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Revising Tax Incentives ... Again

Rejected: Sending All Trucks Thru Dryden

he fallout continues from the Tompkins County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) voting down developer Jason Fane’s application for tax abatement through the Community Investment Incentive Tax Abatement Program (CIITAP) in December. During his 2015 State of the City address, Mayor Svante Myrick noted changes to the city’s CIITAP were among his priorities. “Our CIITAP abatement program,” he said, “successfully incentivized the kind of development we need, but it has caused concern that not enough community benefits are being attained. It’s time to explore reforming the program and adopting an abatement policy that incentivizes growth, benefits all segments of our community, and is consistent with every community in the county.” Myrick, during a Planning and Economic Development Committee public meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 14, reiterated his intention and hope for CIITAP reform. “I think it is time to look at the CIITAP,” he said, “and especially, look at it from a county level. Creating a different standard in one municipality and not for others puts us at a large disadvantage. And I think that’s harmful for our economy, harmful for our environment because it is already difficult to build.” Myrick, who is also an IDA member, said he took the idea of making changes to the current program to IDA members and that they were “very positive” to the idea. However, several members are waiting to be reappointed in February by Tompkins County Legislature, and Myrick said the conversation would begin following those decisions. Although Myrick was not in attendance for the Fane vote, he told this newspaper that he himself did not support the project, as it was “on a weird slope” and was not mixed use. However, as others have alluded, those are decisions for city planning—which had already approved the project—and not part of CIITAP’s application requirements. The CIITAP program—available to certain parcels within the downtown business improvement district (BID) and West State Street/waterfront areas—offers seven years of stepped tax abatement to projects that qualify and are approved. Size, density, and location are the three criteria evaluated for eligibility. With its Clinton Street address and

ocal city and state officials are still figuring out a plan to make truck traffic through the city safer, six months after a truck crashed into downtown Ithaca and took the life of Simeon’s bartender and mother-to-be Amanda Bush. During a Thursday, Jan. 15 public meeting in Ithaca Town Hall, the Tompkins County Truck Safety Committee held a public forum to receive feedback on the list of 23 ideas it has come up with since the accident. The committee came together just weeks after the June 20 incident. It includes Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick, Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton (D-125th), Tompkins County Legislature Chairman Mike Lane (D-14th), Director of Dryden Mayor James Zimmer protest routing traffic through his village. (Photo: M. Nocella) Ithaca-Tompkins Transportation Council Fernando compiled, several are still labeled “research de Aragon, and representatives of the state ongoing,” or “under consideration.” Department of Transportation (DOT). Twelve of the ideas are already “not Lifton began the meeting by reflecting recommended,” and three have been back on the incident. “implemented.” The last includes cutting “It was a terrible way to start the down brush for signage visibility, summer, needless to say,” she said. “The mayor and I were in touch very quickly. We evaluating existing signage, augmenting existing signage as needed, and considering continued to talk [days after the incident]. additional warning signs. We’ve been getting suggestions—people Of the ideas “under consideration,” one emailing and calling us, sending in their ideas from their own experience. continued on page 5 “We have not decided anything,” she

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continued, “Nothing is written in stone. If we recommend something, it could get un-recommended. Or if we say it’s not recommended, we’re willing to keep discussing it. There’s no closed doors at this point.” Myrick echoed Lifton’s sentiments; he acknowledged the potent reasons for a room full of residents to gather to discuss truck safety. “This was a tragedy for us,” Myrick said. “We lost Amanda Bush, a member of our community. The smaller tragedy here was that this truck shook our sense of security. This is an intersection where South Hill meets East Hill meets downtown. Just about any Ithacan can imagine themself standing there. It rippled throughout the city in a pretty rapid way.” Of the 23 ideas the committee

put them in your county or on your property? Where do you get equipment? How to you get bees? What happens when you get those bees? Speaker: David Hopkins A year in the bee yard: What should (or can) you do with your bees and when? Speaker: Peter Borst Frames - the foundation of a good hive: how to assemble the key component of a hive, as well as maintaining your frames to help insure a healthy bee colony. Speaker: Robert Kozlowski. See to flbeeclub.com to register.

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fter the construction is over and the new pavers are down, the renovated Commons might allow for visitors that use more than two legs. City of Ithaca Planning and Economic Development Committee (Planning) began discussing the new Commons legislation during its Wednesday, Jan. 14 public meeting, and a noteworthy aspect of the new regulations pertained to canines. The legislation, currently being revised by the Commons Advisory Board (CAB), stated it was “in favor of allowing dogs that are licensed, adequately restrained, and under the control of its owner, on the Commons.” The CAB is using the time during which the Commons is being renovated to re-evaluate the space’s rules. “When the Commons began demolition,” CAB Chair Kristin Lewis said, “everything—the way we did it before—had changed. We had no pavilions to permit; we had no vending we had to regulate. We had very little to deal with. So we said we have time now, let’s look at the old legislation and try to look at the problems we had with the old legislation.” Currently, the only dogs allowed on the Commons are ones that belong to people who work or live on the Commons. The dog owners are required to get a special permit that allows them to walk their pets on the Commons directly to their place of business or residence using the closest entrance to the Commons. Permitting dogs on the Commons

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proposed three-story, 36-unit apartment building, Fane’s project qualified. Director of Planning and Economic Development JoAnn Cornish noted the city already went through a thorough review before the project was ultimately approved, and that the public information session was not a reopening of the project’s approval, but simply for its consideration of it’s tax abatement application. When Fane’s abatements were not approved, it underscored a disconnect between the city and the IDA, and what the CIITAP is ultimately trying to accomplish. In a guest editorial “Abatements are Incentives,” for the Ithaca Times, Downtown Ithaca Alliance Executive Director Gary Ferguson voiced concern about yet another—a fourth—iteration to the CIITAP program. Ferguson reasoned the purpose of the program is to help fill the gap between the total project cost and the money from debt and equity sources raised by the developer, and to be “the last piece of the funding puzzle that allowed projects to proceed.” He noted that the 2 1 -2 7,

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is far from a sure thing. Lewis said the board was not unanimous in its recommendation. “I’m of two minds,” she said. “I absolutely agree with the cleanliness part of it, and I can’t say I’m straight down the center of this either. But there are dogs on the Commons now. If you come on the weekends—I was down here on a pleasant weekend in September—and I counted 50

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dogs between a Saturday and a Sunday. So I don’t know if we address the reality, or do we try for something that’s a fantasy.” Alderperson Ellen McCollister (D-3rd) feared the impact that allowing dogs on the commons would have on businesses. “People are working really hard,” she said, “in the new iteration of the Commons to really make downtown vital and make it a thriving retail commercial space, and it’s essential to do that— retailers are struggling. And I do have a good friend who is a proprietor on the Commons who is a big dog advocate, so I program has changed many times because the development process is complicated, often becomes personal, and the purpose of the project gets lost more times than not. In addition to looking at the CIITAP from a county level, Myrick noted the new committee for the program would ideally include someone who had experience in housing development, as the current IDA group lacked that expertise. Planning members were on board with Myrick’s introduction to CIITAP reform. “The first [few iterations of CIITAP application process and requirements] really haven’t worked,” Alderperson Ellen McCollister said. “Or maybe it’s worked too well, depending on how you look at it. But for this to gain longer time viability, it really has to be a county effort to pit the municipalities against each other, which is in effect what happens. I think this is a bigger conversation. The approach the mayor suggested earlier this evening is something I would support. What that group would look like, I don’t know. It certainly can be broader. You probably wouldn’t want it too broad, but I think that makes a lot of sense.” Alderperson Cynthia Brock (D-1st)

think I know where a lot of this is coming from. “But I would ask that with anything we do,” she continued, “I’d like to see this simplified and reflect the current Commons. But in terms of allowing dogs, I’m really just puzzled by that because there are just so many problems that go with having dogs in public places. I would like to explore that more in how it would enhance the retail and commercial environment. Because if you bring a dog [to the Commons], you can’t bring it inside a store and you can’t leave it outside.” Planning Chair Seph Murtagh asked Lewis what rules similar pedestrian malls around the country had pertaining to dogs, including whether or not they allowed them. Lewis said there’s been no rhyme or reason when it comes to dog rules and pedestrian shopping malls. “Some do and some don’t,” she said. “It’s the same as bike riding and [other regulations]. I will say that one of the things we hear is that tourists who come to Ithaca with a dog find it to be an unfriendly environment [for dogs on the Commons and the surrounding area]. I’m not so concerned for our locals, but more so that tourism is so important to the livelihood of our downtown retailers.” Revisions to the city code entitled “Commons” will continue to be under consideration in the coming months and are scheduled to be approved before the Commons renovation is completed this summer. • —Michael

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also offered her support, as she said she was relieved to hear Myrick mention CIITAP reform in his State of the City address. She added the new program should include “universal goals,” and that the group should include local union members, among others. Alderperson Graham Kerslick (D-4th) hoped CIITAP reform would include making the program less restrictive. “I like the idea,” Kerslick said, “of having at least one person with development experience in this because I think that is important—to see that perspective. The other thing I’d like to see is we might want to recognize, while we do have a coordinated program, I don’t think it has to be the same criteria for every municipality. The cost of doing business in the city is much more costly than other areas. On the other hand, presumably, the payback is larger too. I think we need to recognize that and have some flexibility in these programs.” Myrick said the new CIITAP committee would be put together starting in February, at which time the conversation for change would continue. • —Michael

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thaca could soon be a little bit quieter. That, in theory, is the hope of what the long-awaited amendments to the city’s noise ordinance would bring. After being approved by the Planning and Economic Development Committee (Planning) during its public meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 14, Common Council will have one last vote on the amendment in at its February meeting. Planning Chair Seph Murtagh has led the project, and recalled how the process began, noting that the city hired consultant Eric Zwerling, from the Rutgers Noise Technical Assistance Center in 2013 to assist in revising the noise ordinance. The initiative began “in response to noise and disputes that had been arising around the city (especially between commercial and residential uses), as well as complaints about the vagueness of the city’s current ordinance,” Murtagh said in a memo to Planning. The major changes of the new ordinance would add some new definitions, create new standards for the Commons and city parks, establish city-wide permissible noise levels, special provisions for commercial establishments serving food and alcohol, and add new regulations for unamplified human voice and motor vehicles. The ordinance includes “slightly more restrictive noise setting for residential areas in the city, and slightly less restrictive level for commercial areas in the city,” Murtagh said. In the proposed draft of the revised ordinance, which can be found on the city’s website, noise in commercial areas is limited to 65 decibels during trucktraffic contin u ed from page 3

was clearly the most controversial among the committee, Myrick noted. That idea was floated to redirect trucks approaching the city of Ithaca from Interstate 81 on Route 79 to turn at Richford onto Route 38, and then take Route 13 from Dryden. Lane, a Dryden resident, and others rejected this idea. Dryden already sees more than 500 trucks a day. The reroute would result in an additional 30, Myrick said. Village of Dryden Mayor James Zimmer opposed the idea with a letter, and by speaking out at the public forum. “The concerns I have are these,” Zimmer said. “The primary concern is, that in [any given year], we already have heavy truck traffic in the village. All you need to do is stand on the street—literally—and realize the heavy traffic we have already.

the day (7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.), while in residential areas it would be 60 decibels during the day. At night (10 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.), residential areas are not to exceed 50 decibels, and commercial areas are not to exceed 55. Decibel levels will be enforced with decibel meters, which will be issued to the Ithaca Police Department (IPD). As a frame of reference for the volume of 65 decibels, typical conversation inside of a restaurant registers about 60 decibels. The latest revision to the ordinance removed a rule that stipulated residents located The Westy and its neighbors within 200 (Photo: Tim Gera) feet of a commercial zone would be subject to the louder standard. In October, residents complained about this regulation: “We question,” resident Rajit Manohar said, “why the city would subvert its own zoning to encourage the development of noisy businesses along residential borders. We ask that the maximum permissible sound levels be consistent with current zoning.” Another hope for the ordinance, Murtagh said, would be to eliminate, or at least minimize, the city’s habit of granting noise permits for repeated noisy events. For an example, Murtagh said some restaurants have asked for permits on a daily or weekly basis, especially if it’s for a beer garden in the summer months. However, such permits are typically intended to be for one-time events, such as a festival within the city.

Recently, the mayor’s office has also been issuing permits to some commercial establishments who have heard complaints from neighboring residents. Murtagh said decibel limits would help prevent permits from becoming commonplace. And if permits are still being issued too often following the implementation of the amended ordinance, Murtagh suggested the city might have to revisit its permitting process. Once adopted, Murtagh hopes the changes will act as a parallel option to the existing code, which he said is sufficient enough to handle between 90 to 95 percent of noise complaints. He hopes the amendments address the remaining 5 to 10 percent of “rare incidences.” In a past interview with the Ithaca Times, Murtagh said he hoped the revised ordinance would help IPD address noise complaints in a more productive and efficient manner. “This started,” Murtagh said, “because [the city] realized that there were situations arising where we have these conflicts—mostly between commercial bars and restaurants and neighboring residents. We realized that in most cases these were ongoing noise conflicts, whether it be music from a bar or noise from an air conditioner of industrial facility. And our [current] noise ordinance is too subjective to resolve those types of situations. So [the proposed revision] we have has a provision that basically says that noise that’s considered ‘unreasonable’ from a distance of 25 feet is prohibited. “And there’s a list of different factors to help [IPD] decide if the noise is unreasonable,” he continued. “The type of facility, the time of day, the duration of the noise, and so on. Making a judgment off of those factors alone is a fairly subjective one. Noise that seems unreasonable to you might not seem unreasonable to me. So what we realized is that we had to have some kind of objective standard [in the ordinance] to help resolve situations that have become ongoing conflicts.” •

Someone already alluded [to the amount of truck traffic Dryden gets already]. I can believe that. “I’ve had residents concerned,” he continued, “about noise and truck traffic, and the speed of truck traffic through the village. That’s my primary concern. We have a population center there that has been growing, somewhat. Believe it or not, in the village of Dryden, we have rush hour traffic. And we don’t need an expensive study [to prove it]. Just go look at Main Street at 4:30 to 5 o’ clock in the afternoon and you’ll see traffic backed up, literally, for a quarter to a half-a-mile in all directions. I’m an old veterinarian, and I believe whole heartedly in vaccinations very aggressively and thoroughly, and treating diseases early on, and that’s one of the reasons that I wanted to address this very directly and clearly.” Myrick, who was already aware such an idea was controversial, said that idea

would no longer be considered. “This idea,” Myrick said, “is so far from being implemented or acted upon. We thought, first, we should put all of our ideas on paper. Let people come to this meeting, and give their feedback. These are all of the options—come let us know where we are off base. It sounds like the folks in Dryden feel like we’re off base on this one.” As for the other 22 ideas, the committee will remain on its mission to make truck traffic in Tompkins County safer. Residents that attended offered ideas such as a more robust truck-history database, more speed traffic enforcement, truck safety stops, and a pull-off before the city. The committee said its next steps would include more revision and more research before offering another public forum. •

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ecent correspondence to the Ithaca Times has called the editor’s position here a “bully pulpit” and when the editor replied to a recent comment made to the newspaper’s website, he was accused of bullying. Theodore Roosevelt coined the expression “bully pulpit” to refer to the Presidency and he did not mean that it was a great position from which to bully people from on high. In the early 20th century “bully” was a superlative that would correspond to, say, the “most excellent” of Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure in the 1980s. When a reader takes the time to either write a letter to the editor in the form of an email or as a comment to the website, the editor takes this as the beginning of a dialog. The newspaper has published an article and the reader has reacted to it. The editor now naturally wishes to respond to statements made in the letter/email to further explain the issue and at times to correct the letter writer’s misapprehensions about the issue. The reader is being invited to enter into a discussion. Some readers do and go back and forth with the editor many times, hashing out the issue, expanding and restating their position, and usually continuing to disagree with the article (or editorial). This is a wonderful thing: a political discussion in a free society. But some readers have been taken aback when they have received a response to their letter or email. They have stated that they expected to be able to submit their own opinion and

then just be left alone. They had nothing further to say on the matter because their letter represented the whole of their unshakeable position, and there was really nothing to discuss. This is just fine, but it must be made clear that getting a response from the editor is in no way meant to be “bullying.” The editor of the Ithaca Times is just another citizen in a free society, with exactly the same standing as the writers of letters to the editor. The “most excellent pulpit” of the Ithaca Times editorial page is very much yours as much as it is that of the editor. Anyone is welcome to write 800 or 900 words about a local subject, either one of interest to the writer or one that we have covered in our Newsline section, a cover story, or it could be a response to an editorial. Opinion writers are not paid for what appears on pages 6 and 7 of each issue, but neither are they charged (i.e., it is not regarded as advertising). The tradition of editorial response to reader comment is not our invention. It is a long-standing practice of the Atlantic magazine, for example. But the Atlantic did it in print for decades, which meant that the journalist always got the last word. But that is no longer true in the era of email and the Internet. It is possible for readers to go right on posting comments after the editor or reporter has responded to their comments below an article at the website. Are we expecting continued on page 7

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thaca City Court Judge Scott Miller cited Peter Pan, Mary Poppins, William Wordsworth, and Edgar Allen Poe in his written decision to throw out a graffiti charge against a local artist who spray painted a fairy on the sidewalk in front of Beverly J. Martin Elementary school. Judge Miller’s decision—which considered the small size of the graffiti, its temporary nature, and the defendant’s history of involvement with public art — found that the small pink fairy was painted to “provide fleeting joy to schoolchildren, not to damage or deface public property.” “The foundation of a legitimate legal system mandates that the rule of law must always apply. Yet, in order for a legal system to be humane, there must still exist at least the tiniest crack that allows a sliver of discretion to shine through when Justice cries out for mercy in spite of the strict application of the law,” stated the Dec. 24 ruling. “… Should the defendant suffer a life-long criminal record for this offense, surely the winged seraphs would cry out from Heaven above.” Describing the sidewalk fairy as a “sprinkle of joyous whimsy”, Judge Miller said, “the Court can only imagine the laughs ringing musically through the late Spring morning air as children were welcomed by this spritely visage as they entered their school on one of those painstakingly long June days before the start of summer vacation.” (Ithaca Voice, December 31, 2014) Citing the well-established ‘mythical creature’ exception to New York Penal Law Section 145.60, Judge Miller seems to have opened the floodgates with his well-intentioned ruling. News travels fast among images of magical folk, and though in hindsight it might have been predicted, I feel certain the judge was as surprised as any of us at what ensued. The results were more or less immediate. Within hours, dozens, then perhaps a hundred graffiti fairies and a smattering of two-dimensional elves

appeared on the sidewalks near the corner of North Albany and West Buffalo Streets. Flush with victory and perhaps emboldened by their newfound legal protection, a party atmosphere prevailed. While it might be a bit much to attribute rowdiness to such normally reticent creatures, there was no mistaking the drawings of abandoned red beverage cups that proliferated as the festivities extended into the night. By sunrise the next morning the mood had clearly become more sinister. The crowd had swelled to over a thousand and was spilling onto driveways and partway up the walls of GIAC and BJM Elementary School. Ominously, it wasn’t just fairies and elves … graffiti trolls, and ogres, gremlins and at least two dragons were there. Sometime mid-morning, demons showed up. There was a drawing of former Vice President Dick Cheney. Ithaca Police cruisers lined the streets, but the officers were stymied by the court ruling, on which the ink was barely dry. Residents were advised to arm themselves with buckets of soapy water and stiff brushes. As so often happens, what began as a celebration turned ugly. By late afternoon, there was magical creature graffiti throughout the north central neighborhood and into downtown. A graffiti half-orc called Graffiti Bigfoot a “doodle” and violence erupted. During several hours of mayhem, Kolour spray paint ran like paint in the streets of Ithaca and clouds of chalk dust and the stench of markers choked any who dared leave their homes. The IPD, overwhelmed, had to summon the Rohirrim and their king Eorl the Young to restore order. At present, an uneasy armistice clings to life. The pathways of Ithaca look like they were commissioned to the Brothers Hildebrandt. I, for one, am afraid to shovel my sidewalk. I wonder if Judge Miller would hear my failure to clear ice and snow case …

YourOPINIONS

Male “Privilege” to Kill?

In my humble opinion I believe that, in part, misconceptions of male ‘privilege’ in the U.S. led to the murder of Cornell student Shannon Jones by Ithaca resident Benjamin A. Cayea. U.S. crime statistics, the need for domestic violence shelters and CDRC [community dispute resolution centers], and recent heinous acts of violence/murder all suggest that the combination of “American” and “male” can be historically and contemporarily perceived, with some validity, to be the most dangerous demographic in ‘America’. I believe this danger is rooted in 6 T

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the perception of “privilege” that many American males believe entitles us to harass, abuse, neglect and/or murder another being without concern, fear or actuality of accountability that could inspire remorse and the eventual adjustment of social behaviors towards positive evolution. Most males (myself included) have had indulged in the patriarchal process from “unearned entitlement” (abuse or murder) to so-called “privilege” (immunity). Males often perpetuate chauvinism without thinking about it; the process not only allows males to feel a sensation of immunity, continued on page 7

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to win each other over to the other’s point of view? Maybe, a little. But generally this is about having a debate, discussion, exchange of views (whatever you want to call it) in public (in the case of a comment thread at a website) or in private (in the case of an email exchange). It is the exercise of our right to free speech, and exercise is what we all need. So, please feel free to write letters to the editor, make comments at our website, post to our Facebook pages, and tweet at us. If you get a response and don’t want to chat, just ignore the riposte, but please keep reading, talking to each other, and having an opinion. • Youropinions contin u ed from page 6

but also serves to exonerate males from needing to adjust chauvinistic behaviors. Women in the U.S. living under the shroud of negative male-initiated suppositions of male superiority are often portrayed as promiscuous, property, lazy, incapable, under-educable, dependent, and other simplistic male conclusions. The above mis-truths serve to endanger women in the U.S. Ithaca was not there for Shannon Jones when she was being abused and murdered. However, Ithaca can stand up with her now, tomorrow and beyond! R.I.P. Term: Unearned entitlement: the reality that males acquire our position of advantage/resources through our willingness to exploit other people. Furthermore, males cling to a false perception of our ‘hard work’, outdated stereotypes and strength to justify our exploitation, abuse and murder of others and to re-imagine it as deserved social advantage/privilege. Under this supposition of false accomplishment males believe that we are entitled to keep perpetuating the exploitation, abuse and murder of non-male people. – Anthony Gallucci, Ithaca and Boulder, Colo.

Defending New Roots

Henry Kramer, a critic of New Roots Charter School wrote an opinion piece in the Ithaca Times (Dec. 10 issue) that took the charter school to task for its low graduation rates and for supposedly changing its initial mission. Several New Roots parents responded. New Roots Charter School has been criticized for its graduation rates. The irony is that our children chose to go there because, in some form or another, their home school district failed them. I am not arguing graduation rates; many area districts do in fact exceed New Roots graduation rates. I am simply stating that at New Roots, our children are more than just a number. The education and support our children receive at New Roots has exceeded my expectations. The sense of community simply cannot be compared. The faculty

and staff strive to make each individual feel welcome, supported and ensure they are being educated in far more than the required curriculum. The students are learning how to support their community and become responsible citizens who appreciate each other’s diversity. In New Roots, my daughter has found a new love for school and acceptance for all people, which is an area many districts fall short on. So, while one cannot argue the graduation rates you also cannot argue that at New Roots Charter School you will find a school system that views your child as an individual, not a number. That fact alone makes New Roots a wonderful place. - Chrissie Askew, Ithaca My son, Sam, is in his second year as a sophomore at New Roots, so our family has had the benefit—the privilege—of experiencing the school for two years now. We have the perspective of the school beyond the numbers. We see that each teenager in the school is more than just counted, they matter. Their presence, their contribution matters. The learning that takes place every day for the 150 students at New Roots is the center of these children’s lives and the answer to their need for education in our community. Already this academic year, I have seen New Roots students taking a stand in Albany, bringing youthful voices and insights to the debate about the local power plant; practicing rescue simulations and earning CPR, AED and Wilderness First Aid certifications; working as a team to prepare for a national competition in International Humanitarian Law; playing a spirited game of soccer against the faculty and staff, who— unfortunately for the kids—turned out to be quite limber; learning classical guitar and how to play “Here Comes the Sun.” We all know there is a greater story beyond the numbers. But it is a story that requires seeing the individual students, knowing their individual stories. Unfortunately, the numbers can’t capture who these kids are, where they have been, and where they are heading. For the 150 New Roots students, the singular, nurturing and academically challenging education provided by the school is greater than the sum of its parts. Inside the walls of the Clinton House, every New Roots student is beating the numbers game each school day. – Katie Quinn-Jacobs, Ithaca I work at Ithaca College. My daughter did not graduate “on time” from New Roots after our move from Cleveland a year and a half ago, but New Roots has been a dream come true for my daughter, who is academically gifted with some disabilities. I have nothing but the highest praise for the teachers, counselors, social workers, staff and fellow students at New Roots, who embraced my daughter. Before she was only surviving, but is now thriving in an atmosphere of diversity, creativity, community connection and environmental responsibility. The school

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Pioneers and Special Needs at New Roots

or “students who have struggled and don’t fit in for whatever reason, and that includes students with disabilities.” The prinicipal and superintendent said that as a public school New Roots accepts the latter type of student, “but we’re not a school that specializes in helping those students.” New Roots has two teachers that are certified to teach special education and they also co-teach with other teachers. In addition, the charter school does have a “resource room” where special needs students can meet with their teachers. One of the special challenges for New Roots is that their student body actually comes from 20 different “home districts.”

he New Roots Charter School opened its doors in September 2009. At the end of its first four years, the state reviewed its charter. Their charter was renewed for three years rather than five because the graduation rate at the school was less than 70 percent. Students are allowed to transfer into the New Roots school any time they wish; it is a public school. But they can also leave any time they wish. According to the principal and superintendent of New Roots, Tina Nilsen-Hodges, some students stay for only one day or some other similarly short period of time. By state law, she said, that automatically makes the student part of the New Roots cohort. That is, if that student does not graduate from high school New Roots Principal and Superintendent Tina Nilsen-Hodges and her keys. in four years, it is counted (Photo: Bill Chaisson) against the New Roots graduation rate. With a senior class numbering only about 40 Therefore they receive individual educastudents, Nilsen-Hodges said, each student tional plans (IEPs) from all over westactually represent more than a percentage ern and central New York State, which point. Nilsen-Hodges characterized as “quite a “We try to honor and support every challenge.” student,” she said, “but there’s a rumor that Because of the funding stream set we’re ‘not a real school’. When a student up by the state education department the shows up, they may be surprised. If anycharter school funding arrives via the thing we expect more from our students, “home districts.” Not all of it is passed on not less.” with the students. Ithaca City Schools, for Former Ithaca City School District example, spend $21,375 on each student. member Henry Kramer has recently (Dec. Only $12,670 (or 59 percent; the state aid 10 issue) suggested that the school be shut portion) of that is passed on to New Roots. down for low graduation rates and drifting The much smaller charter schools also from its mission. cannot take advantage of economies of Nilsen-Hodges said there are at least scale, said Nilsen-Hodges. • two types of students at New Roots: the —Bill Chaisson “pioneering, independent-minded” kind

has worked tirelessly to make plans and collaborate with our home school district on accommodations. They listened, gave space, set expectations and allowed my daughter to adjust, connect with new friends and her own feelings, slow down and figure things out. It has worked out so well. My daughter opted for more time before graduation and is steadily working on her goals. This strategy has allowed a huge turn around in self-image, focus and academics. The dedicated teachers and staff at New Roots offer so much to such a diverse group of students. Academically gifted students can flourish because the teachers make learning interesting and relevant and the Montessori pedagogy acknowledges what teenagers need to grow and develop. Students in need of learning accommodations have a superior T

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group of teachers in special education and counseling for emotional needs. Real life issues interrupt students and New Roots offers bridges into social services or adjusted schedules to help. These teachers are connecting with the students and helping them find a way to care about themselves, their community and their futures. I hope that other people will join me in sounding applause for New Roots’ willingness to take risks and try new strategies to get kids to their own path where they are engaged and working to solve challenging issues in such a complicated world. New Roots is an asset to Ithaca and increases opportunity for families who wouldn’t otherwise have access to an experience like New Roots. – Mandy Economos, Ithaca a n u a r y

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Finger Lakes Land Trust celebrates 25 years of easements and preservation

By Bill Chaisson

he Finger Lakes Land Trust (FLLT) began in spring 1989 as a final project for a Master’s of Professional Studies (MPS) degree in natural resources at Cornell. It was the brainchild of Andy Zepp, a graduate of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), who had returned to Cornell to do his MPS after making a career transition from marketing to natural resource protection. He left Ithaca in 1989 to continue his career in conservation and would not return until 2003. When he first arrived in Ithaca as an undergraduate in 1981 he had been on another track entirely. “I came up here looking for the state tuition and fell in love with the region and with the landscape,” Zepp said. “Then I was visiting home”—he is from Westchester County—“and saw an ad for the job of regional director of the Nature Conservancy. I looked at it and said, ‘This is what I want to do.’ But I didn’t switch majors; I finished my ILR degree, but I started taking the biology prerequisites [for a natural resources career].” Nonetheless his first job after

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graduating in 1985 was in the marketing department of Sibley’s department store, then in its final years in downtown Rochester. While he was working in marketing, Zepp was volunteering at the local office of the Nature Conservancy. He soon left the milieu of the gray flannel suit for a contract position with the conservation organization, working out of its Albany office. After six months he was hired into an entry-level position with the non-profit in Connecticut. He was given a leave of absence starting in fall 1988 to return to Cornell.

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“Andy is quite amazing,” said Betsy Darlington, an early board member and volunteer with the FLLT. “He is very savvy and has a tremendous amount of energy.” In October 1988—one month into his MPS program—Zepp contacted 40 local people and brought them together to introduce the group to the idea of a land trust. “He explained it all and made it sound very easy, of course,” said Darlington. “He passed around a piece of paper and asked anyone interested in being on the board to sign up. He collected 21 names, I think.” 2 1 -2 7,

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Zepp called the first board meeting the following month. By the time he finished his master’s degree in the late spring, according to Darlington, he had seen the nascent land trust through the process of incorporation and establishment of its 501(c)3 status. Having produced a plan on paper and midwived the birth of the FLLT, Zepp returned to his job with Nature Conservancy and helped to found another land trust in Connecticut, mentored by senior managers. He left New England in the early 1990s and returned to the Rochester office to become director of land programs and then associate director. In the late ‘90s he moved to the national office of the Land Trust Alliance, spending seven years in Washington as its vice president of programming. In winter 2003 he returned to Ithaca to become the executive director of the non-profit that he had conceived 14 years earlier, succeeding Gay Nicholson. He took the helm of an organization that was well developed in Tompkins County, but was struggling to reach beyond its borders. Early focus areas, according to both Darlington and Zepp, were the Six Mile Creek corridor and Lick

Brook, a dramatic tributary to the Cayuga Inlet. “We went to the county assessment office for the information and contacted all the landowners [in the Six Mile Creek drainage] who owned 10 or more acres,” recalled Darlington. “We made a lot of phone calls and sent letters, and we got quite a few easements that way. “The western lakes—Hemlock and Canadice—were on our wish list early on,” she said, “and so were Skaneateles and Canandaigua. We wanted things to happen there, but we were having trouble getting it going.” For the first few years of its existence the FLLT was an entirely volunteer-run organization. Many land trusts remain at this stage, but most of those do not serve so large an area. In 1991 Bob Beck, who had been a board member, was hired as the first executive director. He was the lone employee and worked half time. Darlington took on various roles over the years—director of land protection and director of preserve stewardship—in a volunteer capacity. The stewards who maintain and oversee land trust preserves are all volunteers, as are the people who

do the mandatory annual monitoring of conservation easements. Darlington trained many of these volunteers.

A Two-fold Mission with One Purpose

have also addressed the problem of estate taxes for surviving family members. These are significant reduced for properties with conservation easements, allowing succeeding generations to hold on to large parcels of land intact. While land trust volunteers and staff help people through the process of getting an easement, they also have responsibilities under federal law once the easement is in place. “We have to monitor compliance,” said Zepp, “and if there is a violation, we have

Upon his return to Ithaca, Zepp made it his mission to have the FLLT become more regional in its reach. “It had been much stronger in Tompkins County,” he said, “but I had lived in the western part of the Finger Lakes region [in Rochester], so I knew that area.” He also worked to add members to the board of trustees that came from the entire 12county purview of the land trust. The FLLT purchases land and puts parcels aside as preserves that are open to the public, but it also provides advice to landowners who wish to put a conservation easement on their property. The latter function is perhaps less well known because most properties with conservation easements remain in private hands and do not invite the public to visit. The principle function of an easement is to guarantee that a parcel will remain either in its natural state or will continue being used for agriculture or timber harvesting in perpetuity. Any of these conditions can become an untenable E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r A n dy Z e p p burden on a landowner ( P h o t o : Ti m G e r a) when property taxes rise to stand up for the public trust in court, in response to encroaching residential and which could be expensive.” The FLLT has commercial development. not as yet had to do this. A conservation easement is a contract The FLLT has pro bono help from between a landowner and a land trust several attorneys for legal expenses that that restricts development on a parcel, they incur when setting up preserves or usually in exchange for tax credits. The easements, but there are a lot of loose ends modern arrangement had its genesis in after the closing event. Zepp is hiring a Massachusetts in 1891 with the formation 12th staff member this year, who will take of the Trustees of Reservations, a noncare of this aspect of the land trust’s work, profit with a mission to “preserve, for which has heretofore fallen to other staff public use and enjoyment, properties of members. exceptional scenic, historic, and ecological The FLLT has recently been accredited value in Massachusetts.” by the national Land Trust Alliance, Zepp’s Land trusts were established previous employer. The organization has throughout the United States during the a set of standards that a land trust must 20th century, but the number began to follow in their record keeping. The alliance expand more rapidly after 1981 when the then periodically conducts an audit to federal government changed the Internal determine that the standards are being Revenue Code 170 (h) to allow income followed. tax deductions based on the value of a While conservation easements are property encumbered by a conservation important, the more well-known aspect easement. The National Conference for of the FLLT is probably its more than Uniform Law Commissioners published language in that year for states to use to 30 preserves that are open to the public. create laws that allowed landowners to These are acquired because they are either exemplary natural areas and/or there get tax credits against state income (and, in some cases, property) taxes. To date is a compelling reason to make them 20 states, the District of Columbia, and accessible. the Virgin Islands have adopted a version “We have refined the strategy of the suggested language. (Other states, over time,” said Zepp. “We now make like New York, have written their own decisions with the understanding that if laws.) The Uniform Law Commissioners [the preserves] are not isolated from one

perched high above and overlooks the lake. another, they have more value. So we have It is crossed by three ravines. Historically, shifted from simply acquiring parcels most of it, except the steep stream valleys, to creating networks of protected lands, was agricultural. This use was gradually which is a more ambitious goal.” abandoned over time. The KoplinkaThis policy shift recognizes the basic Loehrs have found a series of photographs principle of conservation biology that that show the gradual return of secondcontinuous habitat or habitat corridors growth forest to much of the property. The preserve more intact ecosystems. The most recent use they know of is an attempt concept of the “emerald necklace” was at goat farming in the 1960s. coined in the 19th century by Frederick They bought the property intending to Law Olmsted as a name for a series of put a conservation easement on it, which is parks that connected Boston Commons unusual. The couple has four children and to Franklin Park in the greater Boston they intended the parcel to be a legacy for area. The term has been adopted widely them. Both stated that they valued the land to describe any series of green spaces that for its own sake and felt that the natural arcs around a more urbanized area. The landscape needed to be preserved. FLLT has been building its own networks “We went to the county assessment of natural areas around the southern ends office,” said Michael, “and looked for of Cayuga, Canandaigua, and Skaneateles parcels that were larger than 40 acres lakes. In addition to the necklaces, which are within a certain radius around Ithaca. We visited the edges of the properties and then mosaics of easements and preserves, the wrote postcards to the owners.” A family FLLT has worked to either put easements in Florida owned the Lansing parcel that on or set aside as a preserve undeveloped they eventually purchased. “They decided pieces of lakeshore. The former is to sell because they knew we didn’t want to important to wildlife and the latter gives the general public access to bodies of water develop it.” Carrie Koplinka-Loehr was the where much of the shoreline is privately director of the Northeastern Integrated held. And example of the latter is the Van Pest Management Center At Cornell Riper Preserve in Romulus, which allows until her retirement last summer, but she people down to Cayuga Lake in a setting had also been a that is more natural volunteer steward than either Cayuga for the FLLT— Lake State Park or trained by Betsy the Deans Cove Darlington—for Boat Launch, which many years, are north and south looking after of it, respectively. the Roy H. Park Other parcels Preserve on Irish that attract their Settlement Road attention include in Dryden. high quality streams They began and wetlands and the easement the best agricultural process three land. “That is a very years ago. FLLT different approach,” staff divided the Zepp said of the ag property up into land preservation. zones based on “It is more regional its ecological and less placepotential. based. Conservation Portions of the easements make no land that had sense because the been undisturbed, land is their equity, like the ravines, so we purchase or had been easements at abandoned significant expense.” long ago were The Route 5 and 20 belt is a focus M i c h a e l & C a r r i e K o p l i n k a- L o e h r assigned the greatest for the purchase ( P h o t o : Ti m G e r a) conservation of ag parcels. value and going “We’re not forward would have the most restricted rigid,” said the executive director. “We use. The site of the Koplinka-Loehrs’ will accept donations outside of the focus home, a solar house designed by Cornell areas.” They will also form partnerships students for a national competition, the with municipalities or other non-profits least restricted zone. In the immediate to purchase small parcels that may serve a catalytic role and help them to leverage the area around it they may plant a garden and harvest firewood. limited resources down the road. “We relied heavily on the land trust for advice,” said Carrie. “They did a great Case in Point on Cayuga Lake job of preserving as much as possible while Six years ago Michael and Carrie Koplinka-Loehr bought a 46.9-acre parcel continued on page 10 in Lansing. It is not lake frontage, but is T

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still allowing us to live on the property.” There is a checklist for landowners on the way to a conservation easement. Sandra Bonnano, who was trained at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, did a baseline study to document the plant and animal species present on the property. Local forester Mike DeMunn worked up a forest management plan. The Koplinka-Loehrs worked this into an overall management plan for the property that looked 50 years into the future. As part of the process the land must be re-surveyed and then reappraised. All of this, of course, costs money, and the land trust also expects a donation of $5,000 to $10,000 to defray the cost of their monitoring of the property. These initial costs, however, are gradually returned to the landowner over time in the form of tax credits. In New York State the tax credit associated with a conservation easement takes the form of an annual refund of 25 percent of the property taxes that you pay to your school district, county, and town. “Once a year,” said Carrie, “the steward visits the land, and they walk it. They take a different path each year. They file a report and register any non-conforming use and also record any changes caused by natural disasters, like floods or blow-downs.”

Supporting a Land Trust

In addition to donations from the general public raised during fundraising drives, the land trust is supported by grants from the state and from private foundations. Their expenses in the 20132014 fiscal year totaled $885,008, and their total revenue was $894,568, not including $1,395,858 dedicated for land protection projects, stewardship funds, and campaigns. Zepp said that the budget has risen to approximately $925,000 in this fiscal year and the organization now has over 2,000 members, all of whom make contributions to the bottom line. Their costs include staff salaries, land purchase for preserves, and the costs of stewardship. “The preserves can’t manage themselves,” noted Darlington. “People make a mess, and it’s not like the land has never been touched by humans; there are things that need to be remedied.” The FLLT removes invasive and exotic plants and animals and dangerous structures from their preserves and they also build kiosks and trail infrastructure for visitors. The FLLT also leads field trips on regular basis and Zepp would like to expand the educational programming, when he can find the funding. “We nurture a regional sense of identity,” said Zepp. “That has benefits for both the economy and for our quality of life. Most people don’t have a sense of regional identity. We want to introduce them to their own backyard.” • See www.fllt.org for more information. 10

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Tompkins County

Grading Attendance At the Legislature

oes your county legislator show up? On average, Tompkins County legislators missed just under 6 percent of meetings in 2014. Which showed up, which didn’t, and how often? How were these grades calculated? They were based on attendance at the 25 meetings of the full legislature in 2014. The legislature held two regular meetings every month plus one special meeting in November. The letter grade was determined by dividing number of meetings attended by total number of meetings, the same way one would calculate a test score. There are some things this grading system doesn’t account for. It doesn’t distinguish between “excused absences” and “absences.” In the case of an excused absence—which account for the majority of missed meetings—the legislator has notified the clerk of an absence in advance. No prior notification is given for some absences. An absence that is deemed unnecessary can be subject to a $50 fine. Thus, if a legislator decides to stay home and watch cat videos on YouTube, it will cost them $50. (To clarify: there is no indication anyone has ever actually done this. In fact, Deputy Legislature Clerk Karen Fuller reported that no legislators were fined during 2014.)

County Legislator Will Burbank (D-12 th) Carol Chock (D-3th) Jim Dennis (D-5 th) Kathy Luz Herrera (D-2nd) Dooley Kiefer (D-10 th) Dan Klein (D-7 th) Mike Lane (D-14 th) Leslyn McBean-Clairborne (D-1st) David McKenna (R-8 th) Martha Robertson (D-13 th) Nate Shinagawa (D-4 th) Mike Sigler (R-6 th) Peter Stein (D-11th)

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Another thing this grading system doesn’t include is tardiness. Not everyone shows up on time, and some even regularly turn up late. That is not factored into the above grades, but a legislator’s lateness is

recorded in the minutes for the meeting. Although there are 14 county legislators, you may have noticed that there are only 13 individuals graded here. One legislator, Brian Robison (R-9th), announced his resignation in November and is no longer in office. (He moved on to become the county’s new undersheriff.) Attendance at committee meetings was not factored into the above letter grades. Each of the legislators is assigned to at least two legislature committees, most of which meet at least monthly. Overall, Public Safety—whose membership includes Robison, Dennis, McBeanClairborne, Robertson, and Kiefer—had excellent attendance, as did Government Operations, which includes Shinagawa, Kiefer, McKenna, Sigler, and Klein in its

membership. Interestingly, attendance for full legislature meetings was perfect for the first six meetings of the year—January through March—and also for the entire month of June. Predictably, the highest number of absences occurred at the Nov. 10 meeting, which was a special meeting (held on a Monday instead of a Tuesday) set for the public hearing regarding the 2015 budget and 2015 to 2019 capital program. Although it is not strictly comparable, to put the overall attendance record into perspective, as of May 2014 The National Journal reported that the then-current class of U.S. Senators had missed 2.5 percent of all the votes during their tenure. • —Keri

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Running the Gantlet

Ithaca Basketball Team on a Streak By Ste ve L aw re nc e

t’s that time of year for college basketball teams, when the days seem so short and the bus rides seem so long. If a team is struggling, and having difficulty finding its rhythm, those bus rides can feel like cross-country stagecoach journeys, but if things are going well, everyone’s a lot

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more content. This past week was a defining one for the Ithaca College men’s hoop team, as they had three-game gantlet run, all road games, including one against a Top 25 team. The Bombers started out by taking the floor against Scranton—which was ranked # 24

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at the time—and pulling off an emotional win in overtime. Taking a ranked team into OT in their own house, then winning by 8 points is no small task, and Head Coach Jim Mullins told me, “That was a great win. As a non-conference game, it really didn’t mean much, but as good a team as they are, it was a confidence booster.” Next up for the Bombers was Empire 8 foe Stevens, and when Ithaca got out of there with a 1-point victory—winning on a late foul shot—it was another step in the right direction. Mullins said, “It felt like such a long trip. We traveled with the women’s team, and it was a four-hour ride, and then we had to wait four more hours to play after we got there.” The Bombers faced what Mullins called “some one-sided officiating,” and focused on one

of the mantras they embrace as a team. “We remind them that we can only be concerned with the things we can control,” Mullins said, “and the officiating isn’t one of them.” After that hard-fought road win, Ithaca piled back on the bus and headed from Hoboken to Oneonta (where they would play Empire 8 opponent Hartwick), rolling in at 6 a.m. “We were exhausted,” Jim told me, “and we looked really lethargic.” He added, “We were so tired that we almost blew a 16-point lead.” As it happened, they held that lead— winning 96-91—and Mullins said, “I’m pleased that we stuck together during some Keefe Gitto (Photo: IC Photo Services) tough times, and I’ll tell you that if you had told me we’d be 3-0 over that stretch, I would not have believed you.” That said, Mullins adds, ‘We have a lot of work to do. We’re really young, and we actually start two freshmen. Our ‘senior’ co-captain, Keefe Gitto, is only playing in his second year of eligibility. “Keefe has another year of eligibility, and we’d love to have him back, but paying for another year of college would definitely be a family decision.” Further addressing his team’s lack of on-court experience, Mullins stated, “Max Masucci has been hurt, and that has cut down on his time, and while Sam Bevan was a freshman on our Sweet 16 team, and he saw little playing time.” I asked Mullins if his roster included any local players, and he said, “Surprisingly, we have lived and died in New Jersey from a recruiting standpoint. There is some money in that state. And, let’s face it, we’re expensive. As a matter of fact, two of our recruits were at the Stevens game. We’ve made a lot of hay in New Jersey.” Given it is only January, there is a lot of hay left to be made, and they say “You make hay when the sun shines.” When you go on the road and win three of three, it can sure seem sunny. • • • Since 1986, Bill Buckner has been known as “the guy who missed the grounder in the World Series.” Since 1991 Scott Norwood has been known as “the guy who missed the field goal in the Super Bowl.” Unfortunately for him, Brandon Bostick of the Green Bay Packers will henceforth be known as “the guy who could not catch the onside kick and cost his team a trip to the Super Bowl.” It’s amazing how a moment in time can forever define a legacy, and a lifetime of hard work can be forgotten in an instant when an athlete fails to deliver when it really counts. I saw that poor guy sitting alone after his coach ripped into him, and I felt bad for him. Of course, the television cameras stayed on him as much as possible. •

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events recounted in Cornell: A History ho is the frequently tell the authors that they readership for a were completely unaware of the uproar 500-page book elsewhere on campus. One of these about Cornell University? uproars occurred in spring 1958. When the question is put to “The ‘Apartment Riots’ have been its authors, professors Glen overshadowed by the events of 1969,” Altshuler and Isaac Kramnick, said Kramnick, “but really it is just they reply quickly. as important because it presages the “Why, the world, of student movements of the 1960s.” The course,” said Kramnick with a “events of 1969” culminated with the broad smile. occupation of Willard Straight by a “Cornellians,” said group of African-American student Altshuler more seriously. activists. There are,” Kramnick went In 1958 when the administration on, “250,000 alumni living right of President Deane Malott threatened now.” Because you only have to ban all unchaperoned parties in to sell 5,000 books in a week off-campus apartments, students to end up on the New York Kirkpatrick Sale and Richard Fariña Times Bestseller List, Altshuler led a series of protests that escalated and Kramnick just might have into burning the president in effigy and something here. a thousand students marching to his They have been working Cayuga Heights home and breaking on Cornell: A History, 1940windows with rocks. Sale went on to 2015 for several years. They become one of the founders of the got the contract for it from “deep ecology” movement, and Fariña Cornell University Press in married Joan Baez’s sister Mimi and 2004 and really started writing wrote the novel Been Down So Long It in earnest in 2007. Alshuler, a Looks Like Up to Me. history professor, is the Dean Any reader expecting Cornell of the School of Continuing faculty, administration or students to Education and Summer come out of every event looking noble Sessions. Including his time as and good is bound to be surprised by a graduate student, he has been this book. at Cornell 44 years. Kramnick, “We’re critics where appropriate,” a government professor, has said Altshuler. “But that criticism served as an associate dean, a comes from a deep understanding of vice provost, and a trustee of [Cornell’s] distinctiveness and of its the university. He is retiring this aspirations and goals. We appreciate year after teaching at Cornell the opportunities that it has given each for 43 years. The two academics of us.” are true co-authors. “We made the decision not to “Someone did the first Isaac Kramnick at the new sesquicentennial sculpture near the Arts Quad. (Photo: Tim Gera) write a ‘rah rah’ history,” said Kramnick. draft of a chapter,”said Kramnick, “We issue praise where it is due and “and then the other one went criticism where it is due.” over that draft.” The result is a and “The New Normal in Student Life.” The titles Issues to which they return repeatedly are surprisingly readable book. Surprising because alone tell you this is not a recitation of dates and race, the position of women on campus, labor academics are often not the most scintillating events. relations, and the town/gown relationship. writers and institutional histories can be dull. They did not originally intend for the book’s “I’ve read a lot of institutional histories,” “We wanted to make sure,” said Altshuler, “that release to coincide with the sesquicentennial, but Altshuler said, “and I don’t think you’ll find one this was not a book of lists or charts, although I because it has, either one or both of them have that deals with the town/gown issue or labor have to say it is not without its share of numbers. been jetting off to various cities around the U.S. relations. We wanted to give a sense of what Each chapter is really an essay. We proceed and to Hong Kong and London to attend gala a modern university looks like. What are its thematically and find opportunities to weave in a events and give short lectures derived from the pressures? Its constituencies?” lot of information.” book’s material. “Cornell had to deal with both New York Their book is divided into four “People have been gracious and State officials [because of the statutory colleges] chronological sections and within each section complimentary,” said Altshuler. “I was expecting and with the mayor of Ithaca,” said Kramnick. they wove together four themes: faculty, people to point out errors, which are inevitable, “We had access to the presidential papers. They administration, student life, and Cornell in the but that hasn’t happened.” were a real treasure trove, especially the earlier context of the world. Some of the more arresting “They say what you said,” said Kramnick, chapter titles are “The Cold War at Cornell,” “that it’s surprisingly readable.” Alumni who continued on page 18 “Race at Cornell,” “Academic Identity Politics,” were in school during some of the dramatic

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cosy sheridan plays historic ‘bound for glory’ By Bil l Ch ai s son

osy Sheridan was delighted to hear that she would be playing the 1,500th Bound for Glory broadcast. So delighted, in fact, that she immediately began to write a song for the occasion. The occasion is this Sunday, January 25, between 8 and 11 p.m. in the café of Anabel Taylor Hall and also heard live on WVBR-FM. Sheridan is known for her topical songs like “Bikini on a Billboard” from Ant Hymn (2000), about using sex to sell everything, or “Turboyeast” from Botox Tango (2003), about pesky infections. While these define her as one kind of folk musician, Sheridan is also a singersongwriter in the classic mold that incorporates personal material into her songs, as did the entirety of her last album Pretty Bird (2008), which chronicled the end of a relationship. Personal changes in her life have also brought Sheridan back east. Originally from Concord, N.H. and having spent her early years in the New England folk scene, Sheridan has recently moved to Massachusetts after spending 20 years in Moab, Utah.

“I love the Southwest,” she said. “I love the atmosphere of the desert, but there’s not a lot of folk music out there.” While living out west Sheridan would spend half the year on the road, going out for weeks at a time and spending a lot of time going up and down the West Coast. “Now that I am back east I get to be home more,” she said, “and that’s pleasant. I’m not 22 anymore, and touring is tiring.” She has kept her house in Moab and will return there regularly to teach guitar and songwriting workshops. Sheridan is a finger-style guitarist and studied with Eric Schoenberg and Guy Van Duser. Van Duser pioneered the transcription of stride piano playing for the guitar. Sheridan loves the playing of Randy Newman. “I try to make my guitar sound like his playing,” she said. “A lot of his chord progressions are drawn from the ‘Great American Songbook,’ like his use of dominant 7th chords. It’s a distinctly American sound; Stephen Foster was the pioneer.” Songwriters like Foster married traditions from American (and AfricanAmerican) vernacular music to those of

the European art song. It is essentially the rhythms [for your right hand], but indie sound of American pop music, including rock has fewer variants.’ what is heard in Broadway musicals. As Although she has lived out west a a New Englander Sheridan knows and long time, Sheridan has always returned sometimes plays fiddle tunes (on the to New England to make her albums with guitar), but her tastes keep drawing her the same musicians. Although she was toward Southern styles like ragtime and pleased to recently be told that she had the blues rather than string band music. something of the Southwest about her Upon her personality, she still return to the identifies as a New Boston area Englander, retaining Sheridan saw an ironic personality, that the scene a distinctly “Boston at changed. “It style” of guitar used to be that playing, and a denser if you won a lyrical approach. The songwriting “Nashville approach,” contest, everyone she said, leaves more knew,” she said. room in the lines. “Now there are Her new lots of ‘tribes with husband, Charlie short [statistical] Koch, is her bass tails, as Malcolm player and will Gladwell puts it appear with her [in The Tipping this Sunday, also Point].” singing harmony. The She estimates that younger Boston she has played Bound musicians— for Glory five or Sheridan is six times since she 50—are also first came to Ithaca influenced by in 1996. “I played growing up the Cornell Folk Cosy Sheridan will play the 1,500th Bound for Glory at with indie rock. Song Society. Phil Anabel Taylor Hall on Sunday, Jan. 25. “Looking at it [Shapiro] was there, (photo via cosysheridan.com) from a guitar and he asked me to playing point of play his show,” she view, they are doing more strumming recalled. “Now every time I visit Tommy with their right hands, while the left hand and Sara Blecher have a potluck, and I feel is very versatile,” she noted. “Ragtime, like I’m a momentary resident of Ithaca.” • for example, teaches you a lot of different

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Jim Garmhausen Larger Than Life at CAP By War re n Gre e nwo od I create art because it feels absolutely essential to do so, and to hold back on it creates dark shadows and internal disturbances and has me lurking about in ways that worry people. From Jim Garmhausen’s Artist Statement

And now Garmhausen has a major new show here in Ithaca at the CAP ArtSpace. The main new thing about this show is scale. These are big works. It is sort of overwhelming (and delightful) to see Garmhausen’s bizarre and disturbing cartoon worlds drawn and painted on a scale that is larger than the viewer’s body. He seems on his way to becoming a 21st century Hieronymus Bosch. (It also allows Garmhausen to have very little characters hidden away in and interacting with the huge characters.) Curiously, as I was at the gallery taking notes, I met another gallery-goer, an artist, who, upon viewing Garmhausen’s very large painting, Convergence/Intersection 2014, referenced Picasso’s masterpiece Guernica. This is a great reference point,

he extraordinary Ithaca-based cartoonist and painter, Jim Garmhausen, has a new exhibition at the Community Arts Partnership ArtSpace on the Ithaca Commons. I have written of Garmhausen before, both as a cartoonist and as a painter and sculptor. As a cartoonist, his work seemed to me to be a throwback to the Golden Age of newspaper comics of the early years of the 20th century. In those days, comics were like fine art. And they were printed huge—a feature filling an entire page of a paper. And there was a freewheeling, anything is possible, dreamlike extravagance to the works of the era. Garmhausen’s work reminded me of those early masters of the art form, artists like George Herriman, the creator of Krazy Kat; E.C. Segar, the creator of Popeye; and Winsor McCay, the creator of Little Nemo in Slumberland. But, added to this atavistic quality, there Jim Garmhausen currently has an exhibition up at the CAP Art Space in Center Ithaca. was a postmodern (Photo: Tim Gera) writing style where Garmhausen would access adult pain, rage and despair in a way as Guernica was a kind of summation that was denied these early creators. of the new forms in art that Picasso was I thought of Garmhausen as a major inventing in the early 20th century, and st 21 century cartoonist who hadn’t been this show is a kind of compendium of the properly discovered yet. Then, over the cartoon designs that Garmhausen has been last several years, Garmhausen has been inventing over the last decade or so. steadily developing as a painter and And these works are packed with vivid sculptor. And, here, too, I think he has visual ideas. Even the smallest work in the developed into a major 21st century fine show, Little Babel/Pressure Cooker 2014, artist. His work is so freakily original, I reminded me of, variously, Max Fleischerhave difficulty thinking of antecedents to it. era animated cartoons, Pablo Picasso, But I think of the surrealist painter medieval art, the animated Beatles film Max Ernst … and the brilliant and Yellow Submarine, Pacific Northwest Native disturbing German cartoonist and American totem poles, Maori masks, and painter Georg Grosz. And Garmhausen’s Edvard Munch’s The Scream … which is lot sculptures recall surrealist sculptors like for a single drawing/painting to evoke. Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. So … for any Art-Loving Reader Also, Robert Williams comes to mind. with any interest in or affection for world Williams was one of the team of cartoonists cartooning and post-Picasso contemporary who created the underground comic art, this fabulous show is for you. book Zap Comix, and made a transition to an extraordinarily successful fine artist. Jim Garmhausen’s exhibition Keep it Dark (Garmhausen’s work doesn’t directly will be on display at the CAP ArtSpace, 171 remind me of William’s work per se; it is State/MLK St., The Commons, until Jan. 31. the evolution from comic art to fine art that Visit: JimGarmhausenArt.com. I am referring to.)

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Two Young People with Varied Chops By War re n Gre e nwood

an African-American woman, captures a profound, sweet humanity. And Study in Charcoal 1 is an amazing work—a portrait of a somewhat androgynous face, eyes raised, looking up toward heaven. The drawing is focused to perfection on the face with a life-light Brad Waterman glowing in the eyes, and the rest of the Waterman is a young artist of 26, drawing is left delightfully unfinished. The who graduated from Oswego State. He technique is so assured and sophisticated has an exhibit at the Crow’s Nest Café. that it reminds me of the preternaturally Waterman is an amazing artist who seems realistic work of Albrecht Durer. to have a half-dozen disparate styles. He Distractions (pencil on paper) is has a series of marvelous Cubist paintings a beautifully realized down-shot on a (including a sort of cartoon Cubist young man, whose head opens at the top, painting that reminds me of the cartoonist releasing steam like a containment tower Robert Crumb, when Crumb is riffing on on Three Mile Island (with a cool vertical Cubism). stack of what looks And he has a like invented, alien, series of striking neo-Asian writing animal paintings (cats running up the side and dogs). The dog of the piece). portraits are painted in Cold Feet a style I would christen (pencil on paper) is “Hyperrealisma cartoon drawing Kitsch.” And there is a of a little humanoid marvelous painting of fly character. And, two cats that reminds here, Erkan’s drawing me of the romantic chops rival those of primitive work of Sir John Tenniel (who Henri Rousseau. illustrated the Alice There is a series of books). abstract-expressionist Small Charcoal paintings, within Study looks like a some of which, one surrealist etching … can discern elephants, with floating cubist anteaters, dinosaurs eyes, a floating head and monsters, shooting out a beam while others are of light from its pure atmospheric eyes like Cyclops in abstraction. the X-Men comics, He has a couple Cold Feet by Aylin Erkan random tentacles, of paintings that are M.C. Escher a kind of cartoon buildings, and cartoon characters looking Surrealism, one reminding me of the like residents of Flatland. work of the late, sainted cartoonist Basil Test Creature is a very fanciful fantasy Wolverton. And, for good measure, he has a painting of a boy performing a handstand creature, drawn in ink and painted in a style reminiscent of Japanese watercolors. in an upstate New York creek bed painted And there are Dr. Seuss-issue faux-alien in a vivid impressionist style. alphabet characters hovering in the air (some, wittily, with lines pointed to the Aylin Erkan creature as if labeling it’s various parts). This is great work. (And a very Alas, we’re running out of space here. appealing venue … a new pottery studio The only other thing I want to on the Ithaca Commons.) emphasize is that both these shows are Aylin Erkan, like Brad Waterman, in very close proximity to each other also seems to be working in a half-dozen and, thus, very easy for the Art-Loving disparate styles. (And she, too, is young ... Reader to drop by and catch when on the high school age.) Commons… • First off, her figure studies (Figure Studies 4 & 5, charcoal on paper) show that she has excellent Academic Realism chops. Brad Waterman’s exhibition Cerulean Dream is on display at the Crow’s Nest Café, And then there are her portraits. 115 The Commons. Aylin Erkan’s show Here we see that Erkan can capture the Works on Paper is on display at the Potter’s humanity and specificity of a person Room, 109 The Commons. Both shows are in a realistic fashion (think Rembrandt up through Jan. 31. van Rijn). And some of these are quite astounding. Figure Study 2, a portrait of his week, I would like to introduce two young artists whose works are appearing in two locations on the Ithaca Commons. Here we go…

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PTA’s Inherent Vice, based on a Thomas Pynchon novel set in the Los Angeles beach community circa 1970, its plot and meaning shrouded in a giant cloud of sensimilla smoke. I should pynchon’s ‘inherent vice’ at cinemapolis love this movie. On the surface By Br yan VanC ampe n it looks like the Inherent Vice, written for the screen smarts. The amazing, perfect synthesis and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson from three-unrelatedof Robert the novel by Thomas Pynchon, playing at weird-tales-prologue Altman’s The Cinemapolis. that opens Magnolia Long Goodbye is one of the greatest and the Coen Joaquin Phoenix is Doc Sportello in Inherent Vice. pologies to all the girls I’ve loved pieces of film ever Brothers’ The before, but I don’t think I’ve ever assembled. Consider Big Lebowski. fallen like I fell for the films of Paul that Magnolia has a I haven’t read Thomas Anderson. Hard Eight, Boogie rain of frogs that’s Biblical in nature, and the novel, but the notion of a stoner PI Nights, Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love and then watch Magnolia again and look for wandering the mean streets of L.A is what There Will Be Blood. What an incredible all the eights and twos in the film; they’re the film Is about. Unfortunately, Inherent run, and such bold, far-reaching films. everywhere, a clear reference to Exodus 8.2. Vice is like being lost in the city of angels Boogie Nights is one of my 10 I have a copy of There Will Be Blood without a map. Anderson certainly hasn’t favorite films of all time, and every time on the shelf, but I must confess that having provided one. I’m embarking on a new creative venture, seen it once, I’m never in the mood to Inherent Vice is all about hippie doper I listen to Anderson’s frank, informative watch it. Then he made The Master, which Doc Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix). He commentary on my Boogie Nights BluI’m still picking over in my head, but no encounters various ex-girlfriends and Ray just for his enthusiasm and cinema need to add it to the library. Now here’s oddballs who all want his help in one way film

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or another, and he more or less stumbles into some kind of dangerous scheme, and it all vaguely feels like a detective story. But this time Anderson, an acolyte of Robert Altman, gets a little too Atman and vaporizes the audience. Phoenix was allowed to mumble and mush-mouth his lines; not since Robin Williams in Popeye has so much of the lead character’s dialogue been so unintelligible. Phoenix manages a shambling, shuffling comedy of paranoia and disassociation that pays off here and there, but as he blunders from set piece to set piece, the film’s stoner comedy and noir riffs rise and fall based on a very talented ensemble that includes newcomer Katherine Waterston trying a risky nude scene, Eric Roberts as a wealthy real estate developer, Michael K. Williams, Owen Wilson and Josh Brolin in a loony bins performance as “Bigfoot” Bjornsen (Josh Brolin) of the LAPD. I wanted to love Inherent Vice, but I just couldn’t find a way to get inside and connect with it. The flavor of the music, production design and other production values are very well done, but in the end it all feels like an empty hot tub. •

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The September 2013 issue of the British wine magazine Decanter features a blind tasting of red wines priced under $30 from Rioja, Spain’s best-known wine region. The tasting’s judges were extremely enthusiastic in their responses. One taster states that he would have been impressed if the wines were double the price. Master of Wine Annette Scarf calls it “one of the best tastings I’ve been to at Decanter.” Indeed, the Decanter experts concluded, “the value for money these wines offer is unparalleled.” The staff at Northside Wines and Spirits was thus eager and curious to blind taste a selection of 15 red Rioja wines priced $25 and under. The wines tasted were all of the crianza level. Crianza wines are aged in oak barrels and then in bottles for a minimum of two years before release. These wines were thus aged longer than wines labeled joven (young), but not as long as Rioja wines labeled reserva

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ones, before presidents began to get more … discreet about what they preserved.” One priceless example is a carbon copy of a letter sent to President James Perkins by alumnus Harry V. Wade, the CEO of the Standard Life Insurance Company. Wade was made furious by the participation of a black member in the Cornell Glee Club when the group sang at an event in Indianapolis. He referred to the undergraduate as a “Sambo” and a “chimpanzee” in this 1965 letter. Kramnick and Altshuler, having seen the actual document, record that Perkins, a Quaker and an integrationist, wrote on it, “Who’s this awful man?” Kramnick and Alshuler’s book is a successor to a volume by Morris Bishop, A History of Cornell (1962), which covered the period from the founding through World War II. The new book picks up the thread after the war and documents the influx of veterans who were attending on the 1944 “GI Bill.” Altshuler has also written a book on the GI Bill. “Cornell had an experience that was typical of elite institutions at that time,” said the historian. “The ’44 GI Bill paid full tuition and fees and living stipends for the most expensive institutions in the country. For all the succeeding GI bills the stipends only covered attendance at public institutions. Cornell was one of the places to which the veterans flocked. The downside was that women were pushed out

by the preference for the returning veterans demanding their money’s worth.” Beyond both race and scholastic and it took them a long time to make a aptitude, Kramnick noted that a greater comeback.” Altshuler said that 2.2 million veterans diversity of religion was now visible on went to college on the ’44 GI Bill, but that it campus. “Students are much more openly religious than they were in the ‘60s and is now known that only a quarter of them would not have gone otherwise. “It was not all poor people who would not have gone,” he said. “The Ivy League was and remains a bastion of privilege in that respect. In that sense the promise of the GI bill was never realized.” As both professors have taught at Cornell for more than four decades and they have just documented the last seven decades of university life, they have a long view on how students have changed over the years. “They’ve changed demographically in a significant way,” said Altshuler. The Cornell student body was almost entirely white and American until the 1960s. Today one-third of the students are Asian, Latino or African-American and 11 percent of them are international. Kramnick and Glenn Altshuler (Photo: Bill Chaisson) The change was begun, Kramnick noted, by President Perkins. After he arrived in 1963 he organized an active ‘70s, when it just wasn’t cool,” he said, “and effort to recruit black and Latino students they are much less political. We’ve been from schools in poor neighborhoods. at war for years, and you’ve seen almost nothing here.” “Students preparation skills and “For understandable reasons the interests are different now,” Altshuler said. students are obsessed with professional “Their quantitative skills are better than opportunity after graduation,” Altshuler they were 40 or 50 years ago, but when it said, “that two humanists like us lament.” comes to their ability to interpret texts and One obvious change at the university that to write, they are … less skilled.” reflects this student shift is the recent Both Altshuler and Kramnick found addition of an undergraduate business the modern student to be brittle and program, one of only two in the Ivy League, demanding. “Brittle,” said Altshuler, “in the to the Dyson School of Applied Economics sense of not responding well to criticism.” and Management. “Demanding,” said Kramick, “in that they treat everything as a negotiation. They One of the ongoing themes in Cornell: feel they are paying so much, so they are A History, 1940-2015 is the construction

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of new buildings. President Malott did an enormous amount of building in the 1950s and thought the campus was complete. As anyone can see, he was quite incorrect. But why, we wanted to know, is the campus so architecturally incoherent? Altshuler began by ascribing this first to the existence of the statutory (state financed) colleges versus the endowed (private) colleges. “Architecturally,” he said, “the twain did not meet, because the state had very different considerations.” But even the endowed colleges had to make due with the smallest endowment per capita in the Ivy League. “The university is always financially strapped,” Altshuler said, “so it was catch as catch can with the buildings, most famously around the engineering quad and the dorms on West Campus.” Finally, added Kramnick, you have to consider the dominance of science and technology at Cornell. The need for new laboratories—for which function triumphs over form— has driven much construction. There has been, the government professor noted, no new humanities building erected since 1902. The idea for Cornell: A History originated with Keith Johnson. Johnson, a journalist with the Time/Life company was a graduate of the Cornell Class of 1956 and a native Ithacan, the son of a chemistry professor. At some point in the early 2000s he decided he “wasn’t going to get his arms around it,” according to Altshuler, and abandoned the project. “We are both friends of his, so we decided to take it on.” “Both of us,” said Kramnick, “admire this place and its uniqueness in the Ivy League and in American higher education. It has been the l’enfant terrible of higher education.” •

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Concerts Winter Village Bluegrass Festival | 7:30 PM- | La Tourelle Resort and August Moon Spa, 1150 Danby Rd, Ithaca | Mr. Sun, Michael Daves & Brittany Haas, Paris Texas CU Music: Glee Club’s Returnfrom-Tour Concert | 8:00 PM- | Willard Straight Hall - Cornell University, Memorial Room, Ithaca | Return-from-Tour Concert: Cornell University Glee Club; Robert Isaacs, conductor. Lissa Schneckenburger with Bethany Waickman in Concert | 5:00 PM- | Memorial Room, Willard Straight Hall, Ithaca | These two young New Englanders keep old traditions fresh, with sweetvoiced ballads and original songs and skillful, dynamic tunes that bring drive and joy to the dance floor and concert hall.

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black comedy that tells the story of an actor (Michael Keaton) - famous for portraying an iconic superhero - as he struggles to mount a Broadway play. | 119 mins R | Fri - Wed: 7:00, 9:30; Thu: 2:00, 7:00, 9:30. Foxcatcher | the story of Olympic Gold Medal-winning wrestler Mark Schultz (Tatum), who sees a way out from the shadow of his more celebrated wrestling brother Dave (Ruffalo) and a life of poverty when he is summoned by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont (Carell) to move onto his estate and train for the 1988 Seoul Olympics. | 130 mins R | Fri: 4:10, 6:50, 9:30; Sat & Sun: 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30; Mon - Wed: 4:10, 6:50, 9:30; Thu: 11:00 AM, 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30. The Imitation Game | During the winter of 1952, British authorities entered the home of mathematician, cryptanalyst and war hero Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) to investigate a reported burglary. They instead ended up arresting Turing himself on charges of ‘gross indecency’, an accusation that would lead to his devastating conviction for the criminal offense of homosexuality - little did officials know, they were actually incriminating the pioneer of modern-day computing. | 114 mins PG-13 | Fri: 4:15, 6:45, 9:15; Sat & Sun: 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15; Mon - Wed: 4:15, 6:45, 9:15; Thu: 11:20 AM, 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15. Inherent Vice | “Inherent Vice,” is the seventh feature from Paul Thomas Anderson and the first ever film adaption of a Thomas Pynchon novel. | 148 mins R | Fri & Sat: 3:50, 6:40, 9:30; Sun: 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30; Mon Wed: 3:50, 6:40, 9:30; Thu: 11:20 AM, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 National Theatre Live: JOHN | Sat: 1:30 PM The Theory of Everything | The extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. | 123 mins PG-13 | Fri: 4:20 PM; Sat & Sun: 1:50, 4:20; Mon - Wed: 4:20 PM; Thu: 11:20 AM, 4:20

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Midwinter Organ, Brass, and Choir Spectacular | 7:00 PM- | St. Mary’s Church, 46 N. Main St., Cortland | Come and enjoy an evening of triumphant organ, brass, and choral music while surrounded by neo-Gothic splendor Cornell Contra Dance Club | 7:30 PM-11:00 PM | Memorial Room, Willard Straight Hall, Ithaca | CCDC presents a contra dance with the band O’Shanigans and caller Bob Isaacs. Music: O’Shanigans (Tim Ball, Phil Robinson, and Michael Ludgate) with caller Bob Isaacs Winter Village Bluegrass Festival | 8:00 PM- | State Theatre of Ithaca, Inc., 107 W State St, Ithaca | This 5th anniversary festival will feature The Traveling McCourys, the renowned fiddler Darol Anger’s new band Mr. Sun with Tony Trischka joining them on the banjo, and guitarist/singer Michael Daves joined by fiddler Brittany Haas. Schubertiade | 8:00 PM- | Barnes Hall Auditorium, Cornell University, Ithaca | Schubertiade with pianists Malcolm Bilson and Roger Moseley, violinist Ariana Kim, and cellist John Haines-Eitzen. Features fortepiano works for solo and four hands and the Piano Trio in B-flat. Madeleine Dring Trio for Violin, Flute, and Piano | 4:00 PM- | First Unitarian Church Ithaca, 306 N Aurora St, Ithaca | Prokofiev Flute Sonata, Dvorak Piano Quartet, Janet Sung, violin; Roberta Crawford, viola; Stefan Reuss, cello; Barry Crawford, flute; Michael Salmirs, piano Wild Child | 8:00 PM- | Westcott Theater, 524 Westcott St, Syracuse | w/ PEARL AND THE BEARD | CALL SECURITY | SPRING STREET Midday Music for Organ: David Yearsley | 12:30 PM- | Chapel, Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | introduces his new recording of the Bach Trio Sonatas. Rusted Root | 8:00 PM- | Westcott Theater, 524 Westcott St, Syracuse | w/ THE UNKNOWN WOODSMEN

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Count Me In | 7:30 PM-, 01/21 Wednesday, 7:30 PM-, 01/22 Thursday; 8:00 PM-, 01/23 Friday; 8:00 PM-, 01/24 Saturday; 4:00 PM-, 01/25 Sunday; 7:30 PM-, 01/28 Wednesday | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W. State St., Ithaca | What happens when forever friends begin forever again? A musical romp headed toward infinity by Kitchen Theatre Artistic Director Rachel Lampert, author of Tony and the Soprano, Bed No Breakfast, In the Company of Dancers, and many other music- and dance-filled pieces. Jersey Boys | 7:30 PM-, 01/21 Wednesday, 7:30 PM-, 01/22 Thursday; 7:30 PM-, 01/23 Friday; 2:00 PM-, 7:30 PM-01/24 Saturday; 1:00 PM-, 6:30 PM- 01/25 Sunday; | Samuel Clemens Performing Arts Center See Clemens Center, Maudeville Hal, Elmira | Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-Winning Best Musical JERSEY BOYS premiere one-week engagement at the Clemens Center January 20 - 25, 2015. Don’t miss your chance to see The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons! Mantra & Mantrella’s Belly Fusion Presents: Bedouins from Mars | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 01/23 Friday | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 South Cayuga Street, Ithaca | Ithaca Free show with live Middle Eastern music and belly dance fusion from outer space. Physics Fair | 1:00 PM-, 01/24 Saturday | The Kitchen Theatre, 417 W. State St., Ithaca | by Rachel Lampert and Lesley Greene. Kitchen Theatre Company presents two performances only of the original musical Physics Fair. Mr. Mundani’s 6th graders learn that Physics makes the world go round when they organize the school’s first ever Physics Fair. Featuring Elisheva Glaser, Christian Henry, Erin Hilgartner, Imri Leshed, Caitlin Mallory, Kayla Markwardt, and Lucian Mead-VanCort as Mildweather Middle School’s 6th graders, with Joey Steinhagen as Mr. Mundani and Lesley Greene as Principal Standard. Hypnotist Joe DeVito | 2:00 PM-, 8:00 PM-01/24 Saturday | Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St, Auburn | The undisputed heavyweight champion of stage hypnosis. Curious George Live | 3:00 PM-, 01/25 Sunday | State Theatre of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | With every swing and flip, George takes the audience through a fun-filled adventure in which he learns about Rome¦and meatballs¦and the secret ingredient to cooking, than he’d ever imagined. Civic Ensemble: A More Perfect Union | 7:30 PM-, 01/25 Sunday | Kitchen Theatre, 471 W State/MLK St, Ithaca | by Vern Thiessen with Jennifer Herzog and Ryan Hope Travis. Directed by Godfrey L.

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Gone Girl | Nick and Amy Dunne are the poster-couple for Happily Ever After... until Amy disappears. He reports her missing, ushering in the scrutiny of police and media alike, but as the fairy-tale nature of his marriage is proven to be false, Nick Dunne unravels while the world publicly wonders: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? | Wed 1/21: 7:00 PM; Thu 1/22 9:00 PM; Fri 1/23 9:00 PM (free show). The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | One of the oddest and most charming films of the French cinema, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is a New Wave musical, in which all the dialogue is sung.| Thu 1/22 7:00 PM. Big Hero 6 | From Walt Disney Animation Studios, the team behind Frozen and Wreck-It Ralph, comes Big Hero 6, an action-packed comedyadventure about the special bond that develops between Baymax, a plus-sized inflatable robot, and robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada. | Thu 1/23 6:45 PM. (free show); Sat 1/24 2:00 PM. The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness | Grandmaster animators Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata and their cohort are the subjects of this lovely documentary/virtual tour of Studio Ghibli. Getting to see the masters in their element is a rare treat, and one which the director of this intimate doc clearly relishes— fans of the iconic studio will come away with a greater appreciation for the precision and discipline that goes into making their favorite dreamworlds come alive. | Sat 1/24 6:45 PM; Sun 1/25 4:30 PM. Boyhood | Filmed over the span of 12 years using the same cast, this latest experiment in time from Richard Linklater (Before Sunrise series) presents the experience of growing up as never before seen on screen. | Tue 1/20 7:00 PM; Sat 1/24 9:15; Sun 1/25 7:00.

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Notices Mentors Needed for 4-H Youth Development Program | 1 | Cornell Cooperative Extension Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca | For more info, call (607) 277-1236 or email student.mentor@yahoo.com. Rehearsals for Ithaca Community Chorus and Chamber Singers | St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 402 N. Aurora St, Ithaca | For more information or to register on-line visit: http://www.ithacacommunitychoruses.org.

Meetings Ithaca Sociable Singles | 6:00 PM-, 01/21 Wednesday | Ithaca Beer Company, Ithaca Beer Drive, Ithaca | Ithaca Beer Restaurant; hans_fleischmann@yahoo. com Ithaca City Administration Committee | 6:00 PM-, 01/21 Wednesday | Common Council Chambers - Ithaca City Hall, 108 E. Green St., Ithaca | Tompkins County Council of Governments | 3:00 PM-, 01/22 Thursday | County Administrative Building - Heyman Conference Room, 125 E. Court St., Ithaca | The Landlords Association of Tompkins County | 4:30 PM-, 01/26 Monday | Ramada Inn, North Triphammer Road, Ithaca | This month’s guest speakers will be from Tompkins Financial. Attorneys Alyssa Barreiro and Michael May, along with associate Karen McMullen, will be discussing “Wills, Trusts and Estates.”

There will also be presentations from sponsors Dave Minotti of Home Depot and Tom Hardy of Data Momentum. Rental property owners interested in joining are invited to attend this very informative meeting. For more information email LATC@LandlordsAssociation.com or call 607- 257-2382. Ithaca Town Board | 4:30 PM-, 01/26 Monday | Ithaca Town Hall, 215 N Tioga St, Ithaca | Ithaca Board of Public Works | 4:45 PM-, 01/26 Monday | Ithaca City Hall, 108 E. Green Street, Ithaca | Tompkins County Government Operations Committee | 5:30 PM-, 01/27 Tuesday | County Of Tompkins - The Daniel D. Tompkins Building, 121 E. Court St., Ithaca | Public is welcome. Ithaca City Planning and Development Board | 6:00 PM-, 01/27 Tuesday | City Of Ithaca, 108 E Green St, Ithaca | Ithaca City School District Board of Education | 7:00 PM-, 01/27 Tuesday | Ithaca City School District - Administration Building, Lake Street, Ithaca | Ithaca Sociable Singles | 6:00 PM-, 01/28 Wednesday | Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill And Bar, 2300 N Triphammer Rd, Ithaca | sam221@ peoplepc.com

Learning Art Classes for Adults | Community School Of Music And Arts, 330 E. State St, Ithaca | For more information, call (607) 272-1474 or email info@csma-ithaca.org. www.csma-ithaca.org. Winter Writing Through The Rough Spots | See website for location and meeting dates | Writing Through The Rough Spots. Fall and Winter Classes in Ithaca. www.WritingRoomWorkshops.com Photo Management | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, 01/22 Thursday | Edith B Ford Library, 7169 North Main St, Ovid | Registration required. Laptops provided. Getting Older Without Getting “Old” | 7:00 PM-8:15 PM, 01/22 Thursday | GreenStar Cooperative Market, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Amanda York will discuss the importance of attitude, self-talk, expectations, proper breathing, exercise, and diet in the aging process. This class is free and open to the public, and will be held at the Classrooms@GreenStar, 700 W. Buffalo St. Registration is required - sign up at GreenStar’s Customer Service Desk or call 273-9392. Learn to Play Bridge or Practice Play | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, 01/23 Friday | Ithaca Bridge Club, Clinton Street Plaza, Ithaca |

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Bath Soaks and Healing Salves Workshop | 12:00 PM-2:00 PM, 01/24 Saturday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, PO Box 410, Ovid | International Folk Dancing | 7:30 PM-9:30 PM, 01/25 Sunday | Lifelong, 119 West Court Street, Ithaca | Teaching and request dancing. No partners needed. $5 donation suggested. Not meeting 12/28 Watercolor painting | 10:00 AM-, 01/26 Monday | Ulysses Philomathic Library , 74 East Main St, Trumansburg | Beginning Spanish | 1:00 PM-, 01/26 Monday | Ulysses Philomathic Library , 74 East Main St, Trumansburg | Knit & Chat | 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, 01/26 Monday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 North Main Street, Ovid | Intermediate Spanish | 2:00 PM-, 01/26 Monday | Ulysses Philomathic Library , 74 East Main St, Trumansburg | Jesusians of Ithaca | 7:00 PM-8:30 PM, 01/27 Tuesday | Ithaca Friends Meeting House, 120 3rd St., Ithaca | For more info, email jesusianity@gmail.com or visit: www.facebook.com/groups/ JesusiansOfIthaca. Curb Your Cravings | 7:00 PM-8:15 PM, 01/28 Wednesday | GreenStar Cooperative Market, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Do you experience sweet and carb cravings, low energy, fatigue, and brain fog? You are not alone! Join Tara Lambert of Nutritional Wellness Center, to learn why you have cravings, the effects that sugar has on the body, and ways to combat those cravings for good. Free and open to the public, and held at the Classrooms@GreenStar, 700 W. Buffalo St. Registration required - sign up at GreenStar’s Customer Service Desk or call 273-9392.

Nature & Science Primitive Pursuits Adult Weekend Workshop | February 7 - 8; Friction Fire Intensive , March 7 - 8. For more information, call 607-272-2292 ext. 195 or visit online at primitivepursuits.com. Beginning Beekeeping Workshop | Cayuga Nature Center, 1420 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Preregistration ends on January 31, 2015. www.cayuganaturecenter.com The Finger Lakes Native Plant Society Members Night: A Botanical Smorgasbord | 7:00 PM-8:30 PM, 01/21 Wednesday | Unitarian Church Annex, 306 N Aurora St, Ithaca | Please contact Rick at flnps@ricklightbody.com right away (by Jan 14 latest) with your idea so he can slot you into the show.

Night Hikes | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM, 01/23 Friday | Cayuga Nature Center, 1420 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Please call ahead for availability. (607) 273-6260 Guided Beginner Bird Walks | 9:00 AM-, 01/24 Saturday; 9:00 AM-, 01/25 Sunday | Meet at the front of the building. Please contact Linda Orkin, wingmagic16@gmail. com for more information.

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Your Vision, Caroline’s Future | 7:00 PM-8:30 PM, 01/21 Wednesday | Brooktondale Community Center, 524 Valley Road, Brooktondale | The Town of Caroline Planning Board is seeking input from residents as it begins an update of its Comprehensive Plan. RSVPs to Planning_Board@townofcaroline.org are helpful but not required. In the event of bad weather check the Town website: www. townofcaroline.org Game Club | 2:30 PM-4:30 PM, 01/22 Thursday | Edith B Ford Library, 7169 North Main St, Ovid | All ages and skill levels welcome to play chess, Munchkin Quest, and Ticket to Ride. Legion Fish Fry | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, 01/23 Friday | Candor American Legion, 90 Spencer Road, Candor | The American Legion Auxiliary Friday night Fish Fry. phone: 659-7395 on the night of the dinners West Side Cayuga Lake Wineries, Between the Lakes Winter Wine Party | 11:00 AM-5:00 PM, 01/24 Saturday | Cayuga Lake Wine Trail | Link to participating wineries and more information is available at www.betweenthelakes. weebly.com Cornell Wrestling Match for Hospicare | 1:00 PM-, 01/24 Saturday | Newman Arena, Cornell University, Ithaca | Cornell Wrestling will be teaming up with Hospicare & Palliative Care Services to raise money for a great cause! Cornell team supporters are pledging a set amount of money for every person who attends the match against UPenn. Help us to sell out the event, and spread the word. http:// hospicare.kintera.org/cornellwrestling. 7th Annual Bridal Show | 12:00 PM-3:00 PM, 01/25 Sunday | Glenora Wine Cellars, 5435 State Route 14, Dundee | First Annual Inspire S-VE Winter Fest | 12:00 PM-3:00 PM, 01/25 Sunday | Nichols Park | For more info call and leave us a message at (888) 589-7833. We’ll call you back as soon as is possible. You can also email us at info@inspiresve.org. Jewish Summer Camp Fair | 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, 01/25 Sunday | Community School Of Music And Arts, 215 E State

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The Cornell Wrestling squad hits the mat this weekend at Newman Arena to take on UPenn and help raise funds for Hospicare and Pallative Care Services. Cornell team supporters are pledging a set amount of money for every person who attends the match. (photo by Cornell athletics)

St, Ithaca | The Ithaca Area United Jewish Community (IAUJC) invites all to discover opportunities for Jewish summer camp and teen programs. Early Memories of Interlaken | 7:00 PM-, 01/26 Monday | Masonic Hall, 8396 Main Street, Interlaken | From the point of view of a farm girl. The Interlaken Historical Society invites you to spend an evening looking back at the 1930s and some of the people and places within the community. Ruth Myer will discuss memories of those days. For more information please contact the Society at 607-280-2099. Preserving Dr. King’s Legacy: A Conversation with Geneva’s Martin Luther King Committee | 7:00 PM-, 01/26 Monday | Geneva Room of the Warren Hunting Smith Library, , Geneva | Soup and or Chili Nights | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM, 01/27 Tuesday | Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church, 17 Main St., Candor | Every Tuesday Night. With dessert and drink. Free Will Donation ongoing Open Hearts Dinner | 5:30 PM-6:30 PM, 01/28 Wednesday | McKendree United Methodist Church, 224 Owego St., Candor | Every Wednesday. Come and join in the fun. Whether you are looking for fellowship or a free meal this one’s for you. ongoing SpinKnitters | 1:30 PM-, 01/22 Thursday | Ulysses Philomathic Library, 74 E Main St, Trumansburg | Open knitting group

Health Alcoholics Anonymous | Multiple Dates and Locations | This group meets several times per week at various locations. For more information, call 273-1541 or visit aacny.org/ meetings/PDF/IthacaMeetings.pdf Chair Yoga | 10:00 AM-, 01/21 Wednesday | Ulysses Philomathic Library, 74 E Main St, Trumansburg | Support Group for Invisible Disabilities | 1:00 PM-3:00 PM, 01/21 Wednesday | Finger Lakes Independence Center, 215 Fifth St., Ithaca | Facilitated by Liz Constable and Finger Lakes Independence Center Peer Counselor Amy Scott, and supported by Finger Lakes Independence Center Peer Counselor Emily Papperman. Call Amy or Emily at 607-272-2433. DSS in Ulysses | 1:00 PM-4:30 PM, 01/21 Wednesday | Ulysses Town Hall, 10 Elm

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he Winter Village Bluegrass Festival, now in its fifth year, offers concerts, workshops, and jam sessions for music lovers in search of a warm winter experience this weekend. This year’s incarnation will commence Friday, Jan. 23 with an opening reception at La Tourelle Inn, but will expand throughout downtown over the course of the weekend as pickers will take to places that include the recently opened Coltivare Restaurant, Red Feet Wine Market, the Moosewood Restaurant, and Ithaca’s largest venue, the State Theatre. “It’s a chance for both fans and nonconverts to get up close to some of the biggest names in bluegrass” organizer Rick Manning said last week. “Outside of summer festivals, there aren’t a lot of opportunities to get together and play.” Among those set to perform include former Ithacan Tony Trischka, who is returning to the State Theatre after the successful “Banjo Summit”; Michael Daves, a rising star who just rang in the new year with a sold-out “all-star bluegrass throwdown” that was praised in the New York

St, Trumansburg | walk-ins welcome. For info on SNAP, Medicaid, Daycare and Emergency assistance. CALL (607) 274-5345 with any questions. Lyme Support Group | 6:30 PM-, 01/21 Wednesday | Multiple Locations | For information, or to be added to the email list, contact danny7t@lightlink.com or call Danny at 275-6441. Overeaters Anonymous | 6:30 PM-7:30 PM, 01/21 Wednesday | Dryden Village Hall, Dryden | 7:00 AM-8:00 AM, 01/22 Thursday | First Unitarian Church Annex, 306 N. Aurora Street, Ithaca | 11:00 AM-12:15 PM, 01/24 Saturday | Ithaca Free Clinic, 521 W Seneca St, Ithaca | 7:00 PM-8:00 PM, 01/26 Monday | Just Be Cause center, 1013 W. State St., Ithaca | Adult Children of Alcoholics | 7:00 PM-8:00 PM, 01/21 Wednesday | Ithaca Community Recovery, 518 West Seneca Street, Ithaca | 12-Step Meeting. Enter through front entrance. Meeting on second floor. For more info, contact 229-4592. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) | 7:00 PM-8:30 PM, 01/21 Wednesday | First Congregational Church of Ithaca , 309 Highland Rd , Ithaca |

Times; and the the Travelin’ McCourys, encourage playing in indoor environments who have collaborated with the Allman during the colder months. The annual Brothers, Steve Earle, and Keller Williams. festival features concerts, workshops and (They the Del McCoury Band without Del jam sessions. The event brings a new level McCoury present.) of comfort and class to a generally casual “I’m looking forward to seeing my friends and playing with them too,” Trischka said. “There’s a lot of cross-pollination at these things, and this up in Ithaca is one of the best.” Trischka is set to perform multiple times throughout the weekend – first with Mr. Sun, led by fiddler Darol Anger at 9:15 p.m. Friday night at La Tourelle, and The Traveling McCourys headline this year’s Winter Bluegrass Festival. then again at 8:15 p.m. Saturday (Photo by Dorothy St. Claire Photography). at the State. He’ll also join in on workshops, which he called one affair. of the two-prongs of the Winter Village. “The grand vision is inherent with A full schedule is available online at the name ‘village,’ which we are moving wintervillagebluegrass.org. into as we expand downtown and onto Manning, a superb fiddler in his the Commons,” Manning said. As a special own right, came up with the brilliant idea treat, ticket holders to The State Theatre to bring bluegrass to town a few years performance will be welcome to a 1 p.m. back, when he realized that other cities Saturday afternoon concert at Coltivare

4:00 PM-5:30 PM, 01/25 Sunday | Ithaca Community Recovery, 518 West Seneca St., Ithaca | 7:00 PM-8:30 PM, 01/26 Monday | Ithaca Community Recovery, 518 West Seneca St., Ithaca |For more information, call 607-351-9504 or visit www.foodaddicts.org. Southern Tier Parkinson’s Disease Support Group (STPDSG) | 1:30 PM-3:00 PM, 01/22 Thursday | Silver Spoon Cafe, Schuyler County Human Services, 323 Owego Street, Montour Falls | Pre-registration appreciated: Gretta Preston. 607 546 2167 or prestongj1133@ msn.com Walk-in Clinic | 4:00 PM-8:00 PM, 01/22 Thursday; 2:00 PM-6:00 PM, 01/26 Monday | Ithaca Health Alliance, 521 West Seneca St., Ithaca | Need to see a doctor, but don’t have health insurance? Can’t afford holistic care? 100% Free Services, Donations Appreciated. Do not need to be a Tompkins County resident. First come, first served (no appointments). Ithaca Community Aphasia Network | 9:00 AM-10:30 AM, 01/23 Friday | Ithaca College, Call for Location, | For more information, please contact: Yvonne Rogalski Phone: (607) 274-3430 Email: yrogalski@ithaca.edu

Recovery From Food Addition | 12:00 PM-, 01/23 Friday | Ithaca Community Recovery, 518 West Seneca Street, Ithaca | Successful recovery based on Dr. Kay Sheppard’s program The Listening Workshop | 9:00 AM-1:00 PM, 01/26 Saturday | Ithaca Community Childcare Center, 579 Warren Rd, Ithaca | Please register by emailing your name and phone number to the listeningworkshop@gmail.com. Winter Wisdom | 9:30 AM-3:00 PM, 01/24 Saturday | Foundation of Light, 399 Turkey Hill Road, Ithaca | To register and for more information, email Marsha Eger at chantingmeditation@yahoo.com or call (607) 592-2465 or call the FOL at (607) 273-9550 email: info@folithaca.org. Dance Church Ithaca | 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, 01/25 Sunday | Ithaca Yoga Center, AHIMSA Studio, 215 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca | Free movement for all ages with live and DJ’ed music. Free. Anonymous HIV Testing | 9:00 AM-11:30 AM, 01/27 Tuesday | Tompkins County Health Department, 55 Brown Road, Ithaca | Walk-in clinics are available every Tuesday from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Appointments are available on Tuesdays

featuring music, wine, beer, cheese and chocolate pairings. Performing duos include Ithaca old time music favorites Richie and Rosie, Michael Daves and Brittany Haas, Paris Texas featuring Bobby Henrie, and Ithaca College’s Liz Simkin and Susan Waterbury. Craft beers and local wines will be paired with local cheeses, meats and chocolates, presented by Experience the Finger Lakes. “I am a musician who has chosen not to tour a lot, so it is important for me to cultivate a scene,” Daves said by phone last week. “The last ten years have really been very good to bluegrass—especially in New York City, so it is great to get out of town and share it with others.” Daves’ nasal tenor is distinctive and forceful, and he recently finished recording the first half of a “Twin Albums” project that will have him present the same songs in two different contexts. Trischka added, of Daves: “This gives me a chance to play with old friends and new ones.” •

ickets are still available for all events. Plenty of tickets are available for the Saturday night concert at the State Theatre. Tickets are available at www.ithacaevents.com or can be purchased directly from the www. wintervillagebluegrass.org. •

and Thursdays from 1:30 to 3:30 pm. Please call us to schedule an appointment or to ask for further information (607) 274-6604 Winter Qigong | 5:15 PM-, 01/27 Tuesday | Office of Suicide Prevention, 124 East Court Street, Ithaca | Meditative movement practices to enhance circulation, vitality, health and mood. Join Will Fudeman, L Ac, LCSW. Support Group for People Grieving the Loss of a Loved One by Suicide | 5:30 PM-, 01/27 Tuesday | 124 E. Court St., 124 E. Court St., Ithaca | Please call Sheila McCue, LMSW with any questions # 607-272-1505 How To Stay Healthy & Avoid Injury in 2015 | 6:00 PM-, 01/27 Tuesday | Groton Public Library | with Dr. Mike Massari from Ithaca Family Chiropractic. Come learn important health information and tips to prevent injury from everyday life and activities. A quick 30 second thermal scan will be performed to see if there are any areas of imbalance or inflammation due to improper ergonomics or posture.

Arts Tour: Alien Apostles/Altar Apparitions | 4:00 PM-, 01/22 Thursday | Handwerker Gallery, Job Hall, Ithaca College, Ithaca | Alien Apostles/Altar Apparitions tour with gallery director. opening Dual Opening at Handwerker: Alien Apostles & Apparitions | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM, 01/22 Thursday | Handwerker Gallery, Gannett Center, Ithaca College, Ithaca | Alien Apostles: Katie Dorame; Altar Apparitions: Mercedes Dorame. Alien Apostles is an exhibition of work fusing together imagery from the troubled legacy of American colonialism. Artist Katie Dorame re-contextualizes familiar characters and storylines from the false legacies of Hollywood and history books into a personal lexicon of otherworldly hybrids. Filling in the cracks with mud, yarn, and cinnamon, Mercedes Dorame’s photographs capture staged interventions of ceremony in the Los Angeles landscape, re-opening portals of memory and mourning of the land.

Mary Lorson // Wingnut

Kitchen Theatre presents two stage offerings this week: Rachel Lampert’s Count Me In (see our Stage listings for details and times) and Physics Fair (pictured), a collaborative performance featuring Kitchen Theatre, Cornell’s Xraise and Running to Places. (photo by Dave Burbank)

Musician, songwriter (and screenwriter) Mary Lorson headlines a weekend show at Trumansburg’s Rongovian Embassy. Opening is Wingnut, a genre-destroying beast with improvisational leanings.

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