Music Bars/Bands/Clubs
6/16 Thursday Raedwald | 5:30 p.m. | South Hill Cider, 550 Sandbank Road Sunset Music Series: The Yardvarks | 6 p.m. | Six Mile Creek Vineyard, 1551 Slaterville Rd CFCU Summer Concert Series: Kevin Kinsella/Reggae Festival | 6 p.m. | Bernie Milton Pavilion, Center Commons | Free
6/17 Friday Metasequoia/Bob Roberts Calamity/Harry Nichols | 6 p.m. | South Hill Cider, 550 Sandbank Road | $10.00 Friday Night Music - The Common Railers | 6 p.m. | Hopshire Farms and Brewery, 1771 Dryden Rd The Vintage Lane Band at Wagner Vineyards (Sunset Music Series) | 6:30 p.m. | Wagner Vineyards, 9322 State Route 414
6/18 Saturday Acoustic Brew at Summer Solstice Party at Hosmer Winery | 1 p.m.| 7020 State Route 89
6/19 Sunday Sunday Music Series | 1 p.m. | Red Newt Cellars, 3675 Tichenor Road | Free
6/20 Monday
Newfield Music Series at Mill Park: Louiston | 6 p.m. | Mill Park | Free Homer Summer Concert Series : Cortland Old Timers Band| 7 p.m. | Village Green | Free Concerts/Recitals
6/16 Thursday Graduate Recital: Natalie Wagnon, soprano at Hockett Family Recital Hall | 7 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd
6/20 Monday Brandy Clark | 8 p.m. | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St
6/22 Wednesday Judy Collins | 8 p.m. | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St
6/28 Tuesday Michael Winograd and the Honorable Mentshn: Early Bird Special | 6:30 p.m. | Ithaca Community School of Music and Arts, 330 East State Street | $10.00 - $36.00
6/29 Wednesday Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats w/ Antibalas | 7 p.m. | Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards, 2708 Lords Hill Road
Stage School Girls ; or the African Mean Girls Play | 7:30 p.m., 6/15 Wednesday | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd. | School Girls; Or,
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Mondays with MAQ @ South Hill Cider | 5:30 p.m. | South Hill Cider, 550 Sandbank Road
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The African Mean Girls Play, by Jocelyn Bioh Queen Bee Paulina is intent on representing her school in the Miss Ghana 1986 pageant. Hurricane Diane | 7:30 p.m., 6/15 Wednesday | Kitchen Theatre Company, 417 W. State / W. MLK, Jr. Street | In the suburbs of the Garden State, the Greek God Dionysus returns from the heavens in the guise of a butch gardener named Diane, who’s hell-bent on reversing climate change and restoring earthly order by seducing a band of mortal followers. Runs June 8-26. CRT Presents: Hair | 6/15 Wednesday | Little York Lake Theatre & Pavilion, 6799 Little York Lake Road | Book and Lyrics by Gerome Ragni & James Rado;Music by Galt MacDermot The American tribal love-rock musical – for the first time on the CRT stage! Dig out those bell-bottoms and peace signs! Ithaca Shakespeare presents: Julius Caesar | 6 p.m., 6/16 Thursday | Robert H. Treman State Park, 105 Enfield Falls Rd. | One of Shakespeare’s great tragedies, which ISC has never performed outdoors. 6/16-6/19 ComedyFLOPs 3rd Friday Improv Show To Support Mutual Aid Tompkins | 7 p.m., 6/17 Friday | Virtual, https://www.youtube.com/comedyflops | ComedyFLOPs’ 3rd Friday streaming Improv Shows in support of local area non-profit organizations. This month we’re supporting Mutual Aid Tompkins. | Free A Great Wilderness | 7:30 p.m., 6/17 Friday | Cherry Artspace | Presented by Homecoming Players. After decades as the gentle-natured leader of a Christian retreat that endeavors to “cure” gay teens, Walt is preparing for a reluctant retirement when his final client quietly disappears into the remote Idaho wilderness.
Tribute to Schitt’s Creek: Burlesque, Drag & Music | 7 p.m., 6/18 Saturday | Ithaca Community School of Music and Arts, 330 East State Street | A variety show tribute to Schitt’s Creek, on Saturday, June 18th, 2022 at CSMA. | $25.00 - $30.00 Open Mic Stand Up Comedy Night @ The Downstairs at Downstairs | 7 p.m., 6/21 Tuesday | First and third Tuesdays of the month! Kenneth McLauren hosts Open Mic Stand Up Comedy Night at The Downstairs. View on site | Email this event CRT Presents: Over the River and Through the Woods | 6/22 Wednesday | Little York Lake Theatre & Pavilion, 6799 Little York Lake Road | A 50th Anniversary revival of CRT’s most beloved play! This hysterical comedy is for, and about, the whole family! Nick is a young Italian American living in New York City who meets both sets of grandparents for dinner every Sunday. That is until he accepts his dream job in Seattler Singtrece’s Open Mic for Singers, Rappers, Songwriters & Poets @ The Downstairs at The Downstairs | 7 p.m., 6/28 Tuesday | The Downstairs and SingTrece Publishing Production Presents Ithaca’s Best Open Mic for Singers, Rappers, Songwriters, Poets and Spoken Word.
Art Psychic Geometry | 11 a.m., 6/15 Wednesday | the corners gallery, 903 HANSHAW RD | Psychic Geometry, new work by Ellen Weider, showcases her acrylic on linen drawings, sometimes described as “aura paintings”. Pop In Studio Night | 4 p.m., 6/16 Thursday | Artist Alley at South Hill Business Campus, 950 Danby Road | Several artists studios and the gallery
HURRICANE DIANE
RUNS WEDNESDAYS THROUGH SUNDAYS UNTIL JUNE 26. CHECK THEATRE FOR SHOWTIMES.
Kitchen Theatre Company, 417 W. State St., Ithaca | Time is running out to catch KTC’s final show of the season, a “perfect storm of timely tragicomedy.” Join the cast of Hurricane Diane for a post-show discussion on Friday to hear from them about their process of finding their characters and bringing the storm to life. (Photo: Facebook)
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will be open to the public every third Thursday from 4-7pm. The Gallery at South Hill, Sheryl Sinkow and Diane Newton, Manifestations | 5 p.m., 6/17 Friday | The Gallery at South Hill, 950 Danby Road | “Manifestations” is a two-person show of work in the Gallery at South Hill by Sheryl Sinkow and Diane Newton. Sinkow will show photographs - manifestations of some of her astrological degree symbols. Newton will show drawings in pastel and work in mixed media done in 2022. | Free
Film Cinemapolis 120 E. Green St., Ithaca June 16- June 23, 2022. Contact Cinemapolis for showtimes. New films listed first. * NT Live: Henry V* |Two shows only 6/16 (6:30) and 6/18 (1:30) | Kit Harington plays the title role in Shakespeare’s thrilling study of nationalism, war and the psychology of power.| 180 mins NR Brian and Charles* | After a particularly harsh winter Brian goes into a deep depression; completely isolated and with no one to talk to, Brian does what any sane person would do when faced with such a melancholic situation. He builds a robot. | 90 mins NR Cha Cha Real Smooth* | Fresh out of college and without a clear life path going forward, 22-year-old Andrew is stuck back at home with his family in New Jersey. But if there’s one thing that belongs on his nonexistent résumé, it’s how to get a party started, which lands him the perfect job of motivational dancing at the bar and bat mitzvahs for his younger brother’s classmates.| 107 mins R Jazz Fest: A New Orleans story* | Weaves together live performances and interviews from the 50th anniversary of the iconic festival, featuring some of the biggest names in the music industry, along with a wealth of archival documentary footage from the past half century.| 94 mins PG-13 Neptune Frost* | Multidisciplinary artist Saul Williams brings his unique dynamism to this Afrofuturist vision, a sci-fi punk musical that’s a visually wondrous amalgamation of themes,
ideas, and songs that Williams has explored in his work. | 107 mins NR Memoria | From the extraordinary mind of director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and starring Tilda Swinton, comes a bewildering drama about a Scottish woman, who, after hearing a loud ‘bang’ at daybreak, begins experiencing a mysterious sensory syndrome while traversing the jungles of Colombia.| 136 mins PG Everything Everywhere All At Once | A hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman (Michelle Yeoh) who can’t seem to finish her taxes. | 140 mins R Crimes of the Future | As the human species adapts to a synthetic environment, the body undergoes new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice, Saul Tenser, celebrity performance artist, publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. | 107 mins NR
Special Events Empire State Senior Games | 6/15 Wednesday thru 6/18 Saturday| Various locations in greater Cortland area | The Empire State Senior Games is an organized sports competition and leisure program for those age 50 and older. Ithaca Night Bazaar at Steamboat Landing, Ithaca Farmers Market Pavilion | 6 p.m., 6/16 Thursday | A monthly festival of musicians, makers, artists, performers, doers and dreamers. Cortland Jam Fest | 7 p.m., 6/16 Thursday | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St | Jamfest is a yearly celebration of learning and musichighlighting the musicians of Cortland City School District. GO ITHACA Outdoor Tours at Bernie Milton Pavilion | 11:30 a.m., 6/17 Friday | Bernie Milton Pavilion, Center Commons | GO ITHACA is excited to be a 2022 recipient of the Tompkins County Outdoor Recreation Grant. Ithaca Reggae Fest | 5 p.m., 6/17 Friday | Stewart Park, 1 James L. Gibbs Dr. | The 4th Annual Ithaca Reggae Fest returns to beautiful Stewart Park in Ithaca, NY with a full day of community and music on Saturday, June
SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY
OPENS FRIDAY, JUNE 17TH AT 7:30PM. RUNS THROUGH JUNE 25TH.
Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd., Ithaca | You know summer is here when shows begin at Hangar! The first one opens this week with the Regional Premiere of this popular off-Broadway show. Once again, Hangar Theatre will take advantage of its wonderful outdoor stage. (Photo: Provided)