’t you? I would like it to go away. [laughs] IT: I would too, but it seems like every time it settles down, there’s a new variant. I think there’s going to be a big vaccination business for a while. VJ: Yeah. IT: I love that you call what you do “organic moonshine roots music.” VJ: Well, thank you. IT: Can you talk a little bit about that? VJ: It’s something that I used to call my music. I don’t really call it that anymore.

Valerie June is playing at the State Theatre this weekend. (Photo: Provided)

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f Nicolas Cage hadn’t starred as Nicolas Cage in Tom Gormican’s “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” (Lionsgate-Saturn Films-Burr! Productions, 2022, 107 min.), I suppose the project could have been retooled to fit another actor, but I can’t imagine what it would have looked like with anyone else. The more Cage films you’ve seen and the farther back you go with the actor’s filmography — the action movies, the weird romcoms, the VOD era — the more this movie will tickle you. There are too many Cage Easter eggs to count in one viewing. He plays an epically neurotic version of himself. His latest ex-wife (Sharon Horgan) and daughter (Lily Sheen) are fed up with him, and when he loses out on a coveted role in a movie, he agrees to be a birthday guest for the weekend at the island estate of billionaire Javi Gutierrez (Pablo Pascal) for a cool million. Turns out that the rich guy is suspected of kidnapping, and is being watched by the Feds (Ike Barinholtz and Tiffany Haddish). I’m reluctant to call anything unique because Chuck Berry said there’s nothing new under the sun, and he would know. This new movie reflects aspects of movies like “Being John Malkovich” (1999) and “Adaptation” (2002), but that doesn’t get to its essence, either. The only film that I can compare it to is “My Name Is Bruce” (2007), in which doofus actor Bruce Campbell is hired to vanquish the Chinese God of the dead in a Hicksville mining town, all because some Campbell fanboy worships all his trashy horror mov-

ies. And Campbell claims he got the idea for his movie from an old comic book starring Alan Ladd. So there. It must be said that as perfectly cast as Cage is here, the movie wouldn’t be as funny or effective without Pedro Pascal’s performance opposite him. Pascal consistently finds the line between intimidating menace and puppy-dog number-one fan who truly idolizes Cage…and “Paddington 2” (2017). I’ve been watching Pascal in movies that haven’t quite gotten the best of him, like “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” (2017) and “Wonder Woman 84” (2020). In “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” Pascal finds his groove. He’s the ideal stand-in for the long-time Cage fan, the kind of person who loves not just “The Rock” (1996), “Face/ Off ” (1997) and “Con Air” (1997), but also “Guarding Tess” (1994). *** Alfred Hitchcock liked to make movies about glamorous criminals and jewel thieves. His theory was that you’ll like a character if he or she is good at their job. In the first shot of Pierre Perifel’s CGI feature “The Bad Guys” (Universal-DreamWorks Animation, 2022, 100 min.), a sharpdressed wolf and a snake sit in a retro L.A. diner booth, talking about relationships and philosophy. I got the reference immediately. Clearly, in the planning stages, someone on the creative team cued up Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” (1994) to the opening scene with Amanda Plummer and Tim Roth contin u ed on page 15

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lthough difficult to tell from afar, longtime New York City painter Ellen Weider appears to have carved out a distinctive, if unassuming and surely niche, place in the overcrowded landscape of contemporary abstraction. Working primarily on linen and using pronounced graphite lines as well as areas of acrylic, and sometimes gouache, Weider constructs unstable little toy architectures. Meant as allegories for the human condition — in particular our emotional and fraught relationship to space and containment — the artist approaches these potentially ponderous matters with a welcoming levity. For her new solo show at Corners Gallery, “Psychic Geometry” (April 19 - May 28), Weider is exhibiting 13 modestly-sized paintings on linen boards framed behind glass. (Save for one smaller piece, all are 16” x 20”.) This is the first, and hopefully not the last, local presentation of her work. All but one or two of her paintings here stick to a certain basic structure. Against beige, raw linen backdrops, the artist interposes one or two larger areas, patchily painted in pale, iridescent pink or turquoise that shift depending on the angle from which one approaches them. Like the “panels” in a comic, these enframe a narrative scene — although the storytelling here is more implicit. Inside these enclosures, loosely drawn geometric and iconic shapes seem to float, as if dream-like reverie. As in some pieces by Paul Klee (the perennial fountainhead for work in this vein), Weider most commonly combines the flat, frontal shapes characteristic of geometric abstraction with a whimsical, mock-naïve take on drawn perspective. There’s a considerable range here just under the surface of Weider’s deceptively consistent “look.” While most of her pieces here deploy a Crayola-box profusion of colors, I was stuck by a handful using a more constrained approach. Done in acrylic without gouache, “Partial Recall” is a particularly striking example. Outlined in crimson chalk or pencil, two contiguous geometric forms (a triangle and a parallelogram) form a sort of toppled rooftop shape that wants to but doesn’t quite bump up against the lower left corner. This “roof ” has been colored in with a faintly sparkling pale turquoise that shifts

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to white. There are no other colors. Outlined in the same dark red, three iconic shapes — a wide and a skinny ladder and a staircase — appear as holes in the geometric slab, revealing the linen-beige background behind. Beyond tedious description, “Recall” can be interpreted as a meditation on the relationship between presence and absence; seeing and experiencing something directly versus imagining or recalling it, as it were, in one’s mind. But neither rote description nor armchair interpretation really get to the heart of what Weider’s art is about. Rather, like any fully realized body of work, they embody a way of speaking — here at its most concise and poetic More characteristic of her work, at least as seen here, is a piece like “Exhibitionist.” A wobbly, pale blue-green staircase serves as a container for a panoply of floating shapes colored-in a variety of hues and intensities: triangles, circles, rectangles, cubes, a crescent, a ladder, a ribbon, an obelisk. The “top” sides of this ghostly structure — the part you might attempt to climb — bear further shapes in negative/positive space raw linen. “Made in May,” in contrast to everything else here, is entirely flat and frontal, lacking a drawn perspective. Although reductive and abstract, the piece comically suggests blooms in a flowerpot. Surreally, these blossom both in the above, cloud-like pink area and in the bottom, vessel-like area filled in the same color. These “flowers” (there are other ways to interpret the piece) are an irregular procession of circle-dots: each in repeating or unique colors that sing out noisily. Weider’s is joyous, invigorating work. Her paintings here are both playful and introspective, of their time without slavishly following trends or trying too hard to be hip.

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Dining

Small menu, big flavor Allechant’s limited menu and hours are offset by expertly prepared dishes.

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llechant is a terrific restaurant — and in many ways it’s unique or unusual. The restaurant is small, with less than a dozen tables. The seating capacity is limited to less than 30 diners. Few restaurants, if any, offer fewer entrées (6). It has comfortable seating wherever you sit, either on upholstered chairs or faux leather banquets. It’s the only restaurant I’m familiar with in Ithaca that has Umage-type pendant lighting. (If you’re not familiar with Umage, it’s a brand that was marketed in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2008. I’m not sure if these are actually Umage but they sure look like it.) The owner, a congenial fellow, sits down with you, uninvited, at each of the three meals they offer. I know some diners who welcome this approach, however I also know a few who find it intrusive. He wears a beret suggesting a European flair, even though he was born near Buffalo. Consistent with the beret, the interior suggests a Parisian bistro although the main difference I’ve noticed from when I lived in France, tables in Parisian restaurants and cafes are crowded together while here they’re comfortably separated offering more privacy. Allechant has an unusual and eclectic wine menu with minimal offerings — only nine total — surprisingly limited for a gourmet restaurant. Unfortunately,

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it lacks popular basics like a dry Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc or a Pinot Grigio among the three whites or a Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot or Cabernet Franc in the small red section. It doesn’t offer lunch and is closed for dinner Monday through Thursday so you can only get three main meals/ week: Friday and Saturday dinner and Sunday brunch. Now, about the wonderful food: There are four starters ($15 and $16). I tried the mussels which the owner told me come from Prince Edward Island. There were 21 and they were served in a delicious white wine broth with some crusty bread for dunking. In the small entrée section, I ordered Local Chicken in a Cognac and 40 Garlic Clove Sauce ($26). There were four boneless, skinless pieces of beautifully cooked chicken in a thick sauce with multiple garlic cloves. I don’t think there were 40 cloves, and they were cooked so long that they had lost their kick. This will actually please some diners who could be deterred by the idea of so much garlic on one plate. The chicken was served on a bed of mashed potatoes that were amazingly creamy with thyme flavoring, however I couldn’t taste any cognac. Another time I tried Beef Bourguignon ($28) which was prepared in a contin u ed on page 15

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rich Pinot Noir sauce with wonderfully cooked al dente carrots, mushrooms and onions. The meat was tender, leading me to believe it had been stewed a long time over a low fire. Two of the other four entrées were vegetarian: a risotto gnocchi ($25) and a risotto ($25) with butternut squash, mascarpone and parmesan. The main courses had been so well prepared I thought the homemade desserts might be too. I was correct in my thinking: the quality coming out of the kitchen was consistent. The homemade raspberry, cranberry and plum crisp with a crunchy oat topping, served warm with whipped cream ($9) was delicious. I rarely review breakfast/brunch but since Sunday brunch represents a third of their meals, I thought I should make an exception here. There are nine main courses, ($14-$16), nothing particularly out of the ordinary, yet that’s half again the number of entrées on the Friday and Saturday dinner menus. We Ithacans do love our Sunday brunches! The Eggs Benedict were fine, with a thin slice of ham and the expected Hollandaise sauce on sourdough bread ac-

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companied by some diced roasted potatoes. When my server put the plate on the table he immediately noticed, on his own, that the whites of the eggs were jiggling, went to the kitchen, and after a very short time, brought me two properly cooked poached eggs. No problem. On another occasion, when I ordered Lemon Souffle Pancakes, I received a stack of three with a lovely fresh raspberry topping. I’m also happy to mention they were accompanied by real maple syrup and butter. Not much lemon flavor but a most enjoyable dish. If I encounter a small menu like this, I expect really well-prepared food as the purchasing agent and cooks can concentrate on the same few items. That is, indeed, what happens at Allechant. Allechant Bistro is a small, attractive restaurant with an efficient and friendly staff serving expertly prepared, quality food. Tidbit: Allechant is 903 Hanshaw Rd. and has plenty of parking. It’s open Thursday 5-8:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday 5:30-9 p.m. and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Sunday for brunch.

and told the animation team, “Make it look like this.” Sam Rockwell is slickster perfection as the pickpocket leader of the most feared criminal gang in town. Marc Maron is a safe-cracking snake, Awkwafina is the IT tarantula, Craig Robinson’s shark is a master of disguise and Anthony Ramos is a piranha and the gang’s “muscle.” Mr. Wolf and the team get busted committing their greatest heist yet, and the new Governor (Zazie Beetz) and a philanthropist guinea pig (Richard Ayoade) challenge them to change their ways and become good guys. Just as DreamWorks’ “Shrek” (2001) felt like a transgressive stab at Disney, “The Bad Guys” has a rude humor and energy that feels funny and fresh. Tarantino for kids. I like that. I also liked the movie’s lush, golden-hour look; from its creamsi-

cle-orange haze and palm trees to the L.A. river basin where the gang’s lair is hidden in an access tunnel, “The Bad Guys” is fun to watch as its story takes hold. Based on a series of kids’ books, “The Bad Guys” came out of nowhere for me. I literally flipped a coin when I got to the multiplex. I wasn’t expecting that this movie would leave me thinking fondly not just of Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” and “Reservoir Dogs” (1992), but also Tex Avery cartoons, “Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas” (1977) and Steven Soderbergh’s “Ocean’s 11” heist series. “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” and “The Bad Guys” are playing at Regal Stadium 14. Recommended: “Anais in Love,” “The Northman” and “Pompo the Cinephile” at Cinemapolis; “Memory” at Regal Stadium 14. RIP: Robert Morse (“How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”)

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5/5 Thursday Atwater After Hours: Singer-Songwriter Series with Mike Lucey | 5 p.m. | Atwater Vineyards, 5055 State Route 414 | Free

5/6 Friday Cielle on Solid Ground | 6 p.m. | Hopshire Farms and Brewery, 1771 Dryden Rd

5/7 Saturday Live music feat. The Double Standards | 11 a.m. | Treleaven Wines, 658 Lake Road

5/8 Sunday Mother’s Day Celebration feat. Live Music by Rachel Beverly | 11 a.m. | Treleaven Wines, 658 Lake Road Concerts/Recitals

5/4 Wednesday Wind Symphony at Ford Hall | 8:15 p.m. Vocal Chamber Music at Hockett Family Recital Hall | 9 p.m. |

5/7 Saturday Cornell Wind Symphony: CU Music | 3 p.m. | Bailey Hall, 248 Garden Ave | Free Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers (DCJS) Spring Concert | 4 p.m. | Ithaca High School Kulp Auditorium, N. Cayuga St. | Free CRT Presents: Judy Carmichael ‘s “Swing Time!” | 7 p.m.| A celebration of the Great American Songbook and swing era music. Internationally renowned Grammy nominated pianist/ vocalist Judy Carmichael is considered one of the leading interpreters of stride and swing piano. Adam Ezra Group | 8 p.m. | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St Piano studio recital: CU Music | 8 p.m. | Barnes Hall, 129 Ho Plaza | Free

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Benefit My State | 7 p.m. | State Threatre, 107 W. State Street| See Weekend Planner!

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Circus Culture Altercation of the Mundane at Community School of Music and Arts | 8 p.m., 5/5 Thursday | Altercation of the Mundane presented by Circus Culture, performed and devised by Ithaca NY’s Fern Collective (Alice Knipe, Cora Williams, Nuala Hill, Izzy Tenorio, Miley Charsky, Nuala Ugine, and Delia Divided | 7 p.m., 5/6 Friday | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd. | Delia Divided is a new play from the ReEntry Theatre Program exploring the intersectionsoof mental health, incarceration, and racism. CRT Presents: Comedian Keith Barany | 7:30 p.m., 5/6 Friday | Cortland Repertory Theater, 24 Port Watson St | This former NYC native, now living in Utah (!), has a “fresh, original, comic voice“ and has been called “the wittiest comics working today”! Shadow Puppet Party | 10:30 a.m., 5/7 Saturday | The Cherry, 102 Cherry St | Three shadow shorts for kids including the Tale of the Cabbage Girl, the Robot Ballet and Goldilocks and the 3 Aliens! | $8.00 - $12.00 An Evening with Eugene Lee Yang and Jenny Yang | 7 p.m., 5/7 Saturday | Barton Hall, 117 Statler Dr, Ithaca, NY 14853 | An Evening with Eugene Lee Yang and Jenny Yang, featuring stand-up, Q&A, dance, and more! | $5.00 - $10.00 Valerie June | 8 p.m., 5/7 Saturday | State Theatre of Ithaca, 107 West State St | The latest full-length from Valerie June, The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers is an uncompromising culmination of Valerie June’s vision that incorporates traditional roots music. Country Express at the Cortland Country Music Park | 2 p.m., 5/8 Sunday | Cortland Country Music Park,

Art Psychic Geometry : New Paintings by Ellen Weider | 11 a.m., 5/4 Wednesday | Corners Gallery, 903 Hanshaw Road | Psychic Geometry : New Paintings by Ellen Weider will be on view through May 28. Join us for the opening reception on Saturday, April 23, 3 - 5 pm. Wings, Petals and Leaves Exhibition at State Of The Art Gallery | 12 p.m., 5/6 Friday | State of the Art Gallery, 120 West State Street | Artists: Margy Nelson, Carla DeMello, and Diana Ozolins State of the Art Gallery show dates: May 5-29, 2022. Opening reception Friday, May 6, 5-8 pm. Ithaca College and Cornell Printmakers | I See You at The Ink Shop | 1 p.m., 5/6 Friday | The Ink Shop, 330 E. MLK/State St | The Ink Shop is excited to bring student printmakers together at The Ink Shop for this exhibit which showcases 30-40 students. Reception May 6, 5-8pm. | Free The Gallery at South Hill Exhibit of Rachel Philipson photographs 5 p.m., 5/6 Friday | Rachel Philipsons “Morning” is a one person exhibit of Black and white and color photographs focusing on a morning theme. First Raku Firing of 2022 with Live Music at Pottery Works | 5 p.m., 5/6 Friday | Pottery Works Cortland, 75 E. Court St | First Raku Firing of 2022 with Live Music When: Friday, May 6th, 5-9 pm Where: Pottery Works at the Corset Building, 75 East Court Street What: We are firing up our Raku Kiln for First Friday Gallery Night Ithaca at Downtown Ithaca | 5/6 Friday | Virtual | First Friday Gallery Night is a monthly community celebration of the latest

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Virtual Event | This virtual Open Mic is open to all experience levels who would like to showcase their work. The event is also open to community members who want to be part of the audience. The 14th Annual Spring Writes Literary Festival runs from May 5 through May 15 this year. A full event schedule can be found at https://artspartner.org/ content/view/spring-writes-events. (Photo: Provided)

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art showings taking place in and around Downtown Ithaca. Queer Craft Club | 6:30 p.m., 5/9 Monday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Join other LGBTQIAP+ adults to do arts and crafts, hang out, and have fun. TCPL will provide a simple craft each month, but participants are also free to bring in current projects to work on. | Free Surface Design Exploration Workshop | 5:30 p.m., 5/10 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Attendees aged 16 and up will learn some creative techniques for making patterns and designs on fabric, either on their own white or light-colored fabric or by using fabric found in the Makerspace stash.To learn more and register, visit https://www.tcpl.org/events

Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government agreed to provide television for free to the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend. | 96 mins R Everything Everywhere All At Once | A hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman (Michelle Yeoh) who can’t seem to finish her taxes. | 140 mins R The Northman | An action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father’s murder.| 140 mins NR

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Cinemapolis 120 E. Green St., Ithaca May 6- May 12, 2022. Contact Cinemapolis for showtimes. New films listed first. * Outta the Muck* | One night only - May 5th at 7PM. | Featuring filmmaker Q & A w/ Ira McKinley. Family, football and history come to life in an intimate portrait of the Dean family, longtime residents of the historic town of Pahokee, Florida. As we take a journey back home, with filmmaker Ira McKinley, to the land of sugarcane, he reconnects with his niece Bridget and nephew Alvin and explores their shared family history that spans seven generations. Told through stories that transcend space and time. | 80 mins NR Firebird* | Based on a true story during the Cold War, Firebird is a passionate love story set against the backdrop of an Air Force base in occupied Estonia during late 1970’s Communist rule.| 107 mins R Petite Maman* | Following the death of her beloved grandmother, 8-year-old Nelly accompanies her parents to her mother’s childhood home to begin the difficult process of cleaning out its contents. From acclaimed director Céline Sciamma. | 72 mins PG The Duke* | In 1961 when Kempton Bunton, a 60-year old taxi driver, stole

All films are shown at Willard Straight Hall on Cornell campus. This is the final week of films for this semester. Place and Time: The Landscape Films of Emily Richardson | 5/4 7:00PM| British filmmaker Emily Richardson’s films explore landscapes and environments to reveal the way that activity, movement and light is inscribed in place. Traversing an extraordinarily diverse range of landscapes including empty East End streets, forests, North Sea oil fields, post-war tower blocks and Cold War military facilities, Richardson’s films offer a dazzling deconstruction of place and time. Double Indemnity| 5/5, 7:00PM | Poet & author David Lehman will introduce a 35mm print of classic film noir. Lehman has a forthcoming book The Mysterious Romance of Murder: Crime, Detection, and the Spirit of Noir, published by Cornell University Press. Double Indemnity is a steamy tale of insurance fraud, best seen in a theater with a crowd of people, and it’ll be your last chance to watch a film here until August! Come on by and use that All-Access Pass one last time!

Special Events Foodnet Meals on Wheels Mac ‘N Cheese Bowl 2022 | 4:30 p.m., 5/4 Wednesday | Ithaca Farmers Market, Steamboat Landing, 545 3rd Street |

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MAY 6 & 7 AT 7PM; MAY 8 AT 2PM The Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd. | A new play exploring the impacts of mental health, incarceration, and racism. Written by four-time Emmy Award winning writer Judy Tate in collaboration with members of the ReEntry Theatre Program.This timely and relevant play follows the story of Delia, a young woman navigating adulthood while living with the realities of her co-occurring mental health disorders and criminal justice system involvement. (Photo: Provided)

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Who makes the best mac ‘n cheese in town? You decide! Taste them all and vote for your favorites! Women’s Distance Festival 5K Race | 9 a.m., 5/8 Sunday | Dryden Lake Park, W Lake Road | At the 2022 Women’s Distance Festival 5K, women and girls of all ages run along the scenic Dryden Rail Trail to celebrate women in the sport of running. | $20.00 Oji:sda: Fundraiser @ South Hill Cider | 3 p.m., 5/8 Sunday | South Hill Cider, 550 Sandbank Road | COME celebrate Mother Earth by joining us at South Hill Cider for an afternoon of incredible music, and poetry! The whole family is welcome!

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Books 2022 Spring Writes Literary Festival | 5 p.m., 5/5 Thursday | Downtown Ithaca and on Zoom, 40 Different Events! | The 14th annual Spring Writes Literary Festival begins on May 5th and runs through June 7th. 40 events (some live, some zoom), 100 area writers, all free. See it all at SpringWrites.org Spring Writes Poetry and Prose Open Mic | 6:30 p.m., 5/5 Thursday | Virtual Event - Visit TCPL’s website for links. | See Weekend Planner! Zine Workshop with Melisa Crumrine @ The Downstairs at The Downstairs | 7 p.m., 5/6 Friday | ‘What is a zine?’ ‘How do you make one?’ ‘Can I make one?’ Join Melisa Crumrine (local comic/ zine creator) in a crafting workshop to learn a short history of this beloved and versatile medium Friends of the Library BOOK SALE | 10 a.m., 5/7 Saturday | Regina Lennox Book Sale Building, 509 Esty St | Friends of the Tompkins County Public Library Spring Book Sale at 509 Esty St, Ithaca. 3 long weekends: May 7-9, 14-16, 21-24, 10am-8pm. Tompkins County Public Library Foundation’s READATHON | 10 a.m., 5/7 Saturday | Tompkins County Public

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Library, 101 East Green Street | The Readathon enlists readers to raise funds for the Library, culminating in a day-long celebration of reading out loud. The Readathon will be a hybrid event, with both in-person and prerecorded readers. Tween Book Club: Spy School | 3:45 p.m., 5/11 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street |

Kids Pay-What-You-Wish Weekends at Museum of the Earth | 10 a.m., 5/7 Saturday | Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Road (Route 96) | We will be offering Pay-What-You-Wish admission at the Museum of the Earth on the first Saturday and Sunday of every month in 2022. Shadow Puppet Party | 10:30 a.m., 5/7 Saturday | The Cherry, 102 Cherry St | Three shadow shorts for kids including the Tale of the Cabbage Girl, the Robot Ballet and Goldilocks and the 3 Aliens! | $8.00 - $12.00

Notices Marijuana Anonymous Meeting | 7 p.m., 5/4 Wednesday | Ithaca Community Recovery (518 W. Seneca St),

518 West Seneca St | For more info: maithacany@gmail.com | Free CHAT - New Research on Early Asian Residents in Tompkins County | 5:30 p.m., 5/5 Thursday | The History Center in Tompkins County, 401 East State Street | Join us for a CHAT (Community History Across Tompkins) 5/5 5:30-6:30pm roundtable presentation and discussion with Cornell student Claire Deng ‘22 about her 2021-2022 research project on early Asian residents in Tompkins County. Part of Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Hula Hut Polynesian Dance | 7 p.m., 5/5 Thursday | Just Be Cause Center, 1013 State Street | Hula dance lessons - in person and virtual options for adults and children. Lansing Lions Club Chicken BBQ & Plant Sale | 7 a.m., 5/6 Friday | Lansing Community Center & Town Ball Fields, 29 Auburn Rd | Lansing Lions Club chicken BBQ May 6th and Plant Sale May 6th and May 7th at the Lansing Community Center and Ball Fields Crafting Conversation | 11 a.m., 5/6 Friday | Ulysses Philomathic Library, Main St. | Get crafty with the Women’s Opportunity Center! Bring your knitting, crocheting, needlework, or other craft project. Reconnect with

Mental Health and Wellness Fair | 11 a.m., 5/7 Saturday | Ithaca Commons, 171 East State St | Mental Health and Wellness Fair | Free Mother’s Day Hike | 1 p.m., 5/8 Sunday | Smith Woods, 8825 Falls Rd | Stroll through Smith Woods on Mother’s Day with Lifetime Trustee Marvin Pritts at 1pm. This beautiful old-growth forest has plenty of stories to tell and begins waking up late spring with flowers, new leaves, and more. | Free Ithaca Sunday Squares at Lansing Community Center | 7 p.m., 5/8 Sunday | Square Dancing is a lowimpact aerobic activity that stimulates both mind and body. Dryden Senior Citizens Lunch | 11:45 a.m., 5/9 Monday | Dryden Veterans Memorial Home, Route 13 | The Dryden Senior Citizens will meet on Monday, May 9, 2022 at the Dryden Veterans Memorial Home, Route 13, Dryden at 11:15 a.m. with lunch served at 12:15 p.m. Tree “Buds”: Weekly Tree Phenology | 3 p.m., 5/9 Monday | Cayuga Nature Center, 1420 Taughannock Blvd | Be our tree “buds” and join our weekly citizen science walk to observe and collect data on seasonal changes in trees. | Free Social Knitting | 6 p.m., 5/9 Monday | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St | Why work alone when you can work with others? Knitting, crocheting, sewing – bring whatever it is you are working on! Open to all skill levels (ages 12 and up). CAYUGA BIRD CLUB VIRTUAL MEETINGS | 7:30 p.m., 5/9 Monday | Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 156 Sapsucker Woods Rd. | Now holding their monthly meetings VIRTUALLY, each 2nd Monday of the month. For information, refer to the bird club’s website: http://www.cayugabirdclub. org/ and go to the Webinars link for instructions on how to join. ZOOM CLASS: Veggie Gardening 201 | 6 p.m., 5/10 Tuesday | This event is online | Take your vegetable garden to the next level! | $0.00 - $40.00 Mid-Week Mindfulness Meditation | 12 p.m., 5/11 Wednesday | Virtual | Sessions are free and open to the public. All are welcome. Please arrive 5-10 minutes early Visit www. tcpl.org/events/ for Zoom Link. | Free

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Bailey Hall, Cornell | Opening the program is Felix Mendelssohn’s charming overture to The Fair Melusine; followed by a new violin concerto by Cornell music professor Roberto Sierra, featuring concertmaster Juliana Athayde as soloist. Next is Schubert’s unfinished Eighth Symphony. Finally, Johann Strauss’s The Blue Danube conjures.(Photo: Provided)

State Theatre of Ithaca | Now over 90 years old, the not-forprofit State Theatre of Ithaca depends on community support to host over 85 events a year including Hall of Fame Performers, world-renown classical composers, hilarious comedians, community performances and classic films. This annual concert is its biggest fundraiser of the year. (Photo: Provided)

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