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he legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. brought hundreds of people together this past weekend to eat and meet in the Beverly J. Martin Elementary School cafeteria. What that legacy is and will be was the question they were asked to consider by those who took the podium at the Jan. 16 GIAC breakfast and Jan. 18 MLK Jr. Day luncheon.

Russell Rickford, assistant professor of history at Cornell, began his speech on Jan. 18 by saying that his seven-year-old daughter came home singing a song about Dr. King.

“In a way that’s amazing, a sign of how King commemoration has become institutionalized in our society,” Rickford said. “But it reflects the problematic ways in which the American public honors King … The song my daughter learned explained that King was a kind and gentle man, that he had a plan for peace and racial harmony, and it explains America more or less carried out his plan.”

These sorts of descriptions, Rickford argued, ignore “the masses of women and men, boys and girls, whose sacrifices and courage actually generated the popular black insurgency of the postwar era.

“We’re left with a docile and accommodating King, watered-down and washed-up. I like to call it the ‘Disneyification of King,’” Rickford continued. “He could have been a contestant on American Idol. It’s a stroke of genius, actually. To reduce the entire black political struggle to one man, then drain that man of any meaning.”

Those who “clothe themselves in the legacy of King” can continue to “stand right on Martin’s face and say ‘I have a dream,’” even as they continue to commit crimes, Rickford said, citing the case of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel—at that moment holding a MLK Day lunch despite his “direct complicity” in covering up the police killing of Laquan McDonald.

Rickford continued to list a number of transgressions committed by the American government and international capitalism, including bombing “seven countries in as many years” under the Obama administration and the “obscene inequality” that allows 80 people to hold as much wealth as the world’s 3.6 billion poorest people. Rickford noted the Walton family—that of Wal-Mart, not the “Good night, Jim-Bob” TV show—holds as much wealth as the poorest 42 percent of the continued on page 4

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“In the future we will either sell them to a developer to use for some other purpose,” said Carr, “or work out a land lease. Every place we have branches we try to get development done that will drive traffic to our bank.” He offered the example of constructing an office building next door that was full of accounting firms. The president said that they had not employed this strategy in Ithaca before, but had done so “on a limited basis” in Elmira.

“Carr came to the city after purchasing the property,” said DeSarno, “and asked us, ‘What would the city like to see here?’

Joann Cornish [director of planning for the city] suggested mixed-use buildings and that housing was important. We recommended that it be affordable

t was unfortunate timing,” said Thomas Carr, the president and CEO of Elmira Saving Bank, about the mid-December eviction notices mailed to three tenants on the 100 block of Meadow Street. “That might have been an error on our part.” As of last Friday, Jan. 15 the bank had voluntarily extended the tenants eviction date from Jan. 31 to Mar. 31, had given each resident $1,000 to help them with moving expenses, and will not collect rent from them during the extension.

The bank purchased eight parcels between West State and West Seneca streets and plans to build a branch office in the former restaurant that stands at the corner of West State and Meadow streets. According Parcels purchased by Elmira Saving Bank on Meadow and West State streets to Phyllisa DeSarno, (Photo: Josh Brokaw) deputy director of economic development in the housing. He was listening and said, ‘OK,’ city’s planning department, the previous but not ‘Yes.’” owner of the restaurant building had The process of purchasing the purchased all the adjacent properties on Meadow Street parcels began in midthe block with the intent of developing summer, according to Carr, and after the them. Upon changing his plans, he put closing in September, the process simply them all on the market and the bank ground on until Dec. 1 when, as new bought all of them. owners, the bank automatically began the Elmira Savings Bank moved into eviction process. At the time, Carr said, Ithaca 15 years ago. In 2007, said Carr, the bank knew that one tenant had a lease they purchased two branches of First that was ending on Dec. 31 and that the Niagara Bank. While they will develop other two tenants had month-to-month a new branch at 602 W. State St., Elmira Savings does not plan to take on continued on page 5 developing the other parcels.

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▶ Village Caucuses, Sunday, Jan. 24, Village of Trumansburg Democrats will caucus at 1 p.m. at Trumansburg Village Hall to nominate candidates for two 4-year seats and one 2-year seat on the Trumansburg Village Board. All registered Democrats in the Village of Trumansburg are welcome to attend.

On Tuesday, Jan. 26, Village of Dryden Democrats will caucus at 7:30 PM at Dryden Village Hall to nominate candidates for two 2-year seats on the Board of Trustees. All registered Democrats in the Village of Dryden are welcome to attend.

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Although many governmental bodies in New York select candidates via petition, most local villages and some towns still use the caucus—a loosely structured gathering of registered voters within a specific party—to nominate candidates for office. In a caucus, nominations are put forward and seconded, potential candidates speak to the attendees and answer questions, and then the caucus votes.

Village elections are scheduled for March 15.

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owever the Bernie Sanders campaign for president turns out, don’t say the organization missed out on mobilizing an obvious base of support here in Ithaca.

Signs and stickers and flyers supporting the junior senator from Vermont have been in circulation around town since last spring, with homemade T-shirts making appearances on the street by Ithaca Festival time. Few signs of support for other presidential candidates, red or blue, have yet to hit the street.

Sanders campaign organizers Zack Exley and Corbin Trent arrived in Ithaca last Thursday, Jan. 14, to get the diehards on the phone lines to those in states with earlier decisions on their presidential choice than New York.

“We can’t let everybody in New York wait until [Sanders] is on the ballot,” Exley told a crowd gathered at the Space@ GreenStar.

Exley, a veteran Internet organizer who’s worked for the Wikimedia Foundation, MoveOn.org, and the 2004 John Kerry campaign, and Trent, a Tennessee native, engaged in an enthusiastic patter to warm the crowd to their task. They were thanked for their donations, over $75 million so far from about 2.5 million individuals, that have enabled the campaign to put over 100 staffers on the ground in Iowa.

After the Citizens’ United decision, Exley said, “They said there’d never be another people’s candidate ever again, but the revolution has a way of getting around things.”

Calls won’t be going just to Iowa, with their caucuses in two weeks; another focus is “Super Tuesday,” with 11 states scheduled to have primaries or caucuses

“An America that puts equity and inclusion front and center.”

—Joanna Green

“A symbol of democracy.”

—Adam Yang

“His impact as one man means you shouldn’t be fearful of speaking up.”

—Brian Short

“He’s about seeing what a person’s character is on the inside.” ­—Deboe Sodeke

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on March 1 this year. Exley called the day the “billionaires’ firewall,” with its lesser opportunities for retail politicking The Sanders campaign has an advantage on the phone lines right now, Exley said, because of a new rule that prohibits auto-dialing cell phones. Their software enables an outside dialer to do the dialing. The campaign is making 300,000 calls a day, Trent said, with 100,000 of those becoming conversations.

People coming from areas that skew red, including one woman from Chemung County who said she hadn’t run into many Sanders supporters yet, were told to find a map on the campaign site that shows where fellow sympathizers could be found.

The evening concluded with those responding to Exley’s call for phone bank hosts passing a microphone to announce the dates of their phone party, their location, a call to bring snacks or beer,

and what sorts of pets they might have.

Anyone announcing “We have no pets” was inevitably met by a sympathetic group “awww.”

Signatures were also being gathered in the back of the room to ensure Sanders’ appearance in the April 19 New York primary. Under the Democratic “dual primary” structure, there is both a statewide primary vote, and a slate of delegates selected from each congressional district. Statewide, a candidate needs 5,000 signatures to get on the ballot; a slate of delegates from a district needs 500 signatures, both of which must be in by the end of January. By the end of the night Emily Adams, who has coordinated the petition drive, announced that she had 1,018 signatures.

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speaker at GIAC’s breakfast, preceded Rickford’s speech on Monday with a reading from My Brother Martin, an illustrated book by King’s sister, Christine King Farris.

Walker brought particular attention to a scene in which King and his brother went over to a white friend’s house, where they were told his parents had been banned from playing with them anymore “because you all are Negroes.”

“His sister remembered on that day, Martin said to their mother, ‘One day I’m going to turn this world upside down,’” Walker told the crowd. “Sometimes you have to turn things upside down, in order to turn them right-side up.”

Upcoming events commemorating Dr. King’s legacy include a Jan. 25 talk from Umi Selah of Dream Defenders at Ithaca College, 4 p.m. in Emerson Suites; and a Feb. 3 talk with the founders of #BlackLivesMatter at Cornell, 4:45 p.m. in Sage Chapel.

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U.S. population, many of whom have no other option than to shop at their big box stores.

“Many white Americans of goodwill never connected bigotry with economic exploitation. They abhor prejudice but tolerate or ignore economic injustice,” Rickford said. “King said, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. This King named the three pillars of American empire: racism, militarism, and economic exploitation.”

Before concluding his remarks with a quote from Black Panther Fred Hampton, Rickford asked attendees to “join the general strike.”

“Young people are calling for a new social contract,” Rickford said, “particularly those organized under Black Lives Matter and Fight for 15. They want to create a crisis for the system—through dissent—and I think Martin would have been pleased.”

Cal Walker, who was the keynote

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n Thursday, Jan. 14 Tom Rochon, the president of Ithaca College, announced that he would be retiring on Jun. 30, 2017. In the fall semester Rochon was the subject of two “no confidence” votes by the student body and faculty. In both cases over 70 percent of those voting expressed “no confidence.”

The immediate cause of the votes was a trio of racially charged incidents earlier in the semester that many thought were not handled well by the college administration. Both a student activist group called the POC@IC and the Student Government Association (SGA) have called for Rochon’s resignation.

“Last fall I was constantly reacting to things in the short term,” said Rochon, “but over the holiday period I had chance to reflect on things. The basic question was, ‘In the face of a new set of demands and needs do I reinvent my presidency or should the college start with a new president?’”

So the president decided that he would step down in a year and a half. He entered the office in July 1, 2008 and will leave in exactly nine years later. Rochon said that the timing lets him wrap things up and will give a new president two months to prepare for his or her first fall semester.

He chose the date after consulting with the college’s board of directors.

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The hearing is necessary because New Roots would like to change its charter: they wish to decrease their projected enrollment from the present 200 to 160 in the 2016-17 school year. Comments from the community were recorded and will be sent to the SUNY Charter Institute, the state organization that governs charter schools.

Corinne Frantz and Pat Ehrich, who have publicly opposed the charter schools for many years, spoke against New Roots on this occasion as well.

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“It takes 12 months to mount a of the college, calling the administration presidential search,” said Rochon, “and too “top down.” Rochon said that any they didn’t want to have an interim chance in the balance of responsibility for president.” governance would be a decision by the In his remaining 18 months in office school’s board of directors. the president has two broad goals. First, Rochon said that he plans to allocate he will continue his reorganization of the some of the savings brought about by schools spending practices the efficiency measures to increase its efficiency of the last three years and “to reposition the college devote them to the diversity in cost terms.” That is, he agenda. “We’re going to wants to continue to slow need to hire people,” he the increase of the cost of said. The new position of tuition and keep Ithaca “chief diversity officer” has College from becoming less already been made public. affordable than comparable The president said schools by using savings that in October the board garnered from increased of directors, based on efficiency to increase the what it heard from faculty financial aid budget. The representatives, asked that work he has overseen a task force be created during the last three years to discuss changing the has saved the college $10 balance of governance million per year. responsibility.

Tom Rochon “We have analyzed “It’s an important (Photo: Tim Gera) the administration dialog,” he said. “We have organization as it had to bring to the surface what never been done before,” he said. “Now the expectations are. What do the faculty we need to get to the point where we and students bring to the table? We have to institutionalize a new routine. be respectful and honest about the limits Second, he will continue to work on of expertise. the issues that came to the forefront last He recalled an SGA meeting two years fall: diversity and inclusion in the student ago during which the new core curriculum body. “We will be having meetings with of the college was under discussion. the student government, students, and “The senators wanted to have the right to staff to figure out broad guidelines and amend the curriculum,” said Rochon, “but then make specific recommendations. The that was outside of their expertise. That provost [Benjamin Rifkin] will chair the was a difficult evening.” first meeting.”

Both the students and the faculty have –Bill Chaisson demanded a greater role in the governance editor@ithacatimes.com School board members Pat Wazilyw, Rob Ainslie, and Brad Grainger also spoke at the hearing. In a brief interview after the school board meeting that evening Ainslie expressed annoyance that no one from New Roots showed up. “They seem to think it’s unimportant to hear from the community,” he said. “I guess they figure they have the lock in up in Albany.”

“In the world of charter schools,” said Tina Nilsen-Hodges, the principal and superintendent of the New Roots school, “charter revision is a minor, routine matter. The change that we are asking for is what our operating procedure has been

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agreements with the previous owner. One tenant moved out on Dec. 31.

Carr expressed some surprise that the residents were unaware of the sale. “There was a big increase in activity on those properties,” he said. “We did a survey and some environmental testing.”

DeSarno noted that it would likely be some time before any further development took place. “As you know it takes a while

for the last three years. It’s a commonplace revision.” Nilsen-Hodges said that even in large urban areas, hearing like this are often not attended by anyone.

“At past hearings,” she said, “people have been surprised at the lengths that we go to because of the climate in the community.” Nilsen-Hodges said that the staff, now in its seventh year, has decided to focus its energy on the school rather than putting resources toward defending it against the same people making the same continued on page 7

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Heard&Seen ▶ Engaged Cornell, On a quarterly basis, Cornell University’s Office of Community Relations (OCR) holds “office hours” at Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, Conference Room C, 615 Willow Ave., Ithaca.On Tuesday Jan. 26, noon-1, OCR staff will be joined by representatives from Engaged Cornell. For more information: community_relations@ cornell.edu or 255-4666. ▶ Top Stories on the Ithaca Times website for the week of Jan. 13-19 include: 1) New Director, New Theme and New Site for the Ithaca Festival 2) ‘Fermented Foods: Turning excess into product 3) New Roots a No-Show at Public Hearing 4) Tom Rochon Stepping Down In 2017 5) Major Renovation Coming for Library For these stories and more, visit our website at www.ithaca.com.

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72 percent “too expensive”; 2 percent “too much crime”; 16 percent “too crowded”; and 10 percent “some other reason”

to go through the development process in the city,” she said. “You have to go through the planning committee [which includes members of Common Council], the planning board [volunteers from the community], the planning department and maybe the BPW [board of public works; another group of community volunteers]. We have to decide whether to go ahead with what is traditional or make the transition to another use.”

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(yes; they offered photography to nine year olds). So our freedom was curtailed after perhaps the first week, so that we had to take a science, English and social studies class on some schedule, but otherwise we were free. Eventually, they imposed a couple of more rules, but in the end we were far more free to roam than other fourth-graders.

WOTS expanded as children progressed through grade levels until included fourth through eighth grade. It existed until 1985, when the building became the School for Communication and Learning Development, for autistic and learning disabled children.

Your erstwhile editor pretty much hated school before his WOTS experience. He was oppositional toward the teachers, inconsistent about when to study what subject, and generally uncooperative. WOTS helped to turn him around when the mainstream public school was, let us say, not a good fit. This sort of history can leave a person with sympathy for alternative experiments within the public school system.

In 1974 parents and teachers in Ithaca went before the school board to lobby for what became the Alternative Community School. At first it was a junior high school, grades seven through nine, and housed in the recently demolished Markles Flats building on West Court and Plain streets. According to its Wikipedia entry the school was designed to be “an educational experience that would be empowering, relevant, and

fter a recent meeting of the Ithaca City School District Board of Education, board members Rob Ainslie and Brad Grainger expressed displeasure with the New Roots Charter School. No staff members had shown up to hear the comments from the public regarding a requested change in the New Roots charter. New Roots would like to officially set their maximum enrollment at 160 students rather than 200. The hearing was not actually meant for community members to address New Roots; it is a formal means for the public to address the SUNY Institute of Charter Schools, which will make the decision about the charter alteration.

Tina Nilsen-Hodges, superintendent and principal of New Roots, said she saw no reason to attend, predicting that she would hear the same complaints regarding the charter school from the same people. Her prediction was borne out by events.

In the fourth grade the editor of the Ithaca Times went to a specially designed public school in Glen Cove, New York called “The World of Tomorrow School,” or WOTS. It gathered children from throughout the school district (Glen Cove is about the same size as Ithaca), and it was an “open school” in a couple of senses. Ideologically, this initially meant that the students could go to whichever class they wished through the day. The only thing we had to respect was the length of the period. Of course, some kids immediately began spending the entire day in the gym, others in art class, and yet others in the dark room

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ood afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Ithaca Is Boxes tour. My name is Kelly Cornstarch, and I’ll be your guide today. Now that the bus is moving, I’ll ask that you remain seated until the end of the tour.

As we begin, I would like to point out that we’re traveling north on Ithaca’s fabled Elmira Road, which is home to exciting shopping and dining venues that are unique to any city anywhere in America. If you look out the window immediately on our right you’ll see the ruins of the Tim Hortons Café, where earlier in the second decade of this century for nearly 48 months folks could buy as many cheeseburger donuts as they wanted.

Oh my yes, those were a real thing. Legend has it that there’s a treasure chest of ancient Timbits buried somewhere in the parking lot.

Across the street you can see one of the three Dunkin Donuts coffeehouses on Route 13 in the City of Ithaca. This one shares space with a Metro Mattress store, symbolically honoring the historic link between caffeinated beverages and sleep technology.

Over there across the parking lot … see that big store? It’s Kohl’s Department Store, one of only 1,162 Kohl’s Department Stores nationwide. Here’s a little piece of trivia. I’ll bet you folks didn’t know this parking lot and all its stores are in a FEMA-designated AE flood hazard zone. As if shopping wasn’t already exciting enough!

OK, back over on the right side of the bus, all those bulldozers and cranes are preparing the site for the old world charm of a brand new Holiday Inn Express. Now, just take a look at the maps I gave you and just check out all the dining choices in just the next quarter of a mile! McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, Arby’s, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Taco Bell, Five Guys. It’s amazing to think that you can order food imported from hundreds of miles away at any one of these restaurants. We’ve designated, for your convenience, which restaurants serve Pepsi beverages and which serve Coca Cola products.

All right, I don’t know if it’s true, but I’ll tell you anyway. There’s an old Ithaca story that a person could walk for a mile on this stretch of road and not be able to tell what city it is from the stores and restaurants.

We’ll be coming up on a Denny’s

Restaurant on your right. Some of the oldtimers around these parts can remember back when there used to be a Friendly’s Restaurant this very spot. If I could toot my own family’s horn for a moment, my cousin Kyle worked at that Friendly’s and his red polo shirt was retired to the Assistant Manager’s Hall of Fame in Wilbraham, Massachusetts to honor his strict adherence to corporate policy. Of course, those days are gone and there’s no going back.

Yes, feel free to take pictures of the car dealerships on both sides of the road. It’s all part of the tour.

As we’re making this slight turn, Elmira Road turns into Meadow Street. Don’t worry, we’re still on Ithaca’s ‘Miracle Mile’. There’s the Panera Bakery. Fast food casual! Did you know there are only 1,800 Panera Bakeries in North America? And can you believe that before this location opened, people had to travel hundreds of yards down this same road to buy locally produced baked goods at the Ithaca Bakery?

Way in the back on the left side you can just see the Ithaca Wal-Mart, undisputed victor of the local Wal-Mart culture war of the 1990s.

And there’s our Chipotle Mexican Grill on your left. I’m sure you all know that all 1,900 Chipotle restaurants will be closing for one day on Feb. 8 to give its customers a break from Food With Integrity, scrub its kitchens super clean and resuscitate its stock price. I bet you didn’t know, though, that Chipotle’s shredded Monterey Jack cheese is cave-ripened in their 18-wheeled portable cheese caves as they wend their way to Ithaca from far, far away.

Out your right window is the Vitamin Shoppe, steeped in weeks of history, where we’ll be dropping you all off. See all that heavy machinery next door? That promises to be the future crown jewel of Ithaca dining, the brand new Texas Steakhouse, opening sometime this spring. I don’t have to tell you that Ithaca, New York has an almost spiritual connection to all things Texas. You might be interested to know that most of the construction workers are out-of-town visitors, just like you!

OK, please watch your step on the way out. Thank you for taking the tour and enjoy your stay in Ithaca! •

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Titus Galley Still Very Much Open

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The Truth About Online Shopping

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ur local shops are what make our city a unique and fun place to live.

They reflect our personality, who we are and what we value as a community.

They define our image to visitors. Our owners respond to the needs of the community and not just a computed algorithm. We believe Downtown Ithaca’s collection of unique stores is here to stay— but only if you and I don’t take them for granted and support them throughout the year. Let us explain.

With the holiday shopping season now over, we can reflect a bit on retailing here in our community. Holiday sales for local stores mirrored the national scene: some up, some flat, some down. Alas, sales at apparel stores are closely linked with the weather. Warm temperatures keep us from buying clothing in December and it was incredibly warm. But rather than assess the who’s up and who’s down, let’s pay attention to a major trend that is clearly affecting both the local and national scene: the impact of on-line sales and what they mean to main street America retail—like Downtown Ithaca.

Across America, online sales are on the rise and brick-and-mortar sales are falling. According to MasterCard data, online sales increased 20 percent, with record levels on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, while brick-and-mortar sales fell 10 percent. All told, U.S. households spent over $95 million online between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year.

A huge portion of these sales—nearly 43 percent—were captured by Amazon, whose latest press release boasted of its “biggest holiday ever” and included a comical litany of sales records broken, like: “customers purchased enough Jurassic World DVDs this holiday season to equal the height of more than 2,700 Tyrannosaurus rex.”

Online shopping has its allure.

Especially with the ascendancy of the smartphone—two-thirds of Americans now have them—it’s increasingly convenient to find whatever you’re looking for, and thanks to economies of scale, sites like Amazon can offer competitive prices, fast shipping, and lenient return policies.

Be it Amazon or Zappos, Lands’ End or Harry & David’s, the Internet has rapidly become our surrogate regional shopping mall.

But make no mistake: Amazon and Zappos are national stores, albeit virtual.

They are the new Sears, the new Walmart.

These on-line businesses have skirted paying state sales tax for years, and only now are states trying to capture their fair share of taxes from these burgeoning corporations. Don’t think for a minute that Ithaca is immune from Internet shopping

frenzy. All you need to do is check in at the management offices of the major apartment buildings in Collegetown and Downtown, count the shipping boxes, and the scope of internet sales will become obvious.

What does this Internet frenzy mean for brick-and-mortar stores, like those that line the streets of downtown Ithaca?

With no end in sight to the growth of e-commerce, is our traditional retail center doomed to go the way of the Tyrannosaurus rex?

We don’t think so. With over 70 one-of-a-kind, independent shops, downtown Ithaca is one of the region’s most dynamic retail environments and is well-positioned to stay that way. One reason is that downtown Ithaca is a hotbed for experiential retail, with a diverse range of merchants who go beyond goods and services to create a memorable, personal experience that is an increasingly soughtafter antidote to the charmless efficiency of e-commerce.

Over a decade ago, the New York Times profiled downtown Ithaca as an exemplar of the “recreational shopping experience” that is the flip side of the one-click-ordering paradigm. Today, that distinction is truer than ever. On any given afternoon, you can try on a vintage coat or dress, sample gourmet olive oil or locally-made cider, strum a guitar, get a one-on-one knitting tutorial, make a pinback button, get professionally fit for new running shoes, watch sheepskin clothing being sewn, and enjoy a dozen other compelling, multi-sensorial experiences.

You can experience the real look, feel, and flavor of the products; interact with shopkeepers who will learn your name, style, and preferences; and do it all at your own pace. This is why downtown Ithaca continues to attract shoppers from larger urban areas in the Northeast: it’s not cheap goods and fast delivery they’re after, but something far richer and more complex, something experiential.

Let’s be clear. We won’t tell you not to shop online. Online shopping has become a part of our culture. But, it is essential to remember that these on-line businesses are not local. They are as national and big box as Walmart. They are convenient and they are sometimes cheap. But they do not build community.

If we value our community personality and image, if we want to be a community that features and showcases small business, we cannot forget our small businesses in our frenzy to buy on-line.

We need to visit them, engage in dialogue with them, and support them. They will not exist without such support, without such attention.

One message from the holidays is: remember that we have a downtown retail core. These are people that signed leases, bought buildings, hired local workers, and work long hours to bring goods and services to our community. We need to support them, just as much as we need to satisfy our appetite to buy online.

Start today and get to know your local businesses. There’s never been a better time to rediscover the fun and excitement of downtown Ithaca.

with education. An education is something that we all desperately need to get. It would be nice if everyone could succeed in the salad bowl of standard American public education, but an increasing number of parents won’t even let their kids ride the bus to school because of the chaos there.

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democratic.” This, of course, strongly implies that the mainstream educational experience in Ithaca at the time was none of these things.

In 1974 “empowering” was a progressive idea; now it is ubiquitous and rather taken for granted. Being “relevant” was an idea promulgated by collegiate radicals during the late 1960s and is now also middle of the road. A “democratic” approach to public education, however, is still an outré idea. We hear it echoed on South Hill, where the undergraduates of Ithaca College are lobbying for a voice in the governance of the school. It is still a hallmark of the Lehman Alternative Community School (LACS; now named for its first principal and expanded to include high school grade levels) and it creates an atmosphere that is certainly not for everyone.

Not all students want to have a hand in running the school that they attend.

The WOTS elementary to middle school was not democratic. Instead the staff and administration progressively curtailed freedoms until it reached a point where children were receiving an education while still retaining greater autonomy than they would have in a mainstream school. That could not have worked for every student there either.

In the wake of the Charter School Act of 1998, new alternative public schools began springing up all across New York State, nearly 30 years after the inception of WOTS. The New Roots school, which was established a decade after the act passed, was part of the first wave of these new public schools. Its mission is to teach sustainable practices (formerly known as environmentalism) to 14 to 18 year olds via a curriculum that emphasizes a hands-on project-based approach.

In this it very much differs from the WOTS approach of 1969 to 1985 and the ongoing exercise in participatory democracy at LACS. What New Roots has in common with these other schools, however, is that it offers an alternative to the mainstream public school approach.

Its students have to satisfy all the state department of education requirements and take all the standardized tests, but they work their way through all of this differently.

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The charter school superintendent also pointed out that the hearing was actually supposed to be an opportunity for community members to communicate with the SUNY institute, which is the entity that will make the decision regarding the charter. The comments were recorded and will be sent to the Albany institute.

The original projected enrollment of 200 students was actually based on an estimate of the expected interest in the New Roots mission, which is focused on teaching sustainability. The number was in the school’s plan before its planners knew where the school would be. Nilsen-Hodges doubted that the two floors of the Clinton House, a former hotel, could actually accommodate 200 students. “Most of the rooms can’t hold more than 20 students,” she said, “and we want to preserve the historical elements of the building.”

Each instructor that teaches a core curriculum subject at New Roots has four sections of that class. With approximately 20 students per section, having 160 students in the school allows the school to go forward with two teachers per core curriculum topic. More students would require hiring another teacher and New Roots is on a strict budget.

“Charter schools operate with about 60 to 70 percent of the per pupil budget in a regular public school,” said NilsenHodges. “We need to do everything that a school district does in terms of reporting and legal requirements on a more modest budget.”

The school received a donation of $11,600 that allowed it to buy Chromebooks for all its students and to create a “one-to-one computer environment.” They have also received donations to develop outreach to counteract the misinformation that has been spread in the community about the school.

New Roots is one of the first wave of charter schools that came into being immediately following the passage of the Charter School Act of 1998. NilsenHodges feels that New Roots is in keeping with the spirit of the law in that a group of educators and parents came together to launch the school.

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alk to property owners on Inlet Island, and they all have an idea of how attractive a waterfront destination the area could be with the right kind of development.

“I could see it as something like Marina del Rey, in L.A.,” said Anne Chernish,, who is partners with Steve Flash on a proposed, 20-unit, mixeduse project at 323 Taughannock Blvd. designed by Noah Demarest of STREAM Collaborative. “I lived there when I was young. It’s modern, and developed with lots of inlets.”

Tom Newton, who owns a couple properties on Taughannock along the “Old Port Harbor” of the Cayuga Inlet, compares the area’s potential to Manhattan’s South Ferry. Micky Roof, who owns the Jewelbox, at the corner of Taughannock and West Buffalo Street, invokes the San Antonio Riverwalk as an aspirational goal for Ithaca’s waterfront.

In the past year, there have been changes made on the island: both Tim Ciaschi and Mark Zaharis, members of the most venerable property owning families on the Inlet Island, have opened 13 new residential units between them in buildings behind Pete’s Grocery, a store named after Zaharis’ father, and now owned by Ciaschi. In the old Lehigh Valley House restaurant, above which Ciaschi built six new condominiums, there’s now a West End substation for the Ithaca Police Department in operation. The Zaharises have renovated their Unfinished Furniture store into seven apartments.

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“I think it could be just beautiful and wish Noah [Demarest] and crew could design the whole island to look like any other town that has waterfront development,” Chernish said. “There’s two grocery stores, a bank, Island Health, restaurants. It’s all there.”

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Roof notes that crossing busy Meadow received approvals in 2014, but it ran into Street is “pretty intimidating,” but traffic what Flash calls “a conundrum of issues: calming measures floated in a variety of parking, soft soil, relatively tight space.” recent plans and proposals would make There was an “unexpected issue” that the area more accessible to the more came up, Flash said, with the project, and easterly parts of the city. so they must take “a sharper look at the For seniors, looking for a place to live engineering” to make the costs work.

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“In a small area, the cost of going up is in the pilings going down,” Flash said.

“But then you still have to have sufficient parking units with greater density.”

Several landowners cited parking on the island as a problem. Roof said the area needs a parking garage. Albert Kelly of Kelly’s Dock-Side Café thinks that putting in Island Fitness about a decade ago “screwed up all the parking.” According to him, besides the parking allotted to fitness center and Chemung Canal Trust in the old railroad depot, the city-owned parking lot is also full up “from 5 a.m. to 9 o’clock at night.”

“I think it hurt development of this side [of the island],” Kelly said. “It’s not fair to the community. Not everyone can [go without] a car.”

Myrick said there has been an agreement in place that some of the businesses on the island pay a lump sun for parking; so far as a garage goes, the mayor sounds pessimistic.

“I think [a garage] is unlikely,” Myrick said, “because of the soils.

Parking garages are very weird, unstable buildings. The beams have to be far enough apart to drive cars through, to be at all economical.”

This winter, there are also lots of boats parked on several properties, since Johnson’s Boat Yard (next to the Newman golf course) ostensibly closed last fall, but according to the management there, they will be open again as a marina in 2016. Whether the Finger Lakes Boating Center (next to the Boat Yard restaurant) remains the only point of water access or not, the business is “there to stay, or hopefully grow,” Flash, its owner said. “It’s a matter of making development that is sensitive to the needs of the marina.”

Traffic, especially the timing of traffic lights in the area, was cited as another

problem. Roof lamented the rejection of a five-story hotel proposal put forth by Flash for the city-owned parking area, which was denied by Common Council in 2007.

“I absolutely believe there should be a hotel here,” Roof said. “What the hotel did for the waterfront in Watkins Glen … we should have been way ahead of them on that.”

The Jewelbox owner called out the city on its commitment to infrastructure improvements. She said when water gets high, she has had sewer problems at her shop.

“They say the waterfront is a priority.

The waterfront is a priority, [but] when it really comes down to supporting us, they disappear,” Roof said. Roof said she was told master planning funds had been made available to the city in recent economic development monies, but the grant for the waterfront area was never written.

Myrick said that was the first he’d heard of infrastructure complaints in the area. The three public projects he cites as waterfront priorities are moving the state Department of Transportation yard, dredging, and moving the Coast Guard auxiliary on the Island that’s owned by the Department of Environmental

Conservation.

“In my understanding the struggle has always been about how many individual property owners on Inlet Island and how hard it is to get them all on the same page,” Myrick said.

Property owners interviewed for this story alluded to efforts several years ago to collaborate as one entity to find the right developer, but no one would speak clearly to the effort.

Kelly said he’s been the only property not for sale on the stretch, but wouldn’t sell the Dock-Side Grill, which he’s owned for 44 years, “for less than a million.”

Newton, who mostly lives in Key West, said he has developers doing their “due diligence” and couldn’t talk numbers, but he is willing to sell outright.

“It’s the typical situation where everyone thinks their property is worth a bazillion dollars and in reality it’s not,” Roof said. “It’s worth something when you build on it, not before.”

Chernish, for her part, said she was optimistic about Inlet Island becoming something like she dreams.

“We’ll get it done,” Chernish said. “It might take 20 years like everything else in Ithaca.” •

A navigable inlet: never ending dredging

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lbert Kelly remembers when sailboats with large keels used to make it into the Cayuga Inlet, docking at Kelly’s Dock-Side Café on Taughannock Boulevard to allow passengers to step inside for a bite to eat.

But the inlet is now so shallow that large boats can’t travel in the inlet without scraping bottom.

“You can go anywhere in the world from my dock,” said Kelly, the restaurant’s owner for the past 44 years. At least one could in the 1980s, when the Cayuga Inlet was deep enough to accommodate 40foot-long sailboats and cruisers that went from Cayuga Lake to the Cayuga-Seneca Canal before traversing the Erie Canal to the Hudson River and heading south to the Atlantic Ocean.

Now, the bottom of Cayuga Inlet is visible. Filled with runoff from upstream erosion, the once all-natural and curvy waterway was partially straightened in a channel built by the Army Corps of Engineers. The waterway has accumulated so much sediment that navigation is now difficult.

In 2011 the Army Corps issued a report blaming the sediment buildup on New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) failure to meet its obligation to conduct periodic dredging. According to Scott Gibson, an environmental engineer with the city’s Division of Water and Sewage, the inlet was last dredged in 1980.

Cayuga Inlet is part of Ithaca’s flood

control channel, built in three stages from 1965 to 1970. The Army Corps of Engineers Flood Risk Management Project was designed to prevent the flooding that occurred in July 1935 when a major storm dumped 5.48 inches rain in 12 hours, causing damages estimated at $5 million. Back then, flood waters rushed down Aurora, Cayuga and Tioga streets, according to Ithaca: A Brief History, written by historian Carol Kammen.

Not everyone agrees that the inlet was engineered primarily for flood control. “I remember hearing that the reason the flood control channel was built was because it would provide a place for Ithaca College and Cornell to run their crew teams,” say Pam Mackesey, a former member of the Tompkins County Legislature and Ithaca Common Council.

In 2011 the Army Corps recommended that approximately 660,000 cubic yards of material be removed to prevent flooding similar to what occurred in 1935. Removal would allow the Corps’ Flood Risk Management Project to operate as designed and would enable the city to qualify for federal assistance under Public Law 84-99 during a major flooding event.

Dredging was about to begin in 2011, but came to an abrupt halt when hydrilla, an aquatic invasive weed, was discovered.

The brittle plant spreads easily.

“Every time it breaks away more than an inch, it can form another root,” says Sharon K. Anderson, environment team leader at Tompkins County Cornell Cooperative Extension.

F l o o d e d wat e r f r o n t, 1 9 t h c e n t u ry ( P h o t o : H i s t o ry C e n t e r) The top of the plant dies back every whatsoever within the Cayuga Inlet year, but underground tubers the size of where we are monitoring for tubers. the fingernail on one’s little finger can We have made really great progress in sprout five to six inches into the sediment, combating the invasive plant through our she said. management strategies,” he said.

To remove the hydrilla, the inlet Hydrilla came to the United States was treated with the herbicides Floridan from Korea and Sri Lanka, most likely and Endothal through the aquarium trade. five times since First discovered in the U.S. 2011. More than in Florida, the invasive plant $1 million in has made its way across funding provided the southern United States by the U.S. Fish to California. It is also in and Wildlife Pennsylvania, Connecticut Service and the and New York.

DEC was spent Anderson, the on eradication environment team leader efforts, said at Cornell Cooperative James Balyszak, Extension, expects herbicide program treatments to continue, manager for perhaps until 2021. She the Hydrilla likens the invasive species Task Force. The to a cancer that may be in New York State remission but can return Department anytime. The hydrilla can of Parks and lay dormant in sediment for A l b e r t K e l ly o n t h e I n l e t years before re-surfacing.

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southern end of Cayuga Lake, including near the Ithaca Youth Bureau. Trained divers have removed tubers from the lake.

The Army Corps in its 2011 report recommended dredging 660,00 cubic yards of sediment, but “there is only enough funding to dredge 150,000 to 200,000 cubic yards,” said Michael Thorne, superintendent of the city of Ithaca’s Department of Public Works. Dredging is planned over a three-mile stretch between the lighthouse and the fish ladder.

Removing only 200,000 cubic yards will not bring the project back into compliance with the original project design, raising questions about whether Ithaca could qualify for Army Corps assistance in an emergency, but removing the sediment is expected to reduce flooding risks and improve navigation.

Plans are underway to place the dredged sediment in geotubes to keep the hydrilla from spreading. Giant tubes, 200

feet long by 30 feet wide, the geotubes are made of filter fabric and stand eight feet tall. The water will filter through the geotubes in a dewatering facility, but the solids are to remain in the geotube for two to three years, Thorne said. Eventually, the geotubes will be disposed in abandoned gravel mines, likely in Tompkins County, but the sites have not been yet selected.

Dredging is not expected to begin until 2017 when the dewatering facility also will be built on city-owned land behind Lowe’s and Walmart. Approval is still required by the Department of Environmental Conservation.

The state allocated $15 million for the project. Most of the expense will come from the transportation costs.

Roughly 1,000 truckloads will be needed to transport the 150,000 to 200,000 cubic yards of dredged materials, Thorne said.

Some people, including Thorne, who is a civil engineer, agree that more has to be done to keep the sediment from entering the inlet.

“We hope to work with our neighboring municipalities to come up

with mutually beneficial projects,” he said.

Brian Eden is skeptical about the proposed project. A member of Tompkins County Environmental Management Council (EMC), Eden said it would be more cost effective to keep the sediment upstream through sedimentation ponds that could slow the water down and recharge the groundwater. Increased vegetation upstream also could be planted.

At a public hearing in 2011 on the draft environmental impact statement on Ithaca’s proposed project, Eden said “Dredging will speed the flow of sediments through the inlet to the lake, thus exacerbating the existing problem of impairment.”

Due to turbidity and other pollutants, the southern quarter of Cayuga Lake is listed as an impaired water body under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act. John Dennis shares Eden’s skepticism.

Dennis is another member of the Tompkins County EMC and the chair of the Environment Review Committee, “In the emerging post fossil-fuel area, it makes no sense to dig out, dry, and

then truck away” the silt to a destination, he said in an email. A better solution, he believes might include removing the minimum amount of dredged material to provide adequate flood protection, but also adding diverse native-vegetated engineered wetlands to the Cayuga Lake shelf close to the shore. The wetlands would act as a sediment filter.

Mackesey agrees that wetlands could help prevent flooding and filter the water.

She points out that swimming is allowed in the southern end of Seneca Lake where there are wetlands. Yet swimming was banned on Cayuga Lake at Stewart Park in 1964 after a boy drowned because lifeguards could not see him in the sediment-laden, murky water.

For now, the city is awaiting the state’s completion of the design for the dredging project and permits for the dewatering facility. After dredging, there will likely be another foot and a half depth in the inlet— hopefully enough to allow boats to return to Kelly’s Dock-Side Café, at least until the sediment collects again. •

The Inlet at Work: When Ithaca had a working waterfront

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The original buildings on Cornell’s Arts Quad are painstakingly restored at a cost of millions to look exactly as they did in the 1870s, and whole Ithaca neighborhoods appear essentially as they did 100 years ago. Yet, on the west side of the city, where the Cayuga Inlet is, there is a vibrant and lively history that is much more difficult to see. It’s a history whose theme is change.

The inlet is one of the four creeks that flow through Ithaca and, like all of them before European settlement, its course shifted continually as it made its way through the marshes that existed where the city now is. As the community grew in the early 1800s, trees were cut down, structures erected, vegetation was cleared and the nature of the landscape began to change. The priority became making solid ground and using the waterways for mills and transportation.

Probably the first real chapter in the inlet’s story would be the connecting of Cayuga Lake to the Erie Canal in 1828.

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We were going to become an inland port metropolis. In fact, for a hundred years, Ithaca was a busy waterborne transportation artery, though it would never be the major port dreamed of in those early times.

In the October 9, 1852 Ithaca Journal and Advertiser, there was an advertisement for the boat leaving Ithaca for the two-day trip to Buffalo every Tuesday, towed ‘down the lake by steam [to the Erie Canal], stopping for freight and passengers.’

(Return boat leaving Buffalo every Monday.) By the 1860s, there were at least ten boatyards in Ithaca, many of them in the vicinity of where Brindley Street and West Seneca Street now intersect.

The inlet area was quickly transformed. Businesses flourished and the population grew. The surrounding territory was almost completely deforested for lumber since there was now a way to transport it. Cars full of coal from Pennsylvania were transferred from trains to barges on the Inlet. Also, since the canal system connected Ithaca to New York City, imported goods from all over the world appeared in stores for the first time. An Ithaca grocer was able to advertise oranges and lemons for sale in 1852. India rubber overshoes, Brazil nuts and ocean fish became available.

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And of course, canal workers were notorious for fighting, drinking, staging cockfights and various other forms of mayhem. Transient canal workers and boatmen made their presence felt well out of proportion to their numbers throughout the life of the canal era and beyond.

In all likelihood, it was the canal trade and the associated businesses near

the inlet that gave rise to the community that came to be known as “the Rhine.”

Along the inlet and extending north through the marshy area then known as the ‘Hog’s Hole’ (now Cass Park where the dog park is) and up to the west shore of Cayuga lake was a motley collection of run-down houses, squatter’s shacks, lean-tos and dwellings made of packing crates, scrap lumber and pieces of tin. It housed a population that to many in the rest of Ithaca had the unsavory reputation of being violent, thieving, immoral, intemperate, brawling drifters.

In fact, it was not a healthy place. It was smoky and unsanitary. A 1914 health department survey reported that the area had 46 percent of the privies in the city,

crowded hard by 36 percent of the wells.

Typhoid and tuberculosis were rampant.

Just as bad, the crime and poverty seemed intractable. It was referred to as ‘Silent City’ even in Ithaca city police blotters because when the constabulary came to investigate, nobody would talk.

The situation invited mission work, most famously that of Mrs. Elizabeth Beebe, who devoted her life’s work to caring for the sick and poor around the inlet. From its construction in 1883 until it was demolished in the 1960s for the flood control channel, the Inlet Mission, which came to be known as the Beebe Mission provided spiritual guidance and the kinds of services that would only start to become the charge of the government with the New Deal programs of the 1930s. Nearby, West Side House, built in 1918, was a meeting place for clubs, dances and other kinds of recreation. It, too, was demolished for the flood control project.

Starting in the 1910s through sometime in the later 1920s, the City of Ithaca bought or condemned most of the properties that constituted the Rhine and removed the residents, burning the shacks, and it disappeared, leaving no real physical trace. Indeed, strolling or bicycling on the path on the west side of the inlet in Cass Park on a sunny day, it’s downright hard to imagine that’s where Silent City once boiled with life. The stories live on, though. Even into the 1960s, parents would try to rouse inert teenagers by asking, “Do you want to live on Humboldt Street?” (It is now called Floral Avenue.)

As the Erie Canal morphed into the Barge Canal system, improving navigation in the inlet was folded into that project.

Between 1905 and 1913 the Cayuga Inlet was widened and deepened (to a depth of 12 feet), and some of the swamps were filled in the modern park region, including part of what would later be Ithaca’s first airport, where the Hangar Theater now is, opened in 1912 (and operational until 1948). The inlet remained an important shipping point into the 1920s, and regular dredging was important. In 1925, the Cornell Daily Sun reported that Standard Oil had suspended fuel deliveries on the inlet until the fall dredging had been completed.

There is also precious little in the way of physical evidence that remains of canal days on the Cayuga Inlet. It’s best re-imagined these days by kayak or

by bicycle on the new Waterfront Trail, L i g h t h o u s e s m a r k i n g t h e n av i g at i o n c h a n n e l i n t o t h e C ay u g a where the remnants of dock pilings and I n l e t ( P h o t o : R y e B e n n e t t) concrete walls still line parts of the old inlet channel.

Of course, the canal boats weren’t spring. of the streets and buildings in that the only craft to use the inlet. Steamboats, In 1970, after five years of neighborhood are all the legacy of that originally designed to tow freight barges construction, demolition and digging, time, plus the fact that freight trains still up and down the lake, started carrying when the dust settled Cass Park as we now go through, usually at rush hour. passengers for pleasure excursions, know it and the basic arrangement of the Until the work associated with the especially on the weekends. Mostly, they area as it now exists were the result. The Barge Canal project in the early 20th docked at a pier on the lake at Renwick century, there was virtually no control of project left but one bridge over the inlet, Park, but for a time around the turn of the lake and inlet water level, and flooding creating a five-road bottleneck known as the 20th century there was a steamboat occurred more or less annually. Even the “octopus.” Until it was remedied in landing at the meeting of the Cayuga Inlet after the deepening and widening of the the late 1990s with the construction of a and Cascadilla Creek (where the farmers Barge Canal project, there was frequent second bridge, it was the source of epic market now is). Third Street used to flooding, sometimes severe. The notorious traffic delays. The very word “octopus’ can extend to the landing, and there was a rail 1935 flood, the most extreme in memory, still cause a spike in systolic blood pressure spur that also ended there. spurred plans for a major flood control among those who remember it.

By the 1890s the railroads had become an established presence in Ithaca. Two separate passenger and freight lines passed through the city along the inlet and up either side of Cayuga Lake—the Lehigh Valley and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroads. Each had a passenger station: The Lehigh Valley station is the current Chemung Canal Trust Company building on the corner of Taughannock Boulevard and West Buffalo Street, and the D, L & W is now the Greyhound bus station on West State Street. From the 1890s through the 1920s, a person could take a streetcar from Cornell campus or downtown or Cayuga Heights to the L e h i g h Va l l e y R a i l r o a d w i t h s tat i o n at r i g h t, n ow t h e station and catch a train to New York City C h e m u n g C a n a l Tru s t C o m pa n y ( H i s t o ry C e n t e r) or to Buffalo and points west.

With the advent of trains the inlet was not only a transportation hub, it had become downright industrial. There were project that ultimately came to fruition as So the inlet is poised for the next rail yards and warehouses, coal sheds, part of the Federal Flood Control Act in chapter in its story, but it is hardly a blank signal houses, loading docks and all the 1960s. slate. There are vestiges of earlier chapters manner of utilitarian buildings in this now It was the time of urban renewal, all over. The re-purposed train stations, very commercial district. And there were and even some of the hallowed structures the layout of the roads and waterways, railroad people: gandy dancers, freight of downtown fell to the wrecking ball the Lehigh Valley House, the Airplane handlers, conductors, Pullman porters, before cooler, more preservation-minded Factory, the warehouses and the Brindley ticket agents, warehousemen, confidence heads prevailed. There was little of that Street bridge tell the story. If you park men, and pickpockets. People used to protective impulse in the west end. between the soccer fields north of the Cass go to the train station and loaf, because The Flood Control Project consisted Park rink, your car is on the old Municipal anything could happen there, anyone of completely re-configuring the inlet Airport runway. Having a cocktail at the could step off the train. Lionel Barrymore, from Cascadilla Creek two and a half Boatyard? You’re looking out over a basin Teddy Roosevelt, Sarah Bernhardt, Mark miles south, widening, straightening and that was choked with canal barges and Twain. deepening the channel. Roads were resteamboats. When you get gas at Pete’s, Passenger service ended by the 1960s, aligned and dozens of houses, garages, you are standing where the old Lehigh but there is much to remind us of the business structures and barns razed, many Valley tracks were. The Inlet is as much a railroad days. Pete’s Grocery building and of them burned in fire training exercises. part of our history as any part of Ithaca, the old warehouses along the westernmost Some of the dredged material was used and it’s still there for the seeing, if you look spur of West Seneca Street, the old to fill in the southern portion of Cass and hard enough. • passenger stations and the configuration Stewart Parks. They still get a little wet in T

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The tough games are helpful, even more so if a team can go into their conference schedule relatively healthy.

Since taking over the team 13 seasons ago, Dayna Smith, the Rebecca Quinn Morgan ’60 head coach of Women’s Basketball, has built a first-class program.

Smith is the winningest coach in the history of the program, and the secondlongest tenured women’s basketball coach in the Ivy League. She was the coach during that magical season of 2007-08, when the Big Red women and men sat atop the Ivy mountain, and since then, she has been working hard to reclaim the title and get back to the NCAA tournament.

While it’s a bit too early to start clearing any space for a banner, Cornell is off to a great start in conference play.

They went into New York City to open Ivy League play against the Columbia Lions, and found themselves in a 17-point first half hole. Not a great way to start the conference schedule.

In the second half, junior guard Megan LeDuc was instrumental in the Big Red’s big comeback, scoring 17 of her career-high 19 points after the intermission to secure the 66-59 win.

LeDuc’s career-high 19 points led all scorers, and her effort earned her the first Ivy League Player of the Week Award of her career. Playing all 40 minutes, LeDuc shot a sizzling 70 percent from the floor, including an impressive 4 for 5 from beyond the three-point line. It was also the first time a Big Red player was so recognized since 11 months ago, when then-sophomore Nia Marshall was named Ivy League Player of the Week.

As usual, Cornell got a solid effort at Columbia from forward Marshall, who took care of business with 14 points, six rebounds, three blocks and one steal.

Pulling off a big comeback, in conference play, on a rival’s home court is a good motivational launching pad going forward.

The Big Red women will open up a five-game home stand when they welcome Columbia to Newman Arena on Saturday at 1 p.m. The game is part of a double-header with the men’s basketball team, which will take on the Lions in the nightcap at 4 p.m. The Big Red men hope to even their conference record by avenging last weekend’s loss to the Lions.

• • • My heart breaks for the families of the SUNY Geneseo athletes who were killed over the weekend. Of course, the loss of the two young men is very sad, but those who know me are aware that I too have a daughter that is a studentathlete at a nearby college—as was Kelsey Annalese—and the loss her family is facing is unfathomable. I will hold all affected in my thoughts, and I plead with anyone feeling overwhelmed to the point they are considering harming others—or themselves—to seek help.

• • • I’d like to extend my heartiest best wishes to a longtime friend and reader who is dealing with a health challenge.

When I recently wrote about my own such challenge, I opened my email the next day, and there was a message that said, “Steve Congratulations on reaching third base safely, BUT, in my opinion you are definitely a HOME RUN GUY, probably a HOME RUN PLUS, so keep on truckin’— you have a long way to go and I’ll be rooting for you all the way. All the best to you, John Murphy.” Well John, you are one of the kindest and most spirited guys I have ever met, and even though you are north of 90, I hope you keep on truckin’ too. You’re a great friend to many. •

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ver since cavemen and their mates tamed fire and learned to craft cooking vessels, humans have been nourished and consoled by warming bowls of soup. Nothing’s easier, whether you toss ingredients for a quick turn in a pressure cooker, return home to a slow cooker’s fragrant bounty, or enjoy cohabiting with the sweet smell wafting through the house as your soup’s ingredients meld on a back burner over a low light for hours. Your soup may vary in thickness from trendy bone broths to vegetable-rich pottages, unctuous cream soups, spicy gumbos, or dense chowders, packed with vegetables and your choice of seafood, meats, or more vegetables.

You’ll be comforted no matter if you follow a beloved family or adventurous new recipe, or use the weekend to empty your crisper and Tupperware containers of past-the-use-by-date vegetables, sausages, and what have you, and toss in a quart or two of stock and some leftover wine.

Make more than you need – most soups freeze well, and you can pull dinner out of a hat on nights you’d rather not cook.

Put aside your electronic devices for a while, sit down at a table with a friend and a couple of steaming bowls, or curl up in a favorite chair with a mug of it.

Take a moment to inhale the comforting fragrance of nourishing, warming soup, and dig in.

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graciously provided recipes for us to make at home. Each recipe makes eight eightounce servings. And if you’re too tired or lazy to bother, you know where to find these winter-wonderful soups. Enjoy!

Onion Soup Gratinée

By Greg Norkus, Co-owner at Aurora Street’s popular Cent-Dix. Ingredients ¼ cup olive oil 4 lbs yellow onions sliced 1/8” thick ¼ cup water 2 teaspoons Kosher salt 1 garlic clove sliced thin Leaves from 4 fresh thyme sprigs ¼ cup dry white wine 2 qts beef broth or brown chicken stock or combination of the two 6 fl oz Tawny port wine Toasted baguette or batard slices, as needed 1 lb Gruyere cheese (sliced or grated) Procedure • Heat the oil in a large, heavy bottom pot such as a Dutch oven or rondeau.

• Add onions, water and salt. Cook over medium heat stirring occasionally until the onions are caramelized. This will take longer than you think, plan on an hour or longer depending upon the heat level.

• When the onions are caramelized add the garlic and thyme leaves, cook 5 minutes longer.

• Deglaze the pan with the white wine,

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cook until the wine has been reduced by half.

• Add the broth, bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes.

• Taste to check for seasoning; add salt and fresh ground black pepper to your preference.

• Add the Tawny port and the soup is done.

To serve Ideally you have onion soup bowls to serve the soup in.

Pre-heat your broiler.

Slice a baguette or batard ~3/8” thick on a bias if necessary so that the bread will just fit in your soup bowl (floating on top of the soup).

Toast the bread so that it floats better.

Fill your bowls with the onion soup, lay the bread slices on top and place the cheese on top of the bread (~2 ozs per bowl).

Place the soup under the broiler and cook until the cheese melts.

Eat! Jerk Chicken Sweet Potato Chowder

By Doug Tingley, new head chef at the Ithaca Bakery and Collegetown Bagels.

This recipe was the people’s choice winner in this year’s sixth Annual Downtown Ithaca Alliance’s Chowder Cook-off competition for best meatcontaining chowder.

Ingredients 1 lb chicken thighs and/or breasts 2 tbsp Jamaican jerk sauce or seasoning 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp. garlic, minced 1 stalk lemongrass, minced 1 tbsp. ginger, minced 1 onion, diced ½ bunch of celery, diced 1 green pepper, diced 1 red pepper, diced 1 poblano pepper, diced ½ cup dark rum 2 quarts (8 cups) chicken stock 2 lbs. sweet potato, diced 1 tbsp. fresh thyme, chopped 1 tbsp parsley, chopped 1 bunch of scallions, chopped 1 tbsp cornstarch

salt and pepper to taste ½ tbsp cilantro, chopped Procedure • Mix chicken with 2 tbsp jerk sauce or seasoning, let marinate 4 hours; overnight is best. Roast in a 350 degree oven until done, 25-30 minutes; let cool and then dice and set aside.

• In a large stockpot heat olive oil, add garlic, lemongrass, and ginger until aromatic.

• Add onion, celery, and peppers and sweat until onions are translucent, then add remaining Tbsp of jerk seasoning • Add dark rum and deglaze pan, then add stock.

• Add sweet potatoes and cook for 20 minutes on a low simmer • Add chicken, thyme, parsley, scallions, and bring back to a low boil • Mix equal parts cornstarch and water; add to stockpot and let thicken • Season with salt and pepper and serve with a sprinkling of cilantro.

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By Richard Brosseau, chef at Coltivare; this quick, simple, and delicious.

Ingredients 2 tbsp olive oil 2 onions, diced 2 teaspoons chopped garlic 1 cup white wine 2 medium butternut squash peeled, de-seeded, and diced Cayenne pepper to taste 2 quarts chicken stock 1 container crème fraîche 3 bay leaves 5 sprigs of thyme Procedure • Sautée onion with garlic and oil.

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• Add butternut squash and chicken stock, bay leaves, thyme and bring to simmer; cook until tender, about 20-25 minutes.

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Jeremy Coffey at Wiemer Vineyards.

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July may remind you more of a frat party than an aesthetic experience.

Most of the Finger Lakes wineries remain open through the winter or close for only part of the period between Christmas and the first day of spring.

Because the numbers of visitors are reduced, so are the number of staff; at the smaller wineries you may even find the winemaker or the owner pouring behind the tasting bar. While the winemakers obviously know a great deal about wine, so do some of the tasting room staff. In the summer they just don’t have time to tell you much.

On Jan. 2, a Saturday, when we pulled into Hermann J. Wiemer Vineyard on Route 414 in Dundee at around 1:30 p.m. there were about eight cars in the lot, far from full, but not empty. The large “additional parking” lot was entirely unused. The large tasting room used during the summer was closed, and a staff person led us to a smaller room with

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four café tables; only two of them were occupied. Our server, Jeremy Coffey, the hospitality and program development manager at the vineyard, told us that it had been very quiet earlier that day, but numbers had picked up suddenly.

Wiemer is famous for its Rieslings and we tried two them: a 2013 reserve dry Riesling and a single vineyard bottle from 2014. In what was definitely a winter moment I asked about the “Magdalena” lot, the source of the 2014 Riesling. Coffey was able to reconstruct the history of the vineyard, including the year of its purchase, its reclamation (it had been neglected) and replanting, and the ensuing period when the winemakers and vineyard managers worked together to figure out what the vines in that lot could do. It is information like this that true wine lovers seek out, as record collectors treasure hearing stories about the making of record that aren’t in the liner notes.

Coffey then poured a 2011 Cabernet Franc that proved to be a remarkable surprise. Cab Franc is the workhorse red varietal of the Finger Lakes; everyone grows lots of it and it is usually quite good.

Winemakers will all tell you that they don’t have to tinker with it very much. It usually has some cherry undertones that it picks up from the oak barrels in which it is stored before bottling and a black pepper taste that jumps off the tongue. The Wiemer Cab Franc, however, had very lively berry flavors that practically played in your mouth.

“This is amazing,” I told Coffey. “It’s just like a Beaujolais!” He beamed at me.

“You’ve got a good palate,” he said, one oenophile to another. Beaujolais is made from Gamay Noir grapes, so it was downright odd for a Cab Franc to imitating it. We cooed over it as if we had found an obscure album by Todd Rundgren on which he sounded just like Prince.

When we left the Wiemer tasting room the other three tables were occupied, but there was no waiting line for our place. We had spent a leisurely half hour trying five wines and chatting with Coffey in some depths about the varying contributions of the five grape varieties that went into their cuvée. During the summer we might not even have learned his name.

At Anthony Road, up Route 14 in Penn Yan, we found Jamie Kelly behind the bar in a large tasting room with one couple who were just leaving. Kelly told us he had been working in wineries since he

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previous summer and knew from where was 12 years old and pointed toward the of she spoke. Although I wasn’t trying the point on the Seneca Lake shoreline where Hosmer Riesling, Green’s recollection of his family owned a cottage. her time in France made her nostalgic for We tried their Gewurtztraminer, a the sparkling Rieslings she’d had there, German grape with wildly varying fruit something I’d never heard of. “They make and spice flavors, depending on where it it using the Charmat method,” she said, is grown, the weather during the growing “and they call it ‘farmers’ Champagne.’” season, who made it, and how old it At this point Aaron Roisen, the is. Anthony Road’s 2013 “Gewurtz” is Hosmer winemaker, came in from the rather reserved compared to some, and cold, and his wife Katie, the winery’s Kelly offered a brief dissertation on the marketing director, emerged from her possibilities of the Gewurtztraminer and office. The winemaker had a couple of suggested that Anthony Road’s is a model bottles with him, partially filled with of moderation. While Coffey was a study in intensity, a veritable wine scholar, Kelly had all the easy mastery of a farmer who knows his crop, the land that produced it and was casually chauvinistic about the quality.

We moved on to the 2013 Pinot Noir and Kelly half turned to indicate through the back window just where the grapes had been grown. Many winemakers Chuck Tauck and Stephanie Willsey at Sheldrake Point Vineyards. (Photo: Bill Chaisson) in the Finger Lakes have made unfinished wine. producing a great Pinot Noir into a cause.

“We get a crisp Riesling here,” said Originally associated with the Burgundy Aaron Roisen, picking up Green’s thread, region in France, most Americans prize “because of the terroir.” And he described the “big” Pinot Noirs of western Oregon the geology of the vineyards, the degree of and the movie Sideways included a slope and how air moved across them. But character who made a fetish of the wine.

Anthony Road’s Pinot Noir had a light I wasn’t tasting the Riesling; I was trying the 2014 Sauvignon Blanc. body and a mild, but persistent cherry “These are tank samples,” he said, undertone; it was delicious. Kelly told us pointing at the unlabeled bottles and their stories about vineyard management (“All slightly hazy contents. “They’ve been on of us get drafted into everything around the bentonite [a type of clay] and that took here”), an important part of the story of a lot of the cloudiness out of it.” Stephanie this notoriously fussy and hard to care for poured two glasses of what would grape. After listening to him, you felt like eventually be the 2015 Sauv Blanc. It had you were drinking hard work and sharp wonderful fruit forward, but the finish viticulture, not just wine. was a bit sharp, which Roisen attributed to • • • residual carbon dioxide that he would be On Wednesday, January 13 I dropped removing in coming days. by a couple of Cayuga Lake tasting rooms “We’re the only one who grows that and found them, in the middle of the around here,” said the winemaker. “It was week, to be even more deserted than the thought to be too tender for the Finger wineries on Saturday over at Seneca Lake.

“There’s a massive fall-off in numbers after Lakes.” He pointed to a depression in the vineyard on the east side of Route 89.

Columbus Day,” said Stephanie Green, the only person in the Hosmer Winery tasting “It’s really hot down in there during the room in Ovid when I arrived. “But we love summer.” The difference between finished this time of year because we can really talk 2014 Sauv Blanc and the unfinished 2015 wine, was fascinating. To fall back on wine with people.” She poured some wine the music analogy, it was like listening to in a glass, tasted it, and pronouncing to be demo tapes versus completed studio takes “a little flat” (from sitting in the bottle too of the same songs. long between tastings) she poured it out Sheldrake Point Winery is not on and opened a fresh bottle.

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Zig-zag between the east side of Seneca Lake and the west side of Cayuga Lake to participating wineries offering a special dish paired with delicious wines. Food & admission, free. Wine tasting fees apply.

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r. Kilgore at Cayuga Ridge stool. saved my life, twice. One Julia Dean runs the Clay School at the day he said to me, ‘Eddie, I South Hill Business campus, just down the have no idea why you’re still alive.” hill from Longview. It’s both a teaching Eddie Rooney pushes back the round center and a production shop, where Dean stool he’s sitting on, looking up from the has merged her dream of having her own potter’s wheel. His back is bent from long pot shop with recreating the “third space” years of labor sitting just like this, hands the old Cornell Ceramic Studio used to slick with clay, feet astride a spinning be. When the Cornell pot shop closed in potter’s wheel as he 2011, people from the guides the grey stuff tried to “The parking lot is community from a formless lump revive it as a non-profit. into a cup, a bowl, a lighted—they keep Dean, who taught there teapot. “I had a staph when she first came to it plowed. They’re Ithaca, said she waited infection- I went up to 250 lbs. My stomach accommodating. I to see how that went. was like this-” he Unfortunately, the just felt like, these nonprofit effort petered gestures, describing himself at nearly twice out. “Basically, these are my people.” his normal size. “It community studios turned out that I had are how I learned all I —Julia Dean, the Clay School cracked vertebrae...” know, so they’re close to Looking down at his my heart.” t-shirt, he smiles, “I’ve In the end, she got the T-shirt on.” decided to go into business, merging her It reads, “Strong Memorial Hospital.” own successful home studio with a place He spent six months there, then more time for classes and multiple potters. “It made in Cayuga Medical Center. After nearly sense to have multiple revenue streams,” four years of being bedridden he was able she said. to start using a wheelchair. Finally, he was And then, when she found the space able to move to assisted living at Longview. at South Hill, everything clicked. There’s a Now, he parks his walker in the studio and loading dock right outside the Clay School makes his way on his own to his potter’s door. The space is ample, and the building

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manager and head of maintenance “have made everything easy,” she said.

“The parking lot is lighted—they keep it plowed- you can’t beat it. They’ve been so accommodating. I just felt like, ‘These are my people.’”

The Clay School holds classes in one large room, where shelves with clay and potters’ projects line three walls and two rows of stools and potters’ wheels line up.

In another room, packing, shipping, and managing the orders for products take place. “We’re in like 70 stores across the country. Most of our sales are online and wholesale,” said Dean. She employs four part time assistants, which means that the studio is open 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. through

the week, and all day Saturday. Students and potters renting shelf space can come in and work as much as they want, almost any day of the week. “The more you come, the better,” said Dean. “If you’re taking a class, the more you can practice that skill, the better you’re going to be at it. It’s great because we’re here for help and reference, and when we leave at night, we have attendants who take charge, and they can help you.”

“I got a call from Eddie one morning,” she said, her eyes twinkling. Rooney, who ran his own ceramic production studio in New Mexico for twenty years, was on the mend at Longview and looking for something to do. “To see what we are

about. Then he came by and the first thing I heard was him saying, ‘This is beautiful!’”

“And, he hasn’t left since.” She laughed.

Rooney had his own production studio in New Mexico for twenty years, before coming back East to help out his parents during a rough time. “I did a lot of workshops for different universities,” he explained. “I did work on PBS for a local station; I worked with St. Joseph’s Children’s hospital, doing stuff with kids.”

He also manufactured and built kilns. “I started studying raku (a traditional Japanese form of firing) when I was eighteen. I built raku kilns; I worked with Paul Soldner (known for

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his “American raku” technique) back in the 80s. I spent some time with Michael Cardew- he’s a famous potter that did a lot of work in West Africa... he built these neat beehive kilns. He loved to put handles on pots. It’s funny, because at the time I didn’t like to put handles on pots.

It’s so time consuming. Now that I’m at Longview, I know how Michael Cardew feels.”

“I visited a lot of big manufactories and studied the kilns they have... I have some great plans for little kilns. Kiln building is one of my favorites,” he said.

“I’d love to work with some of the potters around here to do that.”

“I definitely have more time,” said Eddie. Dean started moving pots and apologized to him: “I’ve been standing here talking, while you’ve been working,” but he shrugged, laughed, and got up to carry some of the pots for her.

“My philosophy is, every breath is precious,” he said. He sat back down and started another lump of clay, quickly rounding it and drawing it into a tower shape, then dipping his hand inside. A cylinder formed around his hand as the wheel spun, then he drew his hand out and began shaping the cup from the side.

“Basically, when I’m here, it really helps celebrate every breath I take.” § 21

It’s Hot When It’s Cold Out Try ing to find t he per fec t cup of hot cho col at e ... or hot co coa

by Finger Lakes Communit y Newspaper staf f

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s there a difference between “hot chocolate” and “hot cocoa”?

Definitely. Making hot chocolate involves shaving bittersweet chocolate into milk, cream and sugar and then heating it up to melt it.

Hot cocoa is made with water, sugar, and powdered cocoa with just a few tablespoons of milk or cream. You mix the cocoa and the sugar into a paste and then add the hot water.

Because it uses less milk, hot cocoa doesn’t have the luxurious mouth-feel of hot chocolate, but it can be more potently chocolatey. The higher fat content of chocolate versus cocoa give the former its richness, but also partly masks the flavor.

Hot chocolate is generally less sweet than hot cocoa as well.

Cocoa beans are dried and fermented, 22

then roasted and ground to make a thick paste called “chocolate liquor.” By adding sugar and cocoa butter to this, you make chocolate. But by expelling most of the cocoa butter in chocolate liquor under high pressure, you produce cocoa powder.

Given this information, you should be able to sort the chocolate from the cocoa drinks in the following short survey of local sources of cocoa bean-based drinks.

• • • Ithaca is coffee. But, not for everybody, and not all the time. If you need to relax rather than speed up, hot chocolate, or hot cocoa, contains flavonoids that improve blood flow and lower your blood pressure.

A Cornell University study by Chang Yong Lee found that the antioxidant levels in a cup of hot cocoa were twice as high as those found in a glass of Merlot, and

higher than black or green tea. Further, Lee noted that heat enhances the release of antioxidants. Wrapping your hands around a warm mug of cocoa isn’t just soothing, it’s good for you.

At Maté Factor, a spacious yet cozy haunt on the Commons, they serve their hot chocolate with a healthy, kid-friendly twist. Actually, their hot chocolate contains no chocolate at all. In place of the cocoa, the café substitutes carob, a plant in the pea family that has naturally sweet pods that can be easily ground and made into a powder. The Maté Factor combines the powder with evaporated cane sugar juice and water to form a house-made chocolatey syrup.

“It’s nice for children because of the lack of caffeine,” said Maté Factor manager Jason Laberge. “We have nothing against

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sugar, but cocoa is naturally bitter, so they have to process it to make it sweet.” Step up to Maté’s glossy wooden counter, take your pick of cow, soy or almond milk, and Laberge will steam it to a smooth consistency, add syrup to bottom of the cup, pour the milk over, and stir for an even texture. He tops it off with a hefty mound of Wegman’s whipped cream, a drizzle of sauce and a sprinkle of carob powder. Of course, if you’re vegan or lactose intolerant you can easily choose non-dairy milk and 86 the whipped cream and you’re good to go.

Maté Factor, 143 E State Street, Ithaca.

Open Sunday noon to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., closed Saturday.

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In the quiet corner respite that is Press Café, staff members strive for the gold standard every time they craft a hot chocolate. There are no gimmicks, no extras, not even a dollop of whip cream or a mini marshmallow to be seen, but the simplicity of the drink lets the quality of the ingredients shine through, said barista Alexas Esposito. “We make our own choice syrup with organic cocoa powder and organic sugar, with twice as much cocoa powder as sugar,” she said.

“It’s super basic. It’s nice that we have our own chocolate syrup because a lot of them have high fructose corn syrup in it, and so much other junk.” She said the high ratio of cocoa to sugar ensures that the drink’s not sickeningly sweet.

The formula may be basic, but getting that signature white leaf on surface takes some practice; the milk can’t be too foamy or too thick, she explained. “You want the milk to touch the bottom of the cup and then go back up so it appears.” And because they use pure organic cocoa powder that doesn’t contain milk and offer your standard soy and almond dairy alternatives, Press Cafe will happily accommodate your request for a vegan, lactose-free treat.

Press Cafe, 118 W Green St, Ithaca. Open Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

–Jaime Cone At The Shop on East Seneca Street, they make hot cocoa with an organic cocoa powder from Regional Access and milk from Byrne Dairy. The whipped cream option uses Byrne Dairy cream and The Shop’s own gas canister; to go vegan, ask for soy milk instead of dairy.

If you’re a dark chocolate lover and you want to taste chocolate instead of sugar, The Shop’s formulation gets four stars: it’s got the bitter edge of a grownup drink with the comfort-food element of real whipped cream. Even though it’s right downtown, the Shop has a tuckedaway feel to it that encourages a long visit.

People working on their laptops with The Shop’s WiFi always seem to look as if they’ve been there for hours and aren’t planning on leaving any time soon, and if you get stuck waiting in line—nearly always—that just means it’s time to slow down, and check out the art on the walls.

The Shop, 312 E Seneca St., Ithaca. Open Monday to Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

–Glynis Hart

Ithaca Coffee Company’s hot cocoa was, frankly, disappointing. You can get a good craft brew in the back of the store on East State Street at the foot of the Gateway Commons building, but the hot cocoa was cloyingly sweet. The sugar in it overwhelmed the chocolate flavor, and worse, the brew came out only lukewarm. Staff on hand did a nice job with the whipped cream (from a can), so it all looked pretty, but this is clearly not what the store is into. With several custom coffee blends and seasonal variations, Ithaca Coffee Company focuses on wholesale coffee marketing and seems to offer hot cocoa in its retail outlet only because it’s the done thing. Staff couldn’t tell us much about the product except that they use cocoa powder, sugar and steamed Byrne Dairy milk.

Ithaca Coffee Company. Tavern at Triphammer, 2255 N. Triphammer Rd. Tavern at Gateway, 311 E. Green St. –Glynis Hart Waffle Frolic’s hot cocoa is a winner as soon as it hits your lips. From the frothy presentation and texture to the rich chocolate taste, it is a genuine cup of hot chocolate. Manage Megan Silverstein explained the amount of care that goes

into the final product.

“We make our drink chocolate here in-house from scratch,” she said. “We steam our milk with our steam wand. We pour the steamed milk over the chocolate while whisking it to insure a [balanced fusion] and we add a shot of vanilla to add sweetness to it. We use organic cocoa powder to make the chocolate, and we make simple syrup. We stiff the cocoa powder out by hand and then the salt and vanilla go into it, and then you whisk in the simple syrup. That makes the chocolate syrup that we use.”

Waffle Frolic also offers an alt-Ithacafriendly rendition of the drink.

“It’s also all vegan,” Silverstein said, “so we can make soy hot chocolates. All of our drink options come with a vegan option. The drink chocolate has no cream or butter in it, so if we use soy or almond milk with it, it becomes a vegan hot chocolate.”

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he last thing you need when it’s 10 degrees outside with snow on the ground is a bathing suit. Right?

Wrong. Thanks to Greek Peak’s Hope Lodge—home of the 41,000-square-foot Cascades Indoor Waterpark—there is good reason to keep a bathing suit at the ready all year long in the Finger Lakes region.

Cascades Indoor Waterpark has a modern wave pool, a three-story tube water slide, multiple body slides, an activity pool, a wading pool, multilevel activity structure complete with a 500-gallon deluge bucket, indoor and outdoor hot tubs, and an outdoor pool that’s opened all year long to help any of its visitors forget about the blustery cold temperatures outside.

Cascades Indoor Waterpark manager Michael Souers explained the kind of impact the addition of the water park has had on Greek Peak as a whole.

“We opened [the water park] a little more than four years ago,” he said. “Greek Peak itself has been around for way longer than that. We’ve done pretty well for ourselves. The water park addition has been a great one for Greek Peak, and we’re excited to keep offering this experience to those that come pay us a visit. We’re open seven days a week. Sunday through Thursday is from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday is 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., so it’s not hard to find a time that will work for you and your family, if you have one.”

When asked when Greek Peak

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decided to add a water park, Souers said it was his understanding that the idea gained traction because there were no competitors in the area.

“If you look into the [ski] industry,” he said, “a lot of people have been diversifying into other areas. And if you look at the Finger Lakes region in general, from my understanding, an indoor water park was different a need. There’s not really anything like this in this area. This really makes us an all-season resort. And it’s definitely a great thing to have available during the winter. It’s fun to be able to put on a bathing suit, and then looking out the window, and seeing snow, and people skiing.”

When you walk into Cascades Indoor Waterpark, the first thing you will see if an arcade room. If you’re not ready to get your toes wet as soon as you get there, you have the option of playing some video games, and maybe even winning some prizes. Once you move past the arcade, the real fun starts. Led by warm air, tropical colors and the sound of a wave pool that sits in the middle – you really do forget you just parked your car in a parking lot covered in snow.

“We have an indoor wave pool,” Souers said, “an indoor-outdoor hot tub from which you can see our ski slopes from which is kind of neat. We have a year-round outdoor pool, which is heated to 84 degrees. Currently, the indoor-air is heated at 85 degrees. We have two slides that are geared towards kids that are 18-

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Souers stressed that Cascades’ variety of features, not to mention the fact that it falls under the larger Greek Peak umbrella, makes it a fun water park experience.

“Probably the fact that you can have four seasons of fun here,” he said, “is what makes our park unique as a water park.

When you tie in the fact that this is a water park at a ski resort, with an adventure center across the street, a lake right behind us, you can have fun here no matter what time of year it is. That’s probably the attribute we’re most proud of, and something we’re excited to move into the future with. I think our outdoor hot tub is our number one fan favorite. The contrast of being able to relax and sit outside in freezing conditions and also be able to see people skiing, that’s a lot of fun.”

If you’re thinking that going to a water park in the middle of winter is an odd idea, it’s quite the contrary.

“Winter and summer are probably our busiest seasons,” Souers said, “but we do have local residents that are constantly coming in as well, so it’s a steady stream of clientele. But I would say, in general, our attendance goes up here at the water park the colder it gets outside.

“If you’re thinking about making a visit,” he continued, “definitely give us a call, see what’s going on here, check out our website – any special events we do are always posted on there. Passes cost $36.95 for an all-day pass if you’re over 42 inches in height, 32.95 if you’re shorter than 42 inches. A spectator pass is $15 if you don’t plan on getting in the water.”

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When I walked into their tasting room a couple was just leaving. “You’re our second party of the day,” Stephanie Willsey, who was behind the counter, told me.

“Winter weekends are fine,” she said.

“Sometimes there a crowd and sometimes not. The weekdays are a different story.”

Chuck Tauck, one of the winery owners, also happened to be in the house.

He said even in the summer Sheldrake got only about 80 percent of the traffic compared to wineries right on Route 89. As an owner, Tauck was very much “big picture.” He was looking back on the 2015 harvest, recalibrating his winter winemaking plan. “We got eight inches of rain in two days at the end of September,” he said. “It really hurt the Riesling.”

Riesling is one of the last grapes to be harvested, but it is also one to which Sheldrake Point devotes much acreage.

They are the only winery on Cayuga Lake Winter wine tasting is like record and one of only a few in the Finger Lakes collecting or talking inside baseball: you to grow Gamay Noir grapes. learn an enormous amount at a leisurely After I’d tried the three wines I’d pace by talking with folks who are even selected. Willsey and Tauck insisted that crazier about wine than you are. § I try their “lightly oaked” Chardonnay. I ordinarily avoid oaked Chardonnay for its cloying vanilla taste, imparted by barrel aging, but this one had a story.

“We had an enormous white oak about here,” said Tauck, pointing the vineyard map on the wall, “that we had to take down. We got a miller up in Seneca Falls to cut it up into ‘wine sticks.’” He produced one from behind the counter.

It was the size of a thick yardstick, but with diagonal raised ridges to increase its surface area. “We put a few of these in the steel tank and left them in there for a couple of weeks.”

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A select gu ide to this season’s Finger Lak es events

1/29 Friday Get The Led Out - The American Led Zeppelin | 8:00 PM | State Theater Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | Get The Led Out is a group of professional musicians who are passionate about their love of the music of Led Zeppelin. Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Blues, Psychedelic, Folk, Rock.

Ithaca Premiere! The Winding Stream | 7:00 PM | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | See description at 1/28.

Red Sun Rising, The New York Rock, Crows Cage, Sampere | 7:00 PM | Lost Horizon, 5863 Thompson Rd., DeWitt | Hard Rock, Rock, Heavy Metal.

Winter Village Bluegrass Festival | 8:00 PM | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Front Country, the Lonely Heartstring Band, Molly Tuttle Band, Darol Anger, Emy, Paris Texas featuring Bobby Henrie , Aaron Lipp, Steve Selin and Too Blue

1/30 Saturday Evening of Jewish Stories, Poetry and Music | 7:30 PM-9:00 PM | Temple Beth-El, 402 N Tioga St, Ithaca | This is a family event with presentations by Ithaca community members, both young and old. Live Klezmer music and Israeli dancing! Temple Beth El social hall, corner of Court and Tioga Streets. Public welcome. Info www.tbeithaca.org Treleaven Wine & Movie Night: Some Like it Hot | King Ferry Winery, 658 Lake Rd, King Ferry | Ithaca Premiere! Boy & the World | 2:00 PM | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | A little boy goes on an adventurous quest in search of his father.1 hr 20 min

John Brown’s Body | 9:00 PM | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Reggae, Dub, Electronic.

Winter Fly Tying Workshop | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | CCE Education Center, 615 Willow Ave, Ithaca | See description at 1/23.

Cornell University Women’s Basketball | 6:00 PM | Cornell U, North Campus, Ithaca | Vs. Dartmouth Winter Village Bluegrass Festival | 8:00 PM | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | See description at 1/29.

1/31 Sunday Boy & the World | 4:30 PM | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | A little boy goes on an adventurous quest in search of his father.1 hr 20 min Winter Village Bluegrass Festival | 8:00 PM- | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | See description at 1/29.

Michail Konstantinos | Ford Hall, Ithaca College | 7:00 PM | Classical.

2/01 Monday Guest Recital: The Music of Paul Elwood | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Ithaca College |

2/02 Tuesday Harlem Globetrotters | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM | Newman Arena at Bartels Hall, 103 Bartels Hall, Campus Road, Ithaca | A star-studded roster will have fans on the edge of their seats

to witness the ball handling wizardry, basketball artistry and one-of-a-kind family entertainment.

Peter and the Starcatcher | 7:30 PM | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St, Ithaca | Winner of five 2012 Tony Awards, Peter and the Starcatcher is a swashbuckling, musical adventure!

This grown-up’s prequel to Peter Pan is an innovative theatrical extravaganza featuring a dozen actors playing over 100 unforgettable characters. For showtimes and more information visit www.kitchentheatre.org

2/03 Wednesday Peter and the Starcatcher | 7:30 PM | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St, Ithaca | See description at 2/02.

Shakespeare Behind Bars screening, Q&A with director Curt Tofteland | 7:30 PM | Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca | Director Curt Tofteland’s bold documentary chronicles the nine-month process of a prison production of Shakespeare’s final play The Tempest. Inmates in Kentucky’s Luther Luckett prison cast themselves in roles reflecting their own experiences and incorporate their stories, including tales of real-life crimes, into the plot of the play.

2/04 Thursday Ithaca Premiere! Ip Man 3 | 9:15 PM | Donnie Yen ignites the screen in a return to the role that made him an icon - as Ip Man | 1 hr 45 min Matthew Schreiber | 5:15 PM | Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell, Ithaca | Matthew Schreiber will discuss his work, in conversation with curator Andrea Inselmann, as part of the opening reception.

Mickey B screening, Q&A with director Tom Magill | 8:00 PM | Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca | Based on Shakespeare’s Macbeth, this adaptation tells the story of one prisoner’s quest for power through betrayal and murder, and the insanity and death that result.

Opening Reception for Spring 2016 Exhibitions | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM | Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell, Ithaca | Celebrate the new exhibitions on view for the spring semester. The Museum is open tonight until 8:00 PM! Peter and the Starcatcher | 7:30 PM | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St, Ithaca | See description at 2/02.

2/05 Friday Cabinet | 9:00 PM | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Americana, Folk-Rock, Bluegrass, Jam. Cortland First Fridays | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM | Multiple Locations, Downtown Cortland, Cortland | First Fridays celebrate the art and culture of the local community on the first Friday of each month.

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First Friday Gallery Night | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM | Ithaca, , Ithaca | On the first Friday of each month, art galleries in downtown hold their opening receptions for exhibitions. Visit www.downtownithaca.com for details Cornell University Women’s Hockey | 7:00 PM | Lynah Rink, Ithaca | Vs. Quinnipiac University Cornell University Women’s Basketball | 7:00 PM | Cornell U, North Campus, Ithaca | Vs. Brown Ithaca Premiere! Oscar Shorts: Animation | 9:40 PM | See all the nominees before the winner is declared at the Academy Awards Ceremony on February 28!

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2/06 Saturday Art-Full Family Day: Dragons & Mythical Creatures | 10:00 AM-12:00 PM | Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell, Ithaca | Hear about mythical beasts at storytelling stations in the galleries, then build your own.

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Galleries / Museums / Winter Exhibitions Everson Art Museum, Syracuse: Helen Levitt: In The Street (Feb 6. - May 8); www.everson.org Arnot Art Museum, Church St., Elmira: The Light Worshippers and Heart | Hand | Clay | Bronze: Sculptures by Seely Booth (both through March 19); arnotartmuseum.org Corning Museum of Glass, Corning: Constellation (through March 20) America’s Favorite Dish: Celebrating a Century of Pyrex (through March 17) www.cmog.org Rockwell Museum of Western Art, Corning: On Fire: The Nancy and Alan Cameros Collection of Southwestern Pottery (through April 1); In Pursuit of the American Landscape: The Photography of John Doddato (through March 10) Richard Parrish: Aerial Perspectives of the American Landscape (through June 19); rockwellmuseum.org Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca: Tradition, Transmission, and Transformation in East Asain Art (Through June12) Rirkrit Tiravanija and Korakrit Arunanondchai: The Fire is Gone But We Have The Light (Through May 29) WPA Murals from Roosevelt Island (Through May 29) Cornell Art Faculty 2016 (Feb. 5 - April 3) Matthew Schreiber: Crossbow (Feb. 5 - August 28) museum.cornell.edu The History Center, 401 E. State St., Ithaca: Captains, Commerce, and Community: The Impact of the Erie Canal on Tompkins County (through March 5); thehistorycenter.net Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd., Ithaca: Fossil ID Day: Every Second Saturday of the Month, (10am to Noon) A Journey Through Time: Tours of the Museum’s permanent exhibition gallery. Mondays and Fridays at 11:30 am, and Saturdays at 11am. www. museumoftheearth.org Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, Hammondsport: Corning Embroiderers’ Guild Exhibit (Through November) glennhcurtissmuseum.org Festival of Fire & Ice | 3:00 PM-6:00 PM | Ithaca’s Children’s Garden, Southern Tip of Cass Park, Ithaca | Ice sculptures, sledding, hot chocolate, snow fort and den building, bonfires, and so much more! Dress warmly and bring some cash for fiery/icy treats along with your own frozen creations to add to the collaborative fun!

First Saturdays on the Greater Ithaca Art Trail | Greater Ithaca Art Trail | Artists exhibit in studios across Ithaca and Tompkins County. More information at www.arttrail.com.

Cornell University Womens’s Hockey | 7:00 PM | Lynah Rink, Ithaca | Vs. Princeton Cornell University Women’s Basketball | 6:00 PM | Cornell U, North Campus, Ithaca | Vs. Yale Hypnosis Presented By Michael C. Anthony | 5:00 PM | State Theater Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | Downtown Ithaca’s Chili Fest weekend! VH1 calls him the best stage hypnotist on the planet. he’s been seen on CBS, ABC, NBC & Fox. He’s the Official hypnotist of The Illusionists 2.o.

Peter and the Starcatcher | 7:30 PM | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St, Ithaca | See description at 2/02.

Winter Fly Tying Workshop | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | CCE Education Center, 615 Willow Ave, Ithaca | See description at 1/30.

The 18th Annual Great Downtown Ithaca Chili Cook-off | 11:30 AM-4:00 PM | The Commons, East State Street, Ithaca | Chili Cook-off features chili prepared by approximately 30 restaurants as they compete for the titles of Best Meat/ Overall Chili, Best Vegetarian, and People’s Choice Chili. Info at eventsdowntownithaca@gmail.com

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Ithaca Premiere! Oscar Shorts: Live Action | 7:00 PM | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | As we go to press, the Oscar nominations for best live action short have not been decided, but we have no doubt this will be a terrific program.

Chinese New Year Concert | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Ithaca College | 7:00pm | Classical.

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Peter and the Starcatcher | 7:30 PM | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St, Ithaca | See description at 2/02.

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2/08 Monday Freiburg Baroque Orchestra | 3:00 PM | Bailey Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca | Founded in 1987 by a group of musicians interested in historical performance, the Freiburger Barockorchester tours worldwide and produces some of the very best recordings issued on the Harmonia Mundi, Virgin, Naïve, and Carus Verlag labels. The ensemble also excels in accompanying singers and presents an all-Mozart program of symphonies and opera arias showcasing German baritone Christian Gerhaher.

The Bud Light Comedy Club | 8:00 PM | Clemens Performing Arts Ctr, 207 Clemens Ctr Pkwy, Elmira | The best in stand-up comedy! A trio of hot comics entertain adult audience members in an intimate theater/night-club setting with both table and tiered seating. Don’t miss your chance to laugh yourself silly in the area’s most popular and longestrunning Comedy Club.

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2/12 Friday Cornell University Men’s Basketball | 6:00 PM | Cornell U, North Campus, Ithaca | Vs. Princeton ISC Presents: Henry V | 7:30 PM | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Ithaca Shakespeare Company presents the third production in their series of Shakespeare’s history plays, Henry V! Showtimes and information at www. hangartheatre.org Cornell University Men’s Hockey | 7:00 PM | Lynah Rink, Ithaca | Vs. Brown

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The Akae Beka (featuring Vaughn Benjamin the voice of MIDNITE), Crucial Reggae | 9:00 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Roots, Reggae, Dub. The Case of the Grinning Cat | 7:00 PM | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | The late French cine-essayist Chris Marker (a lover of cats) reflects on French and international politics, art and culture at the start of the 21st century. 1 hr 16 min

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2/11 Thursday Master Composter training | 6:30 PM-8:30 PM | Cooperative Extension, 615 Willow Ave., Ithaca | More info and applications available online at ccetompkins.org/mc or contact Adam Michaelides by email or phone 607-272-2292.

Peter and the Starcatcher | 7:30 PM | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St, Ithaca | See description at 2/02.

Studio Thursday: Islamic Tiles | 5:00 PM- | Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell, Ithaca | Make an Islamic tile at this hands-on, drop-in workshop. Space is limited but open to everyone. The Museum is open tonight until 8:00 PM!

Cornell University Men’s Basketball | 6:00 PM | Cornell U, North Campus, Ithaca | Vs. Pennsylvania University Freakwater with Jaye Jayle | 9:00 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Alternative Country Cornell University Men’s Hockey | 7:00 PM | Lynah Rink, Ithaca | Vs. Yale ISC Presents: Henry V | 7:30 PM | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Ithaca Shakespeare Company presents the third production in their series of Shakespeare’s history plays, Henry V! Showtimes and information at www. hangartheatre.org Ithaca Premiere! Man Up | 7:00 PM | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | A single woman takes the place of a stranger’s blind date, which leads to her finding the perfect boyfriend.

2/14 Sunday ISC Presents: Henry V | 7:30 PM | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | See description at 2/13.

Man Up | 4:30 PM | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | A single woman takes the place of a stranger’s blind date, which leads to her finding the perfect boyfriend.

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Wine & Cheese Lovers Getaway | 10:00 AM-5:00 PM | Keuka Lake Wine Trail, 2971 Williams Hill Road in Keuka Park | Sample a variety of cheese-inspired foods paired with awardwinning wines that best complement them on Valentine’s Weekend (February 14-15) at the Keuka Lake Wine Trail’s annual Cheese and Wine Lovers Getaway.

Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble | 4:00 PM | 102 First Street, Ithaca, | Salon All about Love—a Musical Valentine, Steven Nanni, tenor & Michael Salmirs, piano

2/15 Monday ISC Presents: Henry V | 7:30 PM | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | See description at 2/13.

2/16 Tuesday 42nd Street | 7:30 PM | Clemens Performing Arts Ctr, 207 Clemens Ctr Pkwy, Elmira | The quintessential backstage musical comedy classic, the song and dance fable of Broadway with an American Dream story and includes some of the greatest songs ever written.

ISC Presents: Henry V | 7:30 PM | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | See description at 2/13.

Peter and the Starcatcher | 7:30 PM | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St, Ithaca | See description at 2/02.

2/17 Wednesday 42nd Street | 7:30 PM | Clemens Performing Arts Ctr, 207 Clemens Ctr Pkwy, Elmira | See description on 2/16.

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Peter and the Starcatcher | 7:30 PM | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St, Ithaca | See description at 2/02.

Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage | 7:30 PM-10:00 PM | Landmark Theatre, 362 S Salina St, Syracuse | Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage brings 50 years of Star Trek to concert halls for the first time ever. The live concert tour launches in Florida in January 2016 and plays in more than 100 North American cities through April 2016.

2/18 Thursday ISC Presents: Henry V | 7:30 PM | See description at 2/13.

Ithaca Premiere! Theeb | 7:00 PM | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | In the Ottoman province of Hijaz during World War I, a young Bedouin boy experiences

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar | 11:00 AM | State Theater Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | The Berenstain Bears | 3:00 PM | Clemens Performing Arts Ctr, 207 Clemens Ctr Pkwy, Elmira | Adapted from the classic children’s book series by Stan and Jan Berenstain.

Cornell University Basketball | 6:00 PM | Cornell U, North Campus, Ithaca | Vs. Harvard ISC Presents: Henry V | 7:30 PM | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | See description at 2/13.

Ithaca Premiere! Theeb | 7:00 PM | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | See description at 2/18.

Cornell University Women’s Hockey | 4:00 PM | Lynah Rink, Ithaca | Vs. Harvard Peter and the Starcatcher | 7:30 PM | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St, Ithaca | See description at 2/02.

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Kurt Vile and the Violators, Xylouris White | 8:00 PM | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Indie Rock, Indie Folk, lo-fi.

Cayuga Chamber Orchestra | 4:00 PM | Unitarian Church of Ithaca | Ravel, Cohen, Larson, Collins. Classical.

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The Findlay Family Lecture on American Art: Lesley Dill | 5:15 PM | Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell, Ithaca | Artist Lesley Dill will discuss her work. The Museum is open tonight until 8:00 PM!

2/19 Friday Chocolate and Wine Weekend | Seneca Lake Wine Trail, Rte. 14 (west side of the lake), Watkins Glen | Over the 2-1/2 day event, visit 30 unique participating wineries and enjoy a weekend of fun and relaxation.

Cornell University Men’s Basketball | 7:00 PM | Cornell U, North Campus, Ithaca | Vs. Dartmouth ISC Presents: Henry V | 7:30 PM | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | See description at 2/13.

Cornell University Women’s Hockey | 7:00 PM | Lynah Rink, Ithaca | Vs. Dartmouth Peter and the Starcatcher | 7:30 PM | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St, Ithaca | See description at 2/02.

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2/26 Friday Black History Month Concert | Ford Hall, Ithaca College | Featuring counter tenor John Holiday, the Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers, Worlds of Music class and the African Drumming and Dance Ensemble.

The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged | 7:30 PM | Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca | Written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, Jess Winfield and Directed by Jeff Guyton.

Cornell University Women’s Basketball | 7:00 PM | Cornell U, North Campus, Ithaca | Vs. University of Pennsylvania Cornell University Men’s Hockey | 7:00 PM | Lynah Rink, Ithaca | Vs. Union College Semele | 8:00 PM | Ithaca Colege Theatre, Hoerner Theatre, 953 Danby Rd, Ithaca | Composed by George Frideric Handel and Directed by R. B. Schlather. Handel brings us a classic tale of fatal attraction. Jupiter promises his mortal love, Semele, “endless pleasure, endless love” and spirits her away from her life as a member of Thebes’ first family. Jupiter’s wife, however, hatches a plan to destroy her rival with the help

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2/27 Saturday Ithaca Ballet Presents: Winterdance | 7:30 PM | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | An evening of contemporary dance with innovative pieces by Cindy Reid.

Lolla Palooza | 6:30 PM-9:30 PM | Ti-ahwaga Community Players, 42 Delphine Street, Owego | Annual Fundraiser with wine and beer tastings, a buffet dinner, live entertainment, silent and live auctions, prizes and give aways! $50 admission. Info at info@tiahwaga.com, www.tiahwaga.com The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged | 7:30 PM | Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca | Written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, Jess Winfield and Directed by Jeff Guyton.

Cornell University Women’s Basketball | 6:00 PM | Cornell U, North Campus, Ithaca | Vs. Princeton Cornell University Men’s Hockey | 7:00 PM | Lynah Rink, Ithaca | Vs. Polytechnic Institute

2/28 Sunday Joan Baez | 8:00 PM | State Theater Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | Artist, activist, singer and songwriter Joan Baez is a musical force of nature whose influence is incalculable.

Semele | 2:00 PM | Ithaca Colege Theatre, Hoerner Theatre, 953 Danby Rd, Ithaca |See description at 2/26.

3/01 Tuesday Semele | 8:00 PM | Ithaca Colege Theatre, Hoerner Theatre, 953 Danby Rd, Ithaca |See description at 2/26.

3/02 Wednesday Guest Recital: Osiris Molina - Clarinet | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Ithaca College | 7:00pm | Classical.

3/03 Thursday Contemporary Conversation: Art in Cuba | 5:15 PM | Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell, Ithaca | Sonja Gandert, the Museum’s curatorial assistant, will discuss art in contemporary Cuba. The Museum is open tonight until 8:00 PM! Semele | 8:00 PM | Ithaca Colege Theatre, Hoerner Theatre, 953 Danby Rd, Ithaca | See description at 2/26.

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Wind Ensemble | 8:15 PM | Ford Hall, Ithaca College | Matthew Inkster, conductor | Classical.

First Annual Empire Burlesque Festival | 8:00 PM | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | The Whiskey Tango Sideshow will take the the Hangar stage again this year with guests from across New York State and beyond! Featuring burlesque, cabaret, and sideshow in two unique and effervescent performances. More info at hangartheatre.org First Friday Gallery Night | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM | Downtown Ithaca | Visit www.downtownithaca.com for details The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged | 7:30 PM | Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca | Written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, Jess Winfield and Directed by Jeff Guyton.

3/05 Saturday Red Red Wine | Seneca Lake Wine Trail | Red wines paired with innovative dishes prepared by the many participating wineries.

Cornell University Basketball | 6:00 PM | Cornell U, North Campus, Ithaca | Vs. Brown Cayuga Chamber Orchestra | 7:30pm | Ford Hall, Ithaca College | Cornelia Laemmli Orth, conductor. SCHUBERT: Overture in B-flat Major, D. 470 (Conductor’s Choice) HAYDN: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major. Clive Greensmith, cello.

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4, Op 60 in B-flat Major Semele | 8:00 PM | Ithaca Colege Theatre, Hoerner Theatre, 953 Danby Rd, Ithaca |See description at 2/26.

Dance the Night Away | 8:00 PM | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St, Ithaca | Dust off your dancing shoes and join us for delicious food, great cocktails, and fun dance tunes from Little Joe and the Big Shots.

First Annual Empire Burlesque Festival | 8:00 PM | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | See description at 3/04.

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Gaelic Storm | 8:00 PM | State Theater Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | Gaelic Storm’s musical output includes pieces from traditional Irish music, Scottish music, and original tunes in both the Celtic and Celtic rock genres.

The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged | 7:30 PM | Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca | Written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, Jess Winfield and Directed by Jeff Guyton.

3/06 Sunday Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble | 4:00 PM | Unitarian Church, Ithaca | Schubert Piano Trio in B-flat, D. 898, Schubert Octet in F, D. 803, with guest artists, Janet Sung & Maureen

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Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes - Spring Concert | 207 Clemens Center Parkway, Elmira | Introducing the 2015 winner of our annual Hertzog Competition.

Jack Hanna Into The Wild LIVE | 2:00 PM | State Theater Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | As the director emeritus of the famed Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Jack’s stories range from brushing a hippo’s teeth to eating with wombats!

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Ithaca Premiere! Only Yesterday | 9:15 PM | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | While traveling by train to visit family in the country, memories flood back of her as a schoolgirl inn1966, and she starts to question whether she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self. 1 hr 58 min Secret in the Wings | 7:30 PM | Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca | Written by Mary Zimmerman and Directed by Brian Murphy ‘16.

Christopher Nolan Presents the Brothers Quay in 35mm | 7:00 PM | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | Three Quay masterworks (In Absentia, The Comb, and Street of Crocodiles), curated by Christopher Nolan, will be shown with Quay, a new short film by Nolan revealing the inner workings of the Brothers’ studio. All in new 35mm film prints! 1 hr 7 min Annie | 7:00 PM | 207 Clemens Center Parkway, Elmira | The world’s best-loved musical returns in time-honored form. Info and tickets at clemenscenter.com

3/10 Thursday Studio Thursday: Linoleum Prints | 5:00 PM | Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell, Ithaca | Make a linoleum print at this hands-on, drop-in workshop. Space is limited but open to everyone. The Museum is open tonight until 8:00 PM. Annie | 7:00 PM | 207 Clemens Center Parkway, Elmira | The world’s best-loved musical returns in time-honored form.

Faculty Chamber Recital | 7:00 PM | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Ithaca College | Bach Birthday Concert with Jean Radice and Friends. Classical.

3/11 Friday Invaders from Mars | 7:00 PM | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | A classic sci-fi film in which a young boy learns that space aliens are taking over the minds of earthlings. Shown in an original 35mm Cinecolor print. 1 hr 18 min Rickie Lee Jones | 8:00 PM | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Rock, Jazz, R&B, Pop. Secret in the Wings | 7:30 PM | Schwartz Center for the

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3/13 Sunday Ithaca Premiere! Only Yesterday | 4:30 PM | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca |1 hr 58 min

3/16 Wednesday Experience Hendrix | 7:30 PM | Landmark Theatre, 362 S Salina St, Syracuse | Now in its second decade, the tour celebrates the musical genius of Jimi Hendrix by bringing together a diverse array of extraordinary musicians, ranging from blues legend Buddy Guy to Black Label Society and former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde, as well as Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and Dweezil Zappa

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Cornell Cinema is showing Christopher Nolan’s curated picks of the films by the Brothers Quay, along with Nolan’s short film on the brothers. Wednesday, March 9, at 7:00 p.m.

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Titus Andronicus | 8:00 PM | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Punk Rock, Indie Rock, Art Rock.

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3/24 Thursday Aelita: Queen of Mars w/original score performed live by local musicians Anna Coogan & Tzar (Michael Stark & Brian Wilson) | 7:15 PM | Before Fritz Lang’s Metropolis,

there was the dramatic sci-fi brilliance of Protazanov’s Aelita: Queen of Mars. Wrought with subtle erotic tensions and national predilections of the moment, the Martian adventure is known for its incredible leaps of fantasy running parallel to documentary-style depictions of 1920s Moscow. 1 hr 51 min

3/25 Friday Ithaca Premiere! Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words | 7:00 PM | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | See 3/23

3/26 Saturday Steven Wright | 8:00 PM | State Theater Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | A legendary master of the one liner, and one of the greatest standup comics of the century.

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2. Greek Peak (800) 955-2754 — 2000 NYS Route 392, Cortland, NY. 33 trails, train park, half pipe, tubing center. Rates: $64 adult full day lift ticket, $55 14 & under. Night pass $34, Mon 8:30- 9pm, Tues-Thurs 9:30am-9pm, Friday 9:30am-10pm, Saturday 8:30am-10pm, Sunday 8:30am-9pm. Instructional programs available.

3. Labrador Mountain (607) 842-6204 — Truxton, NY. 250 skiable acres, 6 lifts, 4 base lodges.

Provides skiing and snowboarding. 3000 foot terrain park, 300 foot half-pipe. Rates: $52 8hr, $48 4hr, $42 for juniors. (12 & under). Instructional programs available.

4. Song Mountain (315) 696-5711 — Tully. Five lifts, 24 trails, Skiing and boarding. Open daily with night skiing. Rates: $52 8hrs, $48 4hrs.; Juniors: $42 8hrs, Under 6 $15 8hrs. $30 night lift pass.

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College Rate (with ID) $15.

6. Gore Mountain Ski Area (518) 251-5026 — North Creek. 15 lifts, 107 trails. Downhill and crosscountry skiing, snowboarding. Open daily. Rates: Mid-week: adults $75; teens (13-19) $58, seniors (65-69) $58; juniors (7-12) $40. Weekends and holidays: adults $83; teens (13-19) $65, seniors (65-69) $65; juniors (7-12) $46.

7. McCauley Mountain (315) 369-3225 — Old Forge.

Six lifts, 21 trails. Downhill and cross-country skiing, snowboarding. Open daily, but closed Tuesday. Weekend rates, adults $30 full-day, $25 half-day; seniors (60-69), students & military, $25 full-day, $20 half-day.

8. Snow Ridge (315) 348-8456 — Turin. Seven lifts, 21 trails, halfpipe. Open Wed.-Sun. Lift tickets $10$39. Call for other lift prices.

9. Woods Valley (315) 827-4721 — Westernville, NY,

10 miles north of Rome. Skiing, snowboarding, children’s programs, ski team, beginners specials programs. All-day rates: adults, $43 (weekends and holidays), $35 (weekdays); Juniors – 12 and under, $37 and $31. Instructional programs available.

10. Whiteface Mountain (518) 946-2223 — Wilmington, NY, 7 miles from Lake Placid. Skiing, snowboarding. Biggest vertical drop in the east.

Daycare Center. Instructinal programs available.

Day Passes (Peak season): $92, adults; $72, teens and seniors; juniors (7-12), $58; 6 and under, free. www.whiteface.com.

11. Bristol Mountain (585) 374-6000 — Canandaigua. Six Lifts, 34 slopes, 138 skiable acres.

Skiing and snowboarding available. Open daily with night skiing. Rates (8hr): $62, adults; $52, juniors and seniors.

12. Hunter Mountain (800) 486-8376 — Hunter, NY. Skiing, snowtubing. 240 skiable acres. 35 miles of trails. On the Web, www.huntermtn. com. Rates: Adults, $76 (weekend/holiday) and

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Cross-country 13. Beaver Lake Nature Center (315) 638-2519 — Baldwinsville, 650 acres of woods, 4 trails 1-3 miles long open for skiers. $4 per car, $20 per bus. Trails for walkers also available — snowshoe rentals available. On the Web: www.onondagacountyparks.com/beaver-lakenature-center 14. Highland Forest County Park (315) 683-5550 — 11 miles east of Tully, exit 14 off Rt. 81. Various hiking and cross-country trails. More than 30 skiable acres. 4 major cross-country runs. Skiing day pass $10 adults and $5 for children. Lodge, with food, open to general public on weekends.

Horse-drawn sleighrides through February.

Rentals available. Web: onondagacountyparks. com/highland-forest 15. Podunk X/C Ski (607) 387-6716 — 9147 St Rt. 96., Trumansburg. Ski shop, sales, trades, rentals, trails, beginner instruction. Closed Mondays.

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Those Lofty Heights Five contemporary artists compete at the pinnacle

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he issue of realism within modern and contemporary art has always been a fractious one. Although we might think we know it when we see it, it is difficult to define or assess as a whole.

Realism lies at the very roots of modernism, with French painters like Gustave Courbet and Édouard Manet decisively challenging conservative taste in the middle of the 19th century. Furthered by Impressionism, the revolution they helped to instigate was a matter both of style and “subject matter.”

To an unprecedented degree, the material facts of the painting—brushwork, areas of color arranged on a flat surface—came to be emphasized at the expense of the kind of polished illusionism that characterized the legacy of the Renaissance. At the same time (in many, though not all cases), contemporary and everyday subjects came to be favored over more traditional and lofty ones.

Histories of subsequent modern art, though, tend to contrast realism with an emerging impulse towards abstraction.

Realism has often been presented as a conservative retreat to the past, or an unserious concession to popular taste. Or a politicized dogmatism: both Nazi and

Top: Robert Birmelin’s “The Overpass” Bottom: Bill Murphy’s “The Communist regimes imposed a “realism” End Days (KreischervilleWall) (Photos Provided) indebted to the academic art of the nineteenth century—ironically the very opposite of Manet and company. Even the less-obviously retardataire American art funded by the Depression-era Works Progress Administration came to seem backwards.

The collapse of a critical consensus around modernism and abstraction in the late 20th century has been something of a mixed blessing for the self-consciously realist artists of today. Although our pluralist era seemingly opens up space for a “revival” of realism, the basic sincerity—and commitment to empathy and presence— that typifies such artists has been out of keeping with postmodernism’s bent for the conceptual and deconstructive.

Currently on display at the Syracuse University Galleries, “Poetry of Content: Five Contemporary Representational by five mature, highly accomplished artists: Artists” is a show of major importance.

Robert Birmelin, Tim Lowly, Bill Murphy, The brainchild of long-time SU art professor Gillian Pederson-Krag, and Joel Sheesley.

Jerome Witkin, the exhibit offers a distinctly Birmelin and Murphy are based in New York personal lens on contemporary realism—one that is tough minded but hopeful, generously diverse, and aesthetically sophisticated. continued on page 38 The show features nearly fifty works T

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The miracle of this movie—well adapted, I assume, Academy Awards. I ended my Best Films by novelist Nick Hornby with article with nods for these two films. almost none of his trademark Saoirse Ronan and her amazing, Saoirse Ronan and Emory Cohen star in Brooklyn (Photo Provided) humor—is that it knows that its empathetic face should win the Oscar this story will be epic and moving year. I saw her face in Brooklyn and I have sickening plot twists that I kept waiting for without any cheap melodrama. I guess I’m been thinking about the film ever since. It something ugly to happen, and it never so used to the American style of disturbing, really does. is magnificent. I haven’t read the novel by As Ronan acclimates to her new home and becomes her own person, director John Crowley plays all the best and most wrenching emotional moments by staying on Ronan’s face as she takes in everything around her. It’s always wonderful seeing favorite actors like Jim Broadbent and Walters; I’ve been a huge fan of hers going back to Educating Rita. Brooklyn wears its heart on its sleeve. It’s my kind of feel-good movie.

• • • At a time when Donald Trump wants to ban Muslims from entering the country, it’s never a bad idea to look back on a time when one bully could inflict so much needless damage to so many.

Jay Roach’s Trumbo commits the biopic sin of cramming too much of a person’s life into two hours, but it’s also one of the best ensemble casts you’re likely to see these days. Every face that Roach’s camera catches is an actor you love to watch. Bryan Cranston earns a deserved Oscar nod as the blacklisted screenwriter who kept writing for poverty wages under various pen names after McCarthy, Nixon and HUAC called him out as one of the infamous “Hollywood 10”, but John Goodman as schlock producer Frank King gets the best scene in the film. Helen Mirren, David James Elliott and Michael Stuhlbarg deserve mention playing Hedda Hopper, John Wayne and Edward G. Robinson, respectively.

There’s more cigarette smoking in Trumbo than in the entire run of Mad Men. Most of the scenes with Trumbo and other writers has them smoking furiously at each other. Louis C.K. is an interesting casting choice as Arlen Hird, one of Trumbo’s fellow outcast scribes, but seeing C.K. chain-smoking in the hospital almost pushes the film into Airplane! territory, a Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker parody of the bio-pic genre. And don’t forget that Roach also directed all three Austin Powers movies and a few Focker flicks.

Trumbo inspired me to seek out some of the films that he wrote under various pseudonyms; I’ve seen Gun Crazy, and I’ve added titles like From the Earth to the Moon to my Netflix queue. His film The Locally Owned!

Brave One was originally credited to Robert Rich, actually the name of Frank King’s nephew. Rich claimed authorship of the screenplay when asked about it, though the Order online: acehardware.com Kings denied it. The Academy Award was Free in-store pickup! reissued in Trumbo’s name in 1975. What goes around does come around. •

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By C hr i s tophe r J. Har r ing ton Formula 5, Friday, January 22, 7 p.m. The Dock

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grew up with cassette tapes. Wore them thin. Dubbed mixes, albums, shows, random sound structures; lived with them through every angle— every dimension. I could tell you the exact tapes I had on hand on my first excursion out West—the precise setlists on the mixes that introduced me to electronic music and underground metal. In the mid ‘90s I was drawn to underground-improvised music primarily through my love of cassettes.

For progressive-groove bands, whose live shows included daring improvised jams, a live recording on cassette was their pièce de résistance. And I was game. Times have changed.

“Unfortunately tapes had come and gone long before my music trading days”, said Joe Davis, the guitarist and vocalist for the Albany-based progressive-groove band Formula 5. “Mike, our former

keyboard player used to tell me about trading Phish tapes via Phish.Net back in the day—and how cutthroat the trade was. When I started listening to Phish in the mid 2000s, bt.etree.org and other online download sites were taking over, and I took advantage of what was out there.”

Formula 5 find themselves in a wormhole between two musical dimensions, one of sincere analog constitution (‘90s), and one that swears by digital (2016). Though I believe Formula 5 are doing their best to minimize the implications of the brutal moniker “jam band,” they’re still very much invested in today’s scene. When they’re at their finest though, you can hear the old-school sources that fuel their grooves: Aquarium Rescue Unit, Phish, Moon Boot Lover; bands that drew heavily from wicked behemoths like the Allman Brothers, Miles Davis, Steely Dan, Parliament, Return to Forever, the Meters, and Jaco Pastorius.

The progressive-groove-jam band, Formula 5: From left: Mike McDonald, keyboards: Joe Davis, guitar, vocals: James Woods, bass: Greg Mark, drums. (Photo Dave DeCrescente)

To reach those extended, improvised, defining moments in their sets, those interstellar happenings that characterized the aforementioned bands—Formula 5 holds fast to their ideologies.

“The moniker “jam band” can be limiting if you let it be,” Davis told me.

“The great part about being in a jam band is the ability to express your own ideas in such a raw form, off the cuff. This can result in two things, something good or something bad, but the risk in taking the chance is what makes the payoff so great when it clicks.”

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The room for magic is what Formula 5 invests in, and why they consider the genre as a whole worth the expense. “To say the genre is overdone may be either true or a bit harsh depending on how you look at it,” said Davis. “The way I see it is, you can only be doing something that’s overdone if you go out trying to replicate something that’s already been done. Learn from your influences and adapt them to your own unique style. Like most jam bands we have our handful of songs that represent our usual jam vehicles. Songs for us like, “Pedro” and “Nu-GEN,” are all nice metaphorical canvases for us to mold, listen to, and create as a group on the fly. Sometimes we’ll be really digging a certain song and jam on it in practice and then sneak it into a jam in our set that weekend.”

The difference between the ‘90s improv bands and today’s crowded copycats can be seen in the quality of selection—of the style of music. Those early bands forged an honest sound made up of the soundtrack of a genuinely musical time. Today’s digital music lives in a macrocosm where the sacredness of individualism is abolished, and the quality of experience has suffered mightily. Formula 5 still have traces of the older analog era. And absolutely, this is where their strength lies.

The dynamics of cassette tapes are part of a greater philosophy that is dying.

The work that goes into dubbing tapes, creating prints for inserts, using your hands to note sections, is a necessary experience that accompanies music.

As digital music, and to a larger extent, digital communication, becomes our complete reality, the process of defining what you may or may not be interested in becomes completely hidden. You lose any resemblance of an actual individual choice.

So sneak your tape recorder in to The Dock this Friday. Find a solid middle ground where the sound-system envelops you evenly, and bootleg yourself some Formula 5 funk jams. It’ll be like old times. •

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thaca is a city rich in the arts, whether referring to the murals and street art visible around town, the various art galleries and businesses showcasing local artists’ work, numerous theatre productions, or its literary scene that includes an impressive number of local writers and small presses for such a small geographic space. Thus, it’s exciting when two different genres or fields intersect, bringing light to the notion that art inspires more art and that different modes with which we express ideas can successfully intersect. This act, the merging of artistic forms, is the basis of State of the Art Gallery’s “Lyric Visions,” a show in two parts. Part I, up now through the end of January, includes half of the gallery’s members as they present visual works responding to poems of choice by regional poets, all invited to participate by Tish Pearlman, former (2013-14) poet laureate of Tompkins County. Part II in February will continue the same concept.

“Lyric Visions” is already a strong start to the year for SOAG, as the poems and works included in Part I alone provide literally hours of perusal and thought for any visitors willing to give the time. David Watkins, Jr.’s large archival prints of flowers, responding to Bruce Bennett’s “A Single Tulip,” are impressive with their intense color and clarity. “A single tulip, standing tall,” writes Bennett, “and proud, appears to say, ‘I’m / all I need. Whatever might befall / will find me steady, ready, strong.’” But this is not so, as the poem later makes clear. In all of their elegance, flowers progress and eventually fade. Watkins is here to help preserve the beauty, from the intoxicating yellow center of a purissima flower to the pink streaks of an angelique. The prints are lovely in their detailed vibrancy.

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by Diana Ozolins, is another work dealing impressively with notions of time. From panel one of “Nascent Dreams” to the final “Twilight,” the work follows a flowing river that progresses from its initial stage of balloon-like wisps of dream into the sharp edges of sudden transition, the golden sunset of contentment, and finally reaches the ghostly shadows of the dark. “I hear the whisper of desert sands, / the rush of young rivers,” writes poet Michael Jennings in his poem of the same name, which inspired Ozolins. “No one comes back. / No one steps twice in the same body.” Unified through shared themes, the poem and visual artwork strengthen one another in their collaboration, expressing discoveries of deep love, the process of aging, and the boundless emotion brought by witnessing

the world’s seasons.

Artists Margaret Nelson and Janet Byer Sherman both respond to the poem “The Book Burners” by Eric Mahan Howd, producing a charged trashcan in flames and figures expressively in action.

Shirley Hogg delves into a philosophical pondering of how many worlds we inhabit in her response to Edward Dougherty’s

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“The Orange Boat,” as Ileen Kaplan tackles Dougherty’s “Snow Day” with pieces such as Alternative Harmonies, an abstract painting rich with the staccato and textures of noise. Margaret Reed explores a return to earth with her illustrations paired with Kathryn Mahan Howd’s poem “Wanting Silence,” Jan Kather engages with Jaime Warburton’s “Put the Heart Brakes On” and Alice Fulton’s “Your Card Read ‘Poet-Mechanic’” with a colorfully chaotic array of collage and languagebased deconstructions, and Barbara Mink displays a cerebral explosion in her response to Tish Pearlman’s own “In the Distance,” delving headfirst into layers of buried memory and remembrance.

Through all of the stories, visual reactions, and poetic words, Gurdon Brewster’s sculptures stand out in his response to Kathleen Kramer’s “Her Face For My Mother” whose line “I’d forgotten rivers don’t freeze smooth” perfectly describes the complexities found in each expressive figure: faces of devotion, of lamentation and accusatory knowledge.

The poem and sculptures stand entirely as one, interconnected in their representation of motherhood in all of its love and struggle. •

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Makeover for Classic Haunt An old ithaca favorite gets revamped

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e stopped by our old Collegetown favorite Rulloff ’s on a Cornell vacation weeknight, and found the place peacefully quiet. The kitchen, however, was on its toes. Their “Silence of the Lambs” was a juicy lamb burger served on a slightly sweet roll, with a delightful nut-free green pesto, arugula, grilled red onion compote, and blue cheese; cooked to a perfect medium rare; it had us fighting over the last bits. Spicy pulled pork arrived on sourdough ciabatta with spicy barbecue sauce and red cabbage slaw, spicy juices seeping into the bread. The falafels in a falafel sandwich were on the flaccid side, as were sweet potato fries—perhaps we arrived too early for the deep fryer to reach crisping heat. A side of creamy shallot whipped potatoes left us thinking we could make dinner of two or three sides of those alone—they were delicious. A Caesar salad side was dressed perfectly and sparely, with a generous casting of shredded parmesan.

Most lunch items weigh in at $12 or less, most dinner items $14 or less, sides around $4. We’ll return again to sample the short

rib poutine, the Schweinbauch’s seared pork belly on toasted challah with pickled red cabbage, dried roma tomatoes, and mustard aioli, Reuben Empanadas, and Executioner’s Pie. Why Silence of the Lambs and Executioner’s Pie? The restaurant takes its name from the rascal Edward H. Rulloff, a 19th century local and self-proclaimed genius accused of murdering his wife and daughter (bodies were never found), and knocking off a store clerk in the course of a Binghamton robbery. In 1871 he was the last man publicly hanged in New York.

The “new” Rulloff ’s, was purchased last year by Gregar Brous, an earthy addition to his Ithaca Bakery/Collegetown Bagels/ Agava empire. It has been thoroughly cleaned and raked out, and the “fern bar” dark green paint replaced by a brighter, light-caramel neutral. The imposing, ornately carved back bar has been cleaned and polished to a high sheen, and limegreen under-lighting shows off the bar’s good selection of spirits. A beer-on-tap list on the bar offered a surprising lack of local brews, but a good selection nevertheless.

The old carved upright piano still holds pride of place in the middle of the upper dining room, where, for many years, the legendary Johnny Russo held forth, playing New Orleans jazz and tunes of his own making for Sunday brunchers, and I, myself, recall a few tuneful nights there.

The Irish session, for years a staple of the Rongovian Embassy, then the soon-to-be-resurrected Chapter House, has moved to Customers enjoying an afternoon lunch at Rulloff’s (Photo: Rye Bennett) Rulloff ’s and you can enjoy a Guinness, a burger, and an serve lunch and dinner every day, afterearful of very fine Irish music dinner bar grub until 10 p.m. (later on the every Tuesday as the folks from Ithaca’s weekends), brunch from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

25-year-plus Traonach and friends hold Saturdays and Sundays, and the bar stays forth, spinning out hornpipes, jigs, and open until the legally allowed 1 a.m. The reels on fiddle, banjo, and concertina to please themselves and anyone who happens lights are low, the vibe is friendly, it’s cozy, and you’re likely to run into someone you to be listening. know or would like to know there.

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City while Lowly and Sheesley work in the Chicago-area. A former Cornell professor and a long-time resident of the Ithaca area, Pederson-Krag has lived and worked for the past few years in Santa Cruz, California.

Although the work of these five artists is difficult to generalize about, a theme that runs through the exhibition is a sort of productive conversation between modernism and the legacy of the Renaissance tradition. These artists value this tradition and sometimes evoke it explicitly. But they reject the slavish devotion to “Old Master” aesthetics that characterizes the recent Classical Realist movement.

Witkin is a legendary figure on the Syracuse campus, where he has taught since 1971. His own painting, frequently done on a mural-like scale, combines assertive brushwork— indebted to his early abstract expressionist phase—with a figurative and narrative complexity grounded in the ambitions of European tradition.

He has sought to revive the genre of history painting with ambitious works grounded in personal and social trauma—motivated in part by his Jewish heritage, the Holocaust has been a major theme.

A major retrospective, “Drawn to Paint: The Art of Jerome Witkin,” was held at the SU Art Galleries in fall 2011.

“Poetry of Content” fills the SU’s Lowe Galleries—the largest and most central exhibition space in the university’s spacious Shaffer Art Building. (Adjacent galleries house work from the school’s permanent collections as well as several smaller temporary exhibits, all of them worth seeing.)

• • • Bill Murphy (born 1952), whose work hangs in the front, is represented exclusively with work on paper: drawings, prints, and watercolors. His work has the most far-reaching—or scattered—feel here, with self-portraits, interior scenes, and urban landscapes.

In his most striking pieces here, he does for the waterways and industrial ruins of his native Staten Island something like what the 18th century printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi did for classical Rome. Murphy’s etchings on the theme are particularly rich.

Gravesend: The Persistence of Memory (2010) shows the decaying skeleton of an antiquated ship, the dark brown of the foreground contrasting with the thin gray-blue of the distant skyline. A circular tondo, The End Days, Kreischerville (2007), recalls the neighborhood’s brickmaking past.

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Lowly has cited the influence of early Renaissance art with its transitional character—poised between the hieratic, otherworldly quality of Medieval religious

Joel Sheesley’s “Messenger”

painting and incipient Renaissance naturalism. His paintings here also recall the paintings and drawings of Georges Seurat, who sought to merge the broken brushwork of Impressionism with the formal poise of classicism. Photography is another important source.

Nearly black-and-white and incorporating pencil as well as acrylic, Culture of Adoration (2008) is the show’s most memorable work. Like several other large paintings here, it has been done on several contiguous wood panels—a central one shows Temma, reclined awkwardly in the foreground on a sort of makeshift bed. A figure drawing class gathers around to picture her. They are arranged in a photographically-derived “splayed perspective,” forming a sort of enclosing arc.

The title draws a parallel with the Adoration of the Magi, a traditional theme in Christian iconography—like the figures gathered to adore the baby Jesus, this is a scene of palpable empathy.

A pair of “couch pictures,” See (2001) and Shift (2002) show Temma seated with her mother Sherrie. Painted solidly in shades of gray, the former shows the two figures in profile. The latter piece is remarkable for it’s subtle painterly transcription of light and photographic a n u a r y

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• • • Joel Sheesley (born 1950) works with oil on canvas and has been known for his suburban and domestic interior scenes.

His major series of the past decade has had a seemingly unlikely focus—a pair of depressions in the artist’s asphalt driveway that fill up with water when it rains. Echoing earlier paintings inspired by maps, these paintings take up a bird’s-eye-view. Lacking horizonlines, the ground encompasses us—we fall to earth but the reflective water affords us a view of the heavens.

Sheesley captures the grainy texture of his driveway by actually rubbing his unstretched canvases over the pavement.

In the square Messenger (2008), we see up top a pair of feet and the bottom of ladder—these are reflected below in dark silhouette. The ladder, suggesting spiritual ascension, is a familiar motif in Sheesley’s work—here it seems oddly unsupported.

Noah (2012), Sounding (2009), and The Hunter, Earth’s Crammed with Heaven (2011) adopt a near-panoramic format. In the former, the artist himself appears, white-haired and dressed in camping clothes, building a smoking fire.

The chaos of city life has long been the major focus for Robert Birmelin (born 1933). Coarsely rendered, his emphatically modernist paintings attempt to reconcile the active, slippery qualities of vision with the stability that is inherent to the picture as a form.

Two recent acrylic canvases—Penn Station, Lower Level—with Prodigal Forgiven (2008) and Watcher at the Window (2014)—exemplify an approach Birmelin has been exploring since the sixties. The perspective is an emphatically first-person one, placing us in his urban scenes. We see a world in movement, coming apart. Other people and limbs— disembodied, belonging to we know not whom—appear dissolving and dislocated.

His colors and brushwork are ungainly, earnest but sometimes difficult to like.

A mural-sized acrylic, Overpass (1991) has been painted on four narrow upright canvases, hung side-to-side with thin margins in-between. The piece shows a riot of figures and limbs hovering about a bridge crossing a busy highway.

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studies and etchings—the latter of which treat his signature themes with an elegant concision.

• • • A painter and printmaker of remarkable singularity, PedersonKrag (born 1938) is a conservative modernist in the tradition of Balthus and Giorgio Morandi. She’s also an eminent Ithacan—a 1963 Cornell M.F.A. and a professor at the school between 1966 and 1979, whose work maintains a quiet local influence.

In 2012, the Burdett -based Larson Publications published Gillian PedersonKrag: Paintings and Etchings 1970 – 2011, an amply illustrated overview of her work. The book includes several thoughtful essays by the artist discussing her background and philosophy of art. In one on “Unity,” she writes that: What makes a painting meaningful is the spectacle of ordinary content living together with the equally important life of the picture plane and the unity of the whole surface. I actually think that this phenomenon is attractive and satisfying because it reflects a feeling that we all have a kind of nostalgia for—the notion that life is somehow meaningful and while we are indeed separate, we continually seek out ways of discovering situations which will allow us to feel part of a larger whole.

Pederson-Krag’s oils demonstrate her compelling credo. They’re unabashedly beautiful and virtuosic in their palette, which makes them stand out among those of the other artists’ here, who prefer a more muted or descriptive use of color.

She is not a flashy painter but builds up her scenes in fleshy blocks and layered glazes.

Here her work encompasses landscape, interiors, portraits, still life— missing are her more explicitly fantastic or allegorical images. But everything, no matter how naturalistic in detail or prosaic in subject, has a distinctly dreamlike quality unmistakably hers.

Hung together, Interior (2010) and Studio Interior (1980) show a man and a woman, respectively, seated in rooms that are exquisitely intimate yet stage-like.

Pederson-Krag’s etchings have been compared to those of the Dutch Baroque eccentric Hercules Seghers. Her three landscape prints here are wonderlands of subtle texture and tone—each monochromatic but different in color.

Landscape (2000) is particularly striking with its bird’s-eye-view and evocation of classical ruins.

“Poetry of Content” is on display at the Syracuse University Art Galleries from Dec. 17, 2015 to March 20t, 2016.

An opening reception will be held at the Syracuse University Art Galleries on Jan. 21, from 5 to 7 p.m. with Lowly, Pederson-Krag, and Sheesley in attendance. All five artists will speak at a round table discussion to be held on March 3 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the university’s Watson Auditorium. More information can be found at suart.syr. edu •

Music bars/clubs/cafés

1/20 Wednesday Djug Django | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | Live hot club jazz.

Home On The Grange | 4:00 PM | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W. Main St., Trumansburg | Jam Session | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM | Canaan Institute, 223 Canaan Rd, Brooktondale | The focus is instrumental contra dance tunes. www. cinst.org.

NBR (No Blood Relation) | 8:00 PM-10:30 PM | Rulloff’s, 411 College Ave, Ithaca | Folk Rock.

Reggae Night | 9:00 PM-1:00 AM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | I-Town Allstars are the House Band featuring members of: Mosaic Foundation, Big Mean Sound Machine, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, John Brown’s Body and More! i3º | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM | Argos Inn, 408 E State St, Ithaca | Live Jazz: A Jazz Trio Featuring Nicholas Walker, Greg Evans, and Nick Weiser

1/21 Thursday Diana Leigh Jazz Quartet | 6:00 PM-8:30 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Includes intro to swing dance lesson at 7 pm.

Jazz, Swing.

Jazz Thursdays | 6:00 PM-7:30 PM | Collegetown Bagels, East Hill Plaza, Ithaca | Jazz.

Moosewood Thursday Night Live | 8:00 PM-10:00 PM | Moosewood Restaurant, 215 N Cayuga St Ste 70, Ithaca | Local musicians.

Swing Thursdays | 6:00 PM-8:30 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Come on down to The Dock and kick up your heels! Featuring Jim Scarpulla, Andrew Battles, and Mike Wellen, we’ll be leaning a little more to the blues side of things.

The Sun Parade, Misses Bitches | 8:00 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Rock, Indie Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Grunge, Power Pop, Folk, Punk.

Rock, Outlaw Country, Rock N Roll.

The Pelotones | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | Americana Vineyards, 4367 E Covert Rd, Interlaken | Jazz, Swing, R&B, Blues, Rock.

The Stone Flies, Perry City 5, Andrew O’Brien | 8:00 PM | Silver Line Tap Room, 19 W Main St, Trumansburg | Blues, Hard Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Country, Funk.

Wild Child | 8:00 PM | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Indie Pop.

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Contra and Square Dances | 8:00 PM | Great Room at Slow Lane, Comfort & Lieb Rds, Danby | Everyone welcome; you don’t need a partner. Dances are taught. Dances early in the evening introduce the basic figures.

Doug Keating | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W Main St, Trumansburg | Singer Songwriter.

Formula 5 | 8:00 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Progressive Rock, Funk, Rock, Soul, Jam. Harry Nichols | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM | Two Goats Brewing, 5027 State Rte 414, Burdett | Beachy, Punk-Poppy, Folk, Indie Rock.

Jazz at the Bakery | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM | Ithaca Bakery, Triphammer Marketplace, 2555 N Triphammer, Ithaca | Jazz.

Mad Cow Tippers | 6:00 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Alternative Country, Cow Punk, Psychobilly, Rockabilly.

Milkweed, Rockwood Ferry | 8:00 PM | Ransom Steele Tavern, 552 Main St., Apalachin | Folk, Bluegrass, Straight Country, Blues, World, Progressive Chamber Folk.

Single Barrel | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM | Heavily Brewing Company, 2471 Hayes Road, Montour Falls | Modern Southern

A Concert of New Music: Tenzin Chopak and Nicholas Walker | 8:00 PM | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W Main St, Trumansburg | Original music with voice, guitar, and double-bass.

Bendher, Deveroe | 8:00 PM | Ransom Steele Tavern, 552 Main St., Apalachin | Classic Rock, Modern Rock, Rock, Americana.

El Caminos | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM | Heavily Brewing Company, 2471 Hayes Road, Montour Falls | Alternative Country, Americana, Roots, Punk, Rock.

Glacial Erotics, The Fly Rods | 8:00 PM | Silver Line Tap Room, 19 W Main St, Trumansburg | Rock, Post-Rock, Funk, Blues, Punk.

On the Beach with The Blind Spots | 8:00 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Moxy Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative.

Zydeco Trail Riders | 9:00 PM | Two Goats Brewing, 5027 State Rte 414, Burdett | Zydeco, Creole, Cajun.

1/24 Sunday Acoustic Open Mic Night | 9:00 PM-1:00 AM | The Nines, 311 College Ave, Ithaca | Hosted by Technicolor Trailer Park.

Bob & Dee | 1:00 PM-3:00 PM | Six

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Mile Creek Vineyard, 1551 Slaterville Rd, Ithaca | Together Bob & Dee create tons of music for a duo, big harmonies & enchanting melodies. Their eclectic song list takes you effortlessly from genre to genre.

Charlie Young and London McDaniel | 12:00 PM-2:00 PM | Agava, 381 Pine Tree Rd, Ithaca | Acoustic Folk Duo. Immortal Jellyfish | 4:00 PM-6:00 PM | Americana Vineyards, 4367 E Covert Rd, Interlaken | Rock, Soul, Blues, 60’s, Jazz, Folk.

International Folk Dancing | 7:30 PM-9:30 PM | Kendal At Ithaca, 2230 N Triphammer Rd, Ithaca | Teaching and request dancing. No partners needed.

Nate Miner & Matt Furstoss of Underwater Tiger | 2:00 PM-5:00 PM | Grist Iron Brewing, 4880 NYS Route 414, Burdett | Popular Covers, Originals.

The Pelotones | 6:00 PM-10:00 PM | Maxie’s Supper Club & Oyster Bar, 635 W State St, Ithaca | Jazz, R&B, Swing, Blues, Rock.

1/25 Monday Open Mic Night | 8:30 PM | Agava, 381 Pine Tree Rd, Ithaca | Signups start at 7:30pm.

whistlers, pipers, mandos, bodhran’s, and flute players. All Ages & Stages.

Irish Session | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM | Rulloff’s, 411 College Ave, Ithaca | Hosted by Traonach Professor Tuesday’s Jazz Quartet | 8:00 PM-10:00 PM | Madeline’s Restaurant, 215 E State St, Ithaca | Jazz.

Tuesday Bluesday w. Dan Paolangeli & Friends | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Blues, Rock.

Viva Rongovia | 6:00 PM | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W. Main St., Trumansburg |

Angie Beeler & Lynn Wiles Duo | 6:00 PM-10:00 PM | Maxie’s Supper Club & Oyster Bar, 635 W State St, Ithaca | Latin, Bossa Nova, American Song Book Tunes.

I-Town Community Jazz Jam | 8:30 PM-11:00 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Hosted by Professor Greg Evans Intergenerational Traditional Irish Session | 6:30 PM-9:00 PM | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 139 W State St, Ithaca | Calling all fiddlers,

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Perceptual Distortion | 8:00 PM | Funk ‘n Waffles, 727 S Crouse Ave Ste 8, Syracuse | Psychedelic, Funk, Rock,

1/20 Wednesday Kat Wright and the Indomitable Soul Band | 9:00 PM | Funk ‘n Waffles, 727 S Crouse Ave Ste 8, Syracuse | Blues, Soul, Rock.

The Moth: Stories Told | 8:00 PM | State Theater Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | The Moth, founded in 1997, is a New York-based non-profit organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling. The Moth offers a weekly podcast and in 2009 launched a national public radio show, The Moth

1/21 THE SUN PARADE (WITH MISSES BITCHES) 1/22 FORMULA 5 1/23 THE BLIND SPOTS 1/27 MIGHTY DIAMONDS 2/10 THE AKAE BEKA (WITH CRUCIAL REGGAE)

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Vaporeyes | 9:00 PM | Funk ‘n Waffles, 727 S Crouse Ave Ste 8, Syracuse | Psychedelic, Jazz Fusion, Jam, Progressive Rock.

Northhampton Indie Rockers The Sun Parade bring their very “NortheasternIndie vibe” with them to The Dock, Thursday 1/21. Hometown favorites Misses Bitches open up at 8:00 p.m. So pack your winter skullies. (Photo Provided)

1/22 WILD CHILD 1/30 JOHN BROWNS BODY 2/5 CABINET 2/12 MARTIN COURTNEY (OF REAL ESTATE) 2/18 TURKUAZ & PIMPS OF JOYTIME 2/21 KURT VILE AND THE VIOLATORS 2/24 BOOMBOX BITS AND PIECES TOUR 2/26 FELICE BROTHERS 3/12 DRIVE BY TRUCKERS h e

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Pigeons Playing Ping Pong | 10:00 PM | Funk ‘n Waffles, 727 S Crouse Ave Ste 8, Syracuse | High-Energy Psychedelic Funk.

Film 10th Mountain Healing: Fade to Winter: Ski Movie Fundraiser | 8:00 PM, 1/22 Friday | State Theater Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | Ski film screening to raise funds for a local non-profit. Written, edited, and Directed by Ithaca College grad, Scott Gaffney. Info @ 10thMTNHealing.org Treleaven Wine & Movie Night: Pitch Perfect 2 | 6:00 PM, 1/23 Saturday | King Ferry Winery, 658 Lake Rd, King Ferry | Beginning at 6 PM, the winery will welcome guests for tastings until 6:45PM, and the feature film will follow with a start time of 7 PM.

Wednesday 1/20 to Tuesday 1/26 | Contact Regal Ithaca for Showtimes The Forest | A woman goes into the Suicide Forest to find her twin sister, which she is informed by paranormal forces. | 95 mins PG-13 | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos. | 144 mins R | Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid | Two Western bank/train robbers flee to Bolivia when the law gets too close.| 110 mins M | The Big Short | Four outsiders in the world of high-finance who predicted the credit and housing bubble collapse of the mid-2000s decide to take on the big banks for their lack of foresight and greed. | 130 mins R | Norm of the North | When a real estate development invades his Arctic home, Norm and his three lemming friends head to New York City, where Norm becomes the mascot of the corporation in an attempt to bring it down from the inside and protect his homeland. | 86 mins PG | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | A continuation of the saga created by George Lucas and set thirty years after Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). | 135 mins PG-13 | The Hateful Eight | In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters. | 187 mins R | The Revenant | A frontiersman named Hugh Glass on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s is on a quest for survival after being brutally mauled by a bear. | 156 mins R | The 5th Wave | Four waves of increasingly deadly alien attacks have left most of Earth decimated. Cassie is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother. | 112 mins PG-13 |

Friday, 1/22 to Thursday, 1/28.

Contact Cinemapolis for Showtimes Family Classics Picture Show: The Wizard of Oz | 2:00 PM | Sunday, 1/24 | Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home. | 102 mins | Carol | Set in 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman. | 118 mins R | Brooklyn | An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a new romance. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within. | 111 mins PG-13 |

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Anomalisa | A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary. | 90 mins R | The Danish Girl | The remarkable love story inspired by the lives of artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda’s marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili’s groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer. | 172 mins R | Spotlight | The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core. | 128 min R|

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Stage Out of the Blue Ensemble | 7:00 PM, 1/21 Thursday | Lehman Alternative Community School, 111 Chestnut St, Ithaca | Improv performance with a purpose.

Civic Ensemble: A More Perfect Union | 7:30 PM, 1/25 Monday | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St, Ithaca | A seriously sexy comedy about love, law, and the Supreme Court’s dirty little secrets.During late nights working in the U.S. Supreme Court library, opposing law clerks learn the hard way that opposites attract. Directed by Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr. with Jennifer Herzog and Ryan Hope-Travis. Info at civicensemble.org

Notices Give a Chance Raffle | 1/20 Wednesday | Solomon Organization, 92 River Road, Summit | The Solomon Organization, owner and manager of nearly 1,000 apartment homes in Ithaca needs your help to give away $5,000 to one non-profit in the region as part of its new Give a Chance raffle. All qualified 501C3 non-profit organizations that contact Solomon before Jan 29 will be entered into a poll on its Ithaca Apartment Management Facebook page. The poll will be

open from Feb. 1 through March 1 and all interested can vote for their favorite charity once per day. All non-profits that are interested in participating, or individuals interested in nominating their favorite charity can contact Christie Williams at 607.272.9206 or cwilliams@ solomonorg.com Ithaca Sociable Singles Dinner | 6:00 PM, 1/20 Wednesday | Kilpatrick’s Publick House, 130 E Seneca St, Ithaca | 6pm Dinner. RSVP fleischmann_hans@ yahoo.com Coalition for Families Monthly Meeting | 8:30 PM-10:00 PM, 1/21 Thursday | Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, 615 Willow Ave., Ithaca | Watch here for more information, or get in touch with Anna, ams69@cornell. http:// ccetompkins.org/, http://www.frct.org/ Festival: Auditions for 2016 Season | Announces local auditions for its upcoming 2016 season to be held at the end of January. Auditions will be held by appointment only. All roles are available. For a list of performances and additional contact information: FingerLakesMTF.com The National Alliance on Mental Illness Meeting | 1:30 PM, 1/21 Thursday | 430 West State St., 430 West State St., Ithaca | You are invited to meet with us to chat about your situation. Info: Susan Larkin @

Out Of The Blue Ensemble,

Lehman Alternative Community School , Thursday, January 21, 7:00 p.m.

Ithaca’s newest improvisational performance ensemble, debuts at the Lehman Alternative School Black Box Theatre. Focusing on “performance with a purpose”, Out of the Blue ensemble members (Alice Saltonstall, Jaydn McCune, Scott Dawson, Stan Stewart and Valerie Anne) bring to life the thoughts and musings of the community through storytelling, music, theater, movement and song. The theme for this entirely improvised performance will be “Light” and will be inspired in the moment by words and phrases from the audience members!

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SPCLarkin@icloud.com Workshop at CAP: FIND YOUR FANS: Relationship Marketing for Small-Scale Creators | 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, 1/21 Thursday | CAP ArtsSpace, 171 The Commons, Ithaca | Presenting a marketing workshop by Ryan Miga.

Description at http://artspartner.org/ content/view/for-artists-art-organizations.html. (or www.artspartner.org) The Cayuga Trails Club | 1/22 Friday | The Cayuga Trails Club will lead a short moonlight hike in the Roy H Park Preserve on January 22. For details, check http://cayugatrailsclub.org/ or call 607-539-7096.

Sunday Square Dancing | 7:00 PM, 1/24 Sunday | Temple Beth-El, 402 N Tioga St, Ithaca | Square Dancing is a low-impact aerobic activity that stimulates both mind and body. Easy and fun for people of any age. Sunday Squares is free and open to all. We dance to a wide variety of popular music, and learn dance steps used all over the world. Come alone or with a partner. No special dancing skills required.

The Landlords Association of Tompkins County Monthly Meeting | 4:30 PM-, 1/25 Monday | Ramada Inn, N Triphammer Rd, Ithaca | This month’s topic: How to Determine If Your Assessment is Fair, with a panel of experts. For more information email LATC@LandlordsAssociation.com or call

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Tompkins County League of Women Voters: Continuing Impressions of the Affordable Healthcare | 7:00 PM-8:30 PM, 1/25 Monday | BorgWarner Room, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | The panel discussion will focus on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and how it relates to citizens of Tompkins County. Specifically, presenters will discuss a status check on the donut hole, preventive services, and Medicare Advantage plans.

CRC Walking Club | 5:00 PM-, 1/26 Tuesday | Ithaca High School, 1401 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca | Walking, large muscle group strengthening, and gentle yoga.

The Ultimate Purpose: Free Speech Open Forum Discussion | 7:00 PM-, 1/26 Tuesday | The Mate Factor Cafe, 143 The Commons, Ithaca | Please join us for tea, cookies, and a lively open discussion on the deep issues concerning humanity and our future.

Every Tuesday Night at 7 O’Clock.

Learning Your Non-Profit Board Can Become Engaged and Effective | 9:00 AM-12:15 PM, 1/20 Wednesday | BorgWarner Room, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | With Scott Heyman and Mary Beth Bunge. Training for Boards of Directors tends to be mostly about

The Janus Wind Quartet,

Rockwell Museum of Western Art, Friday, January 22, 7:30 p.m.

The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes is proud to present the second concert of the popular Musician’s Choice Chamber Series at the Rockwell Museum featuring The Janus Wind Quintet, comprised of OSFL musicians Laura Campbell, flute (pictured); Lesley McClelland, oboe; Richard MacDowell, clarinet; Heather Cole, bassoon; and Terry Martens, French horn. The ensemble will perform classical quintets

by Beethoven and Bizet’s famous Carmen Suite, but will also include contemporary works Cuban Concerto and Spirit Man.

“What Is the Board’s Role?” There are good reasons for this – Boards very frequently “micro-manage” the staff. Just as often they abdicate their responsibilities and let the chief executive run the show.

Coloring for Grownups | 6:00 PM-7:30 PM, 1/21 Thursday | BorgWarner Room, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Winter Reading Program for Adults Media Contact: Carrie Wheeler-Carmenatty at (607) 272-4557 extension 248 or cwheeler@tcpl.org Jeanne Calabretta, N.D, A.A.S., CNHP, Nature’s Sunshine Manager | 3:00 PM-4:00 PM, 1/21 Thursday | The Jenkins Center, Suite 110, 301 South Geneva St., Ithaca | Topics include, The Gut::Brain Connection, Flower Essences and the emotional areas of the brain, Herbs that do not counteract medications, Lifestyle changes (at your own pace), and much more! Open to the Public. Reserve a place by calling (607) 277-7337 www.mhaedu.org Winter Fly Tying Workshop | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, 1/23 Saturday | CCE Education Center, 615 Willow Ave, Ithaca | The Introduction to Fly Tying features nine two-hour sessions with several different instructors who will teach you the basics of tying the dry fly, wet fly, nymph and streamer patterns that are the most effective in our area.

Dates for the training-1/9-3/5/2015.

Space is limited so sign up now. Info at 607-272-2292 (extension 139) ahs38@ cornell.edu World Travels: A Gardener’s View | 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, 1/24 Sunday | CCE Education Center, 615 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Featuring Carol Eichler, Master Gardener and past chair of the Adirondack Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society. Please call 272-2292 for more information, there is no need to preregister.

Cooperative Enterprise Info Session | 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, 1/25 Monday | The Space at GreenStar, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | What makes the cooperative business model so unique?

Join GreenStar staff member Laura Buttenbaum for this informational session about all things cooperative.

Registration is required - sign up at GreenStar’s Customer Service Desk or call 273-9392.

When Mars and Venus Collide: The Challenges of Foundation/Grantee Communications | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, 1/26 Tuesday | BorgWarner Room, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | With Joanne Florino, Vice President for Public Policy,

Heads Up

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ell I guess it’s winter – the snow is meekly falling and the universe seems like it’s squishing you into a dark and lonely corner. And you know what - that’s why man formed bars and bands - to shake an emphatic fist at the universe and say “I’m gonna party, I’m gonna live, I’m gonna freaking Rock Hard gosh-darn it - this stinking weather won’t stop me!” For us weather-resisters we’re set up for some good times this week here in the epicenter of Tompkins County.

Here’s some of the sunny highlights this week.

North Hampton’s The Sun Parade are currently hitting their indie-rock stride, forging 70’s pop sensibilities with that “I’m indie - I’m free - I’m emotional - but I can really write a song” kind of hipster shtick.

They play The Dock this Thursday with Ithaca’s favorite folk rock-punks Misses Bitches, who always brinig their dynamicearthy-renegade tunes we all know and love! This group is outstanding live and you only do yourself a favor by going out and raging with them. They start at 8 p.m.

The Mad Cow Tippers bring the leather black and white, and all the psychobilly-cow punk-alternative country-madness they can possible fit in one van, to The Dock on Friday at 6 p.m. You’ll be seeing Elvis, Marilyn, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Sid Vicious all

The Philanthropy Roundtable. Visit www.hsctc.org/workshops for details.

Special Events Tai Chi Open House | 11:30 AM-1:00 PM, 1/23 Saturday | Fall Creek Studios, 1201 N. Tioga St., Ithaca | Tai Chi Open House January 23 at 11:30 am and January 26 at 5:30 pm. Come and learn the health benefits of Taoist Tai Chi. Try a few moves with our certified instructors. All welcome, demonstrations, refreshments. Taoist Tai Chi Ithaca Branch, 1201 N. Tioga St., Fall Creek Studios, Ithaca, 607-2775491or ithaca.ny@taoist.org Tu B’Shevat Participatory Seder | 5:30 PM, 1/23 Saturday | Just Be Cause Center, 1013 W State St, Ithaca | A participatory seder and dish-to-pass meal celebrating the holiday of the trees, hosted by Kol Haverim - the

stomping around together – swinging to the great big pie in the sky!

The burly foursome Single Barrel live in that southern rock viawhisky swilling-hard traveling-outlaw country-big truck driving-universe, where Allen Collins, Dickey Betts, and Warren Haynes solos reign supreme.

Their sound harks back to the spirited 70’s blueprint – one where blues, country, hard rock, and gnarly gruff, mold together snugly under one moniker. They play the Heavily Brewing Company Friday at 7 p.m.

Local Ithacan’s The Blind Spots channel that 70’s Fleetwood Mac-arena rock-pop-whirlwind vibe, infusing it with a mix of guitar workouts – synth fuzz-outs – and soulful funk jams. Lead singer Maddy Walsh brings the “don’t blink you’ll miss her” front-woman aura with her everywhere she teeters – and invites the whole band inward with some pretty epic, bluesy, beautiful, and powerful pipes.

These guys are working hard, touring heavy, and looking to make that leap into the nether world. They play The Dock on Saturday at 8 p.m.

So you’ve got your stops – you’ve got your bands – and you’ve got no excuses to sit around cursing this frozen Planet Hoth-like town we call home. Get up and raise Clockwise from Top Left: The Blind Spots. Rev. F.T. “Bubba” Dubbs, bassist your fists, “Yes we’re alive pour me some shots - and and vocalist for the Mad Cow Tippers. Chris DellaPorta, vocalist and guitarist let’s see some rock!” • for Single Barrel. Misses Bitches (Photos Provided)

Finger Lakes Community for Humanistic Judaism. Please bring place settings to reduce the need for disposables.

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Hall, 108 E Green St, Ithaca | The Board reviews Site Plan Review applications, proposed Subdivision applications, proposed City ordinance revisions, zoning appeals, and other matters it is charged with reviewing.

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Rental Housing Advisory Commission (RHAC) | 5:15 PM, 1/20 Wednesday | Ithaca City Hall, 108 E Green St, Ithaca | RHAC recommends to Common Council new steps to be taken to improve the accessibility, affordability, and quality of rental housing in the City of Ithaca.

City of Ithaca Board of Public Works | 4:45 PM, 1/25 Monday | Common Council Chambers - Ithaca City Hall, 108 E Green St, Ithaca | Planning and Development Board | 6:00 PM-10:00 PM, 1/26 Tuesday | Common Council Chambers - Ithaca City

Call for Entries: Exhibit Will Feature “A Sense of Place” | Ithaca City Hall, 108 E Green St, Ithaca | Area artists are invited to submit works centered on Ithaca’s built environment for an exhibit during the month of April. The deadline for submissions is March 1. Complete guidelines and entry forms are available online at www.csma-ithaca.org.

Works, New Growth. Creating art is a process of exploration and expression.

New Works, New Growth focuses on symbolic representation of time and change, through a medium similar to stained glass. All pieces in this collection were created in 2015. Call 273-8246 CAP ArtSpace | Center Ithaca, The Commons, Ithaca | Aviation Anthropology – the Micro-culture of Small Airports. Photographs by Jon Reis. Jon Reis has been studying the micro-culture of aviation since the late 1970s. This show contrasts B&W silver based photographs of aviation environments taken in the seventies with recent visually rich color views.

For more information, visit artspartner. org.

call (607) 882-9220 Ulysses Philomathic Library | 74 E Main St, Trumansburg | Showing Jim Mason’s Digital Photography. Many of the pieces are limited edition giclée canvas prints with rich color and detail.

Lot 10 | (106 S. Cayuga Street) | Dan Emerson, a recent BFA graduate from SUNY Cortland, will be exhibiting his work at Lot 10 during the months of January and February.

State of the Art | 12o West St, Ithaca | “Lyric Visions: Artists Respond to Poetry” will open State of the Art’s 2016 year of exhibitions. Gallery members have created art work in response to the poetry of sixteen regional poets invited by Tish Pearlman, poet laureate of Tompkins Country in 2013 . The exhibition extends two months with half of the artists showing in January and the other half during February. Call: 277-1626 or Visit: www.soag.org

Elevator Music and Art Gallery | @ New Roots Charter School (116 North Cayuga Street/The Clinton House elevator music | Ashley Click: Smoke and Mirrors. Visit newrootsschool.org or

ongoing Buffalo Street Books | 215 N Cayuga Street, Ithaca | Emily Koester: New

Cinemapolis, Sunday, January 24, 2:00 p.m.

The Haunt, Friday, January 22, 8:00 p.m.

This colorful indie-pop band from Austin, Texas lives by-way of the strong melodic and poppy voice of lead vocalist and violinist Kelsey Wilson. The band’s sound hangs somewhere in-between crunchy indie-folk and super catchy pop. Their strengths lie in the weaving in and out of these forms. Their arrangements have an old-time jamboree feel to them, yet the strong pop sense makes the band very much modern – and teetering on the brink of indie superstardom.

An unusual film that lives in many varying dimensions, The Wizard of Oz first premiered in 1939 and has been routinely referred to as one of the greatest films of all-time. Its dynamic use of Technicolor, fantasy story lines, epic musical score, and strange characters, is seen as one of the most iconic of all American artists endeavors. Both a youth fantasy juggernaut – and a dark, psychedelic forecast, the film is also infamous for its alternate soundtrack, Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon (you have to hit play when the Lion from the opening caption roars).

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