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he city’s only mobile home park may soon expand its offered lots by a half dozen units—but only if experts find that living on top of where the city dump once was is not hazardous to residents’ health.

Nate’s Floral Estates was built in the early 1970s, and already has about 125 homes in the park. A rezoning ordinance that would allow six more lots by eliminating some setback requirements on the south end of the park, which is adjacent to Lowe’s, was circulated in April.

The Planning and Economic Development Committee unanimously passed it at their May meeting without a peep of opposition.

At the June Common Council meeting, Walter Hang of Toxics Targeting appeared to voice his concerns about the site, which served as a city dump for some time starting in the 1950s.

“Before it gets vegetated in the spring time you can go to the edge of the Wegman’s parking lot and literally see artifacts sticking out of the side of the site,” Hang told council members, showing a picture of one 55-gallon drum he said was on the Nate’s site. Hang said that he believes it to be the only site in the state of New York “where people are living directly on top of fill” from a dump and said it was “irresponsible to put more people on top of this contaminated site.” He called for vapor gas release systems to be installed at the site, like those that one can see in the light poles at Lowe’s—a property that was once a mini-golf course owned by the current ownership at Nate’s Floral Estates.

Elaine Weiner, the park’s owner, disagrees with Hang’s assessment.

“We have a lot of long-time residents who have been here thirty-plus years, this is their home,” Weiner said. “We have no more sicknesses here than in the whole city, other than our tenants are 55 and above … I dare say there’s no neighborhood in the city better kept than this.”

Weiner said that the six proposed lots were voted into the park “a long time ago” and are on engineers’ drawings; she said there is a waiting list of at least seven people waiting for a place in Nate’s.

Right now, the rezoning proposal is on no future city agenda. The plan seems to be run some tests on the site, and wait for the results.

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ebruary is a very romantic month, everyone knows that,” said Lexie Hain. Hain married her thengirlfriend Marguerite Wells back in February 2005, before same sex marriage was legal in New York.

Wells said, “We stopped at this little town near Ottawa, and we were the first people to use the genderneutral paperwork, and the town clerk was so excited.” Although the clerk was excited, Wells said, “We didn’t tell the border crossing guard.”

Hain and Wells remember their overthe-border excursion fondly, but are glad that now nobody in America has to travel to other states or other countries for same sex marriage.

Although it was only last month that a Supreme Court decision made same sex marriage a reality for all 50 states, Ithaca has a long history of activism around the issue. Local activist and lawyer Mariette Geldenhuys said that she was first aware of local legal action on same sex marriage in the 1990s, when she was city attorney. At that point, a couple filed a suit against the city, but ultimately the case got dismissed on the grounds that the state should have also been party to the action.

“A number of years later the marriage issue came up again,” she said. This time, couples were pressuring the city to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples, something other municipalities—

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The Finger Lakes State Park Region recently constructed a better entryway into Treman Park so that the Route 22 can pick up and deliver passengers directly at the park’s office.

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including San Francisco and New Paltz— had done, in defiance of state law.

The city determined the best way to go about it was not to issue the licenses, as that would have been illegal, but to let couples know that if they filed suit, the city would join in.

Thus, 25 couples—who later became known as the Ithaca 50—filed suit, asking that the city and state be compelled to provide marriage licenses. Geldenhuys, along with fellow attorneys Elizabeth Dixler, Richard Stumbar, and Diane Burns, represented the Ithaca 50 pro bono.

The case started in Tompkins County

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Activists were not deterred, though.

“When the Court of Appeals did not grant the right to marry, our focus had to shift back to the legislature.” That tactic ultimately worked, as the New York State Legislature passed the Marriage Equality Act in 2011.

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By C a s san dra Palmy ra What do you Think of the New Commons?

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“It’s good to try new things.”

—Dey Vasquez Kalnitz

“I don’t like the gateways. They are not attractive now and won’t be in 10 years.”

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“The gateways are too much. It’s not casual enough. We’re not an industrial city.”

—Erin Gardosh

“I like what I see so far. I’m looking forward to them actually finishing it.” ­—Jeff Kalnitz

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housing prices have gone up in the city significantly, but he fears its effect on the neighborhood.

“I see that houses on my street are being flipped,” Horan said.

Kip Wilcox of First Street said she bought her house from INHS and thinks that with a “more moderate development,” the neighbors will be willing to share their quality of life “with anybody who moves he choral turn and counterturn of in.” comment on the 210 Hancock Street In a city oft cited for quality of life project continued at the Common honors, Wilcox wondered whether Ithaca Council meeting on July 1. was “about to sacrifice its reputation in the Before the start of an agenda designed name of fast-track urbanization.” largely to get everyone out Council members for the fireworks on time, made sure to note that there was nearly an hour of they respected the public comment on the Ithaca concerns of residents Neighborhood Housing opposed to the project.

Services (INHS) project Before a 7-2 vote in favor proposed for the long-time of granting $100,000 grocery store site. from the Housing Fund Fifteen speakers weighed shared with Cornell in on the project, with 10 and Tompkins County, speaking against and five Alderwoman Cynthia in favor of the proposed Brock (D-1st) said that development. she was “disturbed that Dick Feldman, a Fall the last two affordable Creeker since 1953, told housing projects exceeds council to visit fix210hancock. the zoning for its org, which as of July 4 neighborhood.” contained links to petitions Aerial photo from the southeast of First and Hancock neighborhood. Four story buildings will be Alderman Seph and links to rules about who along the west side of the lot along First Street. (Photo: Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services) Murtagh (D-2nd) restated can speak “with standing” at a his support for the zoning appeals meeting, along project, while reiterating with Feldman’s messages to the Journal and Koschmann said. “I think the that the four-story height was allowed by urban planning student Daniel Keough neighborhood is already mixed-income … zoning and saying that after learning from resulting from an exchange on the Fall The Northside my children bike around the Stone Quarry Apartments process in Creek email listserv. each day includes [Beverly J. Martin 2014, he thought INHS reach-out was Bob Sherman, a Fall Creeker since Elementary School], it includes GIAC. adequate this time around.

1986 said “‘I would support this building Having an additional apartment building is Paul Mazzarella, director of INHS, if it was two or three stories. It is not … not going to change that. ” told Common Council “that from the first Current zoning regulations are adequate “My children had two very close our goal was to maximize the number and should not be ignored.” of units on this site” and thought that Dawn Sherman expressed a neighbors’ friends displaced from the neighborhood this year, ” Koschmann continued.

“They intention had always been clear. sentiment that also surfaced at June’s became homeless, were in shelters, and 210 Hancock Street went before planning board meeting: “There was little now one’s in Varna, one is in Brooktondale. the Board of Zoning Appeals for a sixneighborhood input but aesthetics and It’s hard to get to work and access social foot height variance on the 50-plus unit siding,” Sherman said. She continued to apartment building after the Ithaca Times voice her feeling that those who oppose the services when they’re living out in those areas. ” went to press for July 8. Check ithaca.com project are “increasingly being portrayed Fred Horan of Second Street, speaking for results. • as wealthy classists” who view potential in favor of the project, noted that as a residents of the project as “criminal drug— J o s h B r o k aw homeowner, “he really appreciates” that abusers.”

Both Feldman and the Shermans live in 2011, began the process of putting in a across Cascadilla Creek on Willow Avenue natesestates mobile home park. The Cornell Daily Sun in Fall Creek. contin u ed from page 3 reported that attorney Walter Wiggins Sherman was responding in large spoke at the March 1972 Common Council part to the comments of McKenzie JonesMaybee, a public health engineer with the meeting against Weiner’s plan, which then Rounds at the June 23 planning board county. contained 350 units. meeting; this is what was reported of those “I strongly hope we’ll see the testing “Ithaca has always wanted industry,” in the story “Tall Buildings in Northside of soil and groundwater so that we can be Wiggins stated. “It would be very short and Downtown Unnerve Ithacans” (see assured for residents who live there the sighted of us to lose this last industrial site page 6). area is safe,” said Alderperson Cynthia in the city.” st “It was McKenzie Jones-Rounds, Brock (D-1 ), whose ward includes Nate’s One current resident of Nate’s sitting though, who uttered the strongest words Floral Estates. “If there were assurances outside his home on a recent sunny against the project’s opposition, stating the water system is safe and soil and afternoon was unaware of the site’s history in no uncertain terms that she feels the groundwater meets residential standards, so far as the city dump goes, but did have underlying issue is a “systemic issue,” a I would be in support of expanding the one piece of history to share. “This whole “trickle down from classism.” housing there—and would oppose any place,” he said, waving toward the retailers When reading letters in opposition, expansion or addition until these questions to the south, “was built on a swamp.” • Jones-Rounds said she was reading that can be answered.” there was not “an openness to having lowThere was also some controversy when — J o s h B r o k aw income neighbors.” and a feeling that “this Reuben Weiner, Elaine’s husband who died

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neighborhood isn’t going to be safe, it’s not going to be family friendly.”

“Everyone comes here and says they support affordable housing, but they don’t want it here,” Jones-Rounds said. “This isn’t vocalized … and I’m vocalizing it here.”’

“We’d like our property values to be protected, and if not our assessments to go down,” Sherman continued later. “How long will it be before 41-percent of people who pay 100-percent of taxes in Ithaca are no longer able to afford housing?”

Another neighbor, Nicky Koschmann of Hancock Street, had a different take.

“I’m in favor of development,”

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The proprietor and driver of Ithaca Pedicab is Walter Hartman, who started taking passengers around town last August 27. The Ithaca Times met with Hartman at the Pedicab “headquarters,” a garage off Elmira Road, where he talked about the challenges of starting up a new business and his hopes for more bike taxis in Ithaca’s future.

Ithaca Times: So what have you found out so far about the challenges of starting up a pedicab service here in Ithaca?

Walter Hartman: People think it’s all fun, but it’s a lot of work behind the scenes. I do 50 miles of riding, on a good night. You definitely need to stretch before a shift and build up to it. The pedicab needs constant inspections. I’d like to get another bike, but first I need seconds of everything. The chains have been wearing out about every four months, and now I need to change the cassette on the rear chain. It always needs cleaning, detailing.

I had a rip in the canopy patched when I got it, and a new back window put in.

IT: Where do you get a pedicab? Is this something you rigged up yourself?

WH: A woman here had it to promote her business, do errands, and take her kids around. Over the years I’d ask her if she wanted to sell it, and finally she did. The whole cycle setup is made in Denver, the bike and cab. It’s really well engineered. I retrofitted the engine myself.

IT: What sort of engine do you have on it?

WH: It’s a one-horsepower stroke monkey engine. I’m told that one horsepower means it has the strength of seven men. I have to pedal in cadence with the motor. People will sometimes say ‘Isn’t that cheating?’ and all I can say to that is that distance plus time equals work. And I couldn’t even think of going up Buffalo Street without the motor. A lot of people are surprised I go up the hill.

IT: How did you get interested in doing this?

WH: Twice I did 12-hour shifts in New York City, driving a pedicab for the Russians around Central Park in torrential rainstorms. I had a friend who told me

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IT: What has your business model been so far?

WH: Until I get a permit from the city, it’s all suggested donations.

I’ve given a lot of free rides, Walter Hartman but the free (Photo Josh Brokaw) model is a good one and I want to keep using it when I get everything as legit as I can.

I pick people up, and I go twice as fast as they expect. They laugh and laugh, and that makes me laugh, and then they give me donations. Right now I’m doing market research, you could call it. The best time to give rides is after midnight. I’ve found Collegetown can be really good. It’s a lot of fun to give students rides across campus. Downtown, around the bars, Lot

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IT: Have you had any backlash from authorities, or people who drive other modes of transit like taxis?

WH: Ninety or 95 percent of the cops in my experience are really down with it; they like it. I’m getting drunk people home.

And at least once I was able to break up a fight: there were two guys outside a bar who were definitely going to brawl, and I rode over to a cop and said “There’s a fight about to happen.” She pulled around the corner, and it was over. Sometimes the cab drivers and bus drivers will slow down to look at me and that slows me down a bit, but that’s about it. They mostly think it’s cool. And I don’t go out on Route 13 and get into traffic there.

IT: What amenities does Ithaca Pedicab offer?

WH: I’ve got the credit card square, I’m playing music, and I’ve got seatbelts. I can get four medium-sized people in the cab.

There’s a blanket I can take along and store under the seat, which is nice to have out especially if the temperature drops and girls are wearing dresses or skirts. And I’ve got a full canopy, which is a really cool feature, taking people out in a rainstorm. I took a couple out a few weeks ago. They were on their honeymoon while it was pouring. I get soaked. I was out there through the fall and winter, until it got really cold and really snowy. But I was out there when it was 20 degrees out. And people like my bumper stickers.”

IT: What are your hopes for the future of Ithaca Pedicab?

WH: Hopefully, I can get a couple of bikes going and let other people take over the moneymaking shifts. I’d like to start a national pedicab training school, because there is none.

It’s going to stress safety and security.

You go through my school, and then I decide if I want to rent you my bike or not.

There’s a lot of people who say they want to drive, but I’d like someone who wants to get into the nuts and bolts of it. If I find the right person, I’ll send them to bicycle mechanic’s school so they can do all the maintenance. And then teach them everything you need to know so you can go out and make money. I’m working on a pedicab app, so people can find me, and eventually I’d like to have the batteries charged by solar. Hopefully, it really blossoms and evolves.

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Heard&Seen ▶ Multiple Rotary presidents, The Rotary Club of Ithaca is pleased to welcome its new presidents for the 2015-2016 year. With a creative twist, the club is trying a new approach: five past club presidents have formed a leadership team informally called the Gang of Five. The group is comprised of Jean McPheeters, James Brown, Brian Wilbur, Janet Steiner, and Jim Johnston. Together, they will share responsibility for leading the club and its initiatives during the next year. ▶ Top Stories on the Ithaca Times website for the week of July 1-7 include: 1) When Hell Was in Elmira: Civil War Prison Camp 150 Years Later 2) Spencer Man Charged with Harassment for Grabbing 74-Year-Old Woman 3) Groton Grads Break Away 4) Softball Tournament Remembers Taylor Kern 5) Candor Grads Look to Road Ahead For these stories and more, visit our website at www.ithaca.com.

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Hancock St. project has now been We believe that the four-story buildings characterized by both the Ithaca that require a six-and-a-half-foot Journal and the Ithaca Voice as a “Fall height variance are in keeping with Creek neighborhood project,” even the character of the neighborhood as though it is in the Northside Triangle envisioned in the 2001 neighborhood neighborhood. The Northside, which plan, and we would like to point out runs east to the Cascadilla Creek, is that four-story buildings a neighborhood with a are already allowed in the different flavor than Fall “We imagine current zoning. INHS is Creek. It is a neighborhood we are proud to call home. It 210 Hancock as requesting an additional is not Fall Creek, and we do height an anchor for a six-and-a-half-foot not aspire to be Fall Creek. variance because of the thriving urban parking garage on the We would like to suggest that instead, we neighborhood.” first floor and the fact that the project is located on look at what the Northside a flood plain, requiring neighborhood aspires to be. the first floor to be three In 2001, fourteen years ago, and a half feet above Common Council passed grade. As to the question of density, this a resolution directing the Department project appears to be a relatively minor of Planning and Development to deviation from what already exists in work with neighborhood residents to the neighborhood, with 23.6 units per facilitate a neighborhood-based plan. acre compared to Cascadilla Green next The city’s planning department should be commended for a job well done. Over door that has 20 units per acre. Making the building four stories rather than the next two years they sought input three stories will increase the number from hundreds of Northside Triangle of permanently affordable apartments residents to create a collective vision so desperately needed in this city. We for the neighborhood that called for would like to see at least 40 percent of expansion of neighborhood retail, more those apartments be reserved for people diversity, and more affordable, mixedeligible for Section 8 housing. income housing.

Further, we believe the IURA and We, as Northside neighborhood the City of Ithaca should stipulate that residents, still support this vision. a living wage be paid and local labor be We imagine the 210 Hancock St. used in the construction of this project. as an anchor for a thriving urban neighborhood with more quality, continued on page 7 affordable apartments, more ethnic

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Each time Obamacare survives another attack, split a bottle of Chardonnay with a 25-year-old still on her parents’ medical insurance. Gloat.

On every occasion a person whose chances of winning are less than yours declares their intention to run to be Republican candidate for president, drink a Coors Light. (Sorry, rules are rules.)

Whenever a new country recognizes same-sex marriage, mix yourself a Cosmopolitan. Do this whenever you hear the news, regardless of the time of day.

Every single time a grit-eating yahoo on the news argues that the Confederate flag is merely a symbol of pride in his or her Southern heritage, have a dipperful of moonshine. Speculate out loud about displaying a swastika as a symbol of pride in your German heritage.

When listening to NPR, partake of a glass of sherry whenever a public radio employee pronounces ‘schedule’ like shhhedule.’ Switch to a station that plays exclusively Taylor Swift songs and Zoom Tan commercials.

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Even though marriage equality has been the law of the land in New York for four years, the new Supreme Court ruling will still affect New York residents. Prior to the recent decision—Obergefell v. Hodges— same sex couples faced some risks when traveling, as their marriages were only recognized in some states.

Joanne Cipolla-Dennis, a Freeville resident, said that’s something that she and her wife Deborah have needed to be cognizant of. Joanne explained, “Two years ago, my nephew died suddenly and he lives in North Carolina, so we had to go to the funeral in North Carolina. We had to call our lawyer and get an appointment with her to draw up papers to take them with us so if we were hurt in an accident those papers would be available for those protections.”

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Every time EPA finds more lead in the Ithaca Falls Gorge, consume a flagon of mead.

Whenever the Commons Grand Opening date gets pushed back, go there and order the drink of your choice at a bar within one block of the construction site.

Concede that it’s starting to look pretty good. Bonus drinks may be had.

Grab a drink, just anything, because you remembered that a sizeable asteroid, maybe a couple miles across, that nobody even saw coming, could wipe us all out with essentially no notice at all.

Whenever somebody denies that humans influence the planet’s climate, throw a shot at them. Then drink one yourself.

Go anywhere that people are. Every time a human being uses a word other than “awesome” to describe something good, crack open a bottle of champagne and chug the contents. Assume an air of awesomeness while doing so.

If you overhear a teacher singing the praises of Andrew Cuomo, open a craft distillery overlooking any of the Finger Lakes and guzzle all of your product as it comes off the line.

Every time Ithaca cracks a ‘top ten’ list, no matter how ridiculous, drink.

Whenever a Northside employee or any bartender says, “Back for more?” or calls you by name, take a sip of “coffee” from your travel mug and wink. •

would allow a same sex spouse to visit.

Luca Maurer, director of the Center for LGBT Education, Outreach, and Services and Ithaca College, said that there are other important rights that same sex couples had to worry about while traveling. He said, “If you’re crossing state borders and you have your children and your marriage isn’t recognized, you lose your ability to act on your children’s behalf, to be recognized as their legal guardian. That’s a big deal.”

Another obvious concern was the ability to obtain healthcare coverage.

While that might not seem relevant in a state where same sex marriage was already legal, Maurer explained that it was: “In today’s global society you might work for a company in New York, and it might be a multinational company, and they might be incorporated in a different state, and they wouldn’t extend health insurance to same sex couples.”

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f a stranger to Ithaca’s only knowledge of this city’s inhabitants came from sitting in on the planning board’s meeting on June 23, she would have tales to tell at home of a people devoted to the sun, whom, perhaps, burn candles to Ra or to Helios, the Greek Titan who drags sunlight over the world each day behind his chariot.

For it was a meeting devoted in large part to sciophobia, the fear of shadows. The shadows will be from buildings not yet constructed, but could block out the sun’s rays, so precious in this northern clime.

The third-floor meeting room was quite full, with most there to protest against the four-story building proposed for development at 210 Hancock Street. There, where now sits an empty grocery store, Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services (INHS) plans to put a 50-plus-unit building with three first-floor retail spaces and three floors of apartments, and behind it a dozen for-sale townhouses.

The question before the board was a non-binding recommendation to the board of zoning appeals about whether the apartment building should get a variance to have an extra six feet of height over the 40-foot cap. When the question appeared in May at a planning board meeting, only two people spoke out against the building, with many more showing up in support of the affordable housing development. (See “Hancock Project Still Has Nay-Sayers,” June 3 Ithaca Times). At the recent June meeting only two people spoke out for the project, with nine speaking against and a couple others providing occasional derisive chuckles when INHS project managers spoke to make their feelings known.

The opposition feeling about the public meetings held last fall and winter by INHS was summed up by one speaker, who said the only local input “was the shell game of rearranging those buildings on the lot” with everyone trying to move the apartments furthest from their house and out of the sun’s way.

City Chief of Staff Kevin Sutherland was one of the two to speak in support; he told the board that as a longtime Fall Creeker he often shopped at the P&C Fresh and then the Neighborhood Pride, but that having restaurants and perhaps a convenience store in the proposed retail space there sounded good to him.

Choking up at the end of his three minutes, Sutherland said “If this isn’t the sort of project the city and the advisory board can support, I don’t know what is.”

Those speaking against the project expressed their concern about the “character of the neighborhood” becoming corrupted with the 65,000 square-foot building’s completion, perhaps turning the Northside into a “Collegetown-like series of canyons.” Many cited the city’s draft of the comprehensive plan, which has Northside

listed as medium density, with 10 to 20 units per acre, as policy that should be considered a negative for the INHS proposal.

Increased traffic was a concern for Robert Gaylor, a Willow Avenue resident who has a three-year-old child.

“People fly down our streets as it is.

This means that many more pizza delivery drivers,” Gaylor said. “I want to let my child ride bikes in the street … What’s the economic plan that says it has to be four stories? Why can’t it be three stories?”

Cutting the project down a size or two was also supported by Matt Ryan, who was mayor of Binghamton from 2006 to 2014. He cited a student housing project proposed there during his tenure that was “chopped in half ” and still made its money when it was built.

The board’s responses to comment were all supportive of the project, which they unanimously recommended to zoning appeals’ consideration. Board chair Garrick Blalock asked people to consider the counterfactual of what else might be built at the site; C.J. Randall refuted claims that public transit access wasn’t adequate at the site by telling people there are 14 TCAT stops within a quarter-mile; and John Schroeder reiterated his favor for the plan to turn a block of Lake Avenue into park space.

If the 210 Hancock project gets its zoning variance, it will be again before the planning board on July 28 and there will also be a process to discontinue Lake Avenue that needs board of public works and Common Council approval.

After the 210 Hancock discussion ended, the room mostly cleared so that the board could state its opposition to the current state of another project.

When local planner Scott Whitham showed them renderings of the 120-foot building proposed for the Trebloc site at State and Aurora streets, there was great consternation about putting the surrounding streets into darkness.

“When the street’s that narrow, to go up that tall, it doesn’t work,” Jack Elliott said. “It makes an inhumane urban condition. To arbitrarily say, ‘Let’s put 12 floors there,’ I don’t see logically where that’s coming from.”

The sheer wall of the proposed building, except for an opening into a courtyard on Green Street, seemed the biggest bugaboo for the board, besides concern that it might put the east end of the Commons into a constant morning shadow.

“It needs a modulation of volume to break it down into Ithaca-sized chunks,” Elliott said of the project. “I supported that zoning change [to a 120-foot height restriction], but I was envisioning multiple buildings there. One whole volume for a block is overwhelming for the city of Ithaca.”

The one project praised effusively by the board was John Novarr’s new six-story building on Dryden Road near College Avenue, former site of the Royal Palms.

The plan is to lease it to Cornell for use in its Executive Education program; the project fits within all zoning requirements, including the 80-foot height restriction,

Rendering of four-story buildings on Hancock and First streets .

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architect Alan Chimacoff said, with the intention to start construction this fall.

“I think it’s spectacular,” Blalock said, a sentiment echoed around the room.

The most striking feature of the building is a three-story atrium with glass facing Dryden Road, a design certain to let in the sun all day long. • —Josh

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said that overall there are 1,138 privileges that marriage provides at the federal level and another 700-some at the state level.

That includes everything from the ability to transfer a lobstering license to right to remains.

“We’re talking about things from the rather obscure to the heartbreaking,” Maurer said.

For the Cipolla-Dennises, those considerations actually made a difference in terms of where they could decide to live. A few years ago, the couple considered moving due to concerns about the possibility of fracking. Joanne said, “We needed to find places that recognized our marriage and any place that didn’t wasn’t even in our consideration.” By way of example, she noted, “If I moved to Texas before the ruling, I would have had to revert to my maiden name. I would have had to call my mother-in-law to make decisions for my wife’s healthcare.”

In celebration of the fact that same sex couples now have 1,138 less things to worry about, the Cipolla-Dennises have been hard at work organizing a celebration planned for Thursday, July 9 at Stewart Park. Joanne said, “The event at Stewart Park is part of a national day of celebration on the freedom-to-marry ruling. It takes place all over the country, T

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“One of the things is that this is about community unity. This is not something just for gay people,” said Joanne. She added, “I hate the phrase ‘gay marriage.’

I did not gay marriage my wife. I just married her. This is marriage equality.” • —Keri

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We, the people who live, work and worship in the Northside Triangle neighborhood, are in full support of the Ithaca Neighborhood Housing 210 Hancock Street project. We do not feel that the height of the building will detract from the neighborhood. Further, we do not believe that parking is going to be the problem that those opposed are making it out to be. It is highly likely that a number of the future residents will not have a car and parking spots on the neighboring streets are plentiful. We urge you to approve the zoning variances requested and give your full support to the project.

The Northside United neighborhood children have already given input to INHS regarding the beautiful playground that will be incorporated into the project and we believe that the additional park and greenway along the creek will benefit the entire community.

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It only takes him a few minutes to set up.

Fortified with two pint glasses of ice-cold ginger ale, he and I sit down to talk.

We talk about the blues, the weekly ritual of Blue Monday, guitars, and the musicians who made it happen, both those who are still around playing, and those who aren’t. Thirty-five years is a piece of time, and the list of the dead has gotten longer. B.B. King just passed away, and we talk about him, too.

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve interviewed Panek, but I remember them more as intense conversations, two guitar geeks comparing notes. I met him, bassist Bruce Lockwood, and drummer John Taz Cannon, a.k.a. “The Blue Cats,” at a Christmas party in 1986. I was just a lowly camera operator working at NewsCenter 7, and my boss Julie Fox was dating Lockwood, who might have had the deepest voice I’d ever heard, and was the host of WICB’s Wednesday morning blues radio show, “The Blues Connection.”

(When Lockwood married Fox and left town, Cannon took over the radio show, and then passed it on to Panek, and he’s still running it today.) I saw them play at the Rongo a few months later, and was blown away. To this day I credit Panek as much as Keith Richards for me picking a Fender Telecaster as my first really good electric guitar.

Panek’s pal Glen Phillips gets the credit for founding Blue Monday at the Nines in 1980. As Pete told me when I talked to him about the 30th anniversary, “I moved out here in October of ’82,” he said, “so it was already a goin’ proposition.” It must have taken off because Dickey Betts and Butch Trucks and Jimmy Hall showed up to jam at the second anniversary. As Panek recalled, “Dickey Betts got mad because one of the pizza drivers beat him at pool. Y’know? He’s a short guy, too. He 8 The I thaca Times / July

P e t e Pa n e k at t h e s i t e o f B l u e M o n d ay. ( P h o t o : B r i a n A r n o l d) was mad! Since then, Glenn moved, and we took over the reins, with a couple little, little times off, but pretty much an ongoing thing since 1980.” The blues jam at the Nines is the longest running blues jam in any Ivy League town.

Summer in a college town is a slower, smaller experience. I’m not sure Pete would appreciate me saying this, but by the time the band has played its opening set and I’ve unpacked my new Squier Strat for the first jam set of the night, we’re playing for the bartender, the wait staff and a couple of bass players’ girlfriends. It doesn’t matter. We’re there for the music and the fun. I always say 15 minutes onstage is better than 10 rehearsals. Panek is a great host, and his playing is so good, it makes you raise your game.

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more than a few folks there to hear it.

Pete Panek: So here we are. One more time. I feel like we just did this.

Ithaca Times: This is at least the third time we’ve talked, and we’ve covered a lot of ground. But there’s always more to talk about. I think for me, the whole blues thing started with reading about guys like Stevie Ray Vaughn, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton and Robert Cray in ‘80s guitar magazines. It was the only place where you could find out what guitars they played, and what amps they used. And most of them played Fender Stratocasters, and I never found a Strat-style guitar that I liked until a few years ago.

PP: Yeah, it was fun to do, but when you’ve been doing it as long as I have, it’s like, “How does it sound? How does it feel?”

I don’t care how it looks.

IT: To me, it’s like a painter who hasn’t

bought a brush in years, because he keeps his brushes clean.

PP: You know, I’m still learning.

But I’m a pretty good player these days. [laughs]. But the whole thing with the blues in general is “What’s the song about?”

People lose track of it. Some of the best blues records ever recorded didn’t even have solos, okay? Guys a little younger than me didn’t get it. They’re still thinking it’s Stevie Ray Vaughn and Hendrix. But there’s a whole crop of kids in their 20s who are really into goin’ back, they’re into Albert King. It’s a generational thing.

IT: They’re getting it on iTunes and Spotify.

PP: Yeah, well, you get those iTunes soloists, too. It’s like, a lot of guys can play single notes, but they can’t play chords for crap. It’s just bar chords: Ehhh!

IT: I always thought the secret

challenge was to play good, creative rhythm for the other guy. So many guys obsess over their leads, and their rhythm has no flair or cool syncopation. I say to them, “Work on your rhythm, because what are you gonna play when the other guy is soloing?”

PP: Well, now, these kids, I can say Jimmy Rogers [June 3, 1924 – December 19, 1997] was in Muddy Waters’ classic band. He played filigrees, not full chords, intervals and stuff. You don’t know it’s there, but it’s there. I’ve been in a threepiece band for a long time, so I’ve got that down, y’know? I know how to comp for myself.

IT: Or hearing Keith Richards and Ron Wood weaving in and out like they do.

PP: The thing with local blues bands C u r r e n t i n c a r n at i o n o f t h e B l u e C at s w i t h B i l l B e n s o n o n as they come and go, I have a problem …

B a s s a n d B a r ry M i l l e r o n D ru m s . ( P h o t o : B r i a n A r n o l d) it must come from not playing a lot. They get up there onstage, and they’ve played home run, it sounded like a jet comin’ over, had that “big balls” voice, and he didn’t say every note they know in the first song. And because of the crowd cheerin’. It was a loft much, but when it he did, it was usually that’s it! See ya later! And they don’t have over a marzipan factory for 150 bucks; that hilarious and right on point. He had that nothing in reserve. Some guy came the was the going rate for everything. I’ll never voice when he was a kid? other night, we had a really good crowd PP: Yeah! He was a great counterpoint eat almonds again. And we lived there for at the Dock, and you get these weekend to me, because he was a Taurus, and I’m an three or four years, and we had rehearsals, warriors, it’s like, “You don’t make enough Aquarius. His wife Julie was an Aquarius, we started gigging out. money playing, and it’s like, “We’re talking and he knew how to handle our quirkiness.

One of my first gigs was opening for about art, not a bunch of money. And He was a Taurus: solid. We played together Segal Schwall and “Hound Dog” Taylor. you’re all just gonna do Stevie Ray Vaughn for 23 years, man. With Taz, we have We called ourselves Hot Bottom, and we and ‘Mustang Sally’ anyway. Get up off it.” were playing out a lot. We were playing five another band together. Owners love us The best compliment is when someone ‘cause it takes us 10 minutes to set up and or six nights a week, back when it was 10 can’t tell the originals from the covers I’m eight minutes to tear down. It sounds p.m. till two in the morning. Jerry Garcia doin’. They say to me, “Is that a Muddy good, and we know how to play quiet. used to say, if you can do that for five or Waters song?” “I wrote that.” “What about That comes from doing it a lot. And [the six months, you can play anywhere. You’ve that?” “That’s a Muddy Waters song.” radio show] “Blues Progressions” has been done it all.

IT: I want to talk about some of the Then we all moved to Ithaca. And then handed down from Glenn to Bruce to Blue Cats that aren’t with us anymore, like Glenn decided he’d had enough. He moved Taz to me. Ricky Milton keeps asking me, Bruce. I know you guys were old friends.

“What are we going to do, man, when we to Jersey. That’s when me and Bruce and PP: I went to the School of the finally give it up?” And I’m like, “I don’t [drummer] Tom Lenahan decided to keep Art Institute of Chicago. And in my know, man.” going as a trio. We left the blues behind sophomore year, Glenn Davis IT: Since we spoke was a freshman there. As usual, last, your bass player John we were hanging out in art Bruno died, and your class, talking about music. And keyboard player Lenny he found out that I was really Silver retired. And just a interested in the blues, and he few weeks ago, B. B. King had a band. And we hung out also passed on. I’m so glad for about a semester or so, and I got to see him live at the he taught me—I literally didn’t Strand in 1980. know what I was doing, but I PP: You know, it’s was playing leads. I didn’t know like I knew him my whole anything about chords. In fact, life. It was sad, you could I had my guitar totally tuned see it coming. But the wrong. So he really taught me guy made such a huge an E chord and said, “You’re a difference. He really broke fast learner.” it through, I remember Him and Bruce went to the first time he played B l u e c at s i n 2 0 1 0 : Ta z C a n n o n a n d J o h n B ru n o . high school together. We used on the Johnny Carson (A r c h i v e P h o t o) to rehearse in this theater in the show, “The Thrill is Gone.” round, and Mitzi Gaynor would And all of us white blues be there, the Temptations would be there. guys were like, “All right, we made it!” So and started doing rock n’ roll. We called Every once in a while, the bands that were God bless him, I can’t say enough about ourselves “The Guise.” We were doing with them—top-notch guys—would come him. I saw him a couple times in Chicago half blues and half Nick Lowe and Elvis in and actually jam with us. They would early on. I saw him open for Janis Joplin, Costello stuff: “I Knew The Bride (When always say, “You gotta learn to play slower. and there was a riot because it was 1969, She Used to Rock and Roll),” “Crawling When you play a slow blues, that’s when and it was hot, and there was hippies and Through the Wreckage.” Dave Edmunds you made it!” When Mitzi Gaynor came bikers and Ripple and reds. Not a good was our hero. Then Blue Monday stopped out in a flesh-colored body suit, you were combination. They didn’t have rock ‘n’ roll for a little while and people said, “You like “WAAAH!” [at the venue] for five years, and when they oughta do that again.” We called ourselves A friend turned us onto a loft that was Pete Panek and the Crazy Cats for one gig. did, it was Loggins and Messina. [laughs] comin’ up for rent; it was on the North Of course, Bruce passed away, and that was Hardly Joplin and King. But he ain’t going Side of Chicago, really near Wrigley Field. anywhere. We’ll be listening to his stuff a drag.

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know, I know. Guys talking about guitars. Boys with toys. Girlfriends and wives are rolling their eyes right now. If you’re not a guitar geek, feel free to read something else. But for you guitar freaks, herein Pete Panek talks about his beloved Fender Telecasters, amp chat and why you need a really good axe if you’re gonna play.

IT: I wanted to ask you about your gear. I’ve bought a bunch of guitars and amps and toys in the last few years, but I’ve never seen you play anything but your Telecaster.

PP: Well, the Tele I’ve been playing pretty much for 40 years. I bought it used in Chicago for 150 bucks, and whoever had it before me was trying to copy the Fender Thinline model that came out that year, in ’72.

IT: The one with the F-hole?

PP: It didn’t have the F-hole. This was a solid body. But he gouged it out and put in the two humbuckers.

I didn’t know this till way later. I just knew when I went and got it, the price [was right] and it sounded great, and that’s all I cared about, y’know? It was a keeper. And that was it, y’know? I didn’t need another guitar.

I got that extra Fender Tele that somebody bought for me, it’s always good to have a back-up if you break a string, but I don’t even break strings anymore. Anyway, finally the old Tele bit it. The pick-up went out, for a while the toggle switches weren’t doing anything. So I saw where they reissued the ’72 Thinline. And I tried it, and that was it. I was like, [regarding the old Tele], “Well, you’ve been a good old wagon, but you broke down”, but the new one, just out of the box, I didn’t have to do anything to it.

The old one died on New Year’s Eve. [laughs] That old Tele went out.

It’s still in the back of my car, pouting.

As far as amps, I’m totally enamored with the Fender Frontman series, which they have just discontinued, so I got the last couple of ‘em. I had that [Fender] Deluxe for years, but I didn’t ever use it, it was too loud. 25 watts is enough for our application, but 99 percent of the time, you’re playing small venues; 25 watts is fine.

IT: Do you have an acoustic guitar?

PP: Oh, I just bought a beautiful small Taylor. I had an Ovation, but it never made it, the Celebrity model. I played it for three or four years.

IT: I bought one of those, but it had this “V”-shaped neck that hurt my fingers, my hand, my wrist, my arm …

PP: - … I realized I needed a wider neck …

IT: … This weird V-neck …

PP: Yeah, I tried the Taylor and it was like, “Yes.” It’s a beautiful thing, and I keep it at home. It’s small, but it’s electric. To all up and coming guitarists, get the best guitar you can afford, because it really makes a difference. §

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“The donations Anne launched have ranged from a GoFundMe $5 to $500, and campaign on June the sources have 19 to help pay for varied as widely; a spleen removal contributors have surgery Toast been friends I’ve underwent and known since chemotherapy kindergarten, treatments that relatives, and people started on July 3.

I’ve never met.

“She started The generosity and acting kind of sick Anne Buglione and Toast (Photo: Josh Brokaw) support everyone the first week in has shown has been June,” Buglione said, astonishing.” “and I brought her Buglione and Toast have been together into a vet here on a Saturday and told them since Anne’s sophomore year of high I thought I felt a mass in her abdomen. school, when she drove nine hours to They said we could get an ultrasound Pennsylvania to get her and named the the following Monday, and I asked to bloodhound Toast “because I thought she get radiographs that day to get more looked like a burnt piece of toast.” information about where the [mass] could “I always wanted a bloodhound be. We knew something was there, and it because I couldn’t look at them without seemed pretty clear it had to come out.” smiling—just look at this face,” Buglione Buglione took Toast to the Animal said, while gathering Toast’s jowls. “She’s Specialty Center in Yonkers for the surgery very playful, very engaged, she’s always and a biopsy, where she’s worked with been a very present dog. She peopleveterinary neurologist Richard Joseph since she was 18. There were two masses on watches through the windows and hangs out on the deck and watches birds … when Toast’s liver that could have been benign, her wrinkles aren’t covering her eyes.” but the results showed the bad news.

Buglione grew up in Westchester “My next step was to decide about County surrounded by animals, “everything chemotherapy,” Buglione said. “It was except snakes,” she said. “We had birds, difficult with her still recovering from parakeets, a pair of finches who laid eggs, surgery to decide if I wanted to put her and then we had a ton of finches. Turtles, through chemotherapy. I wanted to see her growing stronger and getting better, though rats, mice, newts, lizards, geckos, hamsters … we 12 rabbits at one point, they started I knew cancer was in her I also knew there out as two. I’m quoted as saying, ‘Look, were risks associated with chemo.

Mommy, they’re playing choo choo trains.’”

“This is a scary diagnosis,” Buglione This experience, “no matter what continued, “but she doesn’t know her happens to Toast,” will be something diagnosis, she doesn’t understand, so the Buglione looks back on as she enters a burden of fear and decision making is on career in animal medicine. me. I have to act in her best interests. I “It’s not just treating a dog or a cat. You want to give her the happiest, longest, most can be in an exam room and have a crying dignified life. That was always my goal 6 year old with their mother, and everyone before this diagnosis. And how to do that wants the animal to get better. It’s an effort when you can’t predict the future or know to heal everyone—not just the sick animal how she would respond to drugs is very challenging—and the finances complicate it in front of you, it’s the whole family, and it’s your job to take care of all of them.” even further.”

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Fantasy and drama reign at Cornell Plantations B y Wa r r e n G r e e n w o o d The Ithaca Shakespeare Company Stages A Midsummer Night’s Dream & Henry IV at the Cornell Plantations

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t is summer once again in Ithaca.

For me, the most wonderful things in summer are the performances of the Ithaca Shakespeare Company at the Cornell Plantations. And, this summer, the Ithaca Shakespeare Company (ISC) is staging A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Henry IV. The Ithaca Times film critic Bryan VanCampen (who is appearing in both productions) told me that these are the two most popular of the Bard’s plays. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the most popular play in our 21st century era. And Henry IV was the most popular play in Shakespeare’s era.

(Spawning a sequel, Henry IV, part 2, a bit like, say, Godfather 2. And the wildly popular character Sir John Falstaff, introduced in Henry IV, appeared in The Merry Wives of Windsor, a bit like a popular TV character being spun off into a new series.)

In Shakespeare scholar Harold Bloom’s book Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, Bloom maintains that Hamlet and Falstaff are Shakespeare’s greatest characters. And, writing of Midsummer Night’s Dream, he maintains that Nick Bottom, the weaver (who is given that donkey head by Puck) is also one of Shakespeare’s greatest characters. (I’m still processing that. I’ve always thought of Nick Bottom as one of Shakespeare’s funniest characters.)

In any event, because of their popularity, I think of this summer’s offering as “The People’s Shakespeare.”

The most important thing the Reader needs to know about Henry IV … is that it is part of a series of historical plays that, taken together, form a meta-narrative. (Think of it as

a mini-series of the era.)

There are eight plays in the series: Richard II, Henry IV, parts 1 and 2, Henry V, Henry VI, parts 1,2, and 3, and Richard III. ISC Artistic Director Stephen Ponton, who is a Shakespeare scholar, has cut and condensed them into five plays, one for each king. And the ISC will be performing that five-play cycle as a two-year undertaking, running from February 2015 to November 2016.

(And it is worth noting that the idea to do the meta-play cycle was to commemorate some Shakespeare anniversaries: 2014 was the 450th anniversary of the Bard’s birth, and 2016 is the 400th anniversary of his death.)

And, once again, it is worth noting that, even though (with the exception of Richard III) these history plays are not frequently performed in our era, they were, in Shakespeare’s time, his most popular plays.

As Ponton wrote in the Richard II playbill: “Shakespeare’s cycle of history plays may be his greatest single achievement. Taken together they form an astonishing epic adventure that can rival any modern fantasy or adventure epic—and was a major inspiration for most of them.”

Indeed, Ponton has called Shakespeare’s cycle “The Original Game of Thrones.”

And Ponton has added subtitles to the works: Richard II: The Death of Kings, Henry IV: Banish All the World, Henry V: The Port of Mars, Henry VI: A Tiger’s Heart, and Richard III: The Winter of Our Discontent.

Which has a poetry I like.

• • • I visited the Cornell Plantations for a rehearsal of Henry IV on June 29. The Cornell Plantations are like Heaven only with mosquitoes.

And it was Sword Fighting Day. There is a lot of swordplay in Henry IV.

There was a massive amount of sword fighting on stage with multiple characters, coached by Fight Choreographer Nick Shuhan (who also plays Prince Hal, Henry IV’s feckless, alcoholic son who will become Henry V).

And they were using real swords. Michael Donato, the actor playing Henry IV let me heft one. They are heavy, massive steel things.

(They don’t have sharpened, razor edges on them, thank God, but otherwise they are the real things. You could poke somebody’s eye out with one of these.)

Then the cast split, and Assistant Director Amina Omari worked on the rebel camp scenes in a forest glade, and Director Ponton worked on the comic tavern scenes with Falstaff and Hal and company on the main stage.

The great comic character Falstaff is played by a young actor named Dan Kiely who is perfect for the part. Kiely is a large, economy pack-sized actor, toweringly tall and of impressive girth, and plays the iconic Falstaff with a full-tilt-boogie comic vigor. (This was my introduction to Falstaff onstage and a very appealing one.)

Hanging around backstage over the evening … I managed to get a bit of director Steve Ponton’s time. Speaking of his characterization of Shakespeare’s history plays as The Original Game of Thrones he said: “It’s only half a joke. They really are the Elizabethan era equivalent of something like Game of Thrones. And if you are familiar with the history plays and modern epics like Game of Thrones, you can see that Shakespeare’ works were a major influence on them.”

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his is an extraordinarily lovely show and not to be missed.

This is a collection of Chinese and Japanese art … antique and vintage wood block prints and original watercolors from the collection of Susan

Titus and Matthew J. Peterson at the Titus Gallery on the Ithaca Commons.

The work is contemplative … a vision of a quiet, mellow, magical Lost World.

The works are all delicately beautiful … but I’ll focus on a few of the ones I really love …

Lying By Anchor at Water Town, (wood block print), Zhu Ming: This is a 1981 wood block … but it looks like it could have been done in 1881. We see a little harbor … with beautiful Asian trees … and a handful of buildings lost in the foliage. The buildings have those upturned Asian roof gables that look like some kind of otherworldly fantasy buildings … and oculus windows … round with those wonderful Chinese patterns in them.

A charming, high, stone bridge arches over the water of the bay, and there are little houseboats in the water. The oculus windows and the windows of the boats are lit, softly glowing in the night. There is a pale, full moon … birds flocking in the distance … and moonlight glittering on

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Ranges of Creation

Many Varying Forms in Mixed Media Showcase

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cademic is an art historical pejorative, a reference to the official art of the national Academies, considered retrograde after modernism.

But the term can be used more broadly, to any form of art that operates under stilted norms. Paradoxically, today’s academicism presents itself as the opposite, shunning technical mastery and sporting (now clichéd) anti-establishment postures.

Featuring nine artists “based in and around Ithaca,” the Johnson Museum’s large summer exhibit “Locally Sourced” is academic in two senses. Selected by the museum’s contemporary curator Andrea Inselmann, it includes painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, and video.

Mara Baldwin is the director of IC’s Handwerker Gallery. Her small works on paper fill a room, grouped into various projects that explore her oft-eccentric interests: utopian literatures, feminism, and domesticity, pattern, and decoration.

Baldwin’s black-and-white ink drawings can be compelling, if twee. Less so is her work with watercolor and collage. I have yet to be

convinced by her work in fabric sculpture.

Here we have Nothing to Oppose, to Struggle with, to Conquer, a deconstructed wedding quilt that fails to bear its metaphorical weight as a statement in favor of marriage equality.

Melissa Zarem was part of “First Person, Twice Removed,” a memorable three-person show at the Handwerker a couple years back, Baldwin’s first and best curatorial effort there. Her drawn and painted abstractions on paper are as vivacious as titles like Amorous Heliotrope and Beetles Prosody suggest. Wingbeat is a standout here, with solid blocks of color and a three-dimensional feel that suggest Zarem has been looking at the work of contemporary architectural fantasist Julie Mehretu.

Gail Fitzgerald and Ann Reichlin are showing abstract sculpture that is seriouslooking yet somehow slight. Fitzgerald’s wall-mounted painted plaster boxes have a disarming friendliness, while Reichlin’s drawings and assemblies of construction materials have a sketchy feel that make one long for her more considered work.

There’s a weird bifurcation in contemporary video art: between the selfconsciously lyrical and the self-consciously crass. Me, I prefer Joshua Bonetta’s beautiful and contemplative work to Michael Robinson’s bombastic pop-culture montage.

Strange Lines and Distances is a halfhour meditation on the intimate and the Wingbeat by Melissa Zarem (Photo Provided) sublime, both natural and man-made. A twochannel installation shot linen, and panel. Filled with imagery taken on 16-millimeter color film, the piece is from the “print media” of the ‘70s and a homage to radio inventor Guglielmo ‘80s, they are nothing if not ironic: liquor Marconi. One channel features shots glasses, a television, a crashed car, mockfrom Poldhu Cove, England, where he lyrical nature scenes . . . and so on. Lest the first transmitted; the other moves about viewer be tempted by the seductions of her the reception site at Fever Hospital in St. Johns, Newfoundland. This juxtaposition of technique, text paintings bearing banal selfhelp messages uphold the proper academic distant spaces serves as a metaphor for the rectitude. miracle of wireless.

“Prepare to be underwhelmed,” reads A skillful but incessantly droll one of Brack’s paintings, helpfully if a bit photorealist oil painter, Leslie Brack has belatedly.

Well, yes. But the advantage shown at the Johnson before. Her work of a carefully arranged but indifferently here includes watercolors as well as a series selected show like this one is that it forces of paint altered LP album covers, the latter the attentive viewer to make some choices, debasing her technique to level of a crude to try and figure out what they stand up for.

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The Funk Will Be With You Large Band brings Big Energy and Big Fun

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Do you and Big Mean have any plans to hold it down all night? ig Mean Sound Machine is on fire.

Angelo Peters: Our goal is for Coming off the heels of an exciting Thursday; that’s the only set where we’re spring tour, the past few months have seen the 12-person ensemble holding actually going to be able to rage late into the night. We’re going to have to be up down stages in Burlington, Brooklyn, early on Saturday morning since we have and Pittsburgh, but this summer, they’ve returned to beautiful upstate New York to a set at 12:30, which sucks. We’re going to make the rounds at local hot-spots to give try to hold the Thursday set and not start until everything else has ended. We’re their committed fan base the funky jams hoping to get a bunch of friends on stage we’ve all come to know and love. with us and be raging hopefully until 4 This Thursday July 9, they’ll gather or 5 in the morning, We’re really pumped downtown under the State Street Theater we’ve got multiple sets at Grassroots, but for the latest in the CFCU Downtown I just don’t know how we’re going to be Summer Concert Series.

While the Machine has been rather quiet in the studio this past year, they’ve been making plenty of noise on tour. Fresh new jams have found a regular place in their live sets.

Songs like “Burning Van” have Big Mean Sound Machine (Photo Provided) been crowd pleasers during the last few shows I’ve attended, as fans awake for our Saturday set. eager to hear the next evolution of Big IT: That will be a delightful time.

Mean’s genre-bending sound happily get With a jam-packed upstate summer tour, lost in the rhythms’ warm embrace. what other specific shows are you’re most Just this month, the band unveiled a excited for? reworked cut of their single “Wolfpack,” AP: Well, we’re hosting the first the concluding track on Contraband. annual Big Mean BBQ at the CRAQ Pressed on a sleek ruby-red 7” vinyl, this Barn the 15th of August. We decided to clean 45 boasts a polished, electronic version of the track without sacrificing do a big one-day event, and we’re pretty the time-warping hysteria of the album’s excited because we’ve never really done original. Like a freight train carrying a something like this before, but we’ve been lighter load, the new cut lets the finesse plotting it for years. The CRAQ barn and detail of Big Mean’s musical talents is a good spot to party, but it’s first and shine through, which so often are foremost multiple people’s home and an overlooked in favor of their raw energy, artist space. There’s a lot of creative stuff pace, and stamina. that goes on there, so we want to keep The LP has its sights on the dance it that way: a cool creative space, not a halls of European discotheques, but festival ground. committed fans here in Tompkins County IT: Looking forward, what are the will so too appreciate the reworking, plans for the fall? When’s Big Mean which can only be heard on vinyl: no headed into the studio to release the next online release for the track has yet been album? announced.

AP: For the fall, we’re planning a big The Ithaca Times spoke with Angelo Southern tour around our set at Shakori Peters, the bassist, booking agent, and Hills Grassroots, which is going to take us front man of Big Mean Sound Machine to down through the Carolinas, and Georgia learn more. and Virginia. We’re hoping to release a Ithaca Times: Big Mean Sound new record next spring, which is a little Machine is playing Grassroots on ambitious since we haven’t really started.

Thursday night in the Dance Tent, and But we do have a whole album’s worth I was a little disappointed last year that of new music, so we’re pumped to start music didn’t go till late into the morning. getting the tracks laid down. •

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“My plan,” Jeff told I have been friends with me, “was to go to Monroe Doc Cook since before Jeff Community College in came along, and in fact, Rochester. They are a Doc and I became first-time Division 1 community dads within a few weeks of college, they have players Jeff Cook (Provided) one another. I ribbed Jeff a from out of the country, and little, telling him that being the coach had already come involved with soccer and with the fire down to watch me play.” department reminded me of someone I The night before his senior season was knew. I said, “Well Jeff, I suppose you could, to begin, Cook utterly wrecked his knee. “I if you really tried, find a worse person to tore my ACL, my MCL and my meniscus,” emulate.” Jeff laughed and said, “Yeah, there he said. It was definitely time for Plan B. are definitely worse people.” • Jeff ’s dad, John “Doc” Cook was an Ithaca City Firefighter, one of the local softball league’s best softball players, and the Good Doctor knew his way around a soccer pitch as well. He played the game, coached Jeff ’s youth teams, and became a referee.

Studio of Middle Eastern Dance “I watched my dad officiate games,” Jeff offered, “and he brought me up to see the game from a referee’s perspective.”

Jeff followed through on the plan to go to MCC—studying Physical Education and Exercise Science—and he began to learn the ropes as a soccer referee. He said, “It fit in well … I could do my school work, make some money, and it was a lot easier on my knee. I always wanted to keep going to the next level in soccer, and it was clear that I had a better chance of getting there as a ref.”

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popular character in his own time. He was quoted. He was drawn in illustrations. He was one of the most popular characters of the entire period. Everybody knew him and loved him.

“That’s why there was a sequel to Henry IV… and a spin-off, The Merry Wives of Windsor, which was written specifically to showcase Falstaff in a comic setting.

“And besides Falstaff,” Ponton continued, “Henry IV is one of the most complete plays that Shakespeare ever wrote. You’ve got a lot of comic stuff with Falstaff and Hal in the tavern and the robbery. You’ve got the epic battle sequence where Hal and his opposite number Hotspur fight. And you’ve got the Game of Thrones aspect of the story.

“And then we get the interpersonal stuff between Henry IV and his son Hal who is going to be the next king. They have a really troubled relationship, and it takes the entire play for them to work out their differences and reconcile with each other.

“So it’s got something for everyone.”

And I got to chat with Dan Kiely who plays Falstaff.

Kiely grew up in Rockland County, New York and studied music at Ithaca College where he sang in operas like Aaron Copland’s The Tender Land, an outré version of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado set in outer space, and even an opera of The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Speaking of the iconic Falstaff, Kiely said, “I love the character. I think he gets a bad rap.

“There’s a point where he’s having a conversation with Hal in a tavern, and they are pretending each of them is the king. And he says how he should banish all these other people but for…‘Sweet Jack Falstaff, kind Jack Falstaff, true Jack

Falstaff, valiant Jack Falstaff, and therefore more valiant as he is old, Jack Falstaff ’ – Don’t banish him! ‘Banish plump Jack … and you banish all the world.”

“Granted I don’t believe in thieving… but the drinking, the loving, the general joie de vivre … I think that’s what makes man great.

I suggested, “Or as Walt Whitman said, ‘I am large. I contain worlds.’”

And Kiely said, “Yeah. So, he is a buffoon character. But humanity can be buffoonish.”

“And he is a great, deep complex buffoon,” I said.

“Oh, yes,” Kiely said. “He is the king of his kingdom. And he rules his kingdom with an iron fist and a velvet glove. He makes sure everyone is taken care of—if he has to steal to do that, then he has to do that.”

And at that point Steve Ponton returned and said, “Can I steal him away?” and took Kiely back to work.

• • • I attended a dress rehearsal of A Midsummer Night’s Dream on July 2. You couldn’t find a more appropriate place to stage Midsummer Night’s Dream than the Cornell Plantations on a summer evening.

There were even bits of white fairy fluff floating in the air … and if the fireflies come out for the performances this production is going to be magical.

It was a bit early in the rehearsals to cast judgment on the production … but it seemed to me that the company had invented a lot of inspired physical comedy to accompany Shakespeare’s verbal pyrotechnics. In particular, the physical comedy with the young lovers, Hermia and Helena and Lysander and Demetrius was quite remarkable.

But, I am a pushover—did I mention that Midsummer Night’s Dream is my personal favorite of all Shakespeare’s plays?

(I think this is because of my lifelong love of the fantasy genre.)

And, here, the production really delivers.

John Keese (who turned in an amazing performance as Richard II) is perfect as Oberon the Fairy King.

(He looks remarkably like Dream in Neil Gaiman’s Sandman comics.) And Annabelle Beaver, who plays Titania, the Queen of the Fairies, has a regal beauty and bearing that is equally perfect.

But it was the young actresses playing the fairies attending Titania: Brianna Ford, Emily Goodell and Caroline Maloney, that really got me—their dance-like movements, their wonderful eroticism, and especially their otherworldliness. The thing that struck me the strongest was when the cast took a break, and the fairies broke from being fairies and became human beings once again. It was genuinely strange.

(And it struck me forcibly that theatre is a kind of magic.)

Kyle Schantz-Hilton, the actor playing the critical role of Nick Bottom, and his attendant rude mechanicals (performing the play within the play, “The most Lamentable Comedy and most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisbe”) were appropriately boisterous and funny.

And it remains to be seen … if, by show time, they rise to the comic heights inherent in what is arguably Shakespeare’s most sublime comedy.

And if the Theatre-Loving Reader wisely attends a performance of Midsummer Night’s Dream, he or she shall be part of this great theatrical adventure …

Henry IV: July 9, 11, 17, 19, 23, 25.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: July 10, 12, 16, 18, 24, 26. All performances at 6 p.m. in the F.R. Newman Arboretum at the Cornell Plantations, Ithaca, N.Y. For info and advance tickets: ithacashakespeare.org. collection up at the Johnson Museum at Cornell.

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....a stand of bamboo with an impressionist wash of red-violet flowers … and a large, almost abstract expressionist watercolor of cherry blossoms. (In Chinese art, cherry blossoms are traditionally “a representation of feminine beauty and power”.)

These are vintage ink brush paintings on scrolls from China. They go well together.

The bamboo and the cherry blossoms are lighter in tone and approach, fresher, wetter … like watercolors. The tiger is a bit more solid like a colored ink drawing … a beautifully stylized, almost cartooned animal … conveying power, lyricism, and perhaps a touch of humor.

The rock the tiger crouches upon … and the spiky, leafy jungle foliage behind him … have a soft watercolor approach … a lively quality … a green fireworks explosion of life to frame the beautiful black-and-white-and-yellow-orange patterns of the tiger.

And now I must explain why I find them so compelling. They are executed with sparse, fast, spontaneous brushwork … in Western terms it is almost like abstract expressionism. But the Chinese art aesthetic is entirely different … as its purpose is to evoke the natural world (and, in its spontaneity, evoke the Tao).

And it occurs to me how hard it is to write about this art. The aesthetic is so subtle and delicate and, perhaps, alien to Western art. It is frustrating because I love this genre so deeply.

The Reader is really going to have to drop by the Titus Gallery on the Commons and view these works for him or herself. You’ll have to slow down a bit, get into a contemplative frame of mind, and let the noise and tawdry digital banality of 21st century America drop away …

I believe you will find it rewarding.

Chinese & Japanese Art at the Titus Gallery, 222 The Commons, Ithaca continues through July 31. Call 607- 2772649 or visit www.titusgallery.com.

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Music bars/clubs/cafés

7/08 Wednesday

Reggae Night | 9:00 PM-1:00 AM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | I-Town Allstars are the House Band featuring members of: Mosaic Foundation, Big Mean Sound Machine, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, John Brown’s Body and More!

Jam Session | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM | Canaan Institute, 223 Canaan Rd, Brooktondale | The focus is instrumental contra dance tunes. www. cinst.org.

Djug Django | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | Live hot club jazz. i3º | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM | Argos Inn, 408 E State St, Ithaca | Live Jazz: A Jazz Trio Featuring Nicholas Walker, Greg Evans, and Nick Weiser Home On The Grange | 4:00 PM- | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W. Main St., Trumansburg | Mac Benford & Up South, Old-Time, Banjo, Americana, Folk.

7/09 Thursday

Jessie Collins Group | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Quartet led by Saxophone Virtuoso Jessie Collins. Jazz, Funk, Soul, Rock.

Jazz Thursdays | 6:00 PM-7:30 PM | Collegetown Bagels, East Hill Plaza, Ithaca | Enjoy jazz and bagels at CTB. Hoodoo Crossing: Blues, Brews and BBQ | 6:00 PM | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Blues. Rock. Ribs.

Remstar | 6:00 PM | Sunny Days

of Ithaca, 123 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | Classical, Jazz, Improv Piano from Ithaca based Jamaican classical composer DJ Raf | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM | Atlas Bowl, 61 West Main St, Trumansburg | Funk, Disco, Afrobeat. Thursday Vinyl Showcase featuring Local DJ’s & Avid vinyl collectors spinning an array of classic tunes. Every Thursday from 6pm-9pm Jim Hull | 6:00 PM | Silver Line Tap Room, 19 W Main St, Trumansburg | Pop, Standards, Oldies, Country, Singer Songwriter.

7/10 Friday

Tom Weaver | 10:00 PM | Agava, 381 Pine Tree Rd, Ithaca | Acoustic, Alternative, Pop, Rock, Country, Blues.

The Tarps | 9:00 PM | Silver Line Tap Room, 19 W Main St, Trumansburg | Classic Rock.

Mathew Roth | 8:30 PM-11:00 PM | Mystic Water Kava Bar, 109 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | Modern Classical, Ambient Piano.

Contra and Square Dances | 8:00 PM | Great Room at Slow Lane, Comfort & Lieb Rds, Danby | Everyone welcome; you don’t need a partner.

Dances are taught; dances early in the evening introduce the basic figures.

Bring a tasty treat and get in free. For directions/information, call 607-2738678; on Fridays, 607-342-4110.

Not From Wisconsin | 7:00 PM | Cornell Arts Quad, Cornell University, Ithaca | Chamber Folk, Indie Rock, Americana, Folk, Roots, Chamber Pop, Alt Country, Art Rock.

Virgil Cain | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM | Boatyard Grill, 525 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Adult Contemporary, Pop, Rock, New Age. Lily and Matt | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM |

Corks & More Wine Bar, 708 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Jazz duo from Freeville, NY who perform an eclectic mix of songs accompanied by virtuoso nylon string guitar. Jazz standards to quirky modern pop to European ballads. You may hear some Cole Porter, Fiona Apple, Billie Holiday as well as songs in Russian, Spanish, German and French.

Luck Old Sun | 6:00 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Rock, Blues, Funk, Jazz.

Under Construction | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | King Ferry Winery, 658 Lake Rd, King Ferry | Rock, Blues, Country, Golden Age Hits.

The Grady Girls | 5:30 PM-8:30 PM | Felicia’s Atomic Lounge, 508 W State St, Ithaca | Irish Traditional, Old-Time, Folk.

Liz Enwright | 4:00 PM-6:00 PM | Sunny Days of Ithaca, 123 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | Folk, Traveler Music, Singer Songwriter.

7/11 Saturday

Gadje | 10:00 PM | Agava, 381 Pine Tree Rd, Ithaca | Gypsy Rock, World, Alternative.

The Weeping Willards | 9:00 PM-11:59 PM | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | Record Release Party. Rock, Swing, Nu-Old Time, Folk, Pop. Telekinetic Walrus | 9:00 PM | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Funk, Psychedelic, Hip Hop, Trip Hop, Dub, and Bass infused Groove.

5 Mile Drive | 9:00 PM-11:59 PM | Crossroads Bar And Grill, 3120 N Triphammer Rd, Lansing | Rock, Psychedelic, Progressive, Classic Rock, Blues. Hello!

Nines 35th Anniversary Blue Party | 9:00 PM | The Nines, 311 College Ave, Ithaca | Hosted by Pete Panek. Blues, Rock.

Dan Lashkoff’s Birthday Bash: Cat’s Elbow, Furlongs, Naked Barbies | 9:00 PM | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W. Main St., Trumansburg | Power Pop, Folk, Punk, 70’s Rock, Country, Americana, Psychedelic, Roots Rock, Indie. Huge Birthday Bash!

Lora Pendleton | 9:00 PM | Silver Line Tap Room, 19 W Main St, Trumansburg | Singer Songwriter, Folk Rock, Pop, Environment/Nature Rock.

Hank & Cupcakes, Grey Gary, Mr. Boneless, The Ithaca Bottom Boys | 6:30 PM | Chanticleer Loft, 101 W State St, Ithaca | Electro Dance Pop, Drum and Bass, Indie, Pop, Rock, Steam Punk, Country, Folk Rock, Alternative, Hick Hop, Country Folk, Performance Art. Grassanova | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM | Corks & More Wine Bar, 708 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Bluegrass, Americana, Country, Swing.

Black is Green, Maple Hill, Residual Blue | 5:30 PM-9:00 PM | Press Bay Alley, 116 W Green St., Ithaca | Post-Rock, Progressive, Experimental, Indie Punk, Pop Punk, Emo. DJ Uncle Alien’s 80’s Vinyl Dance Party | 1:00 AM | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | Vinyl. New Wave, Synth Pop, Old School Hip Hop, Electronic

Blue Mondays | 9:00 PM | The Nines, 311 College Ave, Ithaca | with Pete Panek and the Blue Cats.

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

7/14 Tuesday

Open Mic | 9:00 PM | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | DJ Freeze: Tipsy Tuesdays | 9:00 PM| Level B Bar Lounge & Dancing, 410 Eddy St, Ithaca | Deep House, Grooves, Electronic. concerts

7/08 Wednesday

Mike G and Left Brain (of Odd Future) | 8:00 PM | Westcott Theater, 524 Westcott St, Syracuse | w/ Dkirk, Dom Cioci, & Alias Mind Gone Tour. Rap, Hip Hop. The Falconers | 7:00 PM | Hickories Park, State Route 17C, Owego | Americana, Indie, Rock.

Kenny Chesney | 7:00 PM | CMAC, Marvin Sands Dr., Canandaigua | The Big Revival Tour with special guests Jake Owen and Chase Rice. New Age Country.

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

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

Smacked Records Hip Hop Showcase: Eyukaliptus, Mr. McBean, Lil Fe, Infamous | 7:00 PM | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca

OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW W/ STURGILL SIMPSON DECEMBERISTS W/ LUCIUS PRIMUS W/ DINOSAUR JR + GHOST OF A SABER TOOTH TIGER BONNIE RAITT W/ RICHARD JULIAN BRAND NEW W/ THE FRONT BOTTOMS + KEVIN DEVINE AND THE GODDAMN BAND BRAND NEW W/ MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA + KEVIN DEVINE AND THE GODDAMN BAND TICKETS: DANSMALLSPRESENTS.COM, THE BREWERY OMMENGANG STORE, THE GREEN TOAD (ONEONTA), & THE STATE THEATRE BOX OFFICE (ITHACA)

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Beverly Stokes | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM | Felicia’s Atomic Lounge, 508 W State St, Ithaca | Singer Songwriter, Folk, Americana, Alternative, Acoustic, Indie.

The Gully Hubbards | 6:00 PM-10:00 PM | Maxie’s Supper Club & Oyster Bar, 635 W State St, Ithaca | Americana, Alt-country, Rock, Folk, Pop. The Pelotones | 4:00 PM-6:00 PM | Americana Vineyards, 4367 E Covert Rd, Interlaken | Jazz, Swing, Old-Time, Blues.

The Alejandro Bernard Trio | 1:00 PM-3:00 PM | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W. Main St., Trumansburg | Jazz Brunch.

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Ben Miller | 12:00 PM-3:00 PM | Moosewood Restaurant, 215 N Cayuga St Ste 70, Ithaca | Jazz piano.

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Yonder Mountain String Band After Party | 11:00 PM | Westcott Theater, 524 Westcott St, Syracuse | w/ Blind Owl Band New York State Blues Festival | 4:00 PM | Clinton Square, Syracuse | Friday: 4:00p Castle Creek; 5:00p Phil Petroff & Natural Fact; 6:15p The Highjivers; 7:30p Danielle Nicole Band; 9:00p The Kingsnakes. Saturday: 1:00p Signature Student Band; 2:00p The Swamp Drivers; 3:15p Los Blancos; 4:30p John Primer; 6:00p The Carolyn Kelly Blues Band with Soul of Syracuse; 7:30p Devon Allman Band; 9:30p Robert Randolph & The Family Band Busy Bird Bluegrass Festival | 10:00 AM, Saturday 7/11 10:00 AM,| 231 Ketchumville Road, 231 Ketchumville Road, Berkshire | Family oriented event featuring Bluegrass music with 14 bands! Food consessions and rough camping available WR2W 2015 Women’s Music Festival | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM | People’s Park, 15 Water St., Seneca Falls | Women’s Right to Rock (Music Festival). July 10, 11, 12. All day events.

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Ithaca Concert Band | 7:00 PM | DeWitt Park | ICB Salutes America. The 80-person band will open the concert with The Stars Spangled Banner, and conclude with Bob Lowden’s “Armed Forces Salute”, the “America the Beautiful”, and its trademark closer, John Philip Sousa’s “The Stars and Stripes Forever”.

CFCU Summer Concert Series | Big Mean Sound Machine | 6:00 PM | In front of The State Theatre, 107 West State St., Ithaca | Afrobeat, Jazz, Funk, Psychedelic. Free Thursday concerts sponsored by CFCU Community Credit Union.

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Flotsam and Jetsam | 7:00 PM | Lost Horizon, 5863 Thompson Rd., DeWitt | With Dead By Wednesday, ERA, Murder In Rue Morgue. Thrash, Death, Groove Metal, Metalcore.

Vaporeyes | 7:00 PM | Funk ‘n Waffles, 727 S Crouse Ave Ste 8, Syracuse | Electronic, Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Jam.

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7/11 Saturday

One More Time | 8:00 PM | Westcott Theater, 524 Westcott Street, Syracuse | Tribute to Daft Punk Peter Frampton and Cheap Trick | 7:30 PM | CMAC, Marvin Sands Dr., Canandaigua | Rock, Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Pop, Power Pop. Taughannock Falls Summer Concert Series: Thousands of One | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM | Taughannock Falls State Park, Bath house stage, Trumansburg | Funk, Soul, Reggae, Hip Hop, Dub, Rock.

7/12 Sunday

James Taylor and His All-star Band | 8:00 PM | CMAC, Marvin Sands Dr., Canandaigua | -H4H13 Busy Bird Bluegrass Festival | 10:00 AM | 231 Ketchumville Road, 231 Ketchumville Road, Berkshire | Family oriented event featuring Bluegrass music with 14 bands! Food consessions and rough camping available

7/14 Tuesday

Breaking Benjamin | 7:30 PM | Tag’s, 2679 Route 352, Big Flats | Six years have passed since Breaking Benjamin released their last album—2009’s Dear Agony—but one listen to their

new album, Dark Before Dawn, and it becomes clear that time away from the music world hasn’t caused them to lose a step.

Terrapin Station- Recreating The Grateful Dead Experience | 6:30 PM | Ellis Hollow Community Center, 111 Genung Road, Ithaca | Grateful Dead covers.

Film Foxy Brown | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, 7/08 Wednesday | BorgWarner Room, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | American blaxploitation film stars Pam Grier who showcases unrelenting sexiness while battling villians. cinemapolis

Friday, 7/10 to Thursday, 7/16.

Contact Cinemapolis for Showtimes Amy | A documentary on the late Singer-Songwriter Amy Winehouse, who died of alcohol poisoning in 2011. | 128 mins R | Dope | Life changed for Malcom, a geek who’s surviving life in a tough neigborhood, after a chance invitation to an underground party leads him and his friends into a Los Angeles adventure. | 103 mins R | Me and Earl and the Dying Girl | A teenage filmmaker befriends a

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classmate with cancer and his life is forever changed. | 104 mins PG-13 | Love & Mercy | In the 1960’s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson loses his grip on reality as he attemps to create his avant-garde pop masterpiece. In the 1980’s he is a confused man under the watch of his therapist. | 120 mins PG-13 | The Wolfpack | Locked away from society at an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Angulo brothers learn about the outside world throuh the films they watch. | 80 mins R | The Overnight | Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the Park inroduces them to a mysterious family of three. A family “playdate” becomes an eventful and complex evening. | 80 mins R | regal theater

Wednesday 7/08 to Tuesday 7/14 Contact Regal Theater Ithaca for Showtimes Magic Mike XXL | It’s been 3 years since Mike Lane’s retirement from stripping. When his old friends and co-workers arrive in town he can’t resist the temptation of his old career. | 115 mins R | Spy | CIA Analyst Susan Cooper is

Press Bay Alley, Friday, July 10, 5:30 p.m.

Ithaca’s sixteenth annual public Art Exhibit starts with an awesome reception featuring amazing local food and drink. The night is followed by performances and featured artists. Live musicians will be stationed at each art space as well. This is an amazing opportunity to glimpse some of the region’s finest artists, craftspeople, musicians, and chefs. So make sure you’re hanging out downtown Friday night.

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Notices Rehearsals for the Dryden Area Intergenerational Band | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 7/08 Wednesday | Dryden United Methodist Church, 2 North St, Dryden | Rehearsals for Band. Concert will be Sunday, August 9, 3 p.m.

Interfaith Climate Action Network: Caring for the Earth | 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, 7/08 Wednesday | Stewart Park, 1 James L. Gibbs Dr., Ithaca | Interfaith Picnic and Meditative Hike, Wednesday

Not From Wisconsin,

Cornell Arts Quad, Cornell University Friday, July 10, 7:00 p.m.

This local 4-piece led by singer-guitarist Dave Yantorno, puts compositions together built on the architecture of Americana and all its attributes. Country, Folk, Blues, Soul, and Eletric Guitar, ebb and flow creating a unique and original sound. You can hear the highways of America rolling by your window as you immerse yourself in the music.

Don’t miss out!

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forced into her first real field work and trys to save and revenge her fellow agents. | 115 mins R | Jurrassic World (3D) | Visitors at the famed theme park run wild when the genetically engineered Indominus Rex and other dinosaurs go on a rampage. | 124 mins PG-13 | Ted 2 | Buddies John (Wahlberg) and Ted (MacFarlane) encounter trouble when the law decides Ted to be a piece of property and not a person. They promptly seek justice with the help from a legendary Civil Rights attorney. | 115 mins R | Terminator Genisys (3D) | When John Conor sends Kyle Reese back to the year 1984 to protect his mother, an unexpected turn of events creates an altered timeline.

Arnold Schwarzenegger returns as a Terminator guardian. | 122 mins PG-13 | Mad Max: Fury Road (3D) | After the collapse of civilization the five wives of a despot join an alliance with a loner and try and escape. | 121 mins R | Max | A dog that helped U.S. Marines in Afghanistan returns to the U.S. and is adopted by his handler’s family after suffering a traumatic experience. | 111 mins PG | Inside Out | Disney Pixar’s new film about a Midwestern girl whose life is turned upside down when she and her

The Addams Family | 7:30 PM, 7/08 Wednesday, 7/09 Thursday, 7/10 Friday, 7/11 Saturday, 7/14 Tuesday, 2:00 p.m. 7/12 Sunday | Cortland Repertory Theatre, Dwyer Memorial Park Pavilion, Preble | Gomez and Morticia Addams are just your everyday, normal parents who love their children as every parent does. But teenage daughter Wednesday is about to rock their world.

She’s fallen in love with a “normal” boy and he and his parents are coming to dinner!

Spring Awakening | 7:30 PM, 7/08 Wednesday 7/09 Thursday, 8:00 p.m.

7/10 Friday, 7/11 Saturday | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | In this electrifying musical, a group of 19th-century German students navigate the highs and lows of self-discovery, love, and loss. The winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, SPRING AWAKENING has redefined contemporary musical theatre. Based on the 1892 Frank Wedekind play which was banned in Germany for two decades after its publication.

The Infernal Machine | 10:00 PM, 7/09 Thursday | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Written by Jean Cocteau, Directed by Paul Bedard.

Occurs under the Hangar Tent, which is transformed into a unique performance venue for each Wedge show. Thursday, July 9th at 10:00pm and Friday, July 10th at 10:30pm Woody Guthrie’s American Song | 7:30 PM, 7/09 Thursday through 7/11 Saturday, 2:00 p.m. 7/12 Sunday | Chenango River Theatre, 991 State Hwy 12 (3 mi S of Greene), Greene | Trampoline Thursdays w/ Buffalo St. Books | 7:00 PM, 7/09 Thursday | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | 13: The Musical | 7:00 PM, 7/09 Thursday | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St, Ithaca | A powerhouse musical about the nightmare known as middle school – being the new kid, finding love, and learning what friendship means. July 9-12 & July 15-18 @ Kitchen Theatre. Weds, Thu, Fri, Sat @ 7pm Sat & Sun @ 2pm. Tickets on sale at runningtoplaces.org The Ithaca Shakespeare Company: Henry V, A Midsummer Night’s Dream | 6:00 PM-, 7/09 Thursday | Cornell Plantations, 1 Plantations

Rd, Ithaca | Henry IV, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. July 9-26, 2015 at Cornell Plantations. Tickets on sale now! Henry IV: Banish All The World, July 9, 11, 17, 19, 23, 25 at 6 pm. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, July 10, 12, 16, 18, 24, 26 at 6 pm. Tickets and Information http://ithacashakespeare.org Jungle Book | 10:00 AM, 7/09 Thursday, 7/11 Saturday | Cortland Repertory Theatre, Dwyer Memorial Park Pavilion, Preble | In this popular story, Mowgli is a jungle boy raised by wolves. He lives in the jungle with his good friends Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther and Kaa the python. His mortal enemy, Shere Khan, a man-eating tiger, wants to rule the jungle and it’s up to Mowgli to stop him.

Yes Around The World Puppet Show | 10:45 AM-11:45 AM, 7/11 Saturday | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, Congress at McLallen St, Trumansburg | LilySilly original show in which a purple puppet travels around the world in his hot air balloon on a quest to say “yes”. This show features jazz standards and songs from around the world in different languages.

Languages include: Russian, Spanish, Swahili, French, German and a duck quacking in Portuguese. To sign up for the workshop, email skl.tcfa@gmail. com.

Late Night Catechism | 2:00 p.m, 7:30 PM, 7/14 Tuesday | Auburn Public Theater, 108 Genesee St, Auburn | Catechism is an uproariously funny play that takes the audience back to their Catholic school youth. Call it Loretta Young meets Carol Burnett Ezra’s Circus | 7:30 PM, 7/14 Tuesday | Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca | Local circus artists will help celebrate Cornell’s sesquicentennial as they recreate the excitement of the heyday of the American circus.

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July 8 (rain date July 15) Open to all, including families with children, 5:30 pm Dinner, 6:00 pm Discussion, 6:30 pm “Hiking the Ground of Our Being”: This guided walk in the woods will be an opportunity for reflection and connection with the Earth and each other.

Mentors Needed for 4-H Youth Development Program | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM, 7/08 Wednesday | CCE Education Center, 615 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Mentors commit to 3 hours per week for this school year, with the option to continue next year. The Mentor and Student meet twice a week at Boynton Middle School from 3:25 PM until 4:35 PM.The Mentor-Student Program is an opportunity to make a positive impact in a young person’s life.

An adult Mentor meeting regularly, one-on-one with a middle school student and read, do homework, play board games, and more. Behind-thescenes help with programming very much needed. For more info, call (607) 277-1236 or email student.mentor@ yahoo.com.

Friday Market Day | 8:00 AM-2:00 PM, 7/10 Friday | Triphammer Marketplace, 2255 N. Triphammer Rd., Ithaca | Farmer’s & Artisan’s Market at Triphammer Marketplace. Outside 8 a.m. to noon, Inside 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Fridays through December.

Locally grown & produced foods and handcrafted items. Local seasonal produce, honey, flowers, baked goods, meats, pottery, woodwork, jewelry, glass, fiber arts and the Owl’s Head Fish Truck! Lots of variety, plenty of parking.

Tompkins Times Traders Informational Session | 10:30 AM-11:30 AM, 7/11 Saturday | Tompkins Times Traders | Tompkins Time Traders will be holding an informational session on Saturday, July 11, 2015 at 518 W. State Street. Time banking is a way of giving and receiving goods and services with no cash out of pocket.

Varna Pancake Breakfast | 8:00 AM-12:00 PM, 7/12 Sunday | Varna Community Center, 943 Dryden Road (Rt. 366), Dryden | Includes Pancakes, French Toast, Ham, Bacon, Sausage.

Scrambled Eggs, Hash Brown Potatoes, Fresh Fruit, Breakfast Breads & Beverages.

Rehearsals for the Dryden Area Intergenerational Chorus | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 7/13 Monday | Dryden United Methodist Church, 2 North St, Dryden | Rehearsals for Chorus group.

CRC Walking Club | 5:00 PM-, 7/14

Tuesday | Ithaca High School, 1401 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca | Walking, large muscle group strengthening, and gentle yoga. Great group to join to ease your way into a healthier life style.

Ithaca Jewish Voice for Peace: Memorial for Gaza | 11:45 AM-1:15 PM, 7/14 Tuesday | DeWitt Park, Ithaca | The program will include music, prayers, poetry and a ritual to remember and bear witness to all of those who were killed last summer during Israel’s “Operation Protective Edge,” Sponsored by the Chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace.

Learning The What, Why, and How of Reiki | 7:00 PM-8:15 PM, 7/08 Wednesday | GreenStar Cooperative Market, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Learn about the history of Reiki and see demonstrations of how this ancient technique of healing works to clear physical pain and emotional blockages.

Employment Law 2015 | 9:00 AM-11:00 AM, 7/09 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street, Ithaca | With Laurie Johnston, Attorney, Miller Mayer, a workshop for anyone at any level with responsibility for compliance with state and federal laws relating to employment. Visit www.hsctc.org/ workshops for details.

Maps of Early Ithaca and Tompkins County | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, 7/10 Friday | History Center, 401 E State St, Ithaca | Friday, July 10th, 2015 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM for the reopening of The History Center’s Map Room! Several historic maps will be on display, including early Tompkins County and Ithaca City maps, as well as topographical maps.

Learn to Play or Practice Bridge | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, 7/10 Friday | Ithaca Bridge Club, 609 W Clinton St, Ithaca | Coaches available. No partner needed.

No signups required. Walk-ins welcome.

The Ithaca Bridge Club is located down the hall from Ohm Electronics in Clinton St. Plaza.

Paint Nite Ithaca | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 7/13 Monday | Joe’s Restaurant, 602 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | A master artist will guide you through creation of a 16x20 acrylic masterpiece in about two hours, while you enjoy delicious food and drink. Tickets available at www. paintnite.com.

Build an Engaged, Effective Non-Profit Board | 9:00 AM-12:00

PM, 7/14 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library- Borg Warner Room, 101 East Green Street, Ithaca | With Scott Heyman, a workshop for Board chairs and chief executives. Visitwww.hsctc. org/workshops for details.

Special Events Cortland County Junior Fair | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM, 7/08 Wednesday through 7/11 Saturday | Cortland County Fairgrounds, 4849 Fairground Ave., Cortland | Yates County Fair | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM, 7/08 Wednesday through 7/11 Saturday | Penn Yan | Movie Night: Harry Potter Series | 8:30 PM, 7/10 Friday | Vineyard at Cayuga Ridge Estate Winery, 6800 Rt 89, Ovid | The entire Harry Potter series every Friday night this summer!

Saturday, July 10, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

Cayuga County Fair | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM, 7/10 Friday, 7/13 Monday | Weedsport Fairgrounds, Route 31, Weedsport | Visit www.cayugacountyfair.org for information.

Finger Lakes Wine Festival | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM, 7/10 Friday, 7/11 Saturday | Watkins Glen International, 2790 County Road 16, Watkins Glen | Watkins Glen International turns into New York’s largest tasting room and anticipates participation from over 90 wineries. With regional artisans, musicians and local culinary personnel Roller Derby: Ithaca BlueStockings vs. the Dolls of Destruction | 6:00 PM, 7/11 Saturday | Cass Park Rink & Pool, 701 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | On Saturday, July 11, the Ithaca BlueStockings will take on the Dolls of Destruction from Troy, PA. And don’t miss the After Party at our favorite bar & lounge Silky Jones, 18+ welcome!

5th Annual Boating for a Cure | 10:30 AM, 7/11 Saturday | To begin at Cargill Salt, , Watkins Glen | Come join our Relay For Life Love Bug team on Seneca Lake Watkins Glen, New York For just a $15.00 donation register your boat and get your captain a t-shirt. The boat parade will begin at 10:30 am, starting at the break wall in front of Cargill Salt. Following the Parade join us at the Marina: at Montour Falls N.Y. Lunch $5.00 donation under 11 free.

Entertainment, raffles, bake sale.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway of Valor Tribute Ride | 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, 7/11 Saturday | The

The crew of Smacked Records. Hip Hop Showcase this Sunday 7/12 at 7 p.m. at The Haunt. (Photo Provided) 49th Annual Keuka Lake Art Show | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM, 7/11 Saturday, 7/12 Sunday| Village Square, , Hammondsport | Keuka Lake Art Association’s annual event.

Info: 607-569-3564 Sterling Renaissance Festival | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM, 7/11 Saturday, 7/12 Sunday | Sterling Renaissance Festival, Fraden Rd, Sterling | Marketplace Weekend Seneca County Fair | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM, 7/14 Tuesday | Seneca County Fairgrounds, Swift St. at North Rd, Waterloo | 4-H exhibits and shows, demolition derby, garden tractor pull, harness racing, bingo, fireworks, and more.

98 mile police escorted ride is free and open to the public, motorcycles, cars, trucks planes and helicopters are all welcome! Ride begins at 10 am at the Owego Free Academy, Sheldon Guile Blvd. Owego (registration 8-9:45 am on day of ride.) Route 38 to the American Legion Post 800, Groton for gas and food. Route 38 to the American Legion Post 1552, Hannibal where the ride ends and for food and entertainment.

Treleaven Food Festival | 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, 7/11 Saturday | King Ferry Winery, 658 Lake Rd, King Ferry | Finger Lakes Lavender Festival | 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, 7/11 Saturday, 7/12 Sunday | Lockwood Lavender Farm, 1682 West Lake Road, Skaneateles | See fingerlakeslavenderfestival. blogspot.com for more information.

Aurorafest | 9:00 AM-11:59 PM, 7/11 Saturday | Aurora Inn, 391 Main St, Aurora | Saturday, July 11th, 2015. 9 a.m. Aurora Fun-Run (1m / 2m) 10:30 a.m. Swim to the Inn. 12 noon Aurorafest Parade! The theme is “Ship of Fools!.” Music from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. includes, Stressful Bliss, High Jivers, The Ringtones, and The Swampdogs. Food, Fun, and Party all day and night!

Dragon Boat Festival | 8:00 AM-6:00 PM, 7/11 Saturday | Cass Park Rink & Pool, 701 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Dragon boat races, food and market vendors, family activities, cultural performances and more. World class racing with certified race officials and experienced race management.

Cortland County Junior Fair | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM, 7/11 Saturday | Cortland County Fairgrounds, 4849 Fairground Ave., Cortland |

Meetings Shade Tree Advisory Committee (STAC) | 4:00 PM, 7/08 Wednesday | Cornell Cooperative Extension Building, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca | STAC consults with the City Forester and the Board of Public Works regarding the implementation and enforcement of the provisions of Chapter 306 of the City of Ithaca Municipal Code (“Trees and Shrubs”).

IURA Neighborhood Investment Committee (NIC) | 8:30 AM-10:00 AM, 7/10 Friday | Common Council Chambers - Ithaca City Hall, 108 E Green St, Ithaca | NIC meetings are ordinarily held on the 2nd Friday of every month at 8:30 a.m. in Third Floor Conference Room, Third Floor, City Hall, 108 E. Green St., Ithaca.

City of Ithaca Board of Public Works | 4:45 PM, 7/13 Monday |

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Books Stealing Scenes / The Illustrator’s Look at Shakespeare | 5:00 PM, 7/10 Friday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | The Illustrator’s Look at Shakespeare featuring

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Rock The Alley, Press Bay Alley, Saturday, July 11, 5:30 p.m.

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This local Rock band pulls inspiration from a variety of places. Shades of Post Rock, Crooner Drone, Funk, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, and Experimental arrangements blend with Nick Cave-Tom Waits-like vocal stylings, brining a unique and complex sound. They’re the headliners, playing with Maple Hill and Residual Blue.

Common Council Chambers - Ithaca City Hall, 108 E Green St, Ithaca | Tompkins County Coordinated Transportation Plan Meeting | 10:10 AM-11:30 AM, 7/13 Monday | BorgWarner Room, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Does your agency provide transportation for the public or agency clients? Purchase transportation services? Advise people on transportation options? Do you want to know more about Ithaca Carshare, Gadabout, TCAT, Way2Go? Come to this meeting.

Town of Ithaca Planning Board | 7:00 PM, 7/14 Tuesday | Town Of Ithaca, 215 N Tioga St, Ithaca | Ithaca City Board of Education | 7:00 PM, 7/14 Tuesday | Ithaca City School District - Administration Building, Lake Street, Ithaca | City of Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission | 5:30 PM-, 7/14 Tuesday | Common Council Chambers - Ithaca City Hall, 108 E Green St, Ithaca |

One of the few Dragon Boat events in this part of the U.S., this Festival celebrates Asian and Asian American cultures and heritage through dragon boating racing and other festival activities. This is an amazing festival and one of Ithaca’s annual highlights. Bring the whole family!

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children’s illustrators Johanna van der Sterre, Katie Vaz, Wynn Yarrow, Annie Zygarowicz, & Marie Sanderson Madis Senner | 2:00 PM, 7/11 Saturday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Author will discuss his book Vortices and Spirals, Unlocking the Mystery of Our Dynamic Relationship with Mother Earth, which is about his personal journey on how he came to understand our dynamic relationship with Mother Earth to co-create a new birth, an energy vortex, with Her. Buffalo Street Books After Dark | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, 7/13 Monday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | BSB team up with the folks from Ithaca Underground for “BSB After Dark- Featuring authors Mike Faloon and Michael Fournier, and acoustic performances by Izzy True and No Good Doll Wells Book Arts Summer Institute | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM, 7/13 Monday | Wells College, 170 Main St, Aurora | The Institute presents the 10th annual program of week-long intensive workshops presented by some of the most notable names in their fields. Participants may choose from 11 different courses over 3 weeks.

Learn more at wellsbookartscenter. org/summer-institute-courses.

Accommodation and catering on campus; admission by reservation only--no free public component.

Jake Kaida | 5:30 PM, 7/14 Tuesday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Author returns to discuss his new book, Blue Collar Nomad. Blue Collar Nomad is a serene collection of meditations on self, time, and place in the 21st century American landscape. Evoking the spiritual quests of Jon Krakauer, Jack Kerouac, and Henry David Thoreau, this collection of narratives affirms one’s faith in the power of language to root and restore a world of one.

Art Art in the Heart Opening Downtown Ithaca | 5:30 PM-7:00 PM, 7/10 Friday | Press Bay Alley, 118 West Green Street, Ithaca | Featuring free food, free beer tastings, and circus performances by Circus Culture. The show features stunning murals and sculptural works by Barron Naegel (State and Cayuga), Kadie Salfi (Press Bay Alley), Kristin Dutcher and Bryan Riek (Tompkins County Public Library),

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hen it comes to my thoughts on Terminator Genisys, I’m of two minds, and I wish I could leave it at that.

About the best I can say about it is that it moves fast, has a lot of surprises, and that I wasn’t bored while it unspooled past my eyeballs.

(I certainly can’t say the same about Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, which was so awful that I skipped Terminator Salvation, and I have yet to meet anyone who liked that one, either.)

Whatever pleasures the new film achieves, it’s all superficial and all surface. The spectacle will dissolve and disperse by the time you pull your car keys out of your pocket in the parking lot. Basically what Terminator Genisys does is spend its first half hour remaking the first minutes of the first Terminator, and then at a certain point switches to lots and lots of reversals and alternate time lines through the device of time travel. In terms of tone, it reminded me of the frenetic pace of Back to the Future II, and the plot gets so frenzied that I would have appreciated a cameo

Jim Garmhausen (Green Garage Exterior), Mary Beth Ihnken (Sunny Days -City Hall Alley), Rob Licht (City Hall Lot), and Michael Sampson (Green Garage Exterior.)The exhibit runs through November 5, 2015. All pieces (with the exception of Pinter’s free cutouts) are available for purchase with prices ranging from $1,000 to $11,500.

Mary Roberts | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, 7/10 Friday | CAP ArtsSpace, 171 The Commons, Ithaca | In Flight will feature two ceramic installations and a series of mixed media drawings/forms. Gallery Reception.

Diane W. Newton, Leslie K. Brill | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, 7/10 Friday | State Of The Art, 120 W State St Ste 2, Ithaca | Engaging the Edges. An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings from two premiere Artists. Gallery Reception.

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by Doc Brown, whipping out a blackboard and explaining everything.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is the only actor to reprise his role here; Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn have been tossed aside and replaced by Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) and Jai Courtney (Divergent), so if this is your first rodeo with the series, you won’t feel emotionally betrayed. J.K. Simmons gets a lot of laughs as a sympathetic cop. I only wish he had a bigger role.

For years, I’ve had a wild hair in the usual spot about the Terminator movies.

I realize that in this day and age, the Terminator franchise is just a commercial property that can be bought and sold and re-run and rebooted until the end of time. I realize that James Cameron abandoned the whole thing almost 25 years ago, and like John Carpenter, is probably content to sit back and cash all those royalty checks every time the concept gets sold. But I also feel that Cameron’s first two films are so well thought out and iconic that if Cameron doesn’t want to make any Terminator movies, then no Terminator movies should be made.

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7/10 Friday | Ink Shop Printmaking Center The, 330 E State St Ste 2, Ithaca | Floridian Leslie Peebles’ show Animal Kin and Standing People will be rich with animal life. In her prints she celebrates the landscape and all the life forms it nourishes. Gallery Reception. ongoing QUALIA / The Essence of Transitional Light | 8:00 AM-2:00 PM, 6/24 Wednesday | Creek Side Cafe, 4 West Main St., Trumansburg | Nicholas Down showcases his Oil Paintings.

Wednesday through Saturday 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM, Sunday 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Runs through July 31.

Corners Gallery | 903 Hanshaw Road, Ithaca | Tuesday-Thursday, 10:00 AM5:30 PM; Friday, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM;

This town’s annual festival is an amazing combination of small town warmth and old-time fun. Enjoy live music by bands including The Ringtones and Stressful Bliss, amazing local food, a spectacular parade in the theme of “Ship of Fools”, swimming and running competitions, and much, much more. Experience it for yourself!

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July 1-August 31 | 607.277.1490 CAP ArtSpace | Center Ithaca, The Commons, Ithaca | Mon-Thu 9:00 AM-7:00 PM, Fri-Sat 11:00 PM-7:30 PM; Sun 12:00-5:00 PM | In Flight, Mary Roberts, ceramic installations and mixed media drawings and forms.

Runs through July | www.artspartner. org Gallery at FOUND | 227 Cherry Street, Ithaca | 10:00 AM-6:00 PM, closed Tuesdays | Makers Gonna Make, Highlighting the creativity of FOUND’s dealers. July 1 through July 26 | www. foundinithaca.com Community School of Music and Arts | 330 E.State / MLK Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 | Joyce Stillman-Myers, Real-

Super-Real-Real Inspired, new work on display through July 31 | www. csma-ithaca.org Damiani Wine Cellars | 4704 Rt. 414, Burdett | 10:00 AM-5:00 PM TuesdaySunday | “A Closer Look: Independent Visions of the Natural World” Robin Botie, Dan Finlay, Ray Helmke, Elizabeth Hedrick, David LaParco, Susan Larkin, Connie Thomas, Allie deBrigard, Jane Walker, and Nancy RidenourOn display: Now – July 12th | www. damianiwinecellars.com The Ink Shop | 330 E.State / MLK Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 | Tuesday to Friday 12 -6 PM, Sat 12-4 PM | Animal Kin and Standing People, Leslie Peebles July 3 - August 1, 2015 | Floridian Leslie Peebles prints celebrate the landscape and all the life forms it nourishes. | 607-277-3884 | www.ink-shop.org

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Saturday, 10:00 AM-2:00 PM. Closed Sun & Mon | Tim Merrick, Dispositio, Solo Exhibit of Recent Work | www. cornersgallery.com State of the Art Gallery |120 West State Street, Ithaca | WednesdayFriday, 12:00 PM-6:00 PM, Weekends, 12:00 PM-5:00 PM | Engaging The Edges, Leslie K. Brill, Diane W. Newton, Paintings and Illustrations | Runs July 1 through August 2 | For information: 607-277-1626 or gallery@soag.org Silky Jones | 214 The Commons (E. State St.), Ithaca | Daily, 4:00 PM1:00 AM | Page Satchwell, Abstract Paintings, July 1 through July 31. | www.silkyjoneslounge.com Waffle Frolic | 146 East State/MLK Street, Ithaca | Eric Draper and Peter Thompson, Abstract Paintings and Black and White Photography. July 1 through end of August| www.

have been brought to bear. If this is indeed the first of a projected new trilogy, the “creative team” has already exhausted itself.

Likewise, the director is Alan Taylor, a journeyman director who has helmed some very fine episodic TV—credits include The Sopranos, Mad Men, Boardwalk Empire, and Rome—and the lackluster Thor sequel. Taylor manages to pull off some pretty cool action sequences here, and finds enough humor to keep Terminator Genisys from taking its ridiculous plot too seriously, but he’s no Cameron. •

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particular windmill, but I never said I was reasonable or pragmatic.

Say what you want about Cameron’s Terminator films, but he did write and direct them; they work from a singular intelligence and epic skill set as smart science fiction.

Terminator Genisys was written by Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier (and, I’m sure, a Cyborg squad of other scribes), and all they’re able to do is scramble all the series’ greatest hits moments and reshuffle what is by now a very familiar deck; the result is nothing more than mega-budget fan fiction, and it’s disheartening how few new ideas

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worker 7/16/2015 to 10/15/2015, work tools, supplies, equipment provided without cost to worker. Housing will be available without cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day. Transportation reimbursement and subsistence is provided upon completion of 15 days or 50% of the work contract. Work is guaranteed for 3/4 of the workdays during the contract period. $11.26 per hr. Applicants apply at Workforce Central Career Center 508-730-5000 or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #5703684. Harvest tree fruit using a ladder and picking bucket. Workers will be required to lift approximately 50 pounds while ascending and descending a ladder on a sustained basis. Place ladder (up to 24 feet) against tree limb, climb ladder, secure footing and pick fruit carefully placing it into picking bucket.

Climb down ladder and gently empty fruit into designated field container. Fruit should not be squeezed or handled roughly to avoid bruising. On a short term basis may perform other harvest related tasks such as operating equipment, pack fruit, and perform general farm labor such as pruning, building and equipment maintenance. Work is performed out of doors sometimes under conditions of heat, cold, and rain. 1 month apple experience required.

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The House Corporation of Kappa Kappa Gamma is seeking a House Director for the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority at St. Lawrence University. This yearly position provides salary, health insurance, lodging and meals.

The House Director must be able to work congenially and cooperatively in support of those who reside in the house and manage effectively the operation of the house, which includes maintaining the financial books and records, supervising a staff of three, overseeing food service and kitchen management, maintaining the house and grounds, arranging for routine house facility services, and communicating regularly with the House Board of Kappa Kappa Gamma.

The candidate must have successful leadership and management experience and expertise working with college age students or similar managerial experience.

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May perform any combination of tasks related to the planting, cultivating, and processing of apple, fruit and vegetable crops. Including, but not limited to driving, operating, adjusting and maintaining farm machines, preparing soil, planting, pruning, weeding, thinning, spraying, irrigating, mowing harvesting, grading and packing. May use hand tools such as shovel, pruning saw, hoe. 1 month experience in duties listed required.

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he house at 43 Cherry Road was built in 2005. Construction of this vintage can sometimes be stylistically incoherent, throwing all kinds of influences in the architectural pot, giving the house a mishmash appearance.

Whoever built the house on Cherry Road aimed for a Mediterranean feel and stuck with it all the way through, inside and out.

The first thing you notice as you approach 43 Cherry Road, Lansing (Photo: Cassandra Palmyra) is the low arches that have been included in and plentiful. They cover the wall above the masonry over the windows and over the sink and above two in-wall ovens on the entrance to the front door. The arch the opposite side of the room, which also motif is carried through to the crescent includes a small built-in desk. panes that surmount the triple windows in The master suite upstairs covers the the front of the house and in some of the entire back of the house. There is a walk-in doorways inside. closet and a bathroom that is as big as In addition the tiling in the kitchen some bedrooms. It includes a jetted tub in and the downstairs hallway is a style that a raised and tiled platform and a doublemimicks something you might find in an sized shower stall. The counter around the Italian villa, very earth-toned and mottled. two sinks is marble.

This is not taken too far, however.

The other two bedrooms share a full When you enter the front door you are bath, also with two sinks and a marble in a fairly grand 21st century home, not counter. • Spain of the 14th century. In front of you a staircase winds through a landing to the second floor. To your right the living room and dining room are joined from the front to the back of the house.

The floors in these rooms are highly polished blond oak. There are “eye” panes above the windows, echoing the crescent panes in the front of the house.

The kitchen faces the backyard. Its counters are a dark stone. There is an island in the middle that is a breakfast bar on one side and cabinets beneath a counter-top electric range on the other.

The cabinets throughout are cherry

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