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REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

Northeast community City officials want to seeks answers Ensure abortion access on principal PAGE 3

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SEASON FINALE

COMEDY FEST

RACKING UP ART

A spring sports Round-up

Comedy on The Commons returns

The story behind Bike rack art

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Schools

Northeast principal missing, parents want answers

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Our leadership is missing, and our school has an unfathomable and inexplicable hole in its wake.” Those were the words of Northeast Elementary librarian Megan Hulburt at the May 24 Ithaca City School District Board of Education meeting. Droves of Northeast parents and teachers spoke at the meeting on behalf of Principal Liddy Coyle — or “the leadership” — who has been absent from the building since May 23. Laws prohibit the discussion of individual district employees in public, so speakers chose to reference Coyle as “school leadership” or “the principal,” to skirt around that issue. It’s not clear exactly what happened and or why Coyle has not been in school, but a new principal has been assigned to the school. It’s unknown if it’s temporary or permanent. Multiple parents called the leave sudden, and expressed confusion at the situation. A couple people directly mentioned an incident that happened the week prior when a student went missing from Northeast. An 11-year-old student was reported missing on May 19 after failing to get on the bus at dismissal time. Police issued an alert to the community around 2:30 p.m., and the girl was found and returned safely to her mother by 7 p.m. No further details were released about what happened, but foul play was never suspected. It was not confirmed that the incident with the missing child and the sudden leave of Coyle are related. Regardless of what happened or why, there was strong support for Coyle at the meeting, with many sharing stories of what Coyle’s leadership has meant to them and their children over the past few years. “I myself attended Northeast as a child, and regret that I cannot tell you who my

principal was,” parent Gabrielle Smith. “My kids will remember their principal. They will remember her commitment […] Our kids have suffered so much loss, and I hope they don’t have to endure another one.” Parent Corinna Lockenhoff said that Coyle went above and beyond during the pandemic, organizing virtual dance parties, game nights and weekly story times, as well as ensuring her daughter got the spelling support she needed. “Northeast Elementary is an amazing learning community, and much of it is due to the leadership of its principal,” Lockenhoff said. Quinn Consentino, a teacher’s assistant at Northeast, said her identity as

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Parents and teachers at Northeast Elementary have expressed support for missing principal Liddy Coyle. (Photo: Ash Bailot)

T A K E  Bell Station - The Finger Lakes Land Trust announced it purchased the 480acre Bell Station property, featuring 3,400 feet of Cayuga Lake shoreline, from New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG). Acquisition of the site for conservation will greatly enhance public access to the east side of Cayuga Lake, which is 90% privately owned. Permanent

a transgender woman has led her to feel unsafe or unwelcome in her previous work environments. “For the first time in my life not only do I feel safe, but celebrated and seen for my work and talents,” she said. “Our leadership has actively built and maintained this wonderful workspace […] The culture of love is not intrinsic to ICSD…our leadership lives a culture of love every day and is the reason it exists at Northeast Elementary.” The board voted to extend public comment after the number of speakers pushed past the 30-minute limit, but did little to answer any questions about where Coyle is. Board members almost unanimously thanked the speakers for sharing positive stories about Northeast, but made no further comment regarding Coyle.

There are once again new district lines for Congress and Senate. We take a look at who’s still in the running and who you need to get to know.

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conservation will also prevent residential development on the steep hillsides bordering the lake, helping to safeguard the lake’s water quality and prevent future harmful algal blooms. Funding for the purchase came from a $2 million dollar loan from the Park Foundation, $500,000 raised from individual donations, and an internal

loan from the Land Trust’s Opportunity Fund. The Bell Station property will be open to the public on an interim basis for low-impact recreation on Friday, June 10. The public is invited to attend an open house from 2-4 p.m. Refreshments and guided hikes will be offered. Visit fllt.org/events for directions and more info.

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INQUIRING PHOTOGRAPHER City wants to reaffirm itself as

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Legislation

IT’S ALMOST SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER SEASON. WHAT’S THE FIRST MOVIE YOU REMEMBER SEEING IN A MOVIE THEATER?

“Brave! Saw it at my grandma’s local theater.” – Brenna W.

“The first Spide Man.” – Stevie S.

safe place for abortions

ity officials are discussing an ordinance that would reaffirm its stance on the protection of reproductive rights. City Administration Chair Robert Cantelmo introduced the ordinance at the May 25 committee meeting as an amendment to the city’s “Human Rights Protection” section of the municipal code. The ordinance would add Article VII “Protection of Reproductive Rights.” The legislation would prohibit city resources and city property from being used for detaining people for performing or aiding in the performance of abortion within this state or in procuring an abortion in this state, or cooperating with or providing information to any individual or out-of-state agency or department regarding the provision of a lawful abortion.

Alderperson George McGonigal asked if such a law would be required in New York state, where abortion is legalized under more than just Roe v Wade, which is currently under threat of being overturned nationally. However, City Attorney Ari Lavine said in other states that would seek to criminalize abortion those criminal proceedings could seek information from other states. Cantelmo added that the intent of the legislation is to “maintain a commitement to a right that has existed to an entire country for longer than I’ve been alive.” “In the same way this city has declared itself a Sanctuary City, I’d like to envision us as being clear that we’re a community that believes in reproductive freedom and the right of an individual to have autonomy of their own body,” he said.

COVID

Health Dept. reminds community mask advisory is still in effect “Jurassic Park. I was probably a little too young…” – David N.

“Tarzan – in a small movie theater in Orange County, California.” – Christy K.

“Let’s see here, it was probably 1950. I saw Broken Arrow starring Jimmy Stewart at the State Theatre.” – Lou

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he Tompkins County Health Department’s mask advisory continues to be in effect due to the continued spread of COVID-19 and the number of local hospitalizations from the disease. While the CDC’s community level for Tompkins County was recently lowered to “Medium,” the local mask advisory will remain in effect while the Health Department continues monitoring data trends. Officials encourage mask wearing, staying up to date on vaccination and getting tested to stop the spread and prevent severe disease. Tompkins County Public Health Director Frank Kruppa stated, “We want to see if the numbers stay at these lower levels before we adjust our mask advisory and any other public health recommendations. The disease is still spreading in our community, and we need to stay vigilant and do what we can to limit the spread.” Kruppa continued, “We will continue to update the public as more information is available, we hope that the numbers will continue to go down but for now, wearing a mask is advised in our community”

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Mask advisory rules • Under the mask advisory, the Health Department encourages mask wearing while indoors and around others. • High-quality masks (KN95 or N95) continue to be one of the best ways to protect yourself and others. • High-quality KN95 masks are freely available to the community. Refer to tompkinscountyny.gov/health or call 2-1-1 (1-877-211-8667) for information on where these masks are available. • For more information on how to most effectively wear a KN95 mask, the Health Department has published a video on its website with instructions. • Any individual may choose to wear a mask in any situation based on personal preference. • The Health Department continues to recommend that you wear a mask when you are around others: − Who are ill − Who may not be vaccinated against COVID-19 − Who are at high risk of severe illness

The State Legislature is currently considering the Reproductive Freedom and Equity Program Act, which establishes the reproductive freedom and equity program to ensure access to abortion care in the state by providing funding to abortion providers and non-profit organizations whose primary function is to facilitate access to abortion care. However, both Cantelmo and Alderperson Jorge Defendini said they’d rather not wait for the state. “I don’t want it to be left to the devices of those folks,” Defendini said. “I would like to take a more proactive role in that.” McGonigal said he wholeheartedly agrees with the intent of the legislation, but said the language is complicated and he’d like more time to examine it. “I don’t want to be pilloried as opposed to this, I just want to study it more,” he said. The group had considered changing the discussion item to a vote so they could send it to full Council, but ultimately decided to take the month to study it further before voting on it in June meeting. — Ta n n e r H a r di ng − If you are immunocompromised or at high risk of severe illness from the virus − On public transit or in a healthcare or congregate setting as defined by New York State where masks are required • Updated “Masks Preferred” and “Masks Required” signage for public spaces available for download Get tested • If you are feeling ill or symptomatic for COVID-19, seek a test through Cayuga Health System or your healthcare provider. Tests are free and available for Tompkins County residents at the Cayuga Health System testing site at the Shops at Ithaca Mall (40 Catherwood Rd.). Appointments are required. Go online or call: 607-319-5708. • Self-tests are recommended for individuals who do not have symptoms and are seeking quick results to identify infection or increase confidence that you are not positive for COVID-19. − A self-test can be used as a prevention measure before gathering indoors with others who are not in your household. This is especially important before gathering with individuals who are unvaccinated, older individuals, those who are immunocompromised, or individuals at greater risk of severe disease. Contin u ed on Page 5

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Sports

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Wrapping up the spring sports season

ow... there is just so much going on this time of year. Here's another bits and pieces column... First, given we had a bit of an early deadline due to Memorial Day, I submitted this column before knowing how the Cornell/Maryland NCAA lacrosse final unfolded. It was surreal that four weeks after Richie Moran's passing, the two teams with whom he won national titles (one with Maryland as a player and three with Cornell as a coach) would play for all the marbles. I'll tell you without any hesitation that Richie wanted Cornell to win...This will actually be the third time the two teams have met in the final, with the Big Red winning the first two match ups, (There is another notable local angle, as Big Red assistant coach Paolo Ciferri played his high school lacrosse at Ithaca High.) Regarding the semi-final win (a 17-10 thumping of Rutgers), I joined thousands of parents in wincing as we watched C.J. Kirst's mother's tortuous spectating experience. C.J's brother, Colin, was in goal for Rutgers, and the Big Red's C.J. Torched him three times. Poor Mrs. Kirst... ● ● ●

Another lacrosse tidbit: The University of North Carolina women used two dramatic wins (12-11 in the semis and 14-13 in the final) to cap off their 22-0 season and win their third national title. This is notable in this column because the Tar Heels' roster features two Ithaca High grads, and the two freshmen (Mackenzie Rich and Alecia Nicholas) now have a taste COVID contin u ed from page 4

− Free self-test kits can be ordered for delivery to your home via USPS or can be found locally in various locations. − If your self-test result is positive, Complete the Self-Test Reporting Form for Tompkins County residents. The online form will ask for basic contact information and to upload a photo of your test kit result. − Therapeutic treatments for COVID-19 are available through pharmacies and healthcare providers in Tompkins County. Those who test positive, espe-

It’s a short week, baby! Hope everyone enjoyed a nice Memorial Day weekend.

for what it is like to set the bar as high as it will go and then reach it. Nicholas saw action in nine games this season, recording an average of a save per contest, while Rich got on the field in one game. With three seasons of eligiNick John finished his pole-vaulting career by setting a personal record. bility left, both players have much to look forward to. the opener, and blew up the scoreboard with a 16-2 win in the rubber match to reach the College World Series for the ● ● ● first time. It was a very unusual stat line to see that while the teams were very While the Ithaca College baseball team evenly matched in hits — Catholic had 14, did not hurdle that bar in their effort to Ithaca had 12 — the score was so lopsided. reach the Division III College World SeCatholic will now travel to Cedar Rapids, ries, the Bombers did have a fine season. Iowa, for the World Series, which will take I was on South Hill on Saturday to watch Game One of the three-game Super place June 3-8. The Bombers finish at 3414 (ironically, Catholic sports an identical Regionals series against Catholic Univerrecord). sity, and as many are aware, I have been following Ithaca High grads Buzz Shirley and Gil Merod all season. In Game One, ● ● ● Shirley — a senior — made the most of his final at-home at-bats, getting things Finally... one more shout out to an Ithastarted with a two-out double in the first ca High alum, R.I.T. senior pole vaulter inning (his record 23rd double of the Nick John, who wrapped up his collegiate season), and scored on a single. In his career at the NCAA tournament in Ohio next at-bat, Shirley got into an inside last weekend. According to R.I.T.'s website, fastball and hit a monster bomb into the “John cleared a personal-best 4.92m (16' trees beyond the right field fence. Given 1.75") at Nazareth ROC City Final Qualifithe Bombers got a gem of a game from er (May 15) for the nation's 10th-best pole Kyle Lambert, who would strike out 11 in vault mark this spring. He also notched an a four-hit outing in shutting out the Car11th-place effort (4.75m/15' 7") in the pole dinals — Shirley's output would be more vault this past winter at the indoor chamthan enough. pionships in his first NCAA showing.” Sunday's bounces would go the way of the visitors, who picked up a 7-4 win in — St ev e L aw r e nc e cially those that are an older adult or at high risk of illness, may be eligible for treatment options that can be prescribed by a doctor. Patients seeking treatment should not contact the pharmacy directly, but instead contact their primary care physician to receive a prescription. Anyone who does not currently have a primary care physician or who is uninsured and seeking a local provider should call 2-1-1 (1877-211-8667). Get vaccinated • The Health Department is encouraging eligible residents to stay up to date on COVID-19 vaccination.

• Vaccines are safe, effective, and continue to show increased protection from severe illness from COVID-19. • Vaccine doses are currently available at local pharmacies and primary care offices. Contact your pharmacy or doctor to discuss availability or visit the TCHD website for more information. • The Health Department will be hosting a Moderna Booster Vaccine Clinic (ages 18+) on Sunday, June 19, 2 p.m.-4 p.m., on the Downtown Ithaca Commons, near the Bernie Milton Pavilion. Register online for an appointment; walk-ins will be welcome. Call 2-1-1 (1-877-2118667) for assistance if needed. — Sta ff R e p ort

Downs

A man was injured in a shooting in Lansing over the weekend. Luckily he’s reported to be in stable condition.

HEARD&SEEN Heard

Ithaca Festival returns this weekend! It kicks off with a parade downtown on Thursday, June 2 at 6 p.m. For a full list of events, visit ithacafestival.org.

Seen

There will be a March For Our Lives rally on the Commons on June 11 in an effort to end gun violence following the horrific shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

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QUESTION OF THE WEEK Have you gotten your first sunburn of the season yet? 31.8%

Sunburn? It’ll be a tan by tomorrow

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SURROUNDED BY REALITY

Our Rallying Point

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

By Je ffr ey Ba r k e n

By C h a r l ey G i t h l e r

n May 4, 2022, our city formally defined what it means to live in a Climate Justice Community. At the heart of this proclamation is the city’s acknowledgement that bracing for climate change will require an enhanced social contract. We must support households bearing “unfair and disproportionate” consequences of the human-made environmental crisis. Our moral statement demands unwavering commitment. Th is was the context in which Ithacans learned they may lose their cherished Hangar Theater to climate change. The building is structurally sound but the level of Cayuga Lake ebbs and flows, eroding Cass Park’s shore. Amid severe rains, the Hangar parking lot floods and water pours through the doors. On April 6, Ithaca’s Common Council committed $30,000 to perform an engineering study of the theater’s lakeside setting. We need to know whether flood mitigation measures can salvage this cultural center. Constituents often ask me for updates on Ithaca’s Green New Deal. Some are

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disillusioned. The critical challenge we’ve embraced remains both daunting and inspiring. Doubts understandably surface when progress feels slow. Under the leadership of Ithaca’s Director of Sustainability, Dr. Luis Aguirre-Torres, however, we have made enormous strides. Reaching our net-zero goal will require new and comprehensive infrastructure. Luis has forged essential partnerships with neighboring municipalities, laying the foundation for grand public works. His efforts have enabled us to leverage limited resources to hone new economic tools. We’re beginning to attract the necessary investments that will provide for the recruitment and training of a highly skilled, regional labor force. On the morning of April 6, I had the privilege of witnessing Luis’ consulting in action. We’d met the managing director of the Hangar Theater, R.J. Lavine, for a tour of the building. Contin u ed on Page 7

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ince my last appearance on these pages, I completed a journey. Also, there have been two high-profile mass shootings. I say “high-profile” because regular mass shootings are a common, everyday occurrence in these United States. First, the journey. I flew from Ithaca to San Francisco, and then my daughter Madeline and I drove from Big Sur, CA back to Ithaca. Flying coach from coast to coast edges out getting pulled out of your covered wagon and being skinned alive as an experience, but only just. The drive back was spectacular. I’ve driven across the country three times. Once in the back of my family’s Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser in 1969, again with my brother in 1982, and last week. Every American should do it at least once. Our timing was impeccable — mid-May is that sweet spot before families hit the road and after school field trips have wrapped for the season, and the weather is great. We stayed at a casino in Reno, a hotel that had a climbing wall in Salt Lake City, were in California before wildfires and jumping worms engulfed our car, followed the route of the Transcontinental Railroad, and saw Abraham Lincoln’s house. Madeline and I are social, and we met and talked to a ton of people. Judging by various clues as we drove across Red America, a good many of them likely voted for Donald Trump twice, and I probably don’t want to know how many believe the Big Lie. That being said, people were very nice. Like really nice. We chatted about our families, American history, what they like about where they lived and a variety of interesting subjects. We steered clear of guns, abortion, vaccinations, our status as a registered Democrats and the Donald. I spent an hour talking to my seatmate on the plane, who was wearing a red “God Bless America” hat and a red Sturgis, South Dakota Rally tee shirt. He couldn’t have been nicer. Pretty sure the Venn Diagram circles of our voting choices don’t intersect at all. I did mention to the docent at the Pony Express station in Gothenburg, Nebraska that I was from Ithaca, and she sheepishly asked if I could take off my shoes so that she could check out my cloven hooves. She seemed surprised and relieved to see real feet instead. My point in saying this is: it’s easy to blame social media algorithms or whatever, but all this division happened seem-

ingly quickly and recently, and might suggest that the whole American experiment was pretty fragile all along. And yet...in person most of us can still get along just fine face to face. Actually just fine. I’m developing a proposal to pair every Democrat with a Republican and make them have a couple beers with each other. What about the shootings, though? James Madison, no doubt laboring for hours with his goose quill pen by the flickering light of a newfangled whale oil lamp while his slaves were instructed not to disturb him in the summer of 1789, a time when muskets were muzzle-loaded and before elementary schools and grocery stores were target-rich environments, produced this 27-word tidbit of gnomic gobbledegoo: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” This has been interpreted by the robed sages of the United States Supreme Court to mean that the founders intended that angry and demented 18-year-olds should have unfettered access to assault weapons as a sacred right for all eternity. I took a course on the Constitution in college, two courses in Constitutional Law in law school, taught law and American government for a quarter century, and have given the subject considerable thought. I’m not at all convinced that it should be interpreted to mean that the framers would be cool with the fetishizing, gun-worshipping culture that exists today. It doesn’t matter; it’s too late. There are 400 million firearms in citizen hands, way more guns than people, in this country. The British, Germans, Australians? They’re not wimps, but guns are rare there. Our gun culture is an historical vestige, but it’s embedded. It’s in our DNA. We still think we’re pioneers, or cowpokes, or that we need an armed citizenry to resist the government, like even an arsenal of assault weapons would stand a chance against the US military. I don’t like hearing gunfire in downtown Ithaca. I worry everyday about my kids still in school, and I thought about it everyday as a teacher. Who stands in the way of even scratching the surface? Maybe something as basic as background checks? Sixteen Republican U.S. senators have received Contin u ed on Page 15

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“I can’t believe it’s been over a decade,” I remarked as R.J. held the door for me. Memories of shows I’d seen as a boy flashed through my thoughts. “I’ve been meaning to take my daughter to see a play, but COVID—” I said. She understood. “Didn’t there used to be a plane hanging in the lobby?” R.J. later checked. My memory was correct. A small propeller plane had dangled from the rafters until 2009. She showed us the fancy concessions stand and other highlight features of the most recent renovation. As we toured the periphery of the theater and backstage, R.J. pointed out signs of water damage and the metal traps staff use to bar the doors amid flash floods. Then we sat down in the red chairs I remembered, and spoke frankly. “Theatre is always difficult to produce, even in the best of circumstances… and when the conditions are dire…” RJ laughed. She celebrated the optimism and creativity her staff had summoned to weather the pandemic, as well as their camaraderie after every flood. Now they needed our help. Luis buoyed spirits. “I believe this can be done, we can save the theater,” the Director of Sustainability mused freely: “We can start with raising awareness at the highest level; contact the office of the governor and let them know we have the perfect case study for the state’s Climate Impact Assessment — one that can illustrate how climate change threatens everything, not only buildings and infrastructure, but also culture and education. We can use the lending programs we’ve developed to electrify the kitchen and stage lights. Perhaps with the help of NYSERDA, we can provide the necessary assurances our fi nancial partners need to take on this challenge. We can make the theater part of the fi rst set of buildings included in Phase One of the Ithaca Electrification Program.” Within an hour we’d forged a plan the executive committee of the Hangar’s Board has since endorsed. Pending the full Hangar Board’s approval, in coming seasons the theater will endeavor to engage youth and other climate organizations across Ithaca with unique, Green Deal affi liated programming. Employing diverse art forms, practiced freely on the theater grounds, the community will fi nd an outlet for expressing climate angst as well as our enduring hope. Luis sees further: “We will demonstrate that culture is not only for the

nostalgic but also for those who seek to create a new future, one not threatened by fossil fuels or the effects of climate change. The space is ideal for training young people who want to participate in the green economy and who want to learn how to install, maintain and recycle solar panels or heat pumps. It could become a training center for the workforce of the future. There are so many ways in which this place could remind the community we are still in this fight, and that climate change can be reversed.” Given this adapted mission, it is important to remember the Hangar’s origins. “As Governor I believe that such a theater planned for Ithaca could have statewide impact as a cultural attraction,” New York State Gov. Nelson Rockefeller wrote in 1965, in a letter addressed to Mr. Leverett Saltonstall, Jr. who was Chairman of the Board, tasked with planning that year’s Ithaca Festival. Lauding the idyllic location “on the parklands at the head of Cayuga lake," Rockefeller formally endorsed the creation of the Hangar Theater as a “rallying point... bringing theater classics of all periods to the people of New York State and beyond.” Fittingly, 10 years later the newly formed theater company housed in a castle-shaped airplane hangar — abandoned since the early days of aviation — chose “Man of La Mancha” for its debut show. Nearly 60 years later, generations of New Yorkers who have experienced the Hangar must ask: What do they believe is truly at stake should we lose this building? There are so many ways to participate in the Hangar’s revitalization. Come see a show this summer, volunteer; embrace the possibilities for green programming and reengineering that are now being explored. When it comes to theaters as well as Green Deals, Don Quixote is likely correct. "Too much sanity may be madness" and, indeed, "maddest of all: (may be) to see life as it is and not as it should be!” Will the Hangar fulfi ll its promise and become “a rallying point” for our Green New Deal? Belief itself is a matter of theater. Maybe it won't happen tomorrow or even this decade, but a rising Cayuga Lake will swallow this beloved institution unless we summon our resolve to intervene. Jeffrey Barken is a City of Ithaca alderperson representing the third ward, and the Common Council Liaison to Ithaca's Green New Deal.

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YOUR LETTERS Why do we let gun violence continue?

uman beings are at their best in a crisis. A child falls down a well and the entire community mobilizes. Families come together and make food for the workers. Engineers are brought in from all over the country. Men and women work night and day. Earth moving and tunneling equipment is lent free of charge. And if by some miracle the child is saved we all have a cathartic moment while we reflect upon “that could have been my child” and how lucky we are that there are so many good people in our community. We saw this happen in Houston and again in Florida and again in Puerto Rico. So how is Uvalde different? [Uvalde] is different because it was not a natural disaster. Unlike Harvey or Maria the [Uvalde] shooting could have been easily prevented. And all I can think about is that despite Sandy Hook or San Bernardino or the Balko Baptist Church or the Pulse Night Club NOTHING IS EVER DONE about gun violence. There is a type of person who represents all the things we see that is brought out during a natural disaster. Focused on the victim as well the victim’s family they encourage an outpouring of sympathy by the community as well as best wishes from friend and family. A burning desire to solve the problem, find a cure, comfort the ill, hold prayer meetings, have moments of silence, set up memorials, raise money, everything or anything that could be done to focus attention on that person and their terrible plight. The only problem is that in order for all this to happen, in the case of the person I’m talking about, someone has to get sick. And if there is no one sick in this person’s family our deeply caring person makes someone sick. This mental illness is called Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. It is usually a mother who makes a child sick by poison so they can experience this deep terrible need to belong to and be nurtured by a community of caring friends and family. It is easily overlooked because we can’t imagine a mother harming her own child. When we set up an environment that not only encourages but aids people to commit these terrible acts of gun violence by ignoring the most basic common sense [...] we are

not only complicit in the act but must bear collectively the responsibility for it. So what do we do after such heinous acts? We gather sympathy from the community and friends. We have prayer vigils and moments of silence and candle lit memorials. The President reads prepared speeches about unity in crisis and quotes scripture. The television is fi lled with stories about how wonderful we all are in times of crisis and highlight people who especially shine in our hearts. We stay glued to the TV trying to garner any little tidbit we can find so that we can all feel good about ourselves. Collectively as a nation are we exhibiting a particularly nasty mental illness? Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy is the only explanation I can see that explains why after every gun tragedy we do absolutely nothing. Do we allow gun violence to happen so we can feel good about ourselves? Perhaps we should seek some help. — Stephen Baxter, Ithaca, NY

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t is one thing to legalize marijuana use, quite another to promote an industry around it so the government will get revenue. We spend tax dollars trying to ween people off tobacco, now we are creating a new industry around marijuana. It will advertise and seek new customers. Some day, we will spend tax dollars trying to get people to stop using marijuana. All this commercialization so politicians can spend more. In the end, government approved marijuana with taxes may be uneconomic in relation to the illegal market. — Henry Kramer, via Ithaca.com

Re: ICSD certifies election results amid controversy

want to know why repair of a wall at NE school and purchase of 4 gas-powered buses were included in the same proposition. I would have voted yes for the wall and no for the buses. The school district is sending the wrong message. My sense is that they were combined in one proposition to manipulate the voters. How can one vote no on fixing a wall that might fall down on kids? Let’s hope this new board will deal more honestly and straightforwardly with the public. I dislike feeling manipulated by elected officials — Joan Murphy, via Ithaca.com

What?! How does the ICSD board have the power to certify their own election?

hat is yet another conflict of interest! The election results would have been different had there were no confusion surrounding candidate Benjamin Mumford-

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HERE WE GO AGAIN Candidates change again as district lines are finally settled

By Ta n n e r H a r di ng

ere we are again. A little over a month before the originally scheduled June 28 primaries, and we have new district lines again — so long NY-22, and welcome to NY-19.

The original Congressional map, which put Ithaca and Tompkins County in a Democratic stronghold with Cortland and Syracuse, was ruled to be unconstitutional by Steuben County Acting Supreme Court Judge Patrick McAllister.

Indeed, the districts were heavily gerrymandered to favor Democrats after a bipartisan independent redistricting commission couldn’t come to an agreement and the lines were left to be drawn by the state’s Legislature.

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The new Congressional lines provide a much more competitive field, with 15 of the state’s 26 House seats leaning Democratic, three leaning Republican, and eight that could go either way. The new map moves Tompkins County into the 19th dis-

trict, which includes Cortland County and Broome County, and extends east all the way to Columbia County on the Massachusetts state line. Primaries for Congress and state Senate are scheduled for Aug. 23, while primaries for state Assembly, governor and lieutenant governor are scheduled for June 28. The League of Women Voters is suing in an effort to unite the primaries, due to fears of lower voter turnout. It’s also costly to the state to fund two elections. Now, for a look at candidates. IN OR OUT?

During Tompkins County’s short-lived time in NY-22, there were many candidates in the Democratic stronghold that included Tompkins County, Cortland County and Onondaga County. Most of the candidates were Syracuse-area residents, however three of them were locals. Ithacans Josh Riley and Vanessa Fajans-Turner were both Democrats running for NY-22, and Republican Mike Sigler, the County Legislator from Lansing, was also running. Of those three, only Josh Riley remains in the race. Fajans-Turner said she decided to drop out because “this new district is very different from the one in which I have been campaigning and building voter trust since launching in February.” She noted that the new district maps “intensify partisan competition,” and said that “voter confusion is voter suppression.” “We will need every resource we have to ensure Democrats win in November to fight back against Republicans’ attacks on our democracy, our fundamental rights, and our climate,” Fajans-Turner said. “I will not act in any way that splits the Democratic field in this new swing district with an established and well-funded Republican in the running. This national moment is larger than any individual candidate, and it is incumbent on all of us to work for the greater, common cause as the stakes of this race continue to rise.” She added that while she’s ending her campaign for Congress, she is still committed to acting on issues like climate change, reproductive freedom and voting rights. Sigler also decided to end his campaign after the new maps were released. Despite having the backing of all eight county Republican committees in the previous NY22, Sigler couldn’t rationalize continuing the race. Members of Congress do not have to live in the district they represent, so he could have remained in the running for NY-22 despite Tompkins County being cut out of it, but he decided living that far outside of the district didn’t make sense. The new NY-22 includes Onondaga County, Oneida County and Madison County. Sigler also decided not to transfer his campaign into the new NY-19. As Fa-

J o s h R i l e y i s a D e m o c r at ru n n i n g f o r t h e n e w C o n g r e s s i o n a l d i s t r i c t. ( P h o t o : P r ov i d e d) jans-Turner mentioned, there is an established Republican in that district already. Ithacan Josh Riley did decide to make that jump, though. “I am pleased to announce that I will be running in the new 19th Congressional District, as currently drawn,” Riley said. “New York 19 includes Broome County, where I was born and raised and where my family has lived for over 100 years, as well as Tompkins County, where I am raising my family.” Riley was quickly backed by a number of Democratic county chairs. The chairs of Broome County, Chenango County, Cortland County and Tioga County Democrats issued a statement in his support. “Josh is a fifth-generation upstate New Yorker who has deep roots in this community and the experience to deliver in Congress,” the statement said. “Josh Riley knows firsthand that our region has been sold out by career politicians and corporate interests in Washington and in Albany. In Congress, Josh will be a voice for upstate New York’s working families, not the wellconnected and special interests.” Riley began his career working as a staff assistant in Congressman Maurice Hinchey’s office. He also had a fellowship on Sen. Ted Kennedy’s Labor & Pensions Committee staff where he worked on legislation to raise the minimum wage. He also served as a policy analyst at the U.S. Department of Labor. He then graduated from Harvard Law School and began working with the American Academy of Pediatrics. He then served as a law clerk for Judge Kim Wardlaw on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in California. He returned to Washington, D.C. from California to serve as general counsel to Sen. Al Franken on the senate judiciary committee. Currently, Riley is an attorney in a private legal practice and resides in downtown Ithaca. In a previous interview, Riley said one of the things that compelled him to run for

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congress is his fear for the state of the country’s democracy. “Our politics right now are just being torn apart at the seams by extremists who are more interested in peddling conspiracy theories and sowing division than bringing people together to solve big problems for the common good,” he said. “My son was 5 months old when Jan. 6 [2021] happened, and it became clear to me that I can’t take it for granted that he’s going to grow up in a functional democracy. How are we going to tackle things like climate change, rising costs and income inequality if we can’t even have a peaceful transition of power?” Riley’s campaign has raised over $850,000 so far, which his team says contains zero PAC dollars. Riley has also been endorsed by Assemblywoman Anna Kelles, the Carpenters Union, New York Working Families Party and voting-rights organization Defend the Vote. For more on Riley, visit joshrileyforcongress.com. In terms of state Senate, Tompkins County is now part of District 52. Lea Webb, of Binghamton, and Tompkins County resident Leslie Danks Burke, will both continue to run for the district. They are both Democrats, with Danks Burke running, unsuccessfully, against Sen. Tom O’Mara in both 2016 and 2020. The new district is more favorable to Democrats in the past, though could certainly go either way.

when he was elected to serve on the village of Tivoli Board of Trustees when he was 18 in 1994. Since then he was elected mayor five times and elected to the Dutchess County Legislature four times. He was then elected to represent the 103rd District in the New York State Assembly in 2006. On his website, Molinaro lists addressing the nation’s mental health crisis, ending the opioid epidemic and advocating for cryptocurrency and digital assets as his top priorities. For more info on Molinaro, visit marcforus.com. Incumbent Antonio Delgado resigned recently to take over as the lieutenant governor, and will be up on the June 28 Democratic primary ballot for the position. Pat Ryan is running for the congressional district too — kind of. He’s running for Delgado’s seat in the special election to replace him before running for the 18th district in the November election. A Democrat, he is currently the county executive in Ulster County. Molinaro plans to run for the 19th district in both the special and regular elections. And lastly, Jamie Cheney is running as a Democrat. Cheney and her husband run a beef farm in the Hudson Valley and runs Prokanga, a local business and certified B Corp focused on creating flexible roles for working parents. She also sits on the leadership council of the National Small Business Association. Cheney’s priorities include supporting working families by supporting unions, helping farmers and agricultural workers, increasing access to housing options, growing the availability of healthcare and ensuring the cost of living is affordable. She also supports ensuring equal educational opportunities for all children. Her website also notes that she will fight for women’s fundamental right to their own bodies and for an “economically energizing path to sustainability” to fight climate change. For more on Cheney, visit jamiecheney.com.

WHO ELSE?

The new district 19 is large and unfamiliar for many Tompkins County residents. There are currently two Republicans on the ticket, Brandon Buccola and Marcus Molinaro. The Ithaca Times could not find any information about Brandon Buccola, as he does not appear to have a website or social media accounts dedicated to his campaign. Marcus “Marc” Molinaro is the county executive for Dutchess County. He has a long history in public service, beginning

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Personal Health

less regimented day is an opportunity to let loose and stray from a diet and exercise regimen. This can be a mistake. A better approach is to find a routine that has enough balance so a person doesn’t feel like he or she needs to go off the rails to indulge.

7 common fitness mistakes to avoid By Staf f Re por t

t is important to follow appropriate guidance when pursuing fitness goals. However, with so much information available online, it can be challenging to sift through the advice and determine what is safe and effective and what is not. Fitness enthusiasts may make certain mistakes along the way to achieving their goals. Recognizing which practices should be avoided can lower risk of injury and produce the desired results. 1. Skipping warm-up Warm-ups are vital before a workout. They help muscles in the body become acclimated to exercise by gradually building up heart rate and muscle flexibility and en-

durance. A warm-up can include walking, biking or light repetitions of exercises. 2. Getting caught up in “low-fat” foods It is important to eat a balanced diet that includes real, wholesome foods, according to Lucky 13 Fitness. Many people fill their carts with sugar-free desserts or fat-free items thinking this is healthy eating. When fat or sugar is removed, chemicals often replace these ingredients. Rather than embracing an extreme diet, focus on balance and moderation. 3. “Cheat days” Some people operate under the assumption that the weekend or another

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4. Using the “I’m busy” excuse There is no such thing as being too busy to exercise. Making exercise a necessary part of a daily routine requires finding time for fitness. Individuals may need to squeeze in exercise in the early morning before work or school. If exercise seems to be getting in the way of family time, engage in a group workout with the kids or your spouse. 5. Pushing too hard Many people exercise under the assumption that “more is more.” Injuries can occur when one pushes too far in a workout, particularly if he or she is lifting more weight than his or her body can handle. It is essential to give the body some time off to recuperate. Rest helps to prevent injuries.

6. Making vague goals Establishing fitness goals helps people reach markers that make it easy for them to gauge their success. Statements like “I want to lose weight” or “I want to get stronger” make it hard to measure progress, as they lack specificity. It is much better to make firm goals, such as specific pounds to lose or being able to lift a certain amount of weight by a predetermined date. 7. Hopping from program to program It’s tempting to try everything the gym or the fitness world has to offer. It is better to learn the basics and stick with a program for some time before moving on to another one; otherwise, you may never have enough time to master any routine.

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Comedy on the Commons returns June 2-5

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omedy on the Commons is back with the return of Ithaca Festival Comedy Fest (IFCF). Performances will take place during the festival dates of June 2-5, featuring comedians from throughout New York State. “I'm excited to be back after three years. It means a lot for us to be back in person. I think I'm really excited because it's really an opportunity for Comedy on the Commons to be a place where people come together and find some happiness and joy in 2022, period,” comedian and IFCF organizer Kenneth McLaurin said.

Though locating venues and easing concerns regarding having more-in person events lingers, it hasn’t been discouraging. “What's been fun about [organizing IFCF] has in some ways been everything, you know, overcoming the obstacles and the challenges, looking forward to just bringing people together. Having an opportunity, I provided an opportunity for these comedians to share their talents and their stories has been great,” McLaurin said. There will be seven shows, with 30 comedians. Each show features about eight comedians, most of them from New York state. They’ll perform in locations around the Commons, sharing their perspectives and memories through a comical lens. “I think our comedians represent different life experiences, different genders, different ethnicities, different sexual orientations, and everybody has their different experiences on life. And how it's just funny and hilarious to them. And I think that's what you get in our shows. You just get a real diverse perspective on life, on some real humorous people, it's a great opportunity to have some fun shared experiences,” McLaurin said.

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IFCF will commence with the Rezz Life Comedy Show at Cinemapolis (120 E Green St) on June 2 and Friday Night Laughs in Center Ithaca (171 E State St) on June 3, from 7-9 p.m. Those with a more mischievous sense of humor may want to forgo Friday Night Laughs in favor of Weeding Out The Stoned at the Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA, 330 E State St). Weeding Out The Stoned is a game show of sobriety tests. A group of comedians performs —all but one of them high as a kite off of marijuana. The audience has to determine who the single sober comedian is among the stoned. On June 4, The Last Show will be taking place at The Center Ithaca from 6-8 p.m. Afterwards, both Saturday Night Laughs at CSMA and Life's A Joke, Find The Funny at The Downstairs ( 121 W State St) will be taking place from 7-9 p.m. IFCF will wrap up on June 5 with Singing Notes and Slinging Jokes at Cinemapolis from 6-8 p.m. “I think just knowing that the Ithaca Festival is back and we're able to bring our comedy festival back with it it's just really exciting. And I'm looking forward to whatever. I'm looking forward to whatever happens because I know it's just gonna be fun. Like, people have been looking and waiting for opportunities to do the same things they enjoyed pre-pandemic in a way, that was way more pre-pandemic than it is now. And I think the Comedy Festival is just a great opportunity to do that,” McLaurin said. For more information, visit https://www. comedyonthecommons.com/schedule/ithacafestival-comedy-fest-ifcf. Events are subject to change.

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Burgers and (pomme) frights Two movies with nothing in common. Nothing. By Br yan VanC ampe n

don’t have cable so I don’t see much TV unless I’m house-sitting for someone who’s wired up and plugged in. What I’m telling you is that I haven’t seen a single episode of Loren Bouchard’s animated sitcom “Bob’s Burgers'' — 12 seasons and counting — but even a newb like me found a lot to laugh at and enjoyed watching “The Bob’s Burgers Movie” (20th Century Studios Family-Bento Box Entertainment-Wilo Productions, 2022, 102 mins.). (That’s six seasons sooner than “The Simpsons Movie” (2007), BTW.) If you have seen the show, you know it’s all about this guy Bob (H. Jon Benjamin) who runs a burger restaurant with his wife Linda (John Roberts) and their three kids Tina (Dan Mintz), Gene (Eugene Mirman) and Louise (Kristen Schaal). The plot feels like a weird mash-up between “The Brady Bunch Movie” (1995) and any random “Scooby-Doo” yarn: Bob’s restaurant is in financial trouble just as a sinkhole opens up in front of the restaurant, revealing a corpse from a murder committed six years ago. As Bob and Linda try to make the rent, the kids ditch school and check out the seaside amusement park next door in order to solve the mystery. And did I mention that “The Bob’s Burgers Movie” is a musical? Yup. Six new songs, and a great random gag involving bikers and stolen karaoke machines. Since this was my first look at the whole “Bob’s Burgers” thing, I noticed lots of background punning signs everywhere, and

when the movie really gets humming, there are usually four or five layers of different comedy happening all at once. And for those of you who like to spot celebrity voiceover actors, the guest cast includes loads of funny people like Paul F. Tompkins (“Bojack Horseman”), Zach Galifianakis (“The LEGO Batman Movie”) and David Wain (“The State”). Mostly it felt great to be in a dark room laughing with strangers. That’s when I laugh the most. It’s nice to be doing it again. ● ● ●

Of all film genres, the horror film that muffs its ending or concludes in an unsatisfactory way seems like the greatest disappointment. Go the wrong way and end up looking ridiculous. And if the movie is enigmatic or inconclusive in the wrong way, you could leave the audience going “Wha…?” Case in point: Alex Garland’s third feature “Men” (A24-DNA Films, 2022, 100 mins.), in which a grieving widow (Jessie Buckley) haunted by the death of her husband (Pappa Essiedu) takes refuge in a beautiful country home, only to be stalked by various men in the nearby village, all played by Rory Kinnear. Garland wrote 1998 novel, “The Beach”, and spent most of the 2000’s writing screenplays for director Danny Boyle, including “28 Days Later” (2002), “SunContin u ed on Page 15

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The artistic future Upcoming & future CAP ArtSpace Gallery Nights By L aura I lioa e i MAY AND JUNE 2022

Unfolding: A Timeline of Sexual Assault Activism in Tompkins County Gallery Night: Friday, June 3, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. This is a creative reflection and expression of sexual violence survivors on their feelings and experiences of assault through The Clothesline Project. The exhibit also provides resources on sexual and domestic violence support services in Tompkins County and the history of these services. JULY 2022

Grant’s ‘Colours Out of Chaos” Gallery Night: Friday, July 1, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. This is an exhibit featuring work by local artist Grant. The exhibit includes lush, vibrant paintings with prominent natural motifs, including florals. Abstraction is another theme that is featured in his work. AUGUST 2022

Reid Palmer, “Black and White” Gallery Night: Friday, August 5, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. This exhibit is an exploration of the effects of racial notions in America. The exhibit features panels that use abstraction to show the homogeneity of humanity, free from the constraints of the ideals that are attached to race. SEPTEMBER 2022

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Zisk. I personally would have voted differently. How many others would have done the same? Over 1000 people voted for Benjamin out of 3515 ballots cast. This election was a total fiasco! The fact that the ICSD board voted to approve it means they should all be voted out! — Richard Ballantyne, via Ithaca.com

his problem with an election in Ithaca and a voting issue in the Dryden district last year (not checking for

This is an annual fall exhibition where Ithaca College students in the Department of Art get to showcase their work. OCTOBER 2022

Greater Ithaca Art Trail Annual Group Exhibit Gallery Night: Friday, October 7, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Fifty visual artists across Tompkins County get to showcase a piece of their work. Expect to see paintings, sculpture, ceramics, photographs, collage, functional art, textile art, etchings, prints, fine furniture, and jewelry. NOVEMBER 2022

Nicole Costa, “Perpetual Validation” Gallery Night: Friday, November 4, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Local artist Nicole Costa creates a series of juxtaposing paintings. Acrylic paints on glued layers of newspaper illustrate thoughts of the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic on people’s mental health. Newspapers were purposely picked to evoke memories of headlines and how news can sway public sentiment.

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f you’re the type of person who likes to dust off your bike and go for a ride once the weather starts getting warmer, you might’ve noticed the eccentric bike racks scattered throughout Ithaca. These bike racks forgo utilitarianism, demonstrating that aesthetics don’t have to be sacrificed in order for something to be practical. Their designs range from geometric patterns to natural motifs like trees and animals, and even political symbols of acceptance, like a rainbow inside of a heart or the Earth resting in between two palms. The racks are a result of a city project that began in 2017. The Downtown Ithaca Alliance (DIA), Tompkins County Tourism Program, the City of Ithaca, Bike Walk Tompkins and an anonymous sponsor collaborated with the idea of enhancing Ithaca through art, while also promoting more people to take up cycling as an accessible, desirable mode of transportation. The project was led by Tom Knipe, deputy director for economic development for the City of Ithaca. These bike racks were also inspired by a similar project that cyclist and musician David Byrne did with the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) and PaceWildenstein back in 2007 in order to prompt more people to bike around the city and beautify the boroughs. But rather than commission a single artist for all the bike racks, Ithaca’s project turned to its community for bike rack design ideas.

There were two rounds of design competitions, one in 2017 and the other in 2020. Applicants could submit up to three designs, with collaborations accepted. There were over 150 designs submitted total, and 24 of them were accepted by a blind jury. “The jury judged the designs on functionality, artistic innovation, and creativity. We also wanted to encourage designs reflecting an aspect of Ithaca and Tompkins County’s unique culture, history, and characteristics of a place, Knipe said. “So, some of the winning racks ended up tying in some way to that idea, like the tumbling people in front of Circus Culture, the wine and cheese in front of Coltivare, BLM at the Alex Haley Pool, the clouds and sun in front of Bool’s Flower Shop, the frosty mug in front of the Westy, the tragedy/comedy mask in front of CSMA and the fork, spoon and knife on Aurora Street’s Restaurant Row. We also wanted to encourage youth to participate, so we made sure that for each phase at least one of the racks was designed by a young person.” While there are no current plans to expand the number of bike racks in Ithaca, it could be a future possibility if more people become cyclists and the demand for bike parking locations increases. Regardless, private businesses have notably gained inspiration from Ithaca’s bike rack projects in order to personalize their own exterior Contin u ed on Page 15

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shine” (2007) and “28 Weeks Later” (2007). He made a smashing writing and directing debut with “Ex Machina” (2014), one of the greatest science fiction films of the past decade. I wasn’t as crazy about his 2018 follow-up “Annihilation,” about a group of explorers who trek through a quarantined zone of mutating plants and animals. “Men” establishes a certain illogical nightmare vision akin to “Eraserhead” (1977) and “Phantasm” (1979). The scares accumulate in that scary dream way, where your face is in the pillow and you can’t make rational sense out of what’s happening around you. I suspect Garland has studied the visual language of films like David Robert Mitchell’s “It Follows” (2014): Garland stages a lengthy and effective sequence tracking Buckley as she wanders from room to room talking to a friend on her cell phone, unaware that a crazed naked man (Covered in chalk

dust? You got me.) is outside the house, watching and getting closer… and closer. However…the notion that Kinnear plays all the men in the village is a conceit that doesn’t read on film; I got the Kinnear information later on Wikipedia. And on the heels of Firestarter’s “wtf ” ending last week, just when “Men” seems to be building to a satisfying conclusion, the film ends so abruptly that I sat there befuddled and dumbfounded as the credits rolled. I think I even muttered something to Constant Companion, like “NOW it ends?” “The Bob’s Burgers Movie” is playing at Regal Stadium 14. “Men” is playing at Cinemapolis Recommended: “The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up” on Netflix RIP: Ray Liotta (“Goodfellas,” “Something Wild,” “Unlawful Entry,” “No Escape,” “Unforgettable,” “Turbulence,” “Cop Land,” “Corinna, Corinna,” “Hannibal,” “Blow,” “Narc,” “Smokin’ Aces”) RIP: Vangelis (“Chariots of Fire,” “Blade Runner”) RIP: Colin Cantwell (“2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Star Wars”)

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design. Milkstand — a diner at the corner of Meadow Street and Buffalo Street — has cow and calf bike racks in front of their restaurant, for instance. But even non cyclists aren’t immune from appreciating the racks. “I think that when people see the art bike racks, they are likely to become curious about who put that there and why. It’s unique, right? It’s not just your standard U-shaped metal tubing,” Knipe said. “The SURROUNDED BY REALITY contin u ed from page 6

more than a million dollars each from the NRA, some of them many millions. Another 27 Republican senators have accepted thousands in campaign contributions. You can decide if they’re bought and paid for. So nothing is going to change. It’s horrifying, and the rest of the world shakes its head in wonder,

obvious answer is that someone cares about this place. This isn’t just a place that is like every other place; it is special, different, unique somehow. Many people I have spoken with also have a favorite rack. Many of them are delightful and beautiful in their own right. And the designers themselves can revisit their piece anytime they like and say, ‘I designed that.’ All of the designers had an idea that they were trying to convey. How can you not love your city when you have been part of designing a piece of it.” And ultimately, the racks also create a greater appreciation for

Ithaca through beautification and portraying the concepts that the city cares about. “These new bike racks are a gift that we give to Ithaca out of love. Anyone who visits or works or lives here, when they lock their bike up to the rack or just see it in passing, they will know that this place is cherished, and they will also know a little more about us. When you look at the images of these racks, you really get a sense of who we are and what we value. Music, care for the planet, empowerment and love for all,” Knipe said.

but to decide to remain in the United States of America means to decide to live in a country awash with guns and violence. Somehow good people, like the people I met on our journey, support this. I don’t know how, but I do know they’re not going to change their minds. If you’re tempted to post a smartass comment about what a snowflake I am, write it down, fold it carefully, and firmly place it where the sun don’t shine (that

shady grove out by Willard’s Pond). I’ve heard all the poppycock about guns not killing people (people do) and that if guns are restricted, only the bad people will have them. I’d ask you to imagine the scene in a fourth grade classroom in a public school in Uvalde, Texas last week. Fourth graders! You will never, never convince me. All these guns are a waking nightmare. We live in a complicated country.

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6/3 Friday Friday Sunset Music Series - ft. The Backtalk Band | 5 p.m. | Wagner Vineyards, 9322 State Route 414 Juge Greenspun | 6 p.m. | South Hill Cider, 550 Sandbank Road Friday Night Music - The Smoking Loons | 6 p.m. | Hopshire Farms and Brewery, 1771 Dryden Rd Feed The Fire | 6:30 p.m. | Wagner Vineyards, 9322 State Route 414

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6/3 Friday CCO presents: A Grand Finale| 7:30 p.m. | Ford Hall, Ithaca College | The program features a world premiere by Seth Grosshandler, commissioned in honor of Percy Browning, and the “Scottish” Symphony by Mendelssohn. Boston Symphony Orchestra clarinetist Michael Wayne will perform the Nielsen Clarinet Concerto. (Originally scheduled for 6/4)

6/4 Saturday Blues, Brews and BBQ featuring The X’Plozionz! | 5 p.m. | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St

6/5 Sunday Bright Eyes | 7 p.m. | Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards, 2708 Lords Hill Road

6/7 Tuesday Modest Mouse w/ The Cribs | 7 p.m. | Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards, 2708 Lords Hill Road

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Jesse Cook | 8 p.m. | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St

from the heavens in the guise of a butch gardener named Diane, who’s hell-bent on reversing climate change and restoring earthly order by seducing a band of mortal followers. Runs June 8-26. CRT Presents: Hair | 6/8 Wednesday | Little York Lake Theatre & Pavilion, 6799 Little York Lake Road | Book and Lyrics by Gerome Ragni & James Rado;Music by Galt MacDermot The American tribal love-rock musical – for the first time on the CRT stage! Dig out those bell-bottoms and peace signs! Ithaca Shakespeare presents: Julius Caesar | 6 p.m., 6/9 Thursday | Robert H. Treman State Park, 105 Enfield Falls Rd. | One of Shakespeare’s great tragedies, which ISC has never performed outdoors. School Girls ; or the African Mean Girls Play | 7:30 p.m., 6/15 Wednesday | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd. | School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, by Jocelyn Bioh Queen Bee Paulina is intent on representing her school in the Miss Ghana 1986 pageant.

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Unfolding - A Timeline of Sexual Assault Activism in Tompkins County | 10 a.m., 6/1 Wednesday | CAP ArtSpace/Gallery, 110 N Tioga St. | ‘Unfolding: A Timeline of Sexual Assault Activism in Tompkins County’ honors the voices of local survivors and the organizations that have supported them. June Gallery Night @Grayhaven Motel | 4 p.m., 6/3 Friday | Grayhaven Motel, 657 Elmira Rd | Join us in the

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Grayhaven gallery lounge on Friday, June 3rd from 4-7pm for the opening reception of Here To Pet Dogs from Alison (Wise) Best! Alison is an illustrator, block printer, tattoo apprentice and most importantly a dog lover from Rochester, NY. | Free Manifestations 0 Opening Reception | 5 p.m., 6/3 Friday | The Gallery at South Hill, 950 Danby Road | “Manifestations” is a two-person show of work in the Gallery at South Hill by Sheryl Sinkow and Diane Newton. Sinkow will show photographs - manifestations of some of her astrological degree symbols. Newton will show drawings in pastel and work in mixed media done in 2022. | Free Jari Poulin - Mirage: Opening reception | 5 p.m., 6/3 Friday | The Ink Shop, 330 E. MLK/State St | Jari Poulin | Mirage features a series of images that combine monoprints and black and white photographic transfers to create dream-like worlds that speak to memory and imagination. 33rd Annual Juried Photography Show | 5 p.m., 6/3 Friday | State of the Art Gallery, 120 West State Street | State of the Art Gallery 33rd Annual Juried Photography Show. | Free

Watcher* | One night, people-watching from her picture window, Julia spots a vague figure in an adjacent building, who seems to be looking back at her. Soon after, while alone at a local movie theater, Julia’s sense of being watched intensifies, and she becomes certain she’s being followed. Meanwhile, a serial killer known as The Spider stalks the city. | 96 mins NR Montana Story | Two estranged siblings return home to the sprawling ranch they once knew and loved, confronting a deep and bitter family legacy against a mythic American backdrop.| 113 mins R Downton Abbey: A New Era | From award-winning creator Julian Fellowes comes much-anticipated cinematic return of the global phenomenon that reunites the beloved cast as they go on a grand journey to the South of France to uncover the mystery of the Dowager Countess’ newly inherited villa. | 124 mins PG 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

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Cinemapolis 120 E. Green St., Ithaca June 3- June 9, 2022. Contact Cinemapolis for showtimes. New films listed first. * RRR* | ONE NIGHT ONLY 6/1 at 6:30PM | An exhilarating, action-packed spectacular mythologizing two reallife freedom fighters who helped lead India’s fight for independence from the British Raj.| 189 mins NR (there will be a brief intermission) Crimes of the Future* | As the human species adapts to a synthetic environment, the body undergoes new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice, Saul Tenser, celebrity performance artist, publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. | 107 mins NR

Ithaca Festival | 8 a.m., 6/2 Thursday | Downtown Ithaca | Ithaca Festival is a weekend music and arts festival held in Ithaca, NY. Our mission is to celebrate the artist in everyone and celebrate art in the community. Erin Wood Festival | 10 a.m., 6/3 Friday | Erin Fire Station, 1138 Breesport Road | Chainsaw Artist all weekendVendors, Erin Fire Department Chicken BBQ Friday 4pm Saturday noon,Lumberjacks and Jills Saturday 10am | Free Cayuga Trails 50 Mile | 6 a.m., 6/4 Saturday | Cayuga Trails 50 Mile, 105 Enfield Falls Rd | Description: Welcome to the Cayuga Trails 50 and Marathon, presented by Atayne. Unusual Fruits: Honeyberries and Hardy Kiwis, ZOOM | 6 p.m., 6/7 Tuesday | Cornell University, 144 East Ave | Uncommonly delicious!

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Books 2022 Spring Writes Literarty Festival | 5 p.m., 6/1 Wednesday | Downtown Ithaca and on Zoom, 40 Different Events! | The 14th annual Spring Writes Literary Festival runs through June 7th. 40 events (some live, some zoom), 100 area writers, all free. See it all at SpringWrites.org Book Club | 5 p.m., 6/1 Wednesday | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St | Tonight we will meet to discuss The 100-Year-Old-Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by

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Jonah Jonasson. New members are always welcome! Book Club - The Silent Patient | 7 p.m., 6/6 Monday | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St | Participation is FREE. You need to obtain your own books. All are welcome! Tween Book Club: Spy School | 3:45 p.m., 6/8 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street |

Kids Preschool Story Time | 10:30 a.m., 6/2 Thursday | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St | Stories, songs, and activities with a different theme each week. All ages are welcome but this program is designed for children ages 3-5 yrs. Registration is limited and is required each week. Sew Crafty and Paper Wishes Take & Makes | 9:30 a.m., 6/3 Friday | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St | A bag with the supplies and directions provided to make a simple sewing project or a greeting card at home will be available to pick up on a first come first serve basis beginning on the first Pay-What-You-Wish Weekends at Museum of the Earth | 10 a.m., 6/4 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. Families Learning Science Together | 1 p.m., 6/4 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Baby/Toddler Time | 10:30 a.m., 6/7 Tuesday | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St | Rhymes, stories, and songs designed for children from birth to age 2 and their caregivers. Registration is limited and is required each week. Tween Book Club: Spy School | 3:45 p.m., 6/8 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Playdate in the Park with the Child Development Council at Stewart Park | 4 p.m., 6/8 Wednesday | The Child Development Council is thrilled to announce the return of our family-friendly community event, Playdate in the Park!

Notices Oven Fresh Jobs Live Job Fair | 9 a.m., 6/1 Wednesday | The Shops at Ithaca Mall | Looking to go back into the workforce, or searching for a better job? At Oven Fresh Jobs we are here

to help with over 30 employers from Tompkins and Cortland County. | Free Loaves & Fishes of Tompkins County -Indoor Meal Service | 12 p.m., 6/1 Wednesday | St. John’s Episcopal Church, 210 N. Cayuga St. | Free hot meals are served every weekday. Lunch: Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 12 noon -1:00 pm. Dinner: Tuesday, Thursday from 5:30-6:30 pm. Interested in volunteering? email info@loaves.org, or go to www.loaves. org. All are Welcome! | Free Trumansburg Farmers Market | 4 p.m., 6/1 Wednesday | Farmers Market, Hector St. | On the corner of Route 227 & 96 … In the heart of Trumansburg Hula Hut Polynesian Dance at Just Be Cause Center | 6:30 p.m., 6/1 Wednesday | Kids hula dance lessons Learn basic hula dance steps, a few hulas, dance implements, hula costumes, Hawaiian culture and language too. View on site | Email this event Marijuana Anonymous Meeting | 7 p.m., 6/1 Wednesday | Ithaca Community Recovery (518 W. Seneca St), Enter from back door of building. For more info: maithacany@gmail. com | Free Dryden Town Historical Society 2022 Annual “OP Sale” | 8 a.m., 6/3 Friday | Southworth Homestead | The annual tent sale at the Southworth Homestead. Friday 8-5, Saturday 8-3. Salvation Army Annual Rummage Sale | 9 a.m., 6/3 Friday | Salvation Army, 150 N. Albany Street | Salvation Army Annual Rummage Sale!! Shursave Monthly Cruise-in | 5 p.m., 6/3 Friday | T-burg Shur Save, Route 96N | Join Car Pride for our monthly Cruise-in 2022. Held on the first Friday of each month (weather permitting), CAR PRIDE hosts a dish to pass and cruise-in near the back half of the Trumansburg Shur-save parking lot. Ithaca Farmers Market Saturdays! at Steamboat Landing | 9 a.m., 6/4 Saturday | Visit the farmers market every Saturday, rain or shine, at the pavilion. Homer Community Blood Drive | 9 a.m., 6/4 Saturday | Homer First United Methodist Church, 16 Cayuga Street | The Homer Community Blood Drive will be held Saturday, June 4th, from 9:00am to 2:00pm, at the Homer First United Methodist Church, 16 Cayuga Street.(Enter parking lot via Central Park Place | Free

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Ford Hall, Ithaca College| The final show of CCO’s 2021-22 season. Arrive early for the 6:45pm Pre-concert Chat with Seth Grosshandler (composer), Michael Wayne (clarinetist), and CCO Music Director Cornelia Laemmli Orth. Members of the CCO Youth Orchestra will perform in the lobby prior to the performance. NOTE: This performance was originally scheduled for Saturday, June 4th. (Photo: Provided)

Ink Shop Studio Gallery, 330 W. State St., Ithaca | Poulin’s work integrates her fascination with the idea of mirage or optical illusion by combining images of specific places and people of her past with additional layers of monoprinting and other printmaking techniques that activate the emotional context and memory of the physical photograph. Show runs June 3-July 28. (Photo: Provided)

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Junk in the Trunk | 9 a.m., 6/4 Saturday | Lifelong, 119 W Court Street | Drop by the Lifelong parking lots (front and back) to find treasures you’ve been looking for. Items will be sold directly from people’s cars or from tables in the parking spaces. Rain date June 5. Cayuga Trails Club Hike at Various trails in the Ithaca region. | 10 a.m., 6/4 Saturday | Various | Explore local trails on weekly Saturday hikes starting at 10:00am. Hike length varies from 2.5-4 miles. Click here to see the location of the hikes for each week. View on site | Email this event How to Grow Your Own Microgreens! | 10 a.m., 6/4 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | In this workshop, the Master Gardeners will show participants how to grow and use microgreens—mini versions of regular vegetables that are harvested at a young age. One microgreen kit will be available to take home for each registered individual or group. Register at tcpl.org HistoryForge Transcription Sessions for Ithaca (Volunteer) | 11 a.m., 6/4 Saturday | The History Center in Tompkins County, 401 East State Street | Help build the HistoryForge database! We hold community transcription sessions twice a month on Saturdays from 11-1. Join us to help finish transcribing the 1880 census for the City of Ithaca! Sunday Morning Meditation | 10 a.m., 6/5 Sunday | Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Road | Sunday morning meditation, free and open to all. Ithaca Sunday Squares at Lansing Community Center | 7 p.m., 6/5 Sunday | Square Dancing is a lowimpact aerobic activity that stimulates both mind and body. Tree “Buds”: Weekly Tree Phenology | 3 p.m., 6/6 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., 6/6 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).

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