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he City of Ithaca’s Planning Board is ramping up a push for energy clarity for new developments in Ithaca, penning a letter recently that asks for “more tangible and stringent energy code requirements at the City and County level.”

The letter is addressed to “staff and various board and committee members of the City of Ithaca and Tompkins County” and was introduced at last week’s Planning Board meeting. It was primarily written by board members McKenzie Lauren Jones, Matthew Johnston and Emily Petrina, with edits and revisions provided by other board members.

“What we believe to be missing is legislative material that is enforceable by the City,” the letter states. “We think that the City’s goal to phase out fossil fuel use by 2050 needs to be more aggressive and also rooted in strict implementation through the City Building Code, Site Plan Review, and tax incentive programs [...]

As such, we feel strongly that an energy reduction working group should be created with members of all of these entities, and that all of these bodies must uphold whatever standard is created by this working group.”

The working group would consist of members from the main government entities involved in the planning process: Common Council, Planning and Development Board, Board of Public Works, the City Building Department, the Community Investment Incentive Tax Abatement Program (CIITAP), the Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency, the Planning and Economic Decontinued on page 7

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Ithaca Police Chief Tyler will retire in May

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fter 28 years with the Ithaca Police Department (IPD), current Police Chief Pete Tyler will be stepping down from the force on May 31.

Tyler said when he first interviewed for the job in 2017, he made it clear to the mayor and the rest of the interview-

ing committee that this would not be a long-term solution; he had been eyeing 2019 as a likely stopping point for several years, knowing that his youngest child would be heading off to college after this school year. He said he was interested in the job to continue the progress he felt had been

T a k e ▶▶ Art & Literature for Workers’ Rights - On Saturday, Feb. 2 from 2-4 p.m. the Tompkins County Workers’ Center is holding a fundraiser hosted by Ruth Yarrow. The event will take place at Ten Forward Cafe, located above Autumn Leaves Used Books on the Commons. The fundraiser coincides with the opening sale of Yarrow’s watercolor paintings and notecards. Her books, Voices from the Appalachian Coalfields (interviews with coal miners and their spouses) and

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IPD Chief Pete Tyler said he had been planning on retirement in 2019 for a while, and is leaving the force partially to pursue other work opportunities. (Photo by Casey Martin)

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made under John Barber, IPD’s previous leader.

“I have been doing this job for 28 years,” Tyler said. “I have several work opportunities outside of this, some of which I’m starting to do now [...] I wanted to maintain the momentum of Chief Barber and our administration then.

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Lit from Within (a book of Ruth’s haiku) will also be available.

All proceeds will go to the TC Workers’ Center. ▶▶ Super Bowl viewing parties - Sure, there are certainly other things to do on Sunday, but we all know the majority of eyeballs will be locked to the TV to watch the Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots (who lost last year to the Philadelphia Eagles, in case you forgot). Here are a few places we found that are hosting viewing parties around Ithaca.

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1. -Ithaca Ale House, 3 p.m., featuring special appetizer menu and drink specials 2. -McCormick’s at Moakley House, 5:30 p.m., debuting new beers 3. -The Chesterton House (Cornell), 6:30 p.m.

4. -Emerson Suites at Ithaca College, 6 p.m. presented by IC After Dark 5. -K-House Karaoke Lounge and Suites, 5 p.m.

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INQUIRING PHOTOGRAPHER

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WHAT’S YOUR GO-TO SUPER BOWL SNACK?

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OurBus makes Ithaca-Long Island route year-round

A “Buffalo chicken wing dip!”

-Cindy Guillaume

“How about a bathtub full of chocolate?

Then I’ll lay in it. I don’t watch the Super Bowl Obvi.”

nyone looking to make the long and sometimes grueling journey to visit family or friends on Long Island has less reason to fret now: bus company OurBus is starting a new route to Long Island, making stops primarily along the North Shore of Long Island.

Some extra trips will be added for holidays and school breaks to ensure all travelers can be accommodated. The new route starts in Ithaca and makes stops in Binghamton, Paramus, Manhasset, Melville and Islandia before ending in Calverton.

After seeing an increasing demand from both students and travelers, OurBus knew this had to become a permanent fixture. By speaking

with students, they found that the most travel for this route would occur over the weekend, specifically on Fridays and Saturdays. Samantha Matsuke, planning and operations associate for OurBus, found this was not only a route that was heavily in demand but also a necessity for many travelers.

“We have offered trips between Ithaca and Long Island in the past for holidays and school breaks, which did very well,” Matsuke said. “Students

who took those holiday trips requested a more regular schedule. Additionally, we had a charter bus operator on Long Island that was willing and able to do the route. OurBus doesn’t own or operate any buses, we identify routes that have demand and match them with charter bus companies.

We then handle ticketing and logistics, so having the right charter bus company partner was an important step in creating this new route.”

Most of the stops along the route were already used by OurBus, however, Calverton was added after a parent suggested it. Because the route is new, Matsuke is unsure of the revenue that will come from operating this route. With the Ithaca to Long Island route underway, it gives OurBus a chance to work on some future destinations to develop into year-round routes, Matsuke said. For now, OurBus is continuing to expand its services into new territory with plenty of other routes in development or on the way to having yearround service.

“We have been looking into several other routes similar to Long Island, destinations that are a bit further but ideal for weekend travel,” Matsuke said.

“Boston is one of our most requested connections from Ithaca, and we are working to make that possible. We offer an Ithaca-Boston trip on holidays/ breaks, but we would like to make it a regular route.”

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Residents join fight against short-term rentals

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ven as the Town of Ithaca considers short-term rental property regulations that would limit the number of days per year that a homeowner could rent out a house, some local residents are pushing for even stricter rules.

The legislation under discussion would limit unhosted short-term rentals to 29 days per year, along with establishing a rental registry program and other similar standards to monitor rentals. As it is currently written, it would not impact hosted short-term rentals, such as when a property owner rents out a single room of a house while living there or situations

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similar to that.

The proposal has already been a source of frustration for some Ithacans, though from the other side: a Board of Realtors petition has gathered hundreds of signatures objecting to the institution of the law.

They argue that current zoning laws aren’t being enforced, and new regulations would inhibit not just property values but interest in moving to the area altogether, particularly as many Airbnb (and others) owners claim they use the extra revenue from the rentals to cover their high tax bills.

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Renwick Heights neighborhood came to the Ithaca Times to speak about their concerns regarding the growing number of rental-dedicated properties in their neighborhood. One of them, Mike MacAnanny, said in his opinion there hadn’t been any type of noticeable problem until about two or three years ago. But in the time since, MacAnanny said it has crept further and further until a significant portion of the neighborhood is now used for consistent short-term rental housing, either hosted or unhosted.

“We realize we’re not going to stop this, times have moved on and people are going to do this,” MacAnanny said. “But we want to see it regulated [...]

Our position that we wanted to ban short-term rentals in our neighborhood has changed.

We’ve gone to a lot of meetings, met a lot of people. We’ve had some good experiences with Airbnbs, and some bad ones.”

Renwick residents, some of whom wanted to remain nameless due to neighborhood pressures, said instead of the proposed town legislation they’d like to see regulations modeled after those enacted in Cayuga Heights, where

unhosted rentals are limited to 14 days per year, while hosted rentals are limited to 28 days per year. MacAnanny also floated the idea of a tax on the rooms, which would in turn benefit the community where short-term rentals are becoming more prominent, potentially mitigating some of the frustration of the continued rental spread.

MacAnanny, along with several of his neighbors, struck a familiar tone when discussing why he thinks neighborhood properties being consistently rented out to a rotating roster of guests. He said it’s harmful to community continuity, and that the feeling of comfort and familiarity that someone seeks when moving to a neighborhood are deteriorating. Beyond feeling less of a connection to their neighbors, MacAnanny and others said the issue has become so divisive that it has eroded neighborhood traditions like routinely scheduled block party-style events that would bring the community together.

“It’s just a lot of tension, nobody wants to socialize as much,” he said.

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▶▶ Thumbs up - A story featured in this week’s issue deserves a second swing: He’ll still be here for several more months, but thumbs up to Ithaca Police Chief Pete Tyler on his impending retirement. Try as we might have, it’s difficult to find anybody with a whole lot negative to say about Tyler, a pretty rare occurrence in today’s relationship between the public and law enforcement.

Hackathon

Cornell’s Hackathon finds new avenues for animal care

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ornell University held its second annual Animal Health Hackathon this past weekend, with many students from across the country in attendance. This event is designed to gather groups of students together to work on developing a project or idea they are working on into reality, though the event has a relatively strict focus.

Each project had to have some relevance to veterinary medicine, have a scale of impact, commercial viability, financial feasibility, marketing potential, innovation and novelty. The prize for being selected as one of the four winners was $2,000 for each team ($8,000 total).

Christina Chen, a graduate student in finance spoke about her idea for an app that helps people train their pets.

“My idea is to create an app using augmented reality to help educate pet owners on how to train their dog and get them housebroken,” Chen said. “You can use that to maybe identify exactly what motion and what hand signal you need in order for a dog to listen and at the same time to record that video and send that to a professional trainer to get feedback on it. And the app can also remind you because training is a repetitive exercise [...] We can expand into the app and develop later and use that collective behavioral data for future use.”

Chen has a background in volunteering at dog shelters and also owning a dog. However, she developed the idea after she wondered if dogs were able to be trained properly by owners with full-time jobs, who may not be home often enough to dedicate the necessary time.

She also said that despite not knowing much about service animals, she would be open to expanding this app to include training service animals. However, she would have to get more detailed information about that from someone looking to join her team to work on this concept.

Another Cornell student, Stéphie Anne Duliépre, is looking to find a way to keep poaching in check by discouraging the financial incentives offered for it.

“My idea is starting a little bit big,” Duliépre said. “It’s looking at conservation medicine and poaching; particularly how to tackle the problem of poaching and shifting the focus from punishment on the poacher to, instead, economics and reward, possibly to decrease poaching. It’s analyzing the prospective communities and the decrease in habitat and how to provide that kind of reward system to ensure that we have a sustainable anti-poaching project. Right now, we’re working on how to develop that into a smaller scale cause it’s starting out big. Essentially, the focus will be all economics,

▶▶ Thumbs down - A general thumbs down to what looks like a scary accident (thankfully, without serious injuries from what we hear) between a TCAT bus and a car on Tuesday on Meadow Street. It’s an unfortunate reminder that regardless of how the roads are treated or what happened in the accident specifically, driving in this icy, snowy, brutally cold stretch is eons tougher than other times of year. Stay safe.

Cornell’s Animal Health Hackathon was held over the past weekend, drawing students from around America. (Photo by Casey Martin)

working on providing avenues for people to find that the concept of poaching is not a viable sustainable livelihood.”

As a third-year student in conservation medicine, she has been thinking about this for a while and used her experiences abroad to make this idea functional.

“I know also that from my experiences working abroad, working with community leaders, working with poachers, ex-poachers as well, understanding why the dynamic exists between the [poaching community] and the financial provider and a lot of times that finance comes from countries like us,” Duliépre said. “It’s understanding how, when we put the focus on the poacher, on the negative aspect of poaching, it doesn’t lead to a lot of negative action.”

Oher ideas floating around the hackathon surrounded things like eliminating the e-Collar, though those students hadn’t worked out all of the details and planned on seeing what they could come up with over the weekend. Vivian Bui, a student from the University of Pennsylvania, wanted to streamline the way animals, mainly birds, are cleaned after being affected by an oil spill.

She said considering that oil companies are fiscally responsible for the cleanup after an oil spill, the monetary costs wouldn’t be much of an issue in terms of getting funding.

At the end of the entire event, some remained winners while others found themselves

going back to the drawing board. For Best Veterinary Medicine Healthcare Solution, Stay on Track took home the $2,000-dollar prize for its work with biodetection of leg injuries in horses. It was developed by Holland Dulcet, Jack Nichols, Sarah Morrissey, Porter Hall, Tom Myers,and Ian Gregg. For the Best Market Ready Solution category, the winner was Farm Speak, which dealt with dairy farm communication. This was worked on by Ansh Sehgal, Inderpal Singh Khanuja, Ivanka Juran, Kenneth Cook, Krysta Scimlea and Nina Kozak. And finally, taking home both prizes in the Most Innovative Solution category and the People’s Choice Award was Lean Preen Machine; which was developed by Matthew Boulanger, Mengyuan MJ Sun, Vivian Bui, Elvina Yau, Han-Ze Michael Zhang, and Jacob Rigos.

These teams will be able to use the prize money to develop these ideas further and ensure their place in the world of veterinary healthcare.

Cornell University’s next hackathon, which will be held the weekend of Feb. 8, will be for anyone looking to develop ideas and products for human medicine/ health.

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▶▶ Heard - The first openings have begun in Press Bay Court, the newest shopping center on Green Street that will soon welcome a bridal shop, a halal grocery store and more. Plus, we’re wondering who will be taking over the prime locations that Ithaca Ale House and Collegetown Bagels will be leaving behind on Aurora Street. ▶▶ Seen - Snow. And lots of it. Look, we don’t like to make this space about something as obvious as the weather very often, but when it’s all anybody can think about, it gets tough. So stay dry and warm if you can, and help those who can’t during some of the lowest temperatures in recent memory.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

What business would you like to see in the new City Centre building?

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Have you kept your new year’s resolution(s)?

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Just a Game

By St e ph e n P. Bu r k e

By L ew is Wa r d

live in Newfield, but would like to share my concerns about the “Old Growth” effort. I’m particularly concerned about how the legislators politicized the issue with an emotional appeal rather than informing people of the processes of forest ecology.

I am not a forester by profession, I’m a tree person who is engaged in learning the processes of forest ecology and management. I do manage a small woodlot and have noted significant changes since 1985 when we purchased this land. The last 8 years or so I have been active on the steering committee of the local chapter Southern Finger Lakes of New York Forest Owners Assoc. In 2010 I was trained as a Master Forest Owner Volunteer and have assisted other landowners in learning what resources are available for them so that they could begin to make informed decisions about the woodlot/forest management.

These forested lands in Newfield and Caroline were highly degraded by poor

agricultural practices from the original soils. The soils are classed as fair to poor for tree growth. The current stands are poor quality trees that for the most part can’t be nursed back to an old growth status. While the red pine was planted on the land were native to the Cayuga Basin, but when the Cayuga Flora was published (1926) an infrequent tree, growing on the slightly heavier soils on dry hills and ravines in sandy or stony sterile soils. The idea of creating an old growth forest by letting nature take its course through no or little management is seemingly appealing.

It is generally agreed that our forests are in a fair to poor condition. New threats to the natural development of our forests include: overpopulation of deer, diseases, insects and invasive plants.

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here are plenty of ways to categorize Ithaca before “sports town”: college town, liberal bastion, natural idyll.

But Ithacans get enthused about big sports events. When the Cornell hockey team hosts a major rival like Harvard, traffic to Lynah Rink ties up campus and beyond.

For viewing extramural events, Ithaca has two establishments serving food and drink that identify distinctly and exclusively as sports bars.

They’re both good, but quite different.

One is an international chain, located on a highway, accessible by car. The other is downtown and intensely local.

A similarity is that both will be packed on Sunday, Feb. 3, for the championship game of American professional football.

This game, by the way, is known as the Super Bowl, but this name is trademarked by the National Football League, which forbids its use by any commercial enterprise that doesn’t pay them. That’s why you will see mysterious references to “the Big Game” on signs in the supermarket by the chips and beer, and in myriad media ads.

In support of free speech, therefore, or simply out of pointless peevishness, I will shun the restricted name myself in this column.

That mightn’t teach them, but I remember Stephen Colbert scoring against them a few years ago when his show created a promotional entity called “the Superb Owl,” a cartoon figure hold-

ing a football with one wing and, with the other, whatever product someone wants to sell. It was a stellar showing of all-American creative ingenuity versus also-American corporate greed.

On the day of the Superb Owl (therefore), if you dislike crowds, you should definitely avoid sports bars, or really any bar with a television. Ithaca has a few nice bars, and restaurants with bars, that eschew TV, and on the first Sunday in February each year you can probably have these places all to yourself.

Or maybe not. For all the fervor of many partisans, non-conformist Ithaca has perhaps a higher percentage of nonsports fans than anyplace I’ve lived. I understand the reasons.

Pro sports are commercial. They’re corporate. They’re all about money.

They’re a waste of time, and divert society’s attention from more important matters.

For some reason, I’ve noticed, it tends to be older people who fret about matters of finance and fecklessness like this.

Maybe younger people are naive; or maybe they haven’t had time to develop habitual scorn in their makeups, in general.

One of these older people (my age) is a friend of mine who loved baseball as a kid, as I did. I still do; he doesn’t, or at least doesn’t follow the game anymore, because the players used to be working class, but now are millionaires, and the continued on page 7

YOUR LETTERS Problem Solver Reed?

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oes anyone living in the 23rd congressional district really believe that Tom Reed is any kind of “Problem Solver”? At what point does it become crystal clear that false claims and misinformation is a political tactic that Mr. Reed takes comfortably from the Trump playbook. Has anyone forgotten that Mr. Reed had a major role in the Trump transition prior to Trump’s inauguration? Is Mr. Reed speaking out strongly against any of the misguided Trump agenda? Does Mr. Reed have any opinion about the charges and indictments against Michael Cohen, Paul Manafort, General Flynn, Roger Stone, or the litany of Trump staffers who have had to leave or resign in the wave of dishonest conduct, failure to uphold their sworn oaths to the constitution, or more commonly, a complete lack of competence to perform their appointed jobs. Is the wall along 6 T

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the Mexican border any more feasible or attainable now, than Trump’s promise to build it with Mexico’s money? Do most Americans favor Trump’s agenda? Is Tom Reed an opponent of Trump misguided policies? If so, it’s very hard to tell. Is Mr. Reed calling out Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for his unwillingness to end the current government shutdown?

Citizens in the 23rd are weary of Reed doublespeak....having town hall meeting and not really listening to half of the attendees is not a commendable pursuit... it is simply a circus sideshow that, as Shakespeare once wrote, “ is full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” Trump and Reed are equally tone-deaf. Neither are delivering societal improvements or social progress to citizens, and both exemplify the essence of what is wrong with Washington, D.C. (Swamp creatures both, very at home in D.C. swamp water with other swamp creatures.) continued on page 7

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ballparks used to be named for civic features or heroes, and now have naming rights bought by big companies, and hot dogs at the game cost $12, and they play commercials on the scoreboard between innings, and it’s all tainted by lucre and greed.

Of course all this is true, I agree before I argue. But the game itself is still beautiful. Why let anyone or anything take that from you?

Think about chess. It is an exquisite game: strategic, cerebral, sublime, a world of grace unto itself.

What if they put chess matches on prime time TV, and players and the halls GUEST OPINION Contin u ed From Page 6

since increased. New studies have created methods to measure the understory (wildflower, tree seedlings, and invasive plants) and create a metric to guide management decisions.

There are currently 46 acres managed for old growth characteristics in the current plan. The managers are also investigating what sites could be managed for old growth characteristics, rather than legislating inappropriate forest management practices.Any major change in management purposes would require a change in the county law as noted in the Forest Plan: “Restrictions on Ownership: County Law, Article 5, Section 219, entitled ‘Reforested Lands,’ states that lands acquired for purposes of reforestation shall be forever devoted to the purposes of watershed protection, development of oil and gas retrieval, the production of

where they played had sponsors, and champions became famous and made millions of dollars and went on Dancing With The Stars? It wouldn’t ruin the game itself, would it? Shouldn’t you still play it and teach it to your kids?

As for sports diverting our attention from important things, maybe sometimes we need such diversion.

Maybe being mad, and driven mad, by the world all the time is exactly what your enemies want for you.

It might be empowering now and then to shout happily in triumph, or swallow sadly in disappointment, about something like a ball game that is not important, not a matter of life and death, nor right and wrong, in fact means nothing at all, except as something you can feel and share. timber and forest products, and recreation and kindred purposes. However, if it wishes, the County may convey the land to the State of New York without charge.”

While carbon sequestration is an important issue the forest would be better served by managing for better health and resiliency… Rapidly growing healthy trees would better serve carbon absorption and sequestration than poorly grown trees and understories with deer browsed seedlings and invasive species. The tree tops and trees with poor form - poor genetics, can be felled and left on site to provide wildlife habitat and eventually serve to feed the next forest.

There is a unique opportunity to manage our woodlands, but let us do it with an understanding of the science of forest ecology. Perhaps some of the money from the logging could support research projects and/or demonstration projects such as: deer exclosures or exploration of management strategies.

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Mr. Reed....if you want to be a real problem solver, vote to end the shutdown for more than 3 weeks by backing a long term funding bill that does not include money for a wall that won’t address the problem of illegal immigration and please end your predictable, Trump friendly, political posturing. It is self serving and unproductive to tacitly support the President’s agenda when most of your constituents disapprove of the way the shutdown has been handled when most see this crisis is truly being extended by politicians who offer no real long-term bipartisan plan. And please end your town hall meetings soon and forever. We’ve all had our fill of your brand of pablum for the mind.

Mike Seifert, Elmira, NY

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achieve this must be thoughtful and incorporate the expertise and needs of multiple parties. Without these energy reduction requirements, the Planning and Development Board is unable to address the needs of the community as a whole. We require new fossil fuel standards that are able to be upheld by various bodies, are easy to understand for the public and members of board and committees from various backgrounds, and will live in perpetuity within City code.”

One seemingly obvious solution would be the official implementation of the Green Building Policy, which has been under discussion at the city level for months.

While Lewis said the Planning Board is supportive of that policy’s enactment, he added that they don’t believe it should be considered a cure-all for energy concerns with development going forward.

“The sentiment of the letter is: the issues of climate change go beyond any particular code, it calls for a broader approach,” Lewis said. “[The letter] looks at the power that the city has through various boards, including [the Planning Board], and that we need some way for the city to think about that.”

After its edits, staff will circulate the letter before advancing further discussion.

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velopment Committee, Tompkins County and the public in general. Whatever set of standards is created by the working group would be applicable and usable by all the bodies involved.

The letter was born out of the board’s desire to more effectively deal with climate change and energy-related issues when reviewing projects seeking approval from the board, according to Planning Board Chair Robert Lewis. Lewis would not comment on specific projects, though he did note that recent public outcry at planning meetings drawing attention to the issue was a factor in the letter’s creation.

Cornell’s North Campus Residential Expansion (NCRE) has been a controversial agenda item for the last several months, as members of the public and environmentalists have decried the university’s reliance on natural gas to power and heat the buildings of the project, which will house an additional 2,000 undergraduate students on Cornell’s campus. The NCRE is mentioned specifically in the letter.

“It is imperative that we take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions now,” the letter said. “The measures we take to

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We made a lot of changes and a lot of improvements and went through a pretty good time for IPD.” Eventually, the relentless nature of the job, Tyler said, wore on him. Both the day-to-day stresses as well as trying to constantly remain prepared for future situations had taken their toll on his energy, mentally and physically.

In an email statement to the Ithaca Times, Mayor Svante Myrick said he was thankful for the job Tyler has done since his interim placement and eventual permanent appointment. Myrick, along with a council of interviewers, chose Tyler, who was deputy chief at the time, to replace Barber in 2017 after a national search.

“I am so grateful for Chief Tyler,” Myrick said. “He brings humor, positivity and endurance to public safety—a notoriously difficult and grinding profession.

His focus on training has served him and our department well over his career. Pete has given directly back to his home community for decades and we’re safer for it. I hope the Chief receives all the recognition, praise and appreciation he deserves.”

As for a successor, Tyler would not say who his presumptive replacement is or if he is pushing for anyone specifically, though he did note that he personally recruited Deputy Chief Dennis Nayor to come to Ithaca for the deputy job, which is second in command of the force along with fellow Deputy Chief Vincent Monticello. Nayor spent several years as the police chief in Oneonta prior to arriving in Ithaca, and Monticello has spent nearly 40 years as a police officer in Ithaca. Same as Ja n ua ry

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last time, a national search will be conducted, at least nominally.

In a vaguer sense, Tyler said he thinks there are advantages to looking within the department for leadership, similar to when he was promoted to police chief, but there can be value in a jolt from outside as well to avoid complacence, or the “business as usual” mentality.

“For the City of Ithaca, the type of service our community expects is very unique and to a very high standard level,” Tyler said. “Without the institutional knowledge, there’s certainly a learning curve. [...] Sometimes it’s nice to have a different point of view, but I think you have to blend that in with the experience level here.”

Tyler emphasized that the recent turmoil the police department has faced, in the form of ongoing public disputes between labor representatives of Ithaca’s Police Benevolent Association (the local police union) and the City of Ithaca over dragging contract negotiations, as well as years of pleas for increased funding for officer staffing, did not factor into his decision to leave at this time.

“I’m very proud of where our agency is, I’m very proud of my career, but I think it’s okay to say that I’m ready to move on,” Tyler said. “I’ve been through everything from top to bottom in my career, and part of being a leader is being able to lead people through those times. It’s unfortunate if my name or position gets associated with that thinking, but I assure you that is absolutely not it.”

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M at t M o r g a n b e i n g introducewd pr e- ga me ( P h o t o : B r i a n We s t e r h o lt)

Matt Morgan has made sure he won’t be forgotten at Cornell. Now he wants more.

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name—a name all but guaranteed to wear out the will of Father Time: a name of a titan, or, perhaps, of a legend.

It’s probably just a custodian vacuuming. But if it were the latter, that legend would undoubtedly be Matt Morgan, a starting guard for Cornell the last four years.

Morgan’s name is littered throughout the program’s record books. He’s the program’s “Prince of Points,” surpassing his predecessor Ryan Wittman (2,028 career points) after dropping 21 points against Columbia University on Jan. 19 to elevate his career total to 2,044. (It should also be noted that Morgan broke the record in his

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100th career game, while it took Wittman 121 games.)

Morgan has churned out the most 20-point performances (51) and 30-point performances (10) in program history.

He holds single season records in most 20-point performances (18) and most points scored (630). Morgan is, without much doubt, the most prolific scorer in the history of the Cornell men’s basketball program.

Fans swarm Morgan after games like moths mobbing a lantern. He’s autographed just about anything, from shoes, to socks, to headbands, to … a blender?

“The weirdest thing I’ve probably

signed was someone’s forehead. If it wasn’t the [blender], it was someone’s forehead,” he said. “I was like, ‘You’re going to wash this off anyway, so what’s the point?’”

Regardless if it’s a home appliance or a part of someone’s body, Morgan doesn’t mind. He wants to be remembered as someone who embraced the community off the court, while also being one of the best to toe the hardwood.

“I want to be the greatest player to ever play at Cornell,” Morgan said. “That’s the goal.”

Morgan is certainly worthy of being a part of such a conversation, especially with the resumé he has compiled thus far.

Of course, the ultimate goal for Morgan is to showcase his talents at the professional level in the NBA. “That’s been a dream since I was little,” he said. “Just being able to grow up in a basketball house. My dad played at Georgetown [University], so I’ve been around basketball my whole life.”

His father, Lamont Morgan, played at Georgetown from 1990 to 1994, and was teammates with NBA Hall of Famers Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo. Morgan sees his father as a role model for his path to pros.

“Just looking up to him, because he’s been through it at a high level,” he said.

“Especially playing in the Big East back in the day. That was probably the best conference in the country. [...] Just being himself.

Teaching me little things about the game, because I’m still learning.”

He recalled the first time he bested his father one-on-one and how much of a defining moment that was for him. It occurred while he was a sophomore in high school, having already made the varsity team at Cox Mill High School in Concord, NC. “That was the moment where in my mind I was like, ‘I can play with anybody,’” he said.

As a high schooler, Morgan accumulated more than 1,600 points over four years. Despite his offensive prowess, the only Division I school that recruited him was Cornell.

Head coach Brian Earl was an assistant and associate head coach for Princeton University during Morgan’s freshman season prior to accepting his current position.

Earl admitted that not recruiting Morgan was probably a mistake.

“I think he has a chip on his shoulder of having not been recruited,” Earl said.

“Matt has this great knack of saying, ‘I didn’t have any offers, except Cornell.’ A lot of times in my presence I think it’s … to let me know that we didn’t recruit him at Princeton.”

His first year at Cornell, Morgan nearly averaged 19 points per contest. Senior guard Jack Gordon, who has played alongside Morgan for all four years, knew the second Morgan arrived on campus he was on a completely different level from the rest of their teammates.

“The first summer before freshman year, playing pick-up, I remember Matt just dominating, just being super confident,” Gordon said. “I was really shocked by that. I was wondering, ‘Is everyone like this?’ It turned out it was just Matt.”

During his sophomore campaign, Mor- games). This season, he has augmented his shooting percentage even further to 51.2 gan averaged 18.1 points per game for the percent while averaging 23.4 points per Big Red, and became the second-fastest contest. player in program history to score 1,000 “I tried focusing on being as efficient points in his career (54 games). as possible with the shots I got,” he said.

It was after that season Morgan declared for the NBA Draft for the first time. “Focusing on making every shot and takEven though he did so, he didn’t have high ing every shot that was open, not forcing anything.” expectations of being drafted by a profesFollowing his junior year, Morgan ensional team. He only declared for the draft tered the draft once again, this time with for the sake of surveying the opportunity far more serious intentions of getting and gaining more notoriety. drafted by a team. He made it clear to the “I wasn’t really expecting much,” he program that his junior year would be his said. “I just wanted to just see what it was last, but he did not sign with an agent, like, just feel out the process. That way, for which gave him the option of returning the next two years I knew what I was getto Cornell for his senior year if he was not ting myself into.” drafted.

Morgan did receive a couple of calls Earl received more inquiries from team from teams—the Golden State Warriors, officials and the Minnesota scouts during Timberwolves, Morgan’s secand the Washond attempt. ington WizMorgan said ards—that year, he spoke with which he said current NBA motivated him players that he the following had made conyear to work on nections with all facets of his like Harry Giles game. He reIII and Marvin ceived valuable Bagley III of feedback from the Sacramento the teams about Kings, Myles the burgeoning Turner of the Inanalytical movediana Pacers and ment in the Fred VanVleet NBA, and how of the Toronto to best optimize Raptors—all of the chances of whom have been getting drafted. through the “If you’re not M at t M o r g a n g o e s u p f o r draft process. seven feet tall a s h o t ag a i n s t C o l u m b i a “Be conand crazy ath( P h o t o : C a s e y M a r t i n) sistent,” Morletic like a Ben gan said of the Simmons or advice he was Clint Capela— given from those individuals. “Don’t have just catching [alley-oops]—you have to be those ups and downs where one night you able to knock a shot down and space the have an amazing game and the next night offense out,” he said. “They have their suis so-so. You just want to stay as consistent perstars that can create, so you have to be as possible.” able to knock a shot down.”

They also reminded him to be efficient Morgan said team officials emphasized on the offensive end and told him to strive the importance of efficiency on the offento shoot above 40 percent from beyond sive side of the ball, particularly posting the three-point line. Morgan has made sigbetter field goal percentages, which ended nificant strides this season with his threeup paying off during his junior season. point shooting, improving his percentage Morgan’s field goal percentage infrom 36.9 percent as a junior to 45.4 percreased from 45.6 percent to 49.2 percent cent as a senior. that year. He averaged over four more Morgan said the second time he enpoints per game than the previous season, tered the draft was far more strenuous while also becoming the program’s fastthan the first, especially since he didn’t est player to reach 1,500 career points (77 Ja n ua ry

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hire an agent and was receiving more interest from organizations.

“It’s a lot harder for [teams] to reach out to you,” he said. “They have to go through our [sports information director], and then past coaches; they called my high school coach because they knew I played there. They called assistant coaches from here, Coach Earl. So it’s a lot more hectic because they don’t know exactly who to contact because you really don’t have a representative and then they don’t have your exact phone number.”

“It’s not easy, especially knowing you’re getting closer and closer to that endpoint, and then that’s when it’s going to completely blow up for me. I think I’ve done a pretty good job of just focusing on this season, focusing one game at a time.”

The end result wasn’t what he hoped, but he didn’t let that sour his mindset.

“It wasn’t really a disappointment for me,” he said. “I knew I wasn’t on anybody’s draft boards. I wasn’t really seen in that type of light. When I came back to school, it wasn’t really a disappointment. I kind of expected it.”

And so he returned for his final season with the Big Red as one of the offensive juggernauts of the Ivy League. At the moment, Morgan has scored in double figures in 68 consecutive games, which is one of the top five longest streaks in the history of Division I men’s basketball.

As soon as Cornell’s season concludes, Morgan will, unsurprisingly, declare for the draft for a third time, with serious expectations of being drafted by a team (certain draftniks forecast him as a second round pick). When asked if he has ever considered playing professionally overseas, Morgan said he’s given it some thought.

But for him, with an already cemented legacy in college, the dream will always be the NBA. “It’s something that definitely crosses your mind, especially not being a lottery pick,” he said. “You never know what could happen […] Me and my parents have talked about it, but the main goal is to try to play in the United States.”

Remaining home games: 2/1 vs. Penn at 5 p.m.

2/2 vs. Princeton at 7:30 p.m.

2/15 vs. Brown at 7:00 p.m.

3/8 vs. Harvard at 7:00 p.m.

3/9 vs. Dartmouth at 7:00 p.m.

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Cornell Wrestling Coach Rob Koll reacts after another successful match during the program’s long run of dominance. (Photo provided)

Dominance, continued Cornell’s wrestling team keeps rolling

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hankfully, while wrestling is a team sport, there are also opportunities to shine on an individual level. A team can be weak as an entity, but that does not necessarily mean that an individual wrestler cannot earn his way onto the podium at the conference, or even the national level.

It is perhaps those opportunities to do well individually that prompts wrestlers throughout the Ivy League to get out of bed on the day they take the mat against Cornell. After all, prior to last weekend, the Big Red had won 84 consecutive Ivy matches, and Cornell’s 16 consecutive Ivy League titles are the longest streak by any team in any sport in conference history.

The weekend matches against Brown and Harvard held extra significance as well, as head coach Rob Koll was one win shy of yet another milestone. Koll would

not need win number 300 to cement his place as one of the sport’s preeminent mentors, but hey, round numbers like 300 can draw extra attention when recruiting.

There was not much drama, as the Big Red rolled over Brown by a 42-6 margin.

The Bears, down 23-0, picked up a pin to elicit a glimmer of hope, but that hope was short-lived. According to Cornell’s website, the “Heavyweight Hammers,” Max Dean, Ben Honis and Jeramy Swany closed out the match with a pin, a major decision and an injury default, and the Bears went back into their dens to lick their wounds.

Harvard suffered an even more humiliating loss, as the Red steamrolled the Crimson by a merciless 50-0 margin.

Chas Tucker needed an overtime takedown to seal his win, but the rest of the afternoon was devoid of drama, as Cornell won seven of the nine matches with

bonus points. In describing the weekend’s matches, “domination” is too weak a word.

Koll is in his 25th season at the helm of the Big Red, and the 300 win plateau is just the latest accolade in a career full of them. I can’t say I know whether Rob has a trophy case, but if he does, it is bulging with Coach of the Year Awards (more than twenty National, EIWA, Ivy League awards, and counting), and his wrestlers are among the most decorated in recent NCAA history: 15 NCAA champs, 67 All-Americans, a World Champ (Kyle Dake, class of ’13) and four other wrestlers who have qualified for the Olympic Trials (Nahshon Garrett ’16, Mack Lewnes and Frank Perelli ’12 and Clint Wattenberg ’08). Cornell athletes are in any conversation about elite wrestling programs. Factor in the reality that the Ivy League does not offer athletic scholarships, and that the Big Red wrestlers carry an Ivy League academic load in addition to a worldclass training regimen, and it is clear why the program is held in such lofty esteem throughout the wrestling world.

I asked Koll how much it meant to join the 300-win club, and he laughed and said, “Absolutely nothing!” He added, “It’s a product of lasting long enough to win a

lot of dual meets, and the win streak and the winning percentage and the four AllAmericans per year mean a lot more.”

The coach clarified that he is thankful for the fact that things have aligned in such a way that he has been able to maintain very high standards for a quarter century, but he offered, “I want to be remembered not by dual meet wins, but by how many championships our guys won.”

I also asked Rob if the Ivy League’s lack of athletic scholarships presented an ongoing challenge, and he stated, “We like to focus on what we have, not what we don’t have, and we find ways to have more to offer.” He’s right: the program has a rich legacy, an awesome-by-any-measure dedicated wrestling facility, alumni support, and fan support. He reminded me that “We just need to go out and get 10 great wrestlers every year, not 30.”

As is always the case, Cornell looks to have numerous wrestlers compete for individual national titles this year, and one of them, Yianni Diakomihalis, will be going for his second-consecutive trip to the top of the podium. The Big Red will host Lockhaven this Saturday at 1:00 pm.

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By Edwin J Viera here is sometimes no greater feeling than reading a book.

Whether it’s getting lost in a classic or venturing through something new, books are always something people love diving into.

However, one group is looking to a new alternative to the book. In fact, for their discovery, they had to go to ancient times.

Michael Demo and his partner Antigone Chan have come up with a revolutionary way of reading that involves something you wouldn’t think of: the scroll. As the proud creators of Ithaca Scrollery, the dynamic duo has taken on the scroll in a new way. The idea, according to Demo, came from Chan after she was daydreaming about being able to read a waterfall.

However, the idea sort of stuck. Chan, a bookbinder, and Demo, a typesetter, were the perfect combination for this venture.

In order to properly figure out how they would be able to do this, said Demo, they turned to the history of how the book replaced the scroll.

“The codex really swept Europe and by the fourth or the fifth century, depending on who you ask, the codex had really replaced the scroll,” Demo said. “I guess that all got started when Julius Caesar was getting dispatches, this is the legendary origin of the book. He needed to have them organized and so he started folding them and he folded them on top of the other. They had scrolls that were horizontal, which is just like a Torah scroll still today, and so he just folded it into pages and made an accordion book. What we found is that, we don’t really get much from the scroll.

We thought that the Torah traditions were going to be the most important thing for us to study. It ended up being the Asian Hang scroll traditions that Ann has a lot of experience with. We have a few of those and we’re always referring back to them, because, if you’ve ever seen one, you have the painting in the middle and for this two-color mount, you’d have darker silks above and below. And then it would be hung on the wall. So, that’s basically what we ended up doing.”

Most of the challenges that they faced in doing this were how to design the scrolls. Considering that the scroll would

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have to contain what may amount to be a 300- to 400page book, they had to figure out how this was going to translate to the scroll. The answer was simple, according to Demo.

“When we got started on this, we were thinking that we were going to do something like an ancient scroll.

We were looking at Torah scrolls and East Asian hanging scrolls; those were going to be our model for what we were going to do.

And it was really hard to make those controllable, especially at a smaller size, when the paper is wound more tightly and it’s not vellum. It doesn’t just make those nice rolls like the Torah has. We were trying to figure that out and one day we took both rolls of a scroll and we put one in a paper bag and one in a liquor bottle or something

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and we did that just to keep it from rolling away and unwinding. But, what we found was as you wind it, the excess paper winds into the bag and then it’s very easy to handle. You never end up touching the tape or the scroll itself and you have a lot more control over it and we sat down and started thinking of this kind of design. We’d been wrong about scrolls this entire time. Everyone thinks that a scroll is impractical, it’s just because it’s been without a shell.

Once we made it like this, it opened up a whole range of features and abilities.”

Considering that a book has an easy way to mark or remember the page you were on, a scroll could have some different challenges. Even Demo saw this as an issue because most books come with a table of contents. For readers, this can be the key point to knowing where you left off and knowing you may have to start from the beginning. As with Michael Demo holding a scroll copy of Aurthur Conan Doyle’s A Study in most of the probScarlet (Photos: Casey Martin) lems that arose, Demo found a way around this.

“If you’re just reading along as a leisure reader and you get to this part and you close it, that’s

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where it opens again,” Demo said. “There is no question of finding your page. If, however, you’re bouncing around in different parts of the scroll, we do have a clip that goes on there; it’s very thin. You can see it from the profile, so you know how to access it. But another issue was this one has a table of contents, so how do we do that, because we don’t have pages to number. What we’ve done is we’ve numbered the feet. So, you can see two feet is measured right there. So, you can get through it very easy. We made a lot of advances in the way that the scrolls would be laid out that I think are really helpful. We really want to cut down on the speed of navigation, [as] that’s always been a concern with scrolls, and the Teflon bushings really help with that. But if you’re jumping around it helps to have the double-sided scroll because it puts a lot of things closer to you.”

With print media always seemingly on the decline, but never leaving anytime soon, it wasn’t much of a concern for Demo about how this would hinder the Scrollery’s business.

“When you think about books, the eBooks and eReaders, its advantages are its disadvantages. Well, it holds multiple titles; well people may want a single title to identify with the work. It has that screen but that’s not as attractive or as warm as this. I think in the recent years there has been a decline in eBook sales or what.

I think what we’ve realized is that they are in decline or that they have reached their maximum and I think in the future that people are going to hold onto books.

McLuhan says the medium is the message and what he meant is that the medium is sometimes more important than the message and it has a greater social impact. We would say that maybe the medium is part of the message and that is what we have been neglecting and we’re treating the book as if it doesn’t exist. It’s just sort of the natural thing that works are delivered in. Nowadays, every book is a book. And those are two different words. They have two different meanings. Book as in the work that we are presenting and book the medium that presents the book. Every book has been a book, all the way back to old English; it’s this kind of Orwellian realcontinued on page 15

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By E l i a K ac a py r t’s not easy to keep up with changing prices. The most popular measure of prices in America is the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The Bureau of Labor Statistics has a small army of people checking prices across the country to gauge the cost of living.

The BLS checks prices on almost 100,000 items at 23,000 points of sale and they do this every month! Their mission is critical. The CPI is used to adjust Social Security benefits, military and federal worker pay, and more.

On the other hand, the Cost of Christmas in Ithaca Index (CCII) is only useful for spreading holiday cheer. Every year since 1993, the Department of Economics at Ithaca College has checked the prices on 20 typical holiday items in Ithaca.

Every effort is made to purchase the exact same item in the same store each year.

When this is not possible, a similar item or a different store is substituted. This year the twenty items cost $775.73, down from $777.79 last year. This amounts to a decrease of $2.07, or 0.3 percent.

The best deal this year is on garland,

down 73 percent to $3.92. The retailer must have found a new supplier because our elves report that the quality is a bit off from last year, but worth the price. If you don’t know what garland is, you’ll have to google it.

Other good deals this year are on red wine (down 12 percent to $14.99), and an IC sweatshirt (down 10 percent to $44.99).

Other items falling in price are gift wrap (down 7 percent to $4.88), and eggnog (down 7 percent to $5.58). The sales tax on our purchases fell 0.5 percent to $53.47.

Holding steady in price are replacement bulbs, extension cords, postage stamps, ham, flour, ice cream, sparkling wine, and perfume.

Rising in cost is electricity (up 9 percent to $23.12), batteries (up 8 percent to $6.94), a Christmas tree (up 4 percent to $49.95), white wine ( up 6 percent to $16.99), liqueur (up 4 percent to $39.99), and earrings (up 3 percent to $359.20).

Another very essential item increased in price: aspirin is up 14 percent to $3.98.

Hopefully, we won’t need too much of that.

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1.96 8.94 7.16 4.11 9.80 18.00 5.97 3.48 46.95 4.98 9.95 2.69 4.29 13.99 16.99 17.99 39.49 100.00 299.99 39.99 48.45

1.96 5.23 14.32 3.05 9.40 18.83 6.37 3.79 47.95 5.58 8.45 1.99 3.99 12.99 16.99 16.99 39.99 100.00 349.99 69.99 55.49

1.96 5.23 14.32 3.05 9.80 21.25 6.44 3.48 47.95 5.98 9.95 1.99 3.99 11.99 15.99 16.99 38.49 105.00 349.99 49.99 53.96

1.96 4.88 3.92 3.05 9.80 23.12 6.94 3.98 49.95 5.58 9.95 1.99 3.99 11.99 16.99 14.99 39.99 105.00 359.20 44.99 53.47

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By Jaime Cone essie Gardner and John Miexell had some big shoes to fill when they took over for the former owners of Little Venice, a 26-year-old beloved Italian eatery and lunch spot in Trumansburg. Steve Caywood, who started the restaurant 26 years ago, ran the business solo and then later on with his wife, Robin Caywood, after the two met.

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to name a few,” a former Little Board of Directors pose with Jessie Springer said.

Venice bartender Gardner and John Meixel, co-owners of They donate and a dishwasher, Little Venice, who won Business of the to various school respectively, seem Year. (Photo: Provided) class groups and like they have had host fundraisers for good teachers, the Trumansburg because just about School and for sports and youth functions a year after they took it over following the in South Seneca, Springer added. In addiCaywoods’ retirement they were awarded tion, they frequently give gift certificates the 2018 Trumansburg Area Chamber of for Chamber events and support WinterCommerce Business of the Year.

Fest through entertainment sponsorship.

Caywood persevered and then thrived She noted that they are eager amateur when his restaurant, then located in what decorators during the Merry Merchants is currently the Subway on State Route decorating contest.

96, burned down in 1998. He relocated to “We are so happy to see an increase in Main Street, and Little Venice has been a their participation in the community and staple of Trumansburg dining ever since. the chamber and to see them take advanThough they may have began in tage of the benefits of the chamber calenhumble positions at the restaurant, the dar and online services,” Springer said. current owners (who have a combined 20 She pointed out that Little Venice is a years experience at Little Venice) eventually worked their way up; Gardner became major contributor to the local economy and that they make a big effort to implea manager, while Miexell prefers to stay ment fun new ways of drawing people in the back of the house, supervising the in, including Trivia Night on Tuesdays, kitchen. They learned a lot from the Caykaraoke on Wednesdays and a Sunday woods, Gardner said. brunch. This is in addition to the salad bar, “They’re family,” she said. “Not actual family, but they’ve mentored me for almost sandwiches, pizzas and homemade pasta that have made the restaurant a favorite of 14 years.” She added that Steve Caywood both visitors and locals. taught her, by way of example, the proper “Keeping things fresh by making efway to treat employees. It’s something that fective changes to their menu, adding a she takes to heart now that she herself Sunday brunch buffet, featuring unique employees 46 staff members. daily specials, and hosting nightly enter“The biggest thing that he still says to tainment not only brings people from this day is respect and take care of your around the County to Trumansburg, but it employees. Pay them well and treat them has also increased their revenue, solidifywell and they will stay 13, 14 years. So we ing their presence on Main Street for years really try to carry that on here.” to come,” Springer said. “Your support of “It really is great to have them as such the Trumansburg and Tompkins County a powerful example, not only [a] thrivcommunities is valued beyond measure.” ing business but one going above and

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beyond to keep their community strong,” said Elaine Springer, Trumansburg Area Chamber of Commerce President, over the phone Dec. 28.

Springer gave a speech Nov. 15 at the chamber’s annual dinner and award ceremony. “I would be hard pressed to find a business in Trumansburg that supports more organizations than Little Venice,” Springer said during the ceremony. “They have supported Dining for Dollars for the Trumansburg After School Program, Trumansburg After Prom Party, the Robotics Club and Trumansburg Music Boosters.”

Springer went on to say that the Little Venice owners have held several events for Trumansburg Takes in Pediatric Cancer, Trumansburg/Ulysses Rural Youth Services and the Empty Backpacks Program and have contributed to the Empty Bowls Fundraiser, the Leukemia and Lymphoma society, and Tompkins County 4-H, “just

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“Liquor stores are already heavily regulated,” Kalogridis said. “We are regulated by the state of New York and marijuana is

highly regulated also.

The State of New York wants to get into it as soon as the Governor signs it; we’re all set and ready to go. We are registered with the State of New York. Before you get a license with the State of New York, you have to get an ID finger-printed and a background check.

We’re highly-regulated by the State Liquor Authority,Client: and in other states, like Washington, what happened was they legalized marijuana in Washington and the state combined the cannabis and liquor control board together.”

Kalogridis has been thinking of this since 2017, when Governor Andrew Cuomo announced New York State would be looking into selling recre-

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ational marijuana. Some of the pushback to Kalogridis’ plan could potentially come from the Health Department because it may be hazardous for people to be buying marijuana and liquor in the same place.

Plenty of states that have legalized marijuana have seen a decrease in alcohol sales, but Kalogridis is certain this will be the thing to keep sales from drastically plummeting.

“You’re trying to raise tax money for the state of New York,” said Kalogridis. “Meanwhile, at the same time when you’re selling recreational marijuana, you’re losing it [money]. So, one hand washes the other; if we do take a drop-in sales, this will help offset that drop.”

Despite marijuana being quite different from alcohol, he is certain that the Liquor Association may not have any new regulations, should alcohol sales be placed in their control.

Other problems with this plan could be just where marijuana would be sold. Kalogridis wants sales limited to liquor-only stores instead of a convenience

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“We have over 3,000 liquor stores in the state of New York, so I don’t think everyone will sort of have it,” Kalogridis said.

“I think the state will want to control it.

That way they can look at a map and say, ‘There’s a liquor store here. There’s a liquor store there.’ They would have more control over it. Whereas, starting all over from the beginning, the timing, the approval and things like that might take forever.”

Julie Crowley, the owner of Triphammer Wine and Spirits, was undecided about whether the move would be beneficial for her business. She said that there are too many unknowns about the idea.

While this would affect her business, she continued, due to the lack of information, she is unsure of how this would affect her business.

A campaign was formed for this called The Last Store on Main Street. In addition to making many of the same points as Kalogridis, this organization has been encouraging liquor store owners to write into Albany to encourage Governor Cuomo to allow marijuana sales to be handled by liquor stores, once it’s legalized. However, it is unknown when this will happen but Kalogridis, and the Liquor Store Association are waiting to pull the trigger on the

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As a result, national trends show that mortality rates related to heart disease are declining more slowly than they have in the past, especially among adults ages 35 to 64. In many communities, mortality rates are actually increasing among adults in this younger age group. With this in mind, seniors are in a position to be examples to their children and grandchildren when it comes to exercising, quit-

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The free program is available on the bank’s website through a partnership with EVERFI, Inc., a leading education technology company. It provides information on banking, home ownership, insurance, saving for retirement, and more.

“We’re finding that consumers want to do their own research about financial services before they speak to us,” said Greg Hartz, president and CEO of Tompkins Trust Company. “We want to make it easy for them to do this, because it gives them a better frame of reference when they talk to their banker.”

Most of the topics are presented in 3-10 minute modules designed to build financial knowledge through a series of interactive activities.

“We’re in business to help people use their money to achieve their dreams, and we believe financial education is the starting point to accomplish that,” Hartz said.

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In December, 19 Ithaca organizations were included as recipients of 2018 Regional Economic Development Council Awards from New York State, announced

by Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul.

Overall, the 19 organizations were awarded a total of $4.4 million. The Southern Tier Region, which includes eight other counties besides Tompkins, was given a total of $65.4 million among 101 community and economic development projects.

The projects selected from Ithaca included, in particular: Ithaca Community Childcare Center School Age Program Expansion Tompkins County Chamber of Com-

The History Center of Tompkins County issued an update on its ongoing move to the Ithaca Commons, after which its location will be known as the Tompkins Center for History and Culture.

“The staff is still working out of the Gateway Center on East State/Martin Luther King, Jr. Street,” the update read.

“The research library, archives exhibits and retail store are closed to the public, but staff are available via phone or email.”

The History Center also said in the statement that retail sales continue via phone, email and social media, with an online store “coming soon.” Material donations to the archive are not being accepted until after the move.

Under the guidance of Director of Archives and Research Services Donna Eschenbrenner, the center is in the process of preparing and packing up “thousands of artifacts, hundreds of paintings, more than 3,000 local history books, 1,200 historic maps, several hundred archival collections and over 100,000 photographs for transport.”

While donations are not being accepted, volunteers could be utilized for odd jobs surrounding the move. Those interested should call (607) 273-8284 ext.

227 or email community@TheHistoryCenter.net.

The center’s opening date on the Commons is still scheduled for this spring.

Sunny Days of Ithaca finds a new home Sunny Days of Ithaca has relocated to a new space near the east end of the Commons, now residing next to Home Green Home. The store, which is primarily dedicated to Ithaca-centric souvenirs, had spent five years at its first spot before owners Deirdre and Todd Kurzweil made the decision to move.

The move should benefit the store by increasing visibility, Kurzweil said, an inherent positive from moving further toward the center of the Commons. Their previous location, at the corner of Green Street and Cayuga Street, is technically considered the secondary Commons, though it can be difficult to attract people to venture over there. That’s particularly troublesome for a business like Sunny Days, which relies heavily on business from visitors to Ithaca and tourists.

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the corner, and we’ve lived there for five years now and it’s been great, people have been really positive and receptive to it; but what we’ve found is that a lot of people just don’t turn that corner,” Kurzweil said.

“Ultimately, for this business model, that needs to get to visitors.”

The new space is smaller, which also means it’s more economically feasible.

“It’s hard for any of us to fight against Amazon, it’s really tough,” Kurzweil said, noting her desire to separate Sunny Days

from the routine shopping experience.

“People come here from all over the world, for various reasons, and I wanted them to find something they could take home with them. Whether it’s a shirt, or a puzzle with a local artist, or a deck of playing cards with images from the area [from] local photographers. Any of the stuff that I’ve curated in the store is meant to be something they can take home and it will be a reminder of the experience they had here.”

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E-readers such as the Amazon Kindle and Barnes and Noble’s Nook have taken a dive in desirable markets such as young adults and college students. According to a study in Telematics and Informatics, fourfifths of students surveyed preferred print books for both academic and pleasure reading. Another study showed that millennials know that they read better with a print book instead of on a digital tablet. As for the future of Ithaca Scrollery, Demo is confident they will be adding more titles to their collection as well as some new designs.

“We have a lot more titles to come in paper and cloth, similar to these,” Demo said. “Those will be printed after we finish these editions. We will have 1,100 scrolls to produce this spring, so that will be a big task for us. And after we’re done with that, we will be issuing those new titles and then we literally have like 12 more designs that are really cool and we are really excited to be releasing. We’ll be doing another Kickstarter for one in the summer. I don’t think that Tig wants me to reveal that one but here’s an example of something we might do. If you think about the popularity of graphic novels nowadays and various graphic presentations and a very large market in Japan is the manga. They have

the advantage where every chapter is the cost of a book, which is very good for the publisher. If you want to have a forty-inch dragon, you can do that with the scroll you can have a continuous graphic..”

Their first Kickstarter, which ended on Jan. 25 made well over $45,000 despite their initial goal being $5,000. In future, they will be starting another Kickstarter to help garner funding to release new titles as well as begin work on creating new scroll

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Ithaca winters of this decade. He had to quickly find work to supplement his financial aid. He knew no one. But he was in America.

In the beginning, Michail lived in survival mode. He took everything in and tried to make sense of his new life in this cold, dark place. Mostly, he remained quiet, watching and reflecting. He was not tempted to grab on to superficial friendships and relationships or be pulled into the bustling world of exuberant young people. He was older and had lived through a lifetime of challenges before he managed to arrive at Ithaca College.

Then, there was Diana Dimitrova.

An engaging Bulgarian-American administrator at IC, music lover, wife and mother, she greeted Michail in the international students office and became his guide to Ithaca College and Ithaca. She too had experienced the transition from another culture to America. Having someone in the administration who could guide and mentor Chalkiopoulos was a lifeline. By summer, he could see that he was ready to emerge from the self-imposed isolation of winter and spring in Ithaca, and soon he began to fall in love with his new home.

Diana and her family became Michail’s American family.

Chalkiopoulos used his time, energy, and resources while studying, practicing, and earning money to reflect on who he was meant to be. As Chalkiopoulos’s studies with Professor Charis Dimaras and other IC faculty grew deeper, Chalkiopoulos delved deeper and deeper into his music. Dimaras was an inspiring pianist and instructor, generous with his time and friendship.

As a Greek musician with a Russianlike first name, blonde hair and green eyes, Chalkiopoulos was an older foreign student.

He felt proud that he had managed to survive intact while “maintaining his original self.”

With much practice as a caretaker since childhood, he was conscious of the need to now put his music first. He said he has experienced the power of a wide range of emotions, and has learned how to translate pain into “something meaningful and beautiful,” and how to communicate that to audiences.

“As a disciplined artist devoted to the ideal of music, I now treasure the insights I have with my music, as much as the techniques I have practiced and improved,” Chalkiopoulos said. “I now see that the path I have taken is my path, and while different, it gives me great joy and much gratitude to remain true to myself, to live my authentic life.”

“Music connects us,” Chalkiopoulos said. “This symbolic language connects our emotions, our ideas. It reflects the collective experience of humanity. It transcends race and gender, status and national boundaries.

It transcends feelings that we are not good enough. We experience self-worth, as we are delighted by the music presented. The music’s language is available to all, regardless of power, politics, money. Music conveys loss, longing, joy, nostalgia, sadness—which every human being feels—and that unifies us. We are not so different. We each have trauma and pain, and we each yearn to be healed and loved, to be safe and secure. This universal language brings us together.”

The Full Scale Michail Konstantinos Chalkiopoulos’ emotional ride, as told through music

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serving from a young age as surrogate parent and caretaker, he realized he could not study abroad until his sister finished with high school.

For the next 18 months, he built an exciting life around his music in Athens. Scrounging jobs and places to live, he fine-tuned his ideas about himself and his music. Through a chance meeting during his participation at a music festival he became friends with an American pianist and professor. And as their friendship deepened, the professor counselled Chalkiopoulos to come to the United States.

After so many years of juggling his family responsibilities with his music and his own journey into adulthood, Chalkiopoulos summoned his youthful daring and applied for a tourist visa. During this whirlwind first visit to the U.S., he was introduced to many musicians. And before his three-month visa expired, he decided to reach for the biggest prize: entrance into an American music school.

Chalkiopoulos learned, however, that it was not enough for an American school to accept him into their music program. There was a more immediate non-negotiable hurdle: He must also pass a challenging language test, which prevented many aspiring foreign students from entry into U.S. academia. New friends checked out every study guide they could find in local libraries, and Michail practiced piano as he crammed.

He told himself, “If I succeed at this test with only one week to prepare, I will keep going.”

And he passed. He auditioned and was accepted, but was summoned home as his mother’s condition worsened. He returned to Corfu and assumed his role as caretaker through his mother’s death.

A year later, Chalkiopoulos arrived at Ithaca College in January, in one of the worst

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rowing up, Michail Konstantinos Chalkiopoulos knew that he loved music most of all, and he urged his mother to help him receive piano lessons. But the family resources in their home in Patras, Greece could only be stretched so far. Instead, he studied hard at school, starting with English classes in elementary school, and training in sports to please his athletic mother. Finally, on his 10th birthday his grandmother surprised and thrilled him by purchasing an upright piano.

He no longer had to practice on a loaned keyboard. Jubilantly, Chalkiopoulos continued piano lessons, laced with lots of practice.

In the bustling city of Patras, Chalkiopoulos was admitted out of a hundred competitors to the Music High School, and his days were lively. Caring for a younger sibling while his mother worked, he threw himself into his school piano classes, plus learning from his piano teachers at the conservatory after school.

Halfway through high school, Michail’s home life began to crumble. His mother fled with him and his much younger sister back to her roots: the island of Corfu. Uprooted to this island, Michail found himself in a new home, a new music school with new teachers, With his father in absentia, and his mother working long shifts, Michail assumed the role as caretaker. He had little time for his music, and felt estranged from the other teenage music students, who were a close group which partied together. An outsider, Chalkiopoulos felt like a misfit as he advanced toward graduation.

Putting aside his fears and anxieties over his mother’s health, his little sister’s well-being, their shaky finances, and the loneliness of “being different,” Chalkiopoulos reviewed and released his concerns through his music.

Whenever possible, despite the increasing responsibilities, he expressed his feelings about his unstable life in his music. He was impressed with the power of music and how time would shrink or expand during a performance.

“We bring our lives to our music,” he said.

“The more authentic we express what we feel, what we believe, the more genuine and authentic is the music we make.”

While still viewed as an “outsider,” Michail’s piano teacher advocated for him to be included in an upcoming concert—his first in Corfu. Trained in classical music, Chalkiopoulos performed Chopin’s Etude Op. 25, No. 1 (The Harp). After the recital, things changed.

Although Chalkiopoulos was different from the other high schoolers, he was now treated as a talented young musician. However, he resolved to remain always authentic to who he was, and not be pressured to be like the other music students. He also saw that with his talent—despite poverty, family upheaval, and his unwillingness to run with the pack—if he worked very hard, he could become the musician he dreamed to be.

But as it turned out, the way would only grow more difficult. As Chalkiopoulos was preparing for his final concerts in Corfu, his mother’s health plummeted. After years of

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The event is being held on March 22 and 23, and tickets are now available on the festival’s website, with dozens of music acts coming from around the country for a spring weekend in Ithaca. Festival organizers said shows are being held at The Haunt, The Range, Casita del Polaris and Finger Lakes Thaw Festival returns for its second year the Warehouse at this coming March. (Photo by Casey Martin) Argos.

Announced acts this year (so far) are fter a successful debut in 2018, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Bella’s the Finger Lakes Thaw festival is Bartok, Uma Galera, Kat Wright, Cas back for another year, showcasHaley, Dingonek Street Band, West End ing several acts at four venues around Blend, Lucas Ashby’s Brain Trust, Sab-

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They will be joined by many others, as there are still several more that will be announced in the near future. There are about 35 band acts along with 15 DJ sets booked for the festival’s two-day run, plus the pre-party held on March 21 and the DJ Festival, presented by Finger Lakes Thaw, held on March 16.

Other than a litany of different acts from last year, the largest change for the 2019 iteration of the festival is the ticket prices, which have dropped substantially since last year’s event. This year a ticket costs $30 online for general admission, according to T.J. Schaper, who founded the festival last year with Nick Frazier, meaning the price of one ticket calculates to about 60 cents per available show. The ticket is valid for the DJ festival, the preparty and the festival.

“Just making it more affordable,” Schaper said, noting their efforts to maintain the value and quality of the festival’s offerings while ensuring more people would be financially able to attend. “Ithaca’s cool because everybody’s friends, and people will give you feedback in person.”

Schaper said he and Frazier are cognizant of the pitfalls festivals normally face in their early years, especially financially, which might be exacerbated by the lowered ticket prices. But, he said, this isn’t a money-making venture for the pair.

“We’re investing into the community, that’s something that’s very important to us as Ithacans,” Schaper said. “As the festi-

val grows over the years, we’ll get the trust from people that it’s worth their while [...]

This is us trying to bring the community together, even at our own expense.”

Schaper said once again the festival’s music taste is wide-ranging, including acts playing “trap-jazz, singer-songwriters, zydeco, funk, R&B” and more, to say nothing of the scheduled DJ sets as well. The curation process for the festival consisted of Schaper and Frazier monitoring music scenes and noting bands they enjoyed and thought would appeal to audiences in Ithaca. Building trust with the Finger Lakes Thaw audience is still a work in progress due to the festival’s youth.

“We want to put music in front of people who wouldn’t necessarily see these bands, we’re trying to put fresh artists in front of people who haven’t seen them,” Schaper said.

Schaper said one of the more integral parts of Finger Lakes Thaw’s mission is to build relationships between local music acts and the ones they attract from outside the region. Optimistically, Schaper and Frazier hope the festival can serve as a way to provide a platform not only locally, but also for other bands who may not routinely think of Ithaca as a tour destination. “[We want to make it] an approachable thing for them, we’re not going to bring in some band that’s playing Madison Square Garden, where [an Ithaca group] might not be able to approach them outside of the festival,” Schaper said. “It’s not grassroots style, but approachable for everyone.”

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Maru Ramen, on West State Street, boasts a blend of Korean and Japanese offerings. (Photo by Casey Martin)

Maru Ramen

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ou may have noticed that three of the four restaurant reviews I’ve offered in January feature Asian cuisines: Indian, Vietnamese and now, Japanese/Korean. Is this a coincidence? Not at all. It’s actually a reflection of how lucky we Ithacans are to have accessibility to authentic ethnic food from all over the world.

Maru Ramen’s menu is neatly divided into Korean and Japanese sections, although not specifically labeled that way.

For example: You wouldn’t know it from reading the menu, but all the items included in the rice plates and BBQ sections are Korean specialties, and hirata buns, ramen, and all the appetizers are Japanese.

I learned the owner is Korean. In fact, she and I shared anecdotes about our experiences at the Chosun Hotel in downtown Seoul, and to add to the authenticity of the restaurant, my server at every meal was Japanese.

You can assume, from the name of the restaurant, that the ramen category offers the most choices. In fact, there are nine different options, including three vegetarian and three labeled as spicy. On a recent visit, being a card-carrying omnivore, I chose tonkotsu ramen with a menu description, “creamy pork broth with Maru’s signature dashi topped with pork belly chashu.” Imagine my surprise when a huge bowl of homemade broth and ramen noodles was delivered with generous top-

pings of a hard-boiled egg, kale, seaweed, bean sprouts, green onion, pickled red ginger and three forms of pork (three ground pork balls, slices of pork tenderloin, and a portion of pork belly). The words hearty and robust come to mind, but it was also a complete meal, very tasty, and with all those veggies, seemed quite healthy.

I’ve also enjoyed tori ramen, which is chicken broth topped with spicy shredded chicken, and the shiitake mushroom ramen vegetarian entrée was wonderful, too. Out of curiosity, I took advantage of a menu suggestion to substitute gluten-free yam noodles for ramen noodles. I won’t do that again. Yam noodles are long, flat, translucent, and much too slippery to corral with chopsticks. My server saw me struggling and laughingly told me, “That’s why we give you a fork.”

The portions of Ramen are too generous for me to consume in one visit. Consequently, whenever I order one, I have next day’s lunch in tow when I leave.

Hirata buns are large, steamed and soft, and filled with wonderful fresh ingredients. I really enjoyed the shiitake mushroom bun overflowing with fresh lettuce, carrots, onions and mushrooms.

The BBQ beef bulgogi was a generous portion of marinated beef, onions, and peppers cooked in a skillet and offered a balanced combination of texture and flavor.

I like the atmosphere even though it’s

on the austere side with no wall hangings. The wainscoting walls are painted white and contrast nicely with the molded orange chairs.

Service at the 11:30 a.m. opening was friendly and attentive. However, the single server had a difficult time covering the three dozen diners who filled the restaurant to capacity as time went on.

TIDBITS: “Maru” in Japanese means “circle,” and management likes to serve perfectly round, attractively-arranged ramen bowls.

In Korean, it means “summit,” which is the way the owner likes to think of the food quality they serve.

Ramen noodles are longer and thinner THROUGH than udon noodles. Another well known noodle, soba, is made from buckwheat flour and has a stronger, and more nutty, flavor than either of the other two.

There are several brands of popular Japanese beers. But I’m not a fan of the wide-mouth plastic water glasses that accompany the bottles. A friend had difficulty getting her fingers around one.

The single restroom is often occupied and from time-to-time I’ve had to wait uncomfortable periods to access it.

It can be difficult, at lunch time, to find a metered parking spot on State Street between Corn and Meadow streets.

Don’t wait for your server to bring you a check at the end of the meal. The procedure: when you’re ready, go to the counter in the back of the restaurant, where the owner will take your payment and give you a receipt.

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1/30 Wednesday Canaan Jam Session | 7:00 PM, | Canaan Institute, Brooktondale The Dennis Winge Trio | 7:00 PM, | Monks on the Commons, Ithaca The Crucials | 9:30 PM, | The Range, Ithaca

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Ithaca Jazz and Blues Jam | 4:00 PM, | Mix Kitchen and Bar, Ithaca

Stratcat Willie & the Strays | 7:00

Diana Leigh - Jesse Collins Duo | 12:00 PM, | Agava Southwest Inspired Cuisine, Ithaca

Bound for Glory: Janet Batch | 8:00 PM, | Anabel Taylor Hall, Ithaca

El Caminos | 12:00 PM, | Americana Vineyards, Interlaken

2/4 Monday

Bert Salmirs | 1:00 PM, | Red Newt Cellars Inc, Hector

Open Mic | 8:30 PM, | Agava, Ithaca

PM, | Two Goats Brewing, Burdett Unlocking The Truth w/s/g Ire Clad, Break of Aggression | 8:00 PM, | The Haunt, Ithaca | $10 Road Man Trio | 9:30 PM, | The Range, Ithaca

Bob & Dee | 2:00 PM, | Six Mile Creek Vineyard, Ithaca

2/5 Tuesday

Debra Cowan & John Roberts | 2:00 PM, | Valley Folk, Corning

Professor Tuesdays Jazz Quartet | 6:30 PM, | ZaZa’s Cucina, Ithaca

1/31 Thursday Taksim: Live Mid-East Music & Belly Dance | 8:00 PM, | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, Ithaca

2/1 Friday The Brothers MacRae | 6:00 PM, | Hopshire Farm & Brewery, Freeville

Portajohn Blackout | 7:00 PM, | Two Goats Brewing, Burdett

Keyboardist Matthew Hall performing music of William Byrd | 3:00 PM, 2/2 Saturday | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | A program entitled William Byrd, Father of Music. In this concert, Hall plays harpsichord and organ music from various periods in Byrd’s life to trace his development as a composer and performer.

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Drew Kiddoo and The Blackouts | 9:00 PM, | Silver Line Tap Room, Trumansburg

ComedyFLOPS | 7:00 PM, 1/31 Thursday | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca |

The Beauchesnes | 9:00 PM, | Agava, Ithaca

TOIVO AT GRAND OPENING OF GARRETT’S BREWING Friday, February 1 at 6:00PM | Garrett’s Brewing, 1 West Main St., Trumansburg | Hometown band TOiVO plays a danceable mix of instrumentals and vocals with inspiration from the Cajun dance halls of Louisiana, the Tex-Mex borderlands, country honky-tonks, and more. They will play at the opening of Garrett’s Brewing Company, now in the former location of the Rongo. Come enjoy craft brew and music, too. (photo: provided)

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Dana Fuchs | 8:00 PM, 2/2 Saturday | Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St, Auburn | | $30-$35

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Country Swagg | 8:00 PM, 2/2 Saturday | del Lago Resort and Casino, 1133 NY-414, Waterloo |

TOiVO | 6:00 PM, | Garrett’s Brewing Company, Trumansburg

Thru Spectrums + Danielle Ponder & The Tomorrow People | 9:00 PM, | The Haunt, Ithaca | $8 - $10

Midday Music for Organ | 12:30 PM, 1/30 Wednesday | Anabel Taylor Chapel, Ithaca | Midday Music: Anna Steppler, organ; c.1727-1937, Sonatas

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Sharon’s Iowa City home, they start to see what’s missing in their lives.

A laugh-out-loud comedy of moving boxes, new beginnings, questionable business ventures, and a little bit of marijuana.

The God of Carnage | 7:30 PM, 2/1 Friday | The Cider Mill Stage, 2 Nanticoke Ave, Endicott | by Yazmina Reza.

Feb 1, 2019 - Feb 17, 2019. Thurs thru Sat at 7:30; Sundays at 5:30. Winner of the 2009 Tony Award for Best Play.

Almost, Maine by John Cariani | 8:00 PM, 2/1 Friday | Redhouse Theater, 400 S. Salina Street, Syracuse | Runs through Feb 3. Contact theatre for additional showtimes. A play comprised of nine different stories, each focused on a different set of characters who are all connected by the magical town in which they reside.

Don Giovanni | 8:00 PM, 2/1 Friday & 2:00PM, 2/3 Sunday | Crouse-Hinds Theater, 411 Montgomery St, Syracuse | Sung in Italian with English surtitles.

All attendees are invited to attend a free conductor’s pre-talk one hour prior to each performance.

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The Image Book | 1/30, 8:45PM | Nothing but silence. Nothing but a revolutionary song. A story in five chapters like the five fingers of a hand.

A film by Jean-Luc Godard.

Hale County This Morning, This Evening | 1/30, 7:00PM | Composed of intimate and unencumbered moments of people in a community, this film is constructed in a form that allows the viewer an emotive impression of the Historic South.

The Manhattan Front | 1/31, 7:00PM | *w/ filmmaker Cathy Crane in person. In this fantastical film, a young girl conjures its story from the

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Perfect Blue | 1/31, 9:25PM; 2/1, 9:30PM; 2/2, 7:00PM | A retired pop singer turned actress’ sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of her past.

Boy Erased | 2/1, 7:00PM; 2/2, 9:00PM | The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a churchsupported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents.

Science Fair | 2/2, 2:00PM | Nine high school students from disparate corners of the globe navigate rivalries, setbacks, and hormones on their quest to win the international science fair.

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Wild Tales | 2/3, 4:30PM | Six short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.

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Madeline’s Madeline | 2/5, 7:00PM | *w/cinematographer Ashley Connor in person. A theatre director’s latest project takes on a life of its own when her young star takes her performance too seriously.

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On The Basis Of Sex | The story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her struggles for equal rights, and what she had to overcome in order to become a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.|120 mins PG-13 If Beale Street Could Talk | A woman in Harlem desperately scrambles to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime while carrying their first child. |119 mins R The Favourite| In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah governs the country in her stead. When a new servant, Abigail, arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah. |119 mins R Can You Ever Forgive Me? | When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception. | 106 mins R Regal Ithaca Wednesday, 1/30 through Tuesday, 2/5. Contact Regal Ithaca for showtimes. New films listed first. * Miss Bala* | Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of

cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength. Based on the Spanish-language film. | PG-13 Serenity*| The mysterious past of a fishing boat captain comes back to haunt him, when his ex-wife tracks him down with a desperate plea for help, ensnaring his life in a new reality that may not be all that it seems. |106 mins R The Kid Who Would Be King| A band of kids embark on an epic quest to thwart a medieval menace. |PG Bohemian Rhapsody| The story of the legendary rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid in 1985. |134 mins PG-13 Glass| Security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities. |129 mins PG-13 The Upside | A comedic look at the relationship between a wealthy man with quadriplegia and an unemployed man with a criminal record who’s hired to help him. | 125 mins PG-13

Escape Room | Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive. |100 mins PG-13 Vice | The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today. | 132 mins R Mary Poppins Returns | Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael’s children through a difficult time in their lives. |130 mins PG Aquaman | Arthur Curry learns that he is the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, and must step forward to lead his people and be a hero to the world. |143 mins PG-13 Bumblebee | On the run in the year of 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battlescarred and broken. |113 mins PG-13

| The Ink Shop is pleased to host the 4th joint show of prints by students of two strong printmaking programs at Ithaca College and Cornell University.

These works are richly diverse with unique approaches using traditional methods, ranging from beginner to advanced practitioners. Thru 3/29.

Another Young Teen Catches Photo Bug | 5:00 PM, 2/1 Friday | Elevator Music and Art Gallery - at New Roots Charter School, 116 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca | Photographs by Jeffrey Juran. Opening First Friday.

First Friday Art Night at the Museum: Mark Oros | 5:00 PM, 2/1 Friday | Museum Of The Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca | Visit the Museum of the Earth’s Gift Shop on First Friday Art Night for Natural and Digital Patterns Photography, an exhibit by Mark Oros. The Museum will be open for extended evening hours.

First Friday Gallery Night | 5:00 PM, 2/1 Friday | Downtown Ithaca, Center Ithaca, Ithaca | Downtown Ithaca explodes with talent in different shops, restaurants and hotels. Nearly 20 businesses downtown become the home to different local artists and sometimes global ones, as well.

Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse | Miles Morales becomes the SpiderMan of his reality and crosses paths with his counterparts from other dimensions to stop a threat to all reality. | 117 mins PG

Former Members Exhibit - Reception | 5:00 PM, 2/1 Friday | State Of The Art, 120 W State St., Suite 2, Ithaca | Showcasing work by artists who established State of the Art thirty years ago and many who joined since 1989. Show dates: January 30 - February 24, 2019.

Green Book | A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South. | 130 mins PG-13

Terramovil - Art Exhibit | 6:00 PM, 2/1 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | The capstone work of 2018 Artist in Community, Frances Gallardo. An exhibit of the work created during her tenure.

Art The Flood of ‘72 - Opening Reception | 5:00 PM, 1/30 Wednesday | Chemung County Historical Society, 415 E Water St, Elmira | This exhibit was created entirely by a team of 44 6th-grade students at Horseheads Intermediate School.

I See You (IC/CU) 2019 | 12:00 PM, 2/1 Friday | Ink Shop Printmaking Center The, 330 E State St Ste 2, Ithaca

Winter Scenes Art Exhibit | 11:00 AM, 2/2 Saturday | North Star Art Gallery, 743 Snyder Hill Road, Ithaca | Also by appointment through 2/23.

Drawing Class at the Ulysses Philomathic Library | 6:00 PM, 2/5 Tuesday | Ulyssess Philomathic Library,

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Kitchen Theatre, 417 W. State St., Ithaca | Jen Silverman’s play has been described as “The Odd Couple” meets “Breaking Bad”. Curious? Find out if this is an apt characterization when it opens this week and runs through February 17. (photo: provided)

State of the Art Gallery, 120 W. State St., Ithaca | Celebrate State of the Art’s 30th anniversary by discovering what some of its founding and earliest members have been creating in the years since 1989. (photo: provided)

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First Saturday on Greater Ithaca Art Trail | 11:00 AM, 2/2 Saturday | Art studios are open to you! Find the list of artists participating this month, and learn tons more at www.Arttrail. com.

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from chemistry to rockets and more. | General admission fees apply LEGO Building Program | 3:00 PM, 2/2 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Children are invited to attend this weekly LEGO brick building program, which encourages them to use their imaginations or LEGO books from the TCPL collection to create their own LEGO art. The Library provides building bricks, and all creations are displayed at the Library for one week.

Special Events Watkins Glen Chamber Night at Ice Bar | 5:00 PM, 1/31 Thursday | Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel, 16 N. Franklin St., Watkins Glen | Bundle up and step into a winter wonderland of more than 25,000 pounds of ice meticulously carved into breathtaking ice sculptures, martini ice luges, and the coolest bars in town.

IC Women in Math Day | 10:30 AM, 2/2 Saturday | Dorothy D. and Roy H. Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise, Ithaca College, 953 Danby Rd, Ithaca | Engage with other high school students and explore through hands-on activities how playing and winning games can help you to solve real-world problems. Network with college students, career professionals, and professors and learn how studying math in college prepares you for an abundance of careers.

Books American Girl Book Club: Addy Walker | 3:30 PM, 1/30 Wednesday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden |

Interactive Poetry Workshop for Tweens | 4:00 PM, 2/4 Monday | Hosted by poet and writer Robert Danberg will offer an opportunity for participants to connect with their senses and each other to create poetry.

Maker Mondays for Teens | 4:00 PM, 2/4 Monday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Tutorials will be provided for the Makerbot 3D Printer, Epilogue Helix Laser Cutter, and Cricut.

SUPERINTENDENT COFFEE BREAK Monday, February 4 from 5-7PM | Southworth Library, 24 West Main St., Dryden | Drop into the library to say hello to Dryden Central Schools Superintendent Joshua Bacigalupi. Share your thoughts about the school’s future. (photo: provided)

Wed & Fri | Sciencenter, 601 1st St. , Ithaca | Engage with your toddlers and preschoolers through self-guided, hands-on activities like playing with flubber, using tools to sift through sand, magnet fishing, and more! | General admission fees apply

Cuddle-up Infant & Toddler Library Time | 10:00 AM, 1/30 Wednesday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden |

Teen Writing Workshops | 4:30 PM, 1/31 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | The Thursday workshop will run from January 31 through May 2, with no class on Thursday, March 14. Teens may sign up for a couple of sessions or all of them; each week will offer something different, and attendance every week is not required. These one-hour workshops will be led

by Writopia-trained students from Ithaca College, and they will involve a variety of prompts, exercises, and opportunities to workshop pieces. These workshops are appropriate for people in grades 6-12.

Sciencenter Science Together | 10:30 AM, Tues &Thurs; 3:00PM

Preschool Storytime at Southworth Library | 10:00 AM, 2/1 Friday

Adult Book Discussion: 1968 Love, War, and Rock & Roll | 7:00 PM, 1/31 Thursday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden | Looking Back and Looking forward Where Do We Go From Here?

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Storytime | 10:30 AM, 2/1 Friday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 N Main St, Ovid | All ages enjoy stories, songs and fun activities. Infants, toddlers, and school-age children are welcome.

Teen Writing Workshop (Fridays) | 4:30 PM, 2/1 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | The Friday workshop will run from February 1 through April 26, with no class on Friday, March 8 or Friday, March 15.

Miss Angie’s Magical Shadow Theater | 10:30 AM, 2/2 Saturday | The Cherry Artspace, 102 Cherry St., Ithaca | Miss Angie’s Magical Shadow Theater uses simple elements of light and shadow with dramatic live music to create a show that is exciting and engaging for the whole family. | $8 - $12

Family Storytime | 11:00 AM, 2/2 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Children of all ages and their caregivers are invited to celebrate reading and build their early-literacy skills. We meet each Saturday for stories, songs and family fun.

Ceridwen’s Cauldron | 11:30 AM, 2/2 Saturday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden | A storytelling adventure with Jay Leeming.† Storytime: Great Library Campout | 12:30 PM, 2/2 Saturday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 N Main St, Ovid | Stories, snacks, a book give-away, and an opportunity to win one of two toddler sized bikes.

Registration appreciated.

Sciencenter Showtime! | 2:00 PM, 2/2 Saturday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Take part in a lively presentation about different science concepts each week with local scientists, educators, and students. Topics range

THRU SPECTRUMS WITH DANIELLE PONDER AND TOMORROW PEOPLE

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The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave., Ithaca | Ithaca favorites team up with Rochester native Danielle Ponder for a double-bill sure to bring the house down! Ponder (pictured), whose stage presence is “like a tent revival during tornado season,” is also a defense attorney, speaker and activist. (photo: provided)

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Tuesday Morning Story Hour | 10:15 AM, 2/5 Tuesday | Candor Free Library, 2 Bank St, Candor | No Story Hour during holidays, School Closings or Bad Weather.

Family Story Time | 10:30 AM, 2/5 Tuesday | Newfield Public Library, 198 Main St. , Newfield | Join us every Tuesday for stories, songs and fun.

There is a different theme each week.

Toddler and Preschool Storytime | 11:00 AM, 2/5 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Children ages 24 months to 4 years, along with their caregivers, meet for early literacy-based stories, songs, finger plays, and much more.

After storytime, there is an hour of play and social time.

Notices Ithaca Rotary Club Luncheon Speaker Series | 12:15 PM, 1/30 Wednesday | Coltivare, 235 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | Club Service with Ithaca Rotary Secretary Joanne Lamoureux | $15 Open Hearts Dinner | 5:00 PM, 1/30 Wednesday | McKendree UMC, 224 Owego St., Candor | Come and join in the fun. Whether you are looking for

fellowship or a free meal this one’s for you. Contact: Denice Peckins denicepeckins@hotmail.com Community Afrikan Drum and Dance Class w/ Nana Anim | 5:15 PM, Mon &Wed; 3:00PM Saturdays | St John’s Episcopal Church, 210 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Master drummer and dancer from Ghana, West Afrika.

These weekly classes are for all levels of student.

Ithaca Sociable Singles | 6:00 PM, 1/30 Wednesday | 1/30 Dinner: Chili’s, Ithaca. Host: Jim H., RSVP: jrhaustein@ayahoo.com Networking@Rev: Hardware | 6:00 PM, 1/30 Wednesday | Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, 314 East State Street, Ithaca | Hardware Heroes: Making Physical Products that Matter. Creating physical products with hardware components is not for the faint of heart. Innovation, prototyping, iterating, speaking with customers, more iterating, and scaling are all massive challenges.

Candor Central High School Guided Tour | 7:00 PM, 1/30 Wednesday | Candor High School, 1 Academy Street, Candor | Sponsored by the Candor Historical Society. Come see the changes that the renovations have made to your alma mater.

Wednesday Night Ithaca Women’s Basketball Association | 7:00 PM, 1/30 Wednesday | Lehman Alternative Community School, 111 Chestnut St, Ithaca | The league is non-competitive and fun and involves pick-up style playing. Check out the league’s website for more information.

Community Game Night | 6:30 PM, 1/31 Thursday | First Presbyterian Church, 315 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Community Game Night is a welcoming, inclusive gathering for people to play board games and card games. All ages are welcome. Bring a game to play or play a game someone else brought.

Enter through the green door on Court St, or the door by Dewitt Park. We are downstairs in Dodds Hall.

No-Fear Cover Letters | 9:00 AM, 2/1 Friday | Tompkins County Workforce Center, Center Ithaca, Suite 241, | This workshop will cover the basics of writing a cover letter as well as suggestions for making it stand out

IC WOMEN IN MATH DAY

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 10:30AM

Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise, Ithaca College| A day designed for female high school students and their families to engage with interesting mathematical ideas and to learn more about careers that incorporate mathematics.

Register now! (photo: provided)

and fun to write. Feel free to bring one you have written for a quick critique from peers and staff.

Advanced English as a Second Language Classes | 1:00 PM, 2/1 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Students will develop skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. To register, please contact Lifelong Learning at (607) 273-1511.

Cornell University Meet the Employer Session | 1:00 PM, 2/1 Friday | Tompkins County Workforce Center, Center Ithaca, Suite 241, | A Human Resources representative will discuss job search tips, the application process, and general information about working at Cornell University.

County Workforce Center, Center Ithaca, Suite 241, | This orientation will cover the information needed to possibly obtain funding for training for eligible job seekers. If eligible, we have up to $5,000 that we could put towards training in your lifetime. We will cover eligibility, training program information, and career research along with employment goals. Please bring a resume and valid identification card (ie.drivers license or photo id).

Superintendent Coffee Break | 5:00 PM, 2/4 Monday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden | Drop in to say hello to Dryden Schools Superintendent Baciagalupi and share

ing on target companies, strategically planning your schedule, optimizing your face time, and following up.

Homeschool Writing Club | 12:00 PM, 2/5 Tuesday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 N. Main Street, Ovid | Learn writing techniques and grammar tips as we create fictional stories and share ideas in this five part class.†Please contact the library to register.

Conquering the Interview Workshop | 1:00 PM, 2/5 Tuesday | Tompkins County Workforce Center, Center Ithaca, Suite 241, | Preparing for your job interview can be a challenge. This course will help you to

character? How many “Easter Eggs” have you spotted in Into the SpiderVerse, the latest Spider-Man movie?

What’s your new favorite super-herothemed New Yorker cartoon? Kick back with the Comic Book Club of Ithaca for these and other wondrous questions from the world of pop culture!

Knit Night | 7:00 PM, 2/5 Tuesday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden | An informal evening of knitting, crafting, crocheting or other hand crafts. All experience levels welcome.

Employment & Training Workshop | 10:00 AM, 2/4 Monday | Tompkins

Midday Group Sing | 12:10 PM, 1/30 Wednesday | Community School Of Music And Arts, 330 E State St, Ithaca | Take a break during your day to make music and join in our midday group sing. Sing well-known favorites, world music, rounds, folk songs, and new pieces in a supportive friendly environment. No experience or music reading skills are necessary. Drop ins welcome.

Sacred Sunday Community at Yoga Farm | 9:00 AM, 2/3 Sunday | Yoga Farm, 404 Conlon Rd, Lansing | All are Welcome. Discover Your Self & Awaken Your Kindest Humanity. Pray.

Move. Sit. Connect.

Exercise Class for Seniors | 8:30 AM, 1/31 Thursday & 2/5, Tuesday| Newfield Public Library, 198 Main St., Newfield | Tai Chi | 2:30 PM, 1/31 Thursday | Lansing Community Library, 27 Auburn Rd, Lansing | Classes held at Lansing Library, Titus Towers, Brooktondale Community Center, and Lifelong. Contact Lifelong for specific days and times.

Beginner Bird Walks | 8:30 AM, 2/2 Saturday | Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca | Guided bird walks every Saturday and Sunday morning, starting at 8:30 a.m., sponsored by the Cayuga Bird Club.

Targeted toward beginners, but appropriate for all. Binoculars available for loan.

Saddle Up for Jesus Horse Riding Club | 7:00 PM, 2/2 Saturday | Brooktondale Baptist Church, 2311 Slaterville Road, Ithaca | A Christian, family-oriented riding club. We have club meetings, trail rides, horsemanship clinics for a variety of disciplines, cowboy devotionals and youth programs. Contact Lawrence Canfield at 607-539-6440.

Court St, Ithaca | Everyone Welcome (members and non-members). No experience or partner needed. For more information call 273-1511

Mid-Day Mindfulness Meditation | 12:15 PM, 1/30 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | These sessions will encourage participants to shift out of “automatic pilot” mode and observe the workings of the mind, body, and emotions.

Dungeons and Dragons Guild | 3:00 PM, 2/1 Friday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden | Join Dungeon Masters from the Cortland Area Gamer’s guild to begin your adventure. BEGINNERS meet on the 8th and 22nd. ADVANCED players meet on the 1st and 15th.

Take Your Child to the Library Day | 10:00 AM, 2/2 Saturday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 N. Main Street, Ovid | Drop in anytime during the day. The library’s massive collection of Legos will be out for an epic build. From 12:30-1:30, crawl into the big tent for the Great Library Campout - a special story time with a camping theme. Contact the library to register.

Hatha Yoga emphasizing good body alignment principles. Free class, donations appreciated. Registration required.

Take off Pounds Sensibly | 6:00 PM, 1/31 Thursday | Candor Town Hall, 101 Owego Road, Candor | Contact Jean Dewey 659-9969 or jmdewey@ frontiernet.net

LEARN ABOUT ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND DEMENTIA Monday, February 4 at 4:00PM | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E. Green St., Ithaca | Learn the differences between Alzheimer’s and dementia; the stages and risk factors; current research and available treatments for some symptoms; and resources from the Alzheimer’s Association. Participants will come away with an understanding that Alzheimer’s and dementia are not a normal part of aging. (photo: provided)

your thoughts on moving the school district forward.

Job Fairs and Open Interviews | 9:00 AM, 2/5 Tuesday | Tompkins County Workforce Center, Center Ithaca, Suite 241, | Planning to attend a job fair or open interview? Do you want to use your time efficiently, make a great first impression, and exude confidence? Attending this workshop will assist you in: preparing all of your materials and dress, focus-

overcome this challenge by teaching you how to: research and prepare prior to an interview, what to expect during an interview, how to follow up after an interview, and how to avoid common problems.

Comic Book Club of Ithaca General Meeting | 7:00 PM, 2/5 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | What do you think will be the next breakout / crossover storyline, graphic novel, or comic-book

Health S.A.I.L. Into Fitness | 9:00 AM, 1/30 Wednesday | Juniper Manor, 24 Elm St., Trumansburg | Classes held at Juniper Manor, Lifelong, & Brooktondale Fire Station. Contact Lifelong for specific days and times.

Yoga for Beginners | 9:00 AM, 1/30 Wednesday | Ovid Fire Hall, 2136 Brown St., Ovid | Join Ann Mittermeyer for Anusara Yoga; a heart-oriented

Finding Calm and Improving Sleep | 7:00 PM, 1/31 Thursday | Classrooms@Greenstar, 702 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Licensed acupuncturist and herbalist Amanda Lewis will discuss natural treatment options and offer some calming tea samples as well. Registration required - sign up online at www.greenstar.coop or call 273-9392.

Gentle Chair Yoga Series for Seniors | 12:00 PM, 2/1 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | This program focuses on gentle yoga made accessible by the use of a chair for support. The series is designed to help improve posture, flexibility, energy, and stability.

Square Dance and Other Dancing | 2:00 PM, 2/1 Friday | Lifelong, 119 W

Open Meditation | 10:30 AM, 2/3 Sunday | Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Road, Ithaca | Dance Church Ithaca | 11:30 AM, 2/3 Sunday | Fine Spirit Studio, 201 Dey Street, 2nd Floor, Ithaca | A free-movement and conscious dance experience for all ages held weekly. | $5 suggested donation Sexy Sunday Sister Circle | 2:00 PM, 2/3 Sunday | Well-Being Healing Center, 317 N. Aurora St., Ithaca | A safe space for women to connect, share and learn from each other and from Maria Rider, certified Sex, Love & Relationship coach. Each gathering will have a designated topic as well as plenty of time for Q&A and spontaneous topics. This month:”5 Senses Valentine Date.” | $20 per person or $10 each if you bring a new friend Learn About Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia | 4:00 PM, 2/4 Monday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Presented by the Alzheimer’s Association, Central New York. Learn the differences between Alzheimer’s and dementia; the stages and risk factors; current research and available treatments for some symptoms; and resources from the Alzheimer’s Association.

Participants will come away with an understanding that Alzheimer’s and dementia are not a normal part of aging.

Overeaters Anonymous 12-Step meeting | 7:00 PM, 2/4 Monday | Just Be Cause Center, 1013 W State St, Ithaca | Midday Movement | 12:15 PM, 2/5 Tuesday | Community School Of Music And Arts, 330 E State St, Ithaca | Reinvigorate your workday through movement and dance! Reconnect with your body and your self while stretching, dancing, and moving. All levels and drop ins welcome. | $10/$14

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The Range, 119 E. State St (on The Commons), Ithaca | Road Man is the solo project of Jon Petronzio, previously known best for his vocal and keyboard work with John Brown’s Body. This weekend he teams up with Greg Evans and Hayden Frank for a night of uplifting original funk, reggae and soul tunes. (photo: Facebook)

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Barnes Hall, 129 Ho Plaza, Cornell|. In this concert, Hall plays harpsichord and organ music from various periods in Byrd’s life to trace his development as a composer and performer. (photo: provided)

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