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Green Growth? Balancing economic and ecological needs

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not threatened with being torn down or getting damaged with the weather.” APA does not own 421 N. Albany St., but “if the owner were so inclined to sell it to us, we would love to renovate it and restore it,” Elmore said. “It’s really on a glass leg right now, especially after this especially severe winter. Right now in its current state as condemned, I don’t think the neighbors would mind [if APA buys the house]. In its current aesthetic it’s breaking down the property values around it.” Now that the Dennis-Newton House is designated as historic by the city, the property owner cannot allow deterioration to go on to such an extent that demolishing the landmark is necessary, according to Bryan McCracken,

Counting the Homeless First Black Frat Get One Night of the Year Historical Status

hough the homeless might always be with us, federal funding requirements ask local social services agencies to report how many are living out-of-doors on one particular night in the year. This is called the “point-in-time” survey, and the 2015 version for Tompkins County was conducted over a 24-hour period from the evening of Thursday, Jan. 29 into the morning of Jan. 30. Deana Bodnar, a program planner for Tompkins County Department of Social Services, presented the results of the 2015 point-in-time survey at the Human Services Coalition meeting on April 1. The number required by Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is a count of the “literally homeless,” including those on the streets and in emergency shelters. The DSS also counts those who are “imminently homeless,” meaning those facing eviction within two weeks, and the “unstably housed”—defined by HUD as living in two or more residences within 60 days and known in the vernacular as “couchsurfing.” The “literally homeless” might be living in the Jungle, Bodnar said, the homeless encampment now located at the southern end of Cherry Street after its long-time location between the flood control channel and the railroad tracks in the West End was cleared by the city last year. Or, they might be sleeping in the doorways of a favored laundromat, carport, or front steps of certain buildings. Then there are those sleeping in their cars or storage spaces. There are some usual places that survey volunteers know to look, but the survey only covers one night, and it is limited. “The challenging thing with surveys or random sampling is the data is random and what we get back is sporadic,” Bodnar said. “It’s always hard to say whether this number of people were there or not.” The 2015 survey found the same number of literally homeless as last year: 19. There was a steep drop in the number of imminently homeless, from over 25 in 2013 to three people this year. The number of unstably housed also dropped from 29 last year to 15 this year. The lowered numbers are accounted for by the increase in local shelter capacity, Bodnar said. The number of people in emergency shelters went from 19 in 2014 to over 50 in 2015. The Rescue Mission at continued on page 4

merica’s first black fraternity got its start in Ithaca at Cornell. Now, the house where the Alpha Phi Alpha “social study club” held its first meetings is officially a city landmark. At their Wednesday, April 1 meeting Common Council voted unanimously to give the “Dennis-Newton House” at 421 N. Albany St. historic landmark status. Edward and Lula Newton owned the house—built by Norman Dennis around 1868—in autumn 1905 when their tenant C.C. Poindexter started gathering friends there for the literary and social study club that became Alpha Phi Alpha. APA project chairman E. Eric Elmore said the fraternity started the Jewels Heritage Project to preserve 421 N. Albany St. and another property 421 N. Albany Street,original site of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity in 1905. in Ithaca with (Photo: Josh Brokaw) historic significance to fraternity. At present the Dennis-Newton is condemned city historic preservation planner. The stick the city holds to prevent that sort of by the city and has been empty for a deterioration is just about the same as with number of years. Still standing, though, any average property: the building division is better than no building at all, which inspects a property and cites it if necessary. is the case at 411 E. State St., where the The carrots for a property owner to Jewels project is working to construct a improve a historic property are financially monument replicating the facade of the significant. The city can offer property Singleton home and store, where APA tax abatements for owners who make officially became a fraternity in 1906. improvements on a landmark and improve “Our lesson was learned at 411 State, and 421 Albany is still standing,” Elmore continued on page 5 said. “We’d love to get it restored so it’s

▶Putting Your Art in the Heart , This year, Art in the Heart will be comprised of two components: an invitational portion and a juried portion. Our jury will select five applicants to participate in the juried portion. Each artist will receive a $250 stipend (total) for one piece, or a $500 stipend (total) for two to four pieces, to defray costs of fabrication, transportation, and installation. Among these jury-selected pieces, at least one non-site-based work will be purchased by the Downtown Ithaca Alliance (up to $4000

total) for inclusion in its permanent public art collection; the selection will be made by the jury and informed by a public Facebook poll. The principal criteria are that a) the work must safely withstand frequent human contact and inclement weather and b) that it must be appropriate and compelling for people of all ages and backgrounds. For more information please go to downtownith.com, the blog of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance. There is a detailed set of instructions available there online in a March 2 post.

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anby will soon have a new business incubator. Well, maybe. David Hall, the owner of National Book Auctions, is in the process of getting the necessary approvals to open a business incubator at a property on Gunderman Road, about 1.5 miles off of Route 96B. The 28-acre property includes apple orchards, Hall’s own house, and a 21,000square-foot barn that is the potential site for the business incubator. Hall has owned the Gunderman Road property since mid-2011, but until last year it was home to Flax, a popular boutique-clothing manufacturer. When Flax moved out, Hall began to think about how to repurpose the site. “It’s a funny property because it’s quite large but it’s off the beaten path,” he said, “so it doesn’t really lend itself to finding a single tenant to use it. It’s much better for multiple tenants.” Taking that into consideration, he decided to create a business incubator. “I love entrepreneurship, and I look forward to helping budding business entities get on their feet,” Hall said. The exact tenants aren’t set in stone yet, but Hall hopes to make it home to

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618 W. State St. has added 11 beds since it took that shelter over from the Red Cross on March 1, 2014. In total, the point-in-time survey found just over 100 people homeless this year, an increase from about 90 in 2014. Only about 90 this year will be reported to HUD as actually homeless, Bodnar said, which includes those outside and those in shelters and “transitional housing.” The other categories—imminently homeless and unstably housed—are for the use of the Continuum of Care system that works on ending homelessness here. Bodnar estimated there have been six or seven people who have been consistently homeless over the past three years. One fluke in this year’s survey was that on the night of Jan. 29, the temperature was in the upper 20s, Bodnar said. For a two-week stretch in February, people who needed shelter were being put up in hotels every night under the county’s cold weather “code blue” program, which kicks in at 20 degrees Fahrenheit and below. In outlying areas of Tompkins County, surveyors rely on local police for their survey count, which also adds the complication of compiling those numbers. To illustrate the level of statistical uncertainty that’s assumed in social services, in a later presentation Bethany Stewart of the Syracuse Veterans’

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The project would also include a shared-use kitchen, which would allow individuals and groups to rent a properly inspected commercial kitchen. At one point, there were a number of local agribusinesses interested in tenancy at 303 Gunderman Road, but their interest waned as the approval process began taking longer and longer. The one wrinkle in Hall’s plan—the thing that’s drawing out the approval process—is zoning. The Gunderman Road property is a Planned Development Zone (PDZ), but the PDZ only allows for clothing manufacture and storage. Now that Hall wants to repurpose the property for an array of other businesses, the PDZ needs to be modified to permit other business types on the property. Although the planning David Hall outside Gunderman Rooad property that he would like to turn board recently approved into a business incubator. (Photo: Keri Blakinger) a proposed set of changes to the PDZ, some say that approval was granted just to his own fledgling autism center, Blue pass the matter along. “Originally it went Sky Center for Learning. He may move to the planning board,” Town Supervisor his book auction business—currently Ric Dietrich said, “and I think they were housed in a much smaller 4,000-squarefoot space—to Gunderman Road to allow it room to expand into general estate continued on page 7 auctions. Administration told the group that for every homeless veteran reported to her office, HUD assumes a multiplier of 4.42 in this county, meaning the VA assumes nine homeless veterans for the two found in this year’s survey. Perhaps most importantly to its results, the point-in-time survey is based on self-reporting. If someone is asked to report their housing situation and does not, that number cannot be used when reporting to HUD. There have been suggestions in the past to fund an incentive, like a gift card, for those who give their personal information to surveyors. And then, to complicate matters further, one must account for unborn children. Tompkins County Action had one family in transitional housing on Jan. 29 with a pregnant mother, who gave birth hours after the survey window had concluded. “Unborn people are counted as people in the HUD definitions,” noted Sue Kittell, a community needs specialist with the Park Foundation. Kittrell also wanted to make sure people knew that the amount of stable housing available has “really increased over the last five years.” “People have been knocking themselves out to get people inside,” Kittrell said. “We’ve been doing a lot and more people are homeless.”

The point-in-time survey is not the only tool the HUD program “Continuum of Care” uses to estimate how many people don’t have a home in Tompkins County. The number of “bed nights” used by people in shelters has been tracked since 1989, and those numbers are available on the Human Services Coalition’s Homeless and Housing task force page. Bed nights increased by 170-percent last year over 2013, spiking from 4,744 in 2013 to 12,801 in 2014. That increase reflects the larger number of beds added in 2014. The increase comes after that number had been decreasing from a peak of 16,183 in 2006. Voices around the conference room spoke up about further concerns they have, from people living in “seriously substandard housing” who are afraid to call in a code violation because they don’t want to be evicted from the only place they can afford, to homeless being missed who live in more rural areas that a onenight survey can’t reach. Work remains to be done. Still, Stewart, whose VA office covers a large swath of upstate New York, praised Tompkins County’s efforts. She was impressed with the cold-weather housing policy and the number of concerned people in the room. “I was in a meeting just the other day where four people were at this table,” Stewart told the room of about 40. • —Josh

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Energy Industry

New Power Plant PILOT Public Hearing

▶ TC3 Student Research, Four Tompkins Cortland Community College students have been selected to present their research at the inaugural SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference. Richard Hilliard, Vlad Leshkevicheach, Chelsea Maceda, and Tracy Scott will be presenting their research as part of three different poster presentations at the conference April 10 in Brockport. TC3 is one of just 12 of the 37 community colleges in New York State to have student researchers accepted to present at the conference.

public information session and hearing was held on the Cayuga Power Plant’s payment-in-lieuof-taxes (PILOT) agreement with local governments on Monday, April 5 at the Lansing Town Hall. The PILOT is an agreement negotiated between the county and the plant that sets what the power station should pay in place of the taxes it owes each year, a process which has helped ease the formerly contentious process of setting a rate and “doesn’t cost an arm and a leg to litigate,” according to County Administrator Joe Mareane. County Assessor Jay Franklin explained during the “information” part of the meeting that the county takes an “income approach” to figure out a rate the plant should pay. Figuring out a sale-price assessment or calculating depreciation for something so specialized as a coal-fired power plant is “like throwing darts at the wall,” Franklin said. For the coming 201516 year, the plant’s tax base is valued at $60 million—the same as the 2014-15 year. Stabilizing that base number is an accomplishment, Mareane said, considering the number the plant’s payments were based on in 2009 was $160 million and has been dropping down chutes over the past five years. On that $60 million valuation, the plant is expected to pay a total of $1.831 million in taxes to the Lansing school district, which gets 69 percent of it; the county (23 percent); the Town of Lansing (5 percent); and the local fire and library districts (which split about 3 percent of revenues). The new twist to the PILOT that’s under consideration by the county Industrial Development Agency (IDA) is a “pop-up payment.” The idea is that if the power plant does better than expected, more tax receipts will be available for the local entities that receive revenues from the plant. By Franklin’s calculations, the plant is expected to have income of $14 million in 2015-16. If the plant were to make $15 million in the coming year, for example, half of that additional income would go straight to NYSEG to repay the utility for its RSSA monies—the Reliability Support Service Agreement NYSEG signed in 2012 to ensure available power from the Lansing plant even when the demand for its electricity wasn’t great enough to justify keeping the boilers steaming. The other half of that million would be taxed at about 10-percent, and go to government entities in about the proportions cited above. The PILOT with a pop-up payment added both “solidifies the floor” of tax revenue expectations, Mareane said,

If you care to respond to something in this column, or publish your own grievances or plaudits, e-mail editor@ithacatimes.com, with a subject head “Ups & Downs.” Planner Krys Cail speaks out against the Lansing power plant PILOT agreement. Irene Weiser of Ratepayers and Intervenors is seated in front of her (in purple). (Photo: Josh Brokaw)

and allows the community “to share the benefits of a windfall” if the plant does do better than expected. Irene Weiser, who’s been active in the Ratepayers and Community Intervenors group that has opposed re-powering proposals for the Cayuga plant, asked why not all additional monies over the expected income should not go back to “the public good.” Referring to the $32 million spent by NYSEG on RSSA, Weiser said “that money is essentially subsidies, a tax, assessed to NYSEG ratepayers to meet their reliability need.” “If [the plant] goes beyond that to bid into the wholesale market [to sell power] they’re making money from our subsidy and that money should come back to us,” Weiser said. In response to Weiser and other similar questions, Cayuga Chief Operating Officer Jerry Goodenough referenced the line item on NYSEG bills which show how much ratepayers are contributing to the RSSA payment. “That $32 million number has been talked about a lot,” Goodenough said. “The first year of RSSA we didn’t do that well—I would’ve rather had $45 million. Then we had the polar vortex, and I think blackfraternity contin u ed from page 3

the assessment value in the process. Though historic landmark status is focused on exterior appearances, 421 N. Albany certainly would qualify for those improvement incentives on work inside and out under the provision that any property vacant for two years or more is eligible. Furthermore, according to McCracken, property owners can qualify for 20-percent income-tax credits from the state and federal government for a “certified rehabilitation of a historic property.” Whether the owner decides to sell or

ratepayers ended up only paying about $2 million of [RSSA].” On his own power bills, Goodenough said, the RSSA payment cost him $2.47 its first month, and has been as low as 23 cents, with 46 cents on his most recent bill. “I believe that ebb and flow is showing where they’re receiving income from us,” Goodenough said. “The needle has moved in the right direction.” During the “hearing” portion of the evening—though questions were freely asked before the official hearing started —about 20 people spoke their mind on the plant. Disappointment was expressed by several people that the full IDA board was not there. Of the seven-member board only County Legislator Will Burbank was at the table. Several opposed to the proposal asked that this PILOT be reconsidered and have an escrow account added to protect against the revenue issues the power plant closing would have on local public entities. The IDA will vote on the new Cayuga power plant PILOT at their meeting April 9, at 4 p.m. in the legislative chamber at the county courthouse, 121 E. Court St. in Ithaca. • —Josh

Heard&Seen ▶ Civil War flash, There will be a oneday flash exhibition to show Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, 13th Amendment and other rare Civil War-era documents at the Cornell Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Kroch Library, level 2B on Saturday, April 11, from 1 to 5 p.m. To commemorate that anniversary, Cornell University Library is putting three unique documents related to Abraham Lincoln on display in the same place at the same time. ▶ Top Stories on the Ithaca Times website for the week of April 1-6 include: 1) Newfield Secedes from Tompkins County 2) Teachers vs. Cuomo: Fight Still On 3) Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief 4) Candor Proposes Takeover of Spencer Village 5) Groton Softball Rallies Around Fallen Star For these stories and more, visit our website at www.ithaca.com.

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work with APA to improve the DennisNewton House, Elmore and his fraternity brothers are hopeful that the building can be of use to the community. Elmore says that APA has talked with the Greater Ithaca Activities Center about using 421 N. Albany St. as a place to run the GIAC program for disadvantaged boys, and other programs are in play once renovations are made. GIAC is only a block away on West Court Street. “We don’t want it to be just gathering cobwebs and dust,” Elmore said of the house. “We wouldn’t look to reinvent the wheel for something to do with it. We’re looking to partnerships with the community.” • —Josh

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Dig Deeper, Teachers S chool teachers are overpaid! Governor Cuomo is a scumbag! Stop attacking our kids! Let the teachers teach! We have got to stop graduating idiots! Do I have everybody’s attention now? And if so, have any of these bold statements convinced you of a new belief regarding how public education should be? While talking with and listening to many public educators in the course of writing last week’s cover story (“Fight Still On,” April 1), there were some very fair points made by administrative types that Cuomo’s tactic of withholding school funding numbers till the budget was agreed on wreaks havoc on local schools’ planning. Albany politicking making life no fun for New Yorkers is an old story, and the order of operations that applies to the school funding formula is an obvious symptom of dysfunctional governance. That sort of mess is the newsman’s job to report and interpret until his readers’ eyes droop shut of statistic and acronym fatigue. Headline-worthy quotes, though, do not come from administrators patiently explaining the effects of the GEA on their district. They come from a place of real anger at Cuomo’s education agenda—believed by many to be driven by Wall Street hedge-fund billionaires who want to privatize schools nationwide—and what one hears from the incensed at rallies and the like is a

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lot of “stops.” Stop cutting our funding. Stop balancing the budget at the expense of our kids. Stop requiring all these standardized tests that take away our teaching time. Stop funding privatelyrun charter schools at the expense of public schools. Leave us alone! The “leave us alone to teach, we know the kids better, just fund us!” argument hasn’t changed much in at least the past 15 years or so this observer has read the news. It needs updating, because if the crisis is as dire as the public school advocates say, they have some powerful opponents who have already claimed plenty of rhetorical high ground. Those who argue, with Cuomo, that teachers need to be held to a higher, more measurable standard have some deeply ingrained public beliefs on their side: In short, that education can be measured in results, and so a completed college degree should lead in a straight line to worldly success. If society agrees that the aims of education are to turn out students who go to the best colleges (measured by U.S. News rankings); then go on to get the best jobs (measured by salary); and then contribute the most to society (measured by charitable giving), then test, test, and test some more. The student should be prepared for the hardships of the Global Marketplace, which has ever-increasing continued on page 7

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

thaca is a small city in a rural area where it is possible to lead a removed, quiet life devoid of many neighbors, if you wish. But Ithaca is also an economic and cultural oasis in central New York, with a lot of activity, and it is also possible to live a very involved life here, socially and civically. I moved here for involvement. I should say, moved back here. Like many people, I first came here for college. Cornell kept me pretty busy, though, and with a thriving Collegetown, which also had a supermarket back then, I rarely descended the hill. Senior year, however, I moved into a house on Dewitt Place, about halfway down the hill, and got to know downtown a bit. I joined the food co-op, which was on Fifth Street then. I learned and liked enough about Ithaca that I decided to stay after graduation. I stayed a few years, then left for bigger places, but Ithaca’s combination of big and small, active but tranquil, led me back. I’d been living in D.C., with a job I liked, and I liked D.C. itself, but disliked the fact that I had so little involvement with the place. There was barely time for it. I spent three hours a day commuting, for one thing. That is commonplace enough, but it felt absurd to me—all that time in a car every day, mad at random motorists. I spent more time on the Beltway than in my own neighborhood. I decided I wanted community and more control over my life. I still had connections in Ithaca, so I moved back. Among the first things I did was rejoin the co-op. GreenStar is a good place to get acquainted with a busy community, and with Ithaca’s special brand of organizational involvement, which involves a lot of committees, task forces, and meetings. Around the same time, I was volunteering for the State Theatre, which was struggling to survive. I remember representing the theater at a meeting for the Ithaca Festival, which was starting to grow.

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When I arrived and introduced myself, the festival coordinator looked puzzled. “You’re the State Theatre guy?” she asked. She was taking me in pretty closely. “I thought you were the GreenStar guy.” I guess that confusion—or dual identity—told me I was becoming a good Ithacan. Through the years, I have gone to a lot of committee and board meetings. Good meetings can be a painless chore (I will not say an actual pleasure), but bad meetings can be as draining as those snarled commutes I escaped in D.C. Some differences are pretty elemental. A good meeting starts and ends on time. It has an agenda with time assignments. These are easy measures to impose. Some are more difficult. I served on one particular board here for over a decade. Originally when recruited, I figured I would serve two years. But I stayed for the group. Members changed, but there was an abiding characteristic of the meetings, that you would not speak except to say something important. This is perhaps against all human nature, so I enjoyed being around it. Recently I was at a particularly dreary meeting (a different group) where I realized how important it is to speak honestly. Don’t say “I respect _________ and his opinion enormously, but,” and then go on to prove that this is only true if the word “respect” is replaced by the word “loathe.” You’re not fooling anybody. Skip the preface. When someone starts to speak with the preface, “Real quick,” you know it is going to be real long. Part of speaking honestly is to avoid jargon. When someone tells me we are going to front-load a process, I have to wonder what I am doing there. I don’t know how to front-load a process, and don’t want to know. I just want to do things and go. When someone says they want to “share” something, I know that means say continued on page 7

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chance to bond with others going through ots of people who get married, similar experiences. Often, those bonds get divorced. The American continue into lifelong friendships.’ Psychological Association says that, In 2007 Diane talked with Linda currently, the statistic fluctuates between 40 and 50 percent. When my marriage was Majeroni about the need for access to information, for women, about the ending in 2006, I told my daughter that I complicated process of separation and thought my generation (Baby Boomers) divorce. I was among the group of women had normalized the choice to end they invited together to discuss how marriage. But, I said, we have a long way to address the need. Shortly thereafter, to go in understanding how to do it well. Women In Transition was created. Concluding a marriage is an WIT hosts free seminars during the extraordinary experience. For many, it is an emotional trauma that impacts all other academic calendar focused on a range of topics associated with divorce. There parts of the lives of everyone involved. is a seminar devoted to the variety of I’ve devoted significant time to the topic, ways to divorce, including mediation, having now worked with over 100 women collaboration and litigation. Brendan and men going through separation/ Wilbur from Alternatives Federal Credit divorce in my counseling practice, as well Union presents, annually, on how to as participating in the co-founding of an establish oneself, financially, post divorce. organization in town called “Women In All events are sponsored Transition.” I’ve come to believe that “Hurt, anger, and by the Mental Health there are ways to conclude a fear are the main Association and take place at Lifelong Learning, 119 W. marriage without destroying ingredients that Court St. WIT’s next event a family. If you’re someone bring marriages is on Saturday, April 11 at 10 considering or are going to an end ” a.m. April’s topic is “Parental through separation/divorce, Alienation.” consider “buying into” this WIT’s website, belief. fingerlakeswit.com, has a For far too many, complete listing of seminars along with entering the world of divorce is entering useful information regarding New York a place of darkness, where hurt, anger, State law and literature on the topic of and fear can evolve into hate pretty divorce. A popular book to peruse is Crazy quickly and become the emotional norm Time by Abigail Trafford. through the process. Hurt, anger and fear How we go about the business of were assuredly three main ingredients ending our marriages impacts greatly what that bring many marriages to an end. life will look like for all involved for a very Those emotions become so powerful long time. for individuals parting ways, that ‘back Here are some of my observations up’ is needed in the form of loved ones for couples who are considering the ‘taking sides’. It is here that the familial possibility of separating and divorcing: destruction begins. Each person in the marriage Two people in a relationship ending contributed to its successes and its failures, need to be well informed about how to end a relationship. Just as when developing to varying degrees, over time. The emotional experience of divorce a new relationship. Literature on divorce suggests that it can take anywhere between impacts the quality of one’s mental health. The legal system is often the first place 3 and 5 years to heal from the experience people go to for help in figuring out what of divorce; 4 to 7 years if the experience to do next. was considered complicated. The legal system is ill equipped to Just as people seek counsel on how guide people through the emotional to strengthen a marriage, getting help component of divorce as they tackle on concluding a marriage can be a wise finances and child rearing. choice. PsychologyToday.com has a Many partners, upon hearing that comprehensive listing of local counselors their spouse wants to leave the marriage, with detailed information about become enveloped in feelings of betrayal counseling approaches, areas of expertise, that inform their thoughts and behaviors. payment methods and sliding scales. Diane Jerdan, LCSW of Brief Therapy People often feel entitled to act on those feelings. Associates, has been facilitating support Often, partners who have decided that groups in Ithaca for women going through the marriage needs to end, experience a separation and divorce for decades. Diane sense of deep resolve, mixed in with guilt, is an accomplished practitioner and an fear, regret, and denial. invaluable resource in our community. Affairs are common in marriages. ‘Going through divorce is overwhelming. In our culture, when news of affair(s) Often, family and friends burn out along comes to the fore during a separation and the way. Support groups allow people a

divorce, it trumps everything. It has the power to erase the history of the marriage and the capacity to inform each and every decision in a divorce agreement. Children in divorcing families, whether young or adult, feel placed in the middle. The level of humanity between their parents determines, centrally, how painful being in the middle is. By and large, parents seem to feel they are doing a good job of being respectful of the other parent when talking with their children. Mostly, it seems, they’re really not doing a very good job with that. Understand that it took a good amount of time to meet, get to know, commit to and live life together. Take the time needed to transition well into the Your opinions contin u ed from page 6

students, including my own daughters, whose teachers will be forced to teach to the test or lose their jobs. That is perhaps the saddest and most infuriating aspect of O’Mara and Lifton’s unconscionable choice to throw students under the school bus for the sake of approving a bad budget. A bad on-time budget is still a bad budget and yet O’Mara and Lifton chose to ignore the will of their constituents. They chose instead to sacrifice parents, students, and educators for the sake of timeliness, regardless of the damage it will do. As a result, this parent and educator finds them and the rest of the legislature highly ineffective. – Liam F. O’Kane, Ithaca Reportersnotebook contin u ed from page 6

requirements for the “hard” intellectual, STEM skills. Can you build a bridge? asks the Marketplace. Can you code a program that lets teenagers send each other inappropriate photos? Will you provide value to our shareholders? This is the apparent aim of New York City’s “Success Academies,” if one believes the April 6 New York Times article on the academies’ philosophy. In short, test a lot; everyone sit up straight all the time; and allow for somewhat regular (and actual, not figurative) peeing-of-pants during tests. If public school advocates what to refresh their rhetoric, beginning with “we do not encourage pants-wetting” might be a good start. If we don’t believe that either creating a class of technical adepts who can beat the Ruskies to Uranus or best the Chinese in smartphone design is the only social good, then what should education be? The answer should not rely on “stops” and “nots.” Instead it will require first some reflection on the part of educators. Why do we need public education? Hint: the answer is not “Because we need to make citizens capable of participating in a democracy.” Go deeper. Then, convince me of the rightness of your answer.

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having real trouble with it, and they decided to give it to the town board.” The town board—and town attorney—took issue with the lack of specificity. Allowing something as general as food manufacturing could mean that a slaughterhouse would be a permissible use; allowing something as broad as storage could mean that a big-box store could operate a storage facility there. While the language of the revised PDZ has been troublesome, Hall said the basic concept has local support. He said, “I haven’t heard anyone oppose the notion, the concept. I don’t think I’ve had a single person anywhere say this isn’t a good idea.” The neighbors, however, have some concerns. Naomi Strichartz, who lives next door, said that water use could be a big problem: “We were very negatively impacted by the business that was there in the past, namely because we’re sitting on a very shallow aquifer, and we ran out of water twice.” Strichartz is also a member of the town’s planning board, which approved the proposed PDZ changes. From a planning perspective her primary concerns were about the language of the last set of proposed changes to the PDZ. She said, “The proposal that David made initially is much too broadly defined. Firstly, a PDZ is supposed to be for a single purpose, a narrowly defined thing. Secondly the industrial uses are very inappropriate for the area.” Strichartz clarified that she was not opposed to any activity on the site, but she believed it should be more clearly defined. “No one is saying he should do nothing with this space,” she said, adding that the goal is to make sure that whatever happens is “appropriate for the neighborhood.” Another neighbor, Pat Woodworth, expressed concern about what a broadly worded PDZ law could mean with a future property owner: “The specific project that was identified appears fine to me, but the law is written much more broadly than that, which means that since the law applies to the land and not the owner, it can be interpreted much more broadly than planned.” As of now, the project is back to planning. Dietrich said the town board advised Hall to hire a professional planner; Hall said he has been working on a site plan and hopes to have it to the town board later this month. • —Keri

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ow can municipalities balance the need to have economic development with the need to protect the environment? The question comes up both during the planning process for virtually every project that is proposed and sent through any kind of site plan review process. The answer, in part, is that it helped to be attractive to development, which we are. “Why do municipalities zone for development?” asked planner George Frantz, who said this has been a concern of his since the 1980s, when he was a graduate student in Cornell’s city and regional planning department. He worked in the planning department of the Town of Ithaca for several years. “Too much land in the county has been zoned for development that shouldn’t be.” Frantz cited as an example a parcel on East King Road in the town of Ithaca near the Eldridge Wilderness. “It has steep slopes and erodible soils,” he said, “and yet it’s zoned for intensive development. And, in fact, it was developed. The town had a chance to change it, but they didn’t. It was a lack of political will.” In the last year headlines were made by proposed projects on West Hill in the town of Ithaca and on East Clinton Street in the city of Ithaca when these projects came up against the public’s desire to protect the environment. On West Hill NRP Properties of Cleveland scrapped a residential development proposed for the “Biggs parcel,” an abandoned 25-acre tract between Rt. 96, Dubois Road, Indian Creek Road, and Dates Drive, when parcel turned out to have more extensive wetlands than was initially known. On East Clinton Street developer Jason Fane was taken to task by the board of the county Industrial Development Agency (IDA) for failing to include explicitly “green” features in his proposed residential building and for trying to build on a steep slope. Times / A 8 The I thaca

No Clusters, Please, We’re Ithacans While the county owns the Biggs parcel, Ed Marx, the commissioner of planning for Tompkins County, pointed out that Town of Ithaca ultimately determines land use. County governments have no say in matters of zoning; they can only advise. As property owners, Marx said, the county attempted to be proactive with regard to aspects of the landscape that were to be protected because of its “natural value.” They accepted the NRP plan because it would have left two-thirds of the 25acre parcel undeveloped. “The town regulations didn’t require that,” said Marx. “But when more wetlands were discovered, the developer saw that they wouldn’t be able to put in enough units to make this work.” The original plan as envisioned by NRP was to be a cluster development of 58 townhouses. The initial NRP plan had been based on information from the National Wetland Inventory, a database created by Ed the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service that documents the distribution of wetlands based on delineations made using infrared aerial photographs. Only a selection of sites is “ground-truthed” for the national survey. When NRP surveyed the Biggs parcel they found the wetlands to be more extensive than the national inventory indicated. Indeed, the Town of Ithaca comprehensive plan indicates that only the eastern half of the parcel has hydric (seasonally or permanently saturated) soils. The environmental assessments and environmental impact statements (EIS), like the one that NRP was preparing for p r i l

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with its wetland survey, began to spread downward administratively after the creation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in 1970. NEPA was the formal beginning of weighing environmental impacts against the benefits of development. New York State enacted its own state Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) Act in 1975. Its purpose is to declare a state policy that encourages, in the words of the law itself, “productive and enjoyable harmony between man and his environment.” Initially the state and federal governments only wished to document the potential impact of projects that required state and federal funding. But after 1977 in New York State an EIS was required “for private actions needing state or local licenses, approval or permits and M a r x ( F i l e) locally funded actions” (1976 N.Y. Laws ch. 228, §3). The presence of wetlands on the Biggs parcel was only one feature that would have triggered a SEQR process for that “private action.” Infill Isn’t Green Enough An EIS is now part of a much larger process, the form of which varies in urban, suburban, and rural areas. In the city of Ithaca, Fane and his development team proposed building a residential building on a steep slope between the city police station and a parking lot that serves two other residential buildings owned by

Fane. To create the parking lot earth was bulldozed over off the top of the hill at the junction of North Aurora and East Clinton streets. As is common in disturbed, unstable areas, the slopes were vegetated by invasive and exotic species from the surrounding streetscape and backyards. The plant community is, however, mature and some of the trees are of impressive size. The minutes of City of Ithaca Planning and Development Board for July 23, 2013 are an impressive indication of the number of advocates for environmental preservation that are involved in the development process. The board received input from Marx (the planner not the political philosopher), the city’s Conservation Advisory Council (CAC), the Ithaca Shade Tree Advisory Committee, and the Tompkins County Environmental Management Council. The planning board and planning department compelled the developer to do a “geotechnical engineering investigation.” In response to the findings the planning department told the developer to modify the design. The vegetation survey was conducted and found no species that were rare, threatened, endangered, or of special concern. In August 2013 the planning board went through the “site plan review” for the 130 E. Clinton St. project. No one attended the public hearing. The planning board detailed several unmet conditions that the developer would have to meet before final approval was granted. These included the requirement that the 1.15 acres to remain undeveloped be permanently protected through an easement or donation to a preservation organization. The planting plan had be reviewed by the city forester and by a third-party landscape architect chosen by planning staff. A “performance bond” had to be posted to ensure that plantings had survived through three years (irrigation and deer protection was mandated). Slope monitoring devices

with the taxes collected for the properties. the director of the would have to be installed. If the “When people say ‘economic planning department project were to get underway and development’ I think, ‘production,’” he will meet with not be completed the site would said. “This includes Cornell, which is people before they have to be fully restored to its turning out graduates. Production is spend any money present state. making something that you can sell to on design work and The project—with these and the rest of the world. Commercial and tell them what will many other conditions—was residential development is just a reflection probably work. approved unanimously. of industrial development; it’s created This process According to Nathan Lyman, by production.” Under Frantz’s model, did not work in the the attorney for Jason Fane, Cost the Fane and NRP projects would not case of the 130 E. of construction at 130 E. Clinton be valuable per se, but only as a place to Clinton St. project. St. had risen due to changes after house residents who contribute to some Fane spent a lot of the site plan review. They were form of production. money to me the now $4.4 million, up from $2 “There’s not much production CIITAP criteria and million. This is a 1.7-acre parcel here,” he said. “We have Cornell and satisfy the planning and only 0.5 acre would be built Ithaca College, but they’re dependent board before he on—the majority of the green area on someone making a lot of money his tax abatements would be preserved. The increase somewhere else. But we still have a small, were rejected by the in cost of the project, caused in L i n d a G r ac e - K o b a s a n d o t h e r N e i g h b o r s O p p o s e d but dynamic production sector, including TCIDA. part by mitigating environmental t o We s t H i l l C l u s t e r D e v e l o p m e n t ( F i l e) agri-tourism.” “We stress concerns, were what caused Fane As the lingering lead pollution densification, to seek tax abatements through as well. at the Ithaca Gun site and the TCE preserving the landscape, and green the city program, Community Incentive contamination from the Emerson site on aspects of building,” said DeSarno of the Investment Tax Abatement Program Why We Can Be Green South Hill demonstrate locally, industrial vetting of city projects. “There is no green (CIITAP). Phyllisa DeSarno, the Deputy Director field in the city, so we stress in-fill instead, development can be detrimental to the The Tompkins County Industrial of Economic Development in the city and we look for underutilized space like environment. The comprehensive plan Development Agency (TCIDA) makes the planning department agreed that there are the old [county] library.” for the Town of Ithaca includes wealth of decision whether to grant the abatements likely to be other projects. “We have a lot statistics in its “Economic Development” after the city decides that the project is of people who want to come here. chapter. To wit, the number eligible. The 130 E. Clinton St. project met We get a lot of good press,” she of jobs in manufacturing in all the eligibility criteria specified by the said, referring to the made “best Tompkins County peaked city. of ” lists that include Ithaca or in 1962 at 6,200, when they When the Fane project reached Tompkins County. “Entrepreneurs accounted for 36 percent of TCIDA in November 2014, some see that. Even if the rest of upstate private sector employment. By members—county legislators Nathan isn’t attractive, Ithaca is.” She also 2005 manufacturing jobs had Shinagawa and Will Burbank—had said that Mayor Svante Myrick’s declined to less than 8 percent reservations related to the environmental visibility in national media had of private sector jobs and service impact. Lyman told the TCIDA board also been attracting commercial jobs accounted for more than that if it did not receive the CIITAP tax and entrepreneurial 90 percent. Most of these are abatements, the project interest. in education. The balance of would be abandoned. Because of their the economy then, has swung Board member and county attractiveness to in favor of production with legislator Martha Robertson developers, Ithaca and decreased environmental impact. asked for more information Tompkins County can Frantz cited urban theorist about the slope issues and afford to make demands Jane Jacobs’ 1984 book Cities green building practices. on environmental and the Wealth of Nations to At the Dec. 11, 2014 grounds. It is DeSarno’s define “good production.” “What meeting the tax abatements job to field initial inquiries is ‘good production’ for a given were rejected, partly on from developers who are region? To produce something environmental grounds. interested in building in that the rest of the world needs. Board member and the city. You have to be careful of the architect Grace Chiang DeSarno environmental impact and expressed continuing acknowledged that city Phyllisa control for the externalities that doubts about dangers of needed property tax DeSarno are associated with industry.” building on a steep slope. revenue. “We can’t have Local governments, he Burbank noted that the no more new buildings,” she said, believes, should think in terms green building practices section of the “but we can make sure that any of reducing the environmental IDA application was left entirely blank. developer has to jump through impact of industrial Board members Larry Baum and Jim hoops.” That process can be development by choosing Dennis voted for the project, citing complicated. “Most developers sites that are appropriate. the need for housing, but Shinagawa understand the importance of the He defines “appropriate” in noted that other projects had already process, but sometimes they just two ways: (1) impacts to the supplied some new housing, and Burbank can’t make the numbers work, physical environment should expressed confidence that better projects R o b M o r ac h e , C h r i s Pa r k e r a n d N o a h and we have to say, ‘Goodbye.’” be minimized by the choice of than the one proposed at 130 E. 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Cornell and has been consulting with the them as judiciously as possible to get the vetted early in the process.“[The planning He has been working in Shanghai, city of Shanghai, pointed out that no one best possible outcome.” Burbank said that department will] ask for changes and believes that residential development helps China, which has given him some energy use is very important to him and sometimes [the developers] thank us, and out the tax base anymore. The services that in order to get a tax abatement package he sometimes they say they don’t have the continued on page 10 its residents require cannot be paid for believes a developer should be concerned money.” DeSarno said that JoAnn Cornish,

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perspective on American planning. “America is sprawled and auto-oriented,” he said. “Our manufacturers pay $8,000 to $10,000 per year to support [each employee’s] car. China doesn’t have that problem; they build on the mass transit lines.” He began studying aerial imagery of industrial sites in China and the U.S. and noticed that a GM plant in Shanghai covered square miles, but there was only parking for 100 cars. The plant employed 10,000 people. In Kentucky a Ford truck plant had a parking lot that was as large as the plant itself. “This has major environmental implications,” said Frantz.

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Locally, he pointed to the Borg Warner plant (they once occupied what is now the empty Emerson Power Transmission site) and the Cornell tech park off Warren Road in Lansing, which has “acres and acres” of parking. Frantz is not involved with the redevelopment of the former Emerson plant site, but he expressed hope that the development team would hold on to their intention of including craft industry in their mixed-use plan. He cited Therm, which makes precision metal components at its plant on Hudson Street Wi l l B u r b a n k Extension (just ( F i l e) beyond the city’s border in the town of Ithaca). The planner said that they are competing with other small specialty companies all over the country and have a very modest impact on the local environment. “We could have more of this,” he said. “I talked to a Therm machinist,” Frantz said, “and they can’t get skilled labor from Ithaca. They get it from Newfield, Danby, and Schuyler and Tioga counties. Ithaca doesn’t have a high school training program to produce these workers.” Consequently, the parking lot at Therm is larger than it would be in China. The Future Noah Demarest is an architect and a founder of the STREAM Collaborative. He grew up in Ithaca and worked in Providence, Rhode Island for several years before returning to his hometown. A Cornell graduate with degrees in both design and landscape architecture, he is in agreement with much of what Frantz says about planning. “I believe Ithaca’s focus 100-150 years ago was on building walkable neighborhoods,” Demarest said, “but we lost sight of this in the middle of the 20th century. We need more housing but we need to be smart about where we put that housing.” Like Frantz, Demarest would like to see diverse, dense, walkable neighborhoods close to mass transit. He doesn’t think we can both develop the core and sprawl at the same time, and he is part of a local effort that is re-thinking zoning. “We need to recognize that our current zoning regulations actually encourage and essentially subsidize sprawl,” he said, “and at the same time makes more sustainable (aka urban) ways of living against the law. There are so many opportunities for infill, re-development and adaptive re-use within the city boundaries to meet all of the market needs while at the same time preserving the more rural way of life that many people choose. The zoning codes were written in a different era than today. I believe we need a new set of rules that reflect the values of Ithacans today.” •

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he waiting room at Trumansburg Veterinary Clinic on a Thursday night holds a plus-size black Lab with a skin condition, a tidily trimmed Maltese on the lap of an older man, and a long-haired cat, sunny blond, with a bandage around its hindquarters. The cat wanders around the room taking a careful look at the large dog and strange people. It sure doesn’t look like Dr. Richard Orzeck is closing the business, but that’s what I’ve been told by several people, who said they saw it in the Shopper. What’s going on? “You know how many years that rumor’s been going around?” Coming out of the back room to behind the crowded reception desk, Teresa Orzeck wears a look of cheery exasperation—an expression that’s suited her well over the years, shepherding all the furry critters and the people who brought them through the clinic. “I don’t know where it got started, but it seems at least twice a year somebody thinks we’re closing. In fact, we’re about to celebrate 23rd year in business.” The clinic is unique in that the hours numerous and first-come first-serve, and there are no reservations unless you’re bringing your animal in for surgery in the early morning hours. An elderly chocolate Lab walks in, nails clicking softly on the floor, followed by a tall boy: “My dad called this morning. Toby pooped blood. He seems okay now, but …”

“That’s fine,” said Teresa, making sweet noises over the old dog. “You’re after the big boy in the corner.” A woman walks in sans chien, to let Teresa know she’s here and she and her dog are waiting in the truck. “Okay,” Teresa said. “When the chocolate Lab comes out, come in.” Dick Orzeck, as many of his patients’ owners know, went back to school after the Navy, and with the backing of Teresa, got his veterinary license. He’s picked this outpost to practice veterinary care in the manner of an old-fashioned clinic, and his advice is as down to earth as he can make it—coming out of the exam room, he sits down at the reception desk and begins writing out the bill for the Maltese, stopping to look something up in a desk drug reference: “This tells me what sizes are available,” he tells the owner. There’s something of the circus master-of-ceremonies about Orzeck, from the P.T. Barnum mustache to the way he

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Dr. Richard Orzeck with a patient. (Photo: Glynis Hart)

started five years ago when I got this done (touching his chest). I was looking around to get somebody, another vet to help, but that didn’t happen—they don’t want to move out here to Trumansburg, they don’t want to work after five, on weekends … There are times I do get frustrated, and

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think about running off to that island in the South Pacific, but nothing is imminent. Tell people, nothing is imminent.” He has a unique system for avoiding burn-out, and the proof is on the clinic wall: photos of a flock of Emperor penguins, with Teresa in an anorak looking out of the frame; the two of them bracketing a baby elephant; two Official Gorilla Tracker certificates; zebras and hippos shot with their own camera. “I’ll work until I get tired, and I go on holiday for a while,” says Orzeck. The two of them have traveled, to date, to 142 countries. They’ve also visited the site of martyrdom or burial of all twelve apostles, including that of Simon in Epcozia (a breakaway republic near the former Soviet Georgia). “I’ll tell you about that some other time; I don’t think anybody else has done that.” Meanwhile, the patients are lining up. Teresa has brought out a cat carrier to a visually relieved couple, who heft the plastic carrier tenderly. “She’s got a hangover,” Teresa cautions. “From the anesthetic, so keep an eye on her.” Orzeck is itching to get back to his patients, but, he adds, “I just got done climbing in the Himalayas, and if I didn’t drop dead of that … I’m looking at another ten years—I don’t want to be working when I’m eighty, but nothing is imminent. “ “I’ve got to get back to my patients,” he said. •

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can change—people do move to different schools and such—but we have a good idea. We track these kids all through the lower levels, and have a pretty good idea how they will shake out.” That said, Frank added, “We do try running them with different lines to see how they will be with other players, and just recently we opened up the competition at face-off. We were okay there, but you never know when you’ll find that diamond in the rough.” Welch is getting good leadership from co-captains Thomas Johnson and Sam Caward, and likes what he sees thus far from Zach Johnson and Thomas Moesch. He is getting solid play in goal from sophomore Cam Mitchell, and he sees good things ahead for Luca Greenspun, another sophomore. In Frank’s words, “Luca’s a great kid with a great future.” As Welch works to rebuild, he wears his Optimist Hat. He said, “Nobody like to lose— especially me—but these kids are working hard and we’re getting better and better. I see the light Ithaca High School boys lacrosse in 2011, led by tri-captains Riley Lasda (27), Joe at the end of the tunnel.” Bucci (26) and Austin Romantic (15). (Photo: R. Keating) • • • There is some excitement over in Dryden, as head coach basis.” Ryan Stevens has the Panthers of TC3 During the Comfort Hat years, the playing some good baseball. Stevens, a roster was often laden with seniors. In George Valesente protégé, was an assistant 2013 Welch had the luxury of having at TC3 from 2006-2010, and his position 26 seniors. Last year he had 14, and this as Recruiting Coordinator groomed year there are eight. Of the inevitable him to be the head man. Stevens, who changes, he said, “It’s just a stage we also worked as an associate scout in the have to go through. As roles change and West Texas region for the Washington responsibilities increase, you adjust. Nationals, served as an assistant coach at We are now relying on kids who are Ithaca College during the 2013-14 school just up from the J.V. team, we have six year. He is a Dryden native, graduating sophomores and three freshmen, and from Dryden High before playing we still played a really great half against collegiate baseball at SUNY Cobleskill and (perennial state powerhouse) Pittsford. Frostburg State University (Maryland). Their coach said, ‘You guys are just in that Stevens has also been coaching in the growth year,’ and he’s right.” Pecos League in Texas, and as his coaching Welch knew that the Little Red’s early skills evolve, his players’ production schedule would be tough, and he’s okay does as well. Thus far, the Panthers have with that. “We’re a smaller team than we played nine games, and given they have have been in the past, and this weather scored 80 runs, one might call the offense has made it very difficult to get in much prolific. As a team, they are batting .363 of a routine, but everyone has to deal with and they have collectively hit ten home that.” Welch added, “I’ll tell you, we’re runs. Sophomore Malik Fogg is thus far pretty good, and we’ll be better as the putting up video game numbers, as he has season unfolds.” 16 hits in 26 at bats for a .615 average. He Welch is now wearing his Teaching has three doubles and five home runs, and Hat, and he told me, “We plan ahead, and his slugging percentage is an unheard of I can usually tell you what our roster will 1.385. • look like three years in advance. Things f one plans to coach for 40 years, one needs to have a collection of hats. Frank Welch—the boys’ lacrosse coach at Ithaca High for nearly 40 years—has worn a lot of hats, and he knows when to switch them out. For several years, the Little Red was at the top of the regional high school lacrosse food chain. During that time, Welch told me, “I wore the Comfort Hat. The kids had been around the program for years, and they knew what they were doing in any given game situation. There was no need to return to Square One on a regular

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on tabletop easels; small, medium, and large tudios catering to the novice painter the idealistic “grand style,” might lend my brushes in painted-over jars full of water; who wants to drink some vino while flamingo, firmly associated with mid-20tha paper plate with squirts of seven or eight taking instruction in the visual arts century American kitsch, some much-needed acrylic colors on them; and, under a granite bar gravitas. have sprung up like so many flowers in the to the side, plastic cups. past few years. Here in Ithaca, there is “Wine Once all had uncorked, the instructor Corey had already sketched flamingos and Design” on Cayuga Street. Owned by began painting a blue sky. Some watched him on all the canvases before the class arrived Kylene Kiah, who also has a Wine and Design closely, imitating his brushstrokes. Others, after franchise in Corning, it is one of about 55 of its bearing their libations. Deep pink, festive, beginning to experiment with hues and angles sugary flavors was the theme of both groups’ kind nationwide that have opened in the past of the brush, asked Corey whether they might four years. And that’s just one of be sanctioned as still being one of those many franchise options along with “color outside the lines”-types, even in independent studios that are riding adulthood. the “paint & sip” wave. “It’s not the 10 Commandments,” Who first came up with the Corey told them. “You can say ‘the hell concept of drinking wine while with my advice.’” He went on to explain painting is a question lost to that “some people get really anal,” so history, and probably beyond. Some the design that’s to be undertaken on a prehistoric human in what is now particular evening is removed from the Iraq or Ethiopia likely had a taste walls before the night’s class. of this new rotten grape brew, and One of the women from Dryden took then mixed some spit into mud and advantage of her artistic freedom to paint a blue flamingo with a sky breaking into laid down a gazelle or buffalo on the nearest rock. Whoever decided pinks, while most stuck to the traditional that a BYO wine party went pink bird, blue-sky scheme. Most of well with painting is also a good my fellow would-be artists paid at least question, but some business-savvy some attention to Corey as he applied folks have found the concept sells brushstrokes to the sky, then the grass, itself: bring along a bottle of wine, then the feathers, head, and neck. “What and we’ll help you execute a fine color is the eyeball?” asked one lady design. concerned with ornithological accuracy. Or to quote the local W&D The pace was relaxed, giving time for website: those who wanted to get the sky or the “Our talented local artists guide grass just right the opportunity to perfect you brushstroke by brushstroke, their picture. There was chitchat as the helping you transform a blank painting went on, about work friends, canvas into your personal ‘wall home renovations, and “wouldn’t your worthy’ masterpiece.” mother enjoy this?” “You know she’d say Returning home with a ‘What am I going to do with this?’” Those masterpiece is probably overstating who took less time on a step sat back to the level of ambition for the nine observe the more applied students and other artists who joined me on a praised their companions’ superiority Saturday evening at the Ithaca Wine with the brush. Most adamant in their Reporter Josh Brokaw takes his investigative journalism seriously. (photo: Brian Arnold) & Design studio. Painting a picture praise of others were the two husbands and having a good time was more from Homer. important than turning out a piece Corey instructed the painters in a few choices in drink: a foursome of women from worthy of the Met (though perhaps it might be tips here and there: “You can give just a dab of Dryden chose the bag of Red Cat with a bit of good enough to liven up the half-bathroom). blue to give it a little low light under the cheek,” Moscato on the side, while a mixed fivesome Upon entering the studio one’s eyes are for example. He didn’t give a steady stream from Homer came prepared with a Moscato drawn to the walls, which are festooned with of advice, like the late television-paintingpunch—a recipe from Facebook—stirred and dozens of paintings made by instructors while instructor Bob Ross. Rather than offering iced in a sun-tea dispenser for easy pours into showing their classes how to make pretty constant reassurance over the public airwaves, their own plastic Mason jar picnic cups. One pictures. Corey could move about and talk to the class. We were greeted by instructor Corey Field, might almost believe, with the sun streaming Talk about their paintings, and about mutual in at our six o’clock start time, that spring had a graduate of SUNY Potsdam’s arts program. feelings for or against the pop artist playing arrived. He mentioned it merely to let people know over the speakers, and on the absurdity of Your reporter chose a bottle of sweet he “wasn’t just some schmuck off the street.” artists’ statements: “Oh, I meditate and then Madeira, a favored drink of the 18th century, Corey said he’s been teaching classes here for go for a swim at dawn,” our instructor mocked about five months. the highfalutin language of so much copy in the hopes that a bottle, which surely graced Before the class arrived, our instructor many a table at the Devil’s Tavern while Dr. continued on page 20 had laid out the required materials: canvases Johnson discoursed with Sir Reynolds on

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Japanese Woodblock Prints at the Solá Gallery By War re n Gre e nwo od

irst off, I should mention that I have a deep love of Japanese woodblock prints. So the Solá Gallery, located in Ithaca’s DeWitt Mall, which specializes in Japanese woodblock prints, is a special love of mine. And the Solá Gallery is featuring a small but compelling exhibit of the art form (called Shin Hanga, which are early 20th century prints where the classical art of woodblock printing was being revived). We’ve got a limited amount of room here, so I’ll attempt to describe in my poor words (a hopeless task with art of such delicate beauty) some of my favorites. Kawase Hasui (1883–1957), Moonrise at Futago Island: A full silver moon rising, illuminating noctilucent clouds over a blue nocturnal bay. The moon casts a silver, liquid band of light right at us across the water. There are little islands floating in the bay … including, in the foreground, two rocky, mini-islands … with exquisitely beautiful Asian pines on them, the silhouettes of the pines lovely in a mellow

moonlit way… Shiro Kanazawa (1898–1991), Misty Evening at Shinobazu Pond: This is an image of a pond seen through a eucalyptus-like tree on a hillock, on a soft, misty evening. The distant hills are almost lost in the delicate mist (which looks like it was airbrushed—but this print is from 1921, before the airbrush was invented). There are little trees and an ornate lamppost down near the pond, almost lost in the mist … and two tiny figures on the foreground hillock, a woman and a child, in pale blue kimonos, carrying brown and beige umbrellas. The thing about this one that strikes me is it seems a bit archaic—the softness and subtlety of the color reminds me of the book illustrations in America and Europe around the turn of 20th century. Katsuyuki Nishijima (1945–), Slope in Onimichi: This is a view down a stone stairway through a charming, cluttered Japanese village … with a distant bay with floating

islands high on the horizon in the background. This seems a more modern work … it almost looks like a scene from a 21st century graphic novel. Everything is drawn in a thick cartoony line … and the color is flat and stylized, like a page from a Mike Mignola Hellboy comic. Hiroshi Yoshida (1876–1950), Cherry Blossoms at Hirosake Castle: I don’t know what year this one was produced … but I’m going to guess somewhere around the turn of the 20th century. It has the look and feel and muted soft colors of the American magazine illustrations of that period. We see one of those pretty, ornate Japanese castles with the upward-curving roof eaves … looking like a floating castle … glimpsed though a falling riot of muted pink cherry blossoms in the foreground … from a cherry tree with long drooping branches like weeping willow … and in the far background a stylized green forest. A lovely work from another time and place … evoking a vision of a lost world… Kiyoshi Saito (1907–1997), Maiko: This is a print of seated Japanese woman … white flesh, black hair, black kimono, red-brown trim in her hair and on her kimono … seated on a chair with a wu-wei wood grain pattern and white stylized markings and a silver-gray pattern like hyper-dense trees in the background. A beautiful piece. I suspect it is from a later era. It almost has a Pop Art feel like a Roy Lichtenstein painting. There are more works in the exhibit— contemporary prints that reflect later 20th

Katsuyuki Nishijima, “Slope in Onimichi” (Photo: Brian Arnold)

century styles … post-Picasso cubism and abstract expressionism. But once again our time together has come to an end, and the Ever-Discerning Reader will have to visit the Solá gallery and see them for him or herself… • Shin Hanga & Contemporary Japanese Prints will be on display at the Solá Gallery, 215 N. Cayuga St./DeWitt Mall, Ithaca, N.Y. through the month of April. Call: (607) 272-6552 or visit: Solagallery.com.

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album on strands of DNA, the band will make time to stop by the State Theatre for a show on Friday, April 10. “The experiences that our band has [had] have just gotten weirder and more interesting with time. Obviously we are a band, and make records and things like that, but we also make videos and do crazy art projects,” Tim Nordwind said. “People come to us for very unexpected things, and a company asked us to direct and be in a commercial. Which is nice because China is a difficult market for anything American to break into.” That video, which is spectacular, nods to the now almost year-old “Writing’s on the Wall,” with its Rube Goldberg contraption of optical illusions. The song, with its compressed percussion and echo-y refrain, would be an admiring send-up of “Temptation ’87,” if not for the razzledazzle of the band members, a group that clearly loves to entertain. (The B-side of the breakout single “Here It Goes Again” was “Lovecats” by the Cure, another band with show-business flair.) “We toured in some super tiny clubs before the release to re-connect to super fans, but now we are going back to bigger theaters on this tour and going back around the United States again,” Nordwind said. The band is also on its own label, and so “no one is pushing deadlines,” Nordwind added. “We had released one song [‘The Writing’s on the Wall’] very early on, but by the time we had released that we had already finished another 18 to 20 songs. After we did some listening, we felt like it was missing one more upbeat song, which resulted in ‘I Won’t Let You Down’.” The song doesn’t sound so much like Jackson 5 as “The Art of Noise”—with its hard-edged synthesizers and snappy electronic drums—covering the Jackson 5. Despite all of the hype, the band isn’t just pyrotechnics. Damian Kulash told the New Yorker Magazine, “We drop one hundred and fifty pounds of confetti during every live show … if you use enough confetti, you hardly even need to play the songs.” But even the Flaming Lips, perhaps the most theatrically-themed rock act to bust Cornell University’s Barton Hall,discovered that visual effects are nothing without a strong sense of timing and direction. “We have access to a space where several hundreds or thousands will commune,” Nordwind said. “I think the live element of what we do is what we have done for 16 years, and we treat it as its individual thing, an exceptional thing.” He continued: “We can show short films, we can make songs with the crowd and do tricks. There are just so many things to do with people in a visual space. Ultimately, we approach it as ‘Let’s throw a party people won’t forget.’” • OK Go perform the State Theatre Friday, April 10. The all-ages show will begin at 8 p.m.

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The Latest Fast and Furious Installment By Br yan VanC ampe n Furious 7, directed by James Wan, playing at Ithaca Stadium 14.

he Fast and the Furious film franchise is not like a box of chocolates. You always know what you’re gonna get—crazy impossible action intercut with an ever-growing cast of characters in a kind of family soap opera—and you always walk out refreshed and grinning as the plot dissolves in your mind like a cinematic Alka-Seltzer. I can’t quite recall how in 15 years a movie about a young cop infiltrating an underground street racing operation turned into what it turned into, but seeing as the original film bought its title from Roger Corman’s second film ever, the FF series has a remarkable knack for speed and reinvention; it knows just how much dialogue its fans want to hear before zipping on to the next insane action set-piece. This time, Vin Diesel and his crew are being pursued by Jason Statham, that human Terminator, seeking revenge for the death of his brother in the last flick; Statham’s character is named Deckard Shaw, a great name for an unstoppable killing machine. At the same time, they are recruited by a mysterious government agent called Mr. Nobody—played by Kurt Russell—as a man who enjoys his job and is very particular about the beer he drinks; Diesel’s gang is tasked with recovering a Maguffin called “God’s Eye,” the ultimate tracking device, and rescuing a hacker named Ramsey (Nathalie Emmanuel) from even more bad guys, led by Djimon Hounsou. The key to these movies is the velocity of the storytelling, so that you’re being whisked from scene to scene that you don’t question the reality or the physics of the moment, you’re just racing from moment to moment. By the time Diesel and Paul Walker are crashing, flying their car from one monolithic glass-scraper into another in Abu Dhabi, if you’re still folding your arms and muttering, “I’m so sure,” then this is not the movie for you. As nuts and exhilarating as the action scenes are—it doesn’t get much better than a sequence in the middle where Diesel and company back cars out of a plane and parachute right onto the road—the film also top-loads the crew’s story with as much goofy melodrama as they can regurgitate from whatever daytime soaps are still around. For instance, Michelle Rodriguez’s character, Letty, returns to the film after being presumed dead, only now she’s suffering from amnesia. In any other movie, I’d be groaning and throwing my hat into the aisle, but somehow when the FF people do it, it makes me smile as much as the wackadoodle stunts do. Now the series has

so many characters that Diesel could skip a couple films, and other co-stars could easily carry more films. Horror auteur James Wan takes the wheel on Furious 7, and it’s clear that he gets the formula and has a lot of fun planning chases, stunts, and gags, and mixing in lots of comedy, most of it from Tyrese Gibson,

the complainer Doubting Thomas of the group, and whose sharp one-liners are distilled from the audience’s POV; he’s the most reluctant hero that ever lived. Of course, there’s an added layer of sadness and poignancy given that F7 is the last film of actor Paul Walker, who died during production. The film handles his departure with surprising The Furious7 team. (Photo: Provided) heart and delicacy; I thought Walker was a decent enough action hero actor, but thanks akin to the final moments of Star Trek: The to well-placed clips from previous films, the Wrath of Khan. • film actually produces a lump in the throat

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firm Shearman & Sterling. She became accustomed to being the only woman, representing women’s causes, in the room. So why is Cook’s story being told now? s a pro-choice Republican Perlgut collaborated with Cook’s daughter Assemblywoman in the Cathy Cook, who provided much of the 1970s—one of only three women archival material and background. They in the Assembly when she was elected in discussed the idea for a film at a memorial 1962—Connie Cook found herself in a for Connie after her death in 2009. difficult but not a lonely place: Cook knew Ithaca’s current Assemblywoman that without compromise, nothing would Barbara Lifton helped obtain funds for the ever get done; no bills would pass and her film, along with local foundations and more struggle for women’s equality would fail than 100 individual donors. at the first step. At the time politicians on “I thought both sides of the it was very house praised her important that for her measured, the story of practical, and Assemblywoman determined Connie Cook be approach to told,” Lifton said. the business of “She represented lawmaking. this Assembly That was how, district and led in 1970, she passed the fight for a controversial reproductive bill in Albany that rights in New decriminalized Sue Perlgut and Carol Kammen (Photo: Sheryl Sinkow) York State in the abortion (three late ‘60s, a history years before Roe that many have forgotten or never knew. In v. Wade) and shocked the nation. A new the midst of a nationwide battle to restrict documentary that spans Cook’s life’s work women’s reproductive rights, this film is a shows that she was a visionary: advocating for women’s reproductive rights long before timely reminder of Connie Cook’s heroic fight to save the lives of thousands of New the debate divided the country. York women.” Sue Perlgut, the film’s co-director and At the time of the vote, many accused producer, unearthed hours of never-beforeCook of advocating for “abortion on seen footage during her research. In one demand,” but she argued that abortion grainy black-and-white scene, shot on the house floor on April 9, 1970, Assemblyman was happening anyway, legal or not, and that criminalizing it only drove abortion George Michaels gives a dramatic speech underground. asking to change his vote. The Assembly Leslie Danks Burke, of Planned had been locked in a 74-74 tie; with Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes, Michaels’ change, the bill passed. said, “Connie Cook led a majority in 1970, “I fully appreciate that this is the and her legacy remains the majority view: termination of my political career, Mr. Speaker,” Michaels says, “but what is the use most people support women’s health care. Many are watching New York State’s refusal of getting elected or reelected if you don’t to codify Roe v. Wade with growing dread.” stand for something? I therefore request The Reproductive Services Bill, which Mr. Speaker, to change my negative vote to safeguards abortion rights in New York an affirmative vote.” It is one of the most satisfying moments and would codify Roe v. Wade for the state, passed in the Assembly on March 25. It is of the film. But Michaels’ prediction was expected that the bill will never make it to quite true. the State Senate floor. “I was getting a bit of a beating for “Connie impacted our lives in as introducing this bill,” Cook says in an many ways as the second-wave feminist interview after the vote passed. “To push it, movement did,” Perlgut said. “She did all to put your callings to the test, that is not a she did as a Republican and did it within popular thing to do if it is an issue like this. the system—where she managed to make “The life of a politician is not easy and enormous changes that we live with today. that is why they get so cynical sometimes Even with all the benefits we as women and find it hard to follow the right course.” have today, she is a reminder that women “Cook persevered in the face of much had to fight for the rights we have now and sexism in the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s,” said in fact are in danger of losing some of them. Perlgut, “and led the life she wanted to We need more Connie Cooks, now, more lead.” Cook graduated in the top ten of than ever.” • her class at Cornell’s law school. In 1943, she began her career as one of only two women working at the Wall Street law

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printed in opening night materials. The freedom of the palette, for myself, quickly led to the demise of the Grand Flamingo concept. An accidental dab of black caught on the brush and sliced a hint of the abyss into the delicate sunset tones of my nascent sky. Observing talented artists at work has taught me that painting out such a mistake is far too much work for a novice like myself to take on in a two-hour class. Rather than hope for some invisible, steady hand to guide me to completion of a perfect plan, ‘twas better to paint with slaps and dashes and see what fell into place. The black streak became a sort of diving crow-fish. The flamingo gained a guerilla’s beret and a bearded, shouting man riding on its back. The Beatles shouted HELP! from their Yellow Submarine, and a snowy owl flew in because they’re in the air these days … man. The whole “composition,” if it had any 18th-century influence at all, turned out to be one more attributable to the rum-splattered fantasies of an Outer Banks pirate than the idealized vision of a

cosmopolitan rationalist. For those who can stay somewhat near the lines and are happy to paint in colors that might make sense to a later viewer, the Wine & Design-type deal of a sociable two hours, with paints, canvas, conversation, and clean-up provided isn’t a bad one, though a bit pricey for an evening out: about the price of three movie tickets. Paints and canvas are no longer the province of an idle few, like the student on his Grand Tour or the housewife with her Greenwich view. One can go to a local crafts store and buy a set of acrylic paints, a couple canvases, and a few brushes, all of the beginner variety, for perhaps a bit less than the cost of one class at Wine & Design. Yet there are probably not enough materials in that purchase to have more than one friend paint alongside you. What Wine & Design and its kind are about is having friends get together while they are all taking a stab and a stroke at a new activity, something the participant didn’t think s/he could do before.“Well, isn’t that nice?” people might say when they see the painting hanging. “I guess I could do that, too.” Perhaps the classes will inspire some to make another painting for

their walls on a quiet Sunday, and that’s pretty cool, too; especially if that work replaces a Big Box store canvas that goes for a price at which lots of talented but unknown artists would love to sell you an original work. The painting and sipping craze might create one potential danger. In the worst-case scenario, one of these innocent classes just might inspire a new artist, or worse, more than one new, real, honest artist. If a connection can be drawn between Paint ‘n Sip and the development of a Real Artist, then this trend should be given the same treatment that Tipper Gore gave Ozzy Osborne and his heavy metal cohorts in the ‘80s: congressional investigations, regional bans, a general inquisition. For a Real Artist won’t leave off. To steal a bit from Gulley Jimson, a Real Artist Pariticpants at Wine & Design’s “Paint and Sip” workshop. goes about “everywhere undermining (Photo: Brian Arnold) the Church and the State and the Academy and the Law and marriage understood to be a flamingo. If the Artist and the Government—smashing up is painting a grand flamingo, it must be civilization.” the grandest, the most platonic ideal This is because the Artist is not happy of what is The Flamingo. If the work is with a flamingo that looks nice on the “abstract,” dissonant with an everyday wall, a picture that represents what is understanding of reality, it is not because the Artist has made a wrong stroke. This level of dissatisfaction with civilized reality makes the Artist a danger who should not be tolerated and the development of further Artists, through training at Wine & Design or in any other facility, should not be encouraged. If you do meet an Artist, make sure to take the necessary precautions: Carry no spare cash and hide ALL the wine. •

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4/08 Wednesday CU Music: Midday Music for Organ--David Yearsley | 12:30 PM- | Sage Chapel, Cornell, Ithaca | Features “The Catholics: Byrd, Bull, and Philips,” performed on the 1746 Vicedomini organ. Armenian Genocide Commemoration Concert | 7:30 PM| Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Presented by Crossing Borders Live and the Armenian Student Organization, part of

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Cornell Folk Song Society: Tracy Grammer in Concert | 8:00 PM- | WSH Memorial Room, Willard Straight Hall, Ithaca | Remarkable lyrics, fine songwriting. Tickets: Ithaca Guitar Works, Autumn Leaves, Greenstar Market, Bound for Glory, online at www.cornellfolksong.org/ and at door. OK Go | 8:00 PM- | State Theatre Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | The band that redefined music videos returns to Ithaca.

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CU Music: Festival Chamber Orchestra | 8:00 PM- | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Music by Cornell graduate composers Louis Chiappetta, Corey Keating, and Michael Small. Chris Younghoon Kim, conductor. The Weilerstein Duo at IC | 8:15 PM- | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Ithaca College | Widely acclaimed nationally and internationally for nearly three decades of performances and teachings.

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Cayuga Chamber Orchestra | 4:00 PM- | First Presbyterian Church, Corner of Court and Cayuga Sts, Ithaca | Selections from Bach’s Goldberg Variations, then Stravinsky’s Histoire du Soldat with Percy Browning, narrator, and Jeanne Goddard, choreography. Ticket-holders invited to stay for a eception to celebrate concertmaster Linda Case, retiring after 32 seasons. CU Music: Andrew Zhou, piano | 8:00 PM- | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Music by Scriabin, Takemitsu, Unsuk Chin, Alban Berg, a new work by Michael Small, and others.

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CU Music: Faculty Recital, Ariana Kim | 8:00 PM- | Carriage House Cafe, 305 Stewart Ave, Ithaca | Various works with Roger Moseley, fortepiano, and guest percussionist Shane Shanahan of the Silk Road Ensemble.

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Special events this week: Just Eat It | Part of FLEFF, in collaboration with Tompkins County Solid Waste. Showcases the shocking amount of food waste in North America. Panel discussion afterwards | 7:00 PM, 4/9 Thursday. The Torrent | Part of FLEFF, sponsored by the Wharton Studio Museum. 1926 silent starring Greta Garbo in her first American role. Live accompaniment by Fe Nunn. | 7:00 PM, 4/10 Friday. The Crowd | Part of FLEFF, sponsored by the Wharton Studio Museum. 1928 film by Academy Award winning director King Vidor. | 7:00 PM, 4/11 Saturday. Constance Cook: A Documentary | Part of FLEFF. Republican legislator Constance Cook was a women’s rights visionary who got abortion decriminalized in New York three years before Roe v. Wade. A talk-back will be held. | 7:00 PM, 4/12 Sunday.

Continuing: Schedule starts Friday, April 10. Visit www.cinemapolis.org for showtimes. The Hunting Ground | An exposé of rape crimes on U.S. college campuses, their institutional cover-ups, and the devastating toll they take on students and their families. | 7:00 PM, 4/15, Wednesday only; 90 mins PG-13 | It Follows | For 19-year-old Jay, fall should be about school, boys and weekends out at the lake. But after a seemingly innocent sexual encounter, she finds herself plagued by strange visions and the inescapable sense that someone, or something, is following her. | 100 mins R |

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Visit cinema.cornell.edu for showtimes. The Iron Ministry | Filmed over three years on what will soon be the world’s

largest railroad system, CU professor J.P. Sniadecki’s experimental documentary captures the thrills and anxieties of social and technological transformation in 21st-century China. | 4/8 Wednesday. Selma | Ava DuVernay’s film gracefully shows us that the simple, humane demands made at Selma in 1965 resonate across the streets of America to this day. As relevant now as it was 50 years ago. | 4/9 - 4/12 Thursday, Friday, Sunday. Our Children | In Poland’s last Yiddish feature film, comedy duo Dzigan and Shumacher play all the parts in a Sholem Aleichem story staged for an audience of children who survived the Holocaust. Free. | 4/13 Monday. NOTE: this screening is not included in Cornell Cinema’s Spring ‘15 Flicksheet publication. The Imitation Game | Biopic of prodigal mathematician, codebreaker, and pioneer of computer science Alan Turing, whose arrest and conviction for the crime of homosexuality destroyed his life. | 4/9 4/12, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday. Leviathan (not confirmed) | When Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor of a Russian coastal town to save his house, he recruits a lawyer friend, Dmitri... whose arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family. 4/10 - 4/11 Friday, Saturday. Regarding Susan Sontag | An intimate and nuanced investigation into the life of one of the most influential and provocative thinkers of the 20th Century. 4/14 Tuesday.

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Stage Danza Romani (Gypsy Dance) | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 4/11 Saturday | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 139 W State St, Ithaca | Celebrating International Roma Day, to celebrate Romani (Gypsy) culture and raise awareness of the issues facing the Romani people. Groundhog Comedy Presents Stand-Up Open-Mic | 9:00 PM-, 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | Held upstairs. IC Opera Workshop: Wolf by the Ears | 8:15 PM-, 4/08 Wednesday | Ford Hall, Whalen Center, IC, Ithaca | World premiere of the opera by IC professor Dana Wilson, with libretto by Cornell professor J. Robert Lennon. Free and open to the public. Kitchen Theatre Solo Play Festival: Mother Land by Michelle Courtney Berry and June 16 by Ryan Hope Travis | 4/08-4/12 Wednesday-Sunday | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St, Ithaca | Evening shows at 7:30, April 8-9; 8, April 10-11 matinee at 4, April 12. Open Mic Poetry | 6:00 PM-, 4/10 Friday | The Shop, 312 E Seneca St, Ithaca | Other Desert Cities | 8:00 PM-, 4/08 Wednesday | Archbold Theatre at Syracuse Stage, 820 E Genesee St,

Lab of Ornithology, April 11 – 10 a.m. Celebrate the arrival of Spring (finally!) with a variety of bird-related family activities, including matching eggs to their correct nest, creating nest and egg crafts, children’s book readings, a workshop for children to hand-paint wooden eggs (registration needed), and an exhibit featuring real nests and eggs.

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Ongoing: Art in the Heart 2015: Call for Artists and Muralists | The Downtown Ithaca Alliance is pleased to invite applications for Art in the Heart 2015. Now in its 16th year, Art in the Heart is an outdoor public art exhibition running from June through November. Full details at www. downtownithaca.com; must apply by 5 p.m., April 25.

Meetings City of Ithaca Board of Public Works | 4:45 PM-, 4/13 Monday | Common Council Chambers - Ithaca City Hall, 108 E Green St | City of Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission | 5:30 PM-, 4/14 Tuesday | Common Council Chambers - Ithaca City Hall, 108 E Green St | Ithaca City Board of Education | 7:00 PM-, 4/14 Tuesday | Ithaca City School District - Administration Building, Lake Street, Ithaca |

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Syracuse | By Jon Robin Baitz, the creator of TV’s hit drama Brothers & Sisters, his seriocomedy depicts a family drama between a liberal middle-aged writer and her conservative parents. 2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist. At Syracuse Stage April 8–26. Information & prices available at www. SyracuseStage.org. Popovich Comedy Pet Theater | 6:00 PM-, 4/12 Sunday | State Theatre Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | A family-oriented blend of the unique comedy and juggling skills of Gregory Popovich, and the extraordinary talents of his performing pets. Spoon River Anthology | 4/9-4/12, Thursday-Sunday | Trumansburg Elementary School, Main St, Trumansburg | Presented by the Encore Players Community Theater. 7:30 PM, Thursday-Saturday, 2:00 PM, Sunday. Spring Into Motion | 7:00 PM-, 4/11 Saturday | State Theatre Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | A student-led, student-choreographed dance troupe, Pandora Dance specializes in lyrical, ballet, jazz and hip hop. Every spring, Pandora hosts “Spring into Motion” and invites several campus organizations to join them in performing at this annual benefit concert. Trampoline Thursdays w/ Buffalo St. Books | 7:00 PM-, 2nd Thursday of the month | Lot 10 Lounge, 126 S Cayuga St, Ithaca |

Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) | 4/08-4/12 Wednesday-Sunday | multiple locations/times | FLEFF presents: HABITATS, featuring 100 events, screenings, and art exhibitions; special guests and speakers; master classes, panels, and readings; and more. Ithaca College & downtown at Cinemapolis Theatre, April 6 – 12. Visit http://www. ithaca.edu/fleff/ for details. Ithaca Sociable Singles | 6:00 PM-, 4/08 Wednesday | Ciao’s, 2 Hickory Hollow Ln, Ithaca | RSVP Jon.h.humphrey1@gmail.com Rotary Club Luncheon & Talk | 12:15 PM-, 4/08 Wednesday | Coltivare, 235 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | Speaker & Topic: Rod Howe - New leadership at the History Center in Tompkins County. The public is welcome to attend and learn more about Rotary, which meets every Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. More information may be found online atwww.ithacarotary.com. Square Dance to support Belle Sherman 5th Grade | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, 4/09 Thursday | Belle Sherman Elementary School, 501 Mitchell St, Ithaca | Music by Long John and the Tights, calling by Casey Carr. New Roots Charter School: Spring Showcase & Open House | 5:00 PM-6:30 PM, 4/10 Friday | New Roots Charter School, 116 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | RSVP appreciated but not required. If you have any questions, or if you would like to schedule a date for your student to shadow a current 9th grade student, please contact Rebecca Cutter, Community Outreach Coordinator, 607-882-9220 ext 9 or rcutter@ newrootsschool.org. Warrior Writers Event | 7:00 PM-, 4/10 Friday | Unitarian Church Of Ithaca, 306 N Aurora St, Ithaca | Warrior Writers is a veteran-focused arts organization that fosters artistic exploration and expression through casual, welcoming workshops and retreats. By reflecting and creating in a comfortable and open space, we encourage and support healing and community building. AgStravaganza! | 10:00 AM-3:00 PM, 4/11 Saturday | The Shops At Ithaca Mall, , Ithaca | Free annual event that gives the public a chance to learn about local agriculture and its importance to our local economy. Features educational exhibits and

lots of farm-themed games, crafts, and activities. Local food/ice cream samples. For information contact Debbie Teeter at 607-272-2292 or dlt22@cornell.edu. Tompkins Time Traders Orientation/Meet & Eat Event | 4:30 PM-6:30 PM, 4/12 Sunday | Studio West, 516 W State St, Ithaca |Orientation 4:30-5:30pm, Meet and Eat, 5:30-6:30pm. Please RSVP to info@ tompkinstimetraders.net. Information at http://tompkinstimetraders.net/ join-us/ Plan Ithaca! Community Open Houses | multiple locations/times, Ithaca | The Comprehensive Plan Committee wants your input on the draft of the City’s new Comprehensive Plan. Seven community open houses scheduled during the month of April: April 13 St. Luke Lutheran Church (3:30 – 5 pm), Fall Creek Elementary School Gym (7 – 8:30 pm); April 16 Southside Community Center Gym (7 – 8:30 pm); April 22 GIAC Gym (6 – 7:30 pm, childcare provided); April 23 South Hill Elementary School (7 – 8:30 pm); April 25 Tompkins County Public Library, Borg Warner Room (10 – 11:30 am, childcare provided).

| Woodlawn Cemetery, Walnut St, Elmira | CCHS and the Friends of Woodlawn Cemetery will hold a ceremony to dedicate a new marker to commemorate the Underground Railroad in Elmira and the 150th anniversary of the surrender at Appomattox. Near the Walnut Street gate. Call 607-734-4167 ext. 205 for more information. Cornell Vet School Open House 2015 | 10:00 AM-4:00 PM, 4/11 Saturday | Vet College, Cornell, Ithaca | A free, family-friendly event offering opportunities to meet and learn about a variety of animals and their care. Young people can learn how to become vets and vet technicians. Canine agility, a petting zoo, and teddy bear surgery are among the many features of the 2015 Open House, hosted by students. War of Independence Re-enactment Weekend | 12:00 PM-4:00 PM, 4/11 Saturday | Benjamin Patterson Inn, 59 W Pulteney St, Corning | The Corning-Painted Post Historical Society will host the 1st New York McCrackens Company Quartering and Drill Weekend at the Benjamin Patterson Inn. The Inn’s first floor will be open to the public both days; drills will happen at multiple times, and at 11 a.m. Sunday will be a lecture in the Inn dining room, “Proud Citizens of the 1st NY McCrackens Company.” Skunk Cabbage Classic Half Marathon and 10K Races | 10:00 AM-, 4/12 Sunday | Schoellkopf Stadium, Cornell | The 34th Annual Skunk Cabbage Classic is put on by the Finger Lakes Runners Club, which conducts and facilitates races and running-related events to promote fitness, health, and community for people of all ages and abilities. For more information visit www.fingerlakesrunners.org. YMCA: Open Doors Annual Double Tournament Benefit | 10:00 AM-3:00 PM, 4/12 Sunday | YMCA, Graham Rd W, Ithaca | The YMCA of Ithaca is hosting two campaign fundraisers for the Open Doors scholarship program, to provide financial assistance with Y memberships and programming for children and families. April 12, Ping Pong--varied age groups and competitive levels are welcome. April 19, 3v3 basketball--varied divisions and ages. Pre-registration preferred at www.ithacaymca.com, the Y’s front desk, or phone 607-257-0101.

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Ongoing: Cornell Charter Day Weekend Advanced Registration | All Charter Day Weekend events are open to the public; a complete list is at the Charter Day Weekend website, http://150. cornell.edu/events/charterday/ Events require advance registration; online registration opens Feb. 24. Live streaming available for certain events.

Health & Wellness Specific for This Week: Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) Information Session | 3:30 PM-5:00 PM, 4/08 Wednesday and 4/11 Saturday | Community Recovery Center, 518 W Seneca St, Ithaca | FA will hold a free information session for anyone in the community who may be suffering from overeating, food obsession, undereating, or bulimia. For more information, call 607-351-9504 or visit www.foodaddicts.org. Office for the Aging: Powerful Tools for Caregivers Workshop | 5:00 PM-6:30 PM, 4/13 Monday | 214 W State St, Ithaca | Powerful Tools for Caregivers is a free, six-week educational program designed to help family caregivers manage the stress and challenges of providing care for an elderly relative. Early registration is required as class size is limited.

Lectures Bronfenbrenner Center Talks at Twelve | 12:00 PM-1:00 PM, 4/09 Thursday | Cornell Plantations, 1 Plantations Rd, Ithaca | Laura Tach, Policy Analysis & Management, Cornell, will speak on “Adolescent Well-Being in an Era of Family Instability and Complexity: Demographic Trends and Family Processes.” Beebe Hall conference room, Plantations. Open to all; lunch served. See www.bctr.cornell. edu for info. Reppy Institute Seminar: “Salutary Fear? Hans Morgenthau and Nuclear Catastrophe” | 12:15 PM-1:30 PM, 4/09 Thursday | Uris Hall G08, Cornell University, Ithaca | Brown bag luncheon. Speaker: Alison McQueen, Department of Political Science, Stanford University. Johnson Museum Lecture: Art/ Science Intersections | 5:15 PM-, 4/09 Thursday | Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell | Jennifer Mass, senior

conservation scientist at the Winterthur Museum, Delaware, will explore microscopic pigment analysis and other techniques used in the study of Old Master paintings. Collecting Pre-Columbian Art in the Time of the Easbys | 6:00 PM-, 4/09 Thursday | Handwerker Gallery, Job Hall, Ithaca College | with visiting Professor John Scott (Univ. of Florida). Seward House Museum: Curator Talk--Civil War Exhibit | 1:00 PM-, 4/11 Saturday | 33 South St, Auburn | Collections and Exhibits Manager Matthew Mac Vittie will introduce the Museum’s new Civil War exhibit to guests via a discussion of a seascape depicting the sinking of the CSS Alabama by the USS Kearsarge on June 19, 1864. David Borden: Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Co. | 2:00 PM-, 4/11 Saturday | History Center, 401 E State St, Ithaca | David Borden founded the world’s very first synthesizer ensemble, in Ithaca. He will talk about the group, its members, and its evolution into its current laptop ensemble version. Bronfenbrenner Center: 2015 Doris Lecture | 12:00 PM-1:00 PM, 4/14 Tuesday | Cornell Plantations, 1 Plantations Rd, Ithaca | Kimberly Eaton Hoagwood, New York University, will speak on “Implementation Research in State Systems for Children with Behavioral Health Needs.” Nevin Welcome Center, The Plantations. Open to all. See www.bctr.cornell.edu for info. Pay Now or Pay Later — We Can’t Afford Not to Eat Organic Food | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 4/14 Tuesday | Auditorium, Park School, Ithaca College | Mark Kastel, cofounder of The Cornucopia Institute, will present a talk/town hall discussion on the benefits of buying local and certified organic foods despite higher costs, and how to choose the very best and sustainable brands/reward organic farming heroes, while avoiding organic factory farm produced food. Sandra Steingraber: The Whole Fracking Enchilada | 7:00 PM-, 4/14 Tuesday | Phipps Auditorium, Macmillan Hall, Wells College, Aurora | An acclaimed ecologist, activist, and author, Steingraber explores links between human rights and the environment with a focus on chemical contamination, climate change, cancer and health, and shale gas extraction. Free but ticket reservations required; request by emailing mbrown@wells.edu.

will feature abstract pastel drawings by SewGreen’s founder and director Wendy Skinner. Gallery open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays, 12-5 Sundays.

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of the Earth and get them identified. Mineral ID Day | 1:00 PM-2:00 PM, 4/12 Sunday | Museum Of The Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca | Have you or your kids found a funny rock? The Finger Lakes Mineral Club will be on hand to identify rocks and minerals for Museum visitors.

Author Reading: Jay Leeming | 3:00 PM-, 4/11 Saturday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Author and Poet Laureate of Tompkins County 2009-2010 Jay Leeming reads poetry from his upcoming collection, as well as from previous works. Joint Author Reading: The Healing Muse | 1:00 PM-, 4/12 Sunday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Joint reading by contributors of The Healing Muse literary journal, including Bruce Bennett, Kathryn Howd Machan, Tish Pearlman, Laura Glenn and others. Author Discussion: Alfred J. Lopez | 3:00 PM-, 4/12 Sunday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Discussion with Alfred J. Lopez, author of José Martí: A Revolutionary Life. The definitive biography of the revered Cuban patriot and martyr. Author Discussion: Frida Berrigan |6:00 PM-, 4/14 Tuesday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Author Frida Berrigan will discuss her new book It Runs in the Family: On Being Raised by Radicals and Growing into Rebellious Motherhood.

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Exhibit: First and Last Light in Freeville | 10:00 AM-6:00 PM, 4/08 Wednesday | FOUND in Ithaca, 227 Cherry St, Ithaca | The Gallery@FOUND in Ithaca is pleased to present Patti Witten, fauxtographer. “First and Last Light in Freeville: the landscape seen from one place” will hang in the Gallery through Sunday, April 26. Opening: Large Canvases | 5:30 PM-7:00 PM, 4/10 Friday | Corners Gallery, 903 Hanshaw Rd Ste 3, Ithaca | Corners Gallery is pleased to announce the artist’s reception for Amy Cheatle’s solo exhibition. Amy’s paintings are self described as “non-representational canvases, influenced by the beauty of mark making, wide open skies, worked earth, and the wild passage of time.” Exhibit runs April 7 - May 2.

Chemung County Historical Society: Hands-On History | 3:30 PM-4:30 PM, 4/08 Wednesday |Chemung County Historical Society, 415 E Water St, Elmira | See and touch some objects from the museum’s collection. In the first program, “All in a Day’s Work,” visitors will see artifacts related to various professions in Chemung County. Free and open to all; call 607-734-4167 ext. 204 for more information. Kundalini Yoga and Art | 7:00 PM-8:15 PM, 4/08 Wednesday |GreenStar Cooperative Market, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Simple chanting, meditation, asana, breath work and art are included in this free introductory class to spark the creative healing within. Registration required - sign up at GreenStar’s Customer Service Desk or call 607-273-9392. Cooperative Extension Class: Avoiding Problems with Home Improvements | 11:00 AM-12:00 PM,

Cayuga Chamber orchestra The CCO’s concertmistress Linda Case retires in May after 31 years with the ensemble. A special reception celebrating her tenure will be held for all ticket-holders after Sunday’s concert of Stravinsky’s Histoire du Soldat and excerpts from Bach’s Goldberg Variations, 4 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church. (Photo: Provided).

Nature & Science Specific for This Week: Cayuga Bird Cub Monthly Meeting | 7:30 PM-, 4/13 Monday | Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca | This month Greg Budney, Curator of the Lab of Ornithology’s Macaulay Library, will present “Their World of Sound: An Exploration of Bird Sounds.” Cayuga Trails Club: Oakley State Forest | 8:10 AM-, 4/11 Saturday | Meet at East Hill Plaza, Collegetown Bagels. For more information, call 607-257-6906 or visit www.cayugatrailsclub.org. Cayuga Trails Club: Watkins Glen area | 8:00 AM-, 4/12 Sunday | The Cayuga Trails Club will lead a 14-mile strenuous hike, Watkins Glen area. Meet at Ithaca EMS parking lot, 722 S. Meadow St. For more information, call 607-257-6906 or visit www.cayugatrailsclub.org. Cayuga Trails Club: Roy H. Park Preserve | 5:00 PM-, 4/14 Tuesday | Meet at Park Preserve north parking area, Irish Settlement Rd., Dryden. For more information, call 607-257-6906 or visit www.cayugatrailsclub.org. Fossil ID Day | 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, 4/11 Saturday | Museum Of The Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca | Bring your mystery fossils in to the Museum

Ongoing: Exhibition by Wendy Skinner | 10:00 AM-6:00 PM, 4/08 Wednesday | The Art and Found, 112 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | The SewGreen Art Gallery

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The SewGreen Gallery, part of The Art and Found, has an exhibit of a variety of absstract pastel drawings by found and director Wendy Skinner this month. Open 10-6 weekdays, 10-5 Saturdays, 12-5 Sundays.

Mark Kastel, cofounder of The Cornucopia Institute, a farm policy research group, will present a talk/town hall discussion on the benefits of buying local and certified organic foods despite higher costs, and how to choose the very best and sustainable brands/reward organic farming heroes, while avoiding organic factory farm produced food.

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4/09 Thursday | CCE Education Center, 615 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Part of the Monthly Consumer Issues Program. Mike Danaher, from the New York State Attorney General’s Office, will present information on what typical home improvement scams look like, how to avoid them, and what to do if they happen to you. No advance registration needed. SASSY: Students Against the Sexual Solicitation of Youth | 5:30 PM-7:00 PM, 4/09 Thursday | Rm 100, Mann Library, Cornell | Workshop on the importance of terminology in relation to the commercial sexual exploitation of children in the US. Pegasys TV Studios Orientation and Course Sign-Ups | 5:30 PM-6:30 PM, 4/09 Thursday | Pegasys Studios, 612 W Green St, Ithaca | Training, studio and field equipment access, and a cable channel open to the public for free expression. Courses include Basic Studio Video Production, basic portable production, and Adobe Premiere editing. Cooperative Extension Class: Landscape Design I | 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, 4/09 Thursday | CCE Education Center, 615 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Participants will learn site assessment techniques as well as design concepts and how to add fall and winter interest. See more information and register online at http:// ccetompkins.org/events/2015/04/09/ landscape-design-part-i or call 272-2292 to register by phone. Advance registration strongly recommended. Cooperative Extension Class: How to Buy Local Meat | 6:30 PM-, 4/09 Thursday | BorgWarner Room, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | To help potential buyers make informed choices and learn about where to find meats that best fit the needs of their families. Free & open to the public; registration recommended. Call 272-2292 for more information or registration. Build-A-Bowl Workshop | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, 4/10 Friday | The Potter’s Room, 109A E Sate St, Ithaca | 18+ event. Fee includes all materials, firing, and glazing. Seminar: Alienating Parents and Alienated Children | 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, 4/11 Saturday | Lifelong, 119 W Court St, Ithaca | This seminar for women will focus on identifying, understanding and addressing alienation within the context of separation, divorce, and custody disputes. Refreshments. Free, no pre-registration required—safe/ confidential environment. 607-275-3675 or http://fingerlakeswit.com/. Red Cross Trainings at the YMCA: Lifeguarding | 12:00 PM-7:00 PM, 4/11

Encore Singing the Delta, and Spring by luke z. fenchel

here’s a lot that goes into life besides songwriting,” the singer and songwriter Iris Dement said a few years back, upon the release of her first record in over fifteen years. After three critically acclaimed albums released in the early ‘90s, Dement vaulted into the upper echelon of musical heirs to country music, along with Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette. And then just as abruptly as she surfaced, she “chose the rose garden, instead of Madison Square,” in the words of Taylor Swift, one clear inheritor of her lyrical legacy. But the last few years have seen Dement resurface, and she will stop by the Hangar Theatre 8 p.m. on April 11. Merle Haggard called her “the best singer I’ve ever heard,” and invited her to sit in as his piano player touring with his legendary band The Strangers (he subsequently covered two of her songs “No

Saturday | YMCA, Graham Rd W, Ithaca | The full-service American Red Cross Lifeguarding course. Course length 28 hours (2 Saturday sessions, 12-7 pm, & 2 Sunday sessions, 9am-4pm; must attend all 4 sessions). Ages 15 and up; must pass basic swimming competency tests. March 14/15 & 21/22 and April 11/12 & 18/19. For information contact Ryan Allen at ylifeguard@ithacaymca. com. Red Cross Trainings at the YMCA: CPR for the Professional Rescuer | 12:00 PM-7:00 PM, 4/11 Saturday | YMCA, Graham Rd W, Ithaca | Course length 6 hours (2 sessions, 6-9 pm; must attend both). Ages 15 and up. March 24/25 and April 11/12. For information contact Ryan Allen at ylifeguard@ithacaymca.com. “Windows Into The Spiritual Realm” Interactive Singing Art Presentation | 6:00 PM-7:30 PM, 4/11 Saturday | The Yoga School, 141 E State St, Ithaca | Funeral Consumers Alliance of the Finger Lakes: Public Lecture and Annual Meeting | 1:00 PM-, 4/12 Sunday | Kendal At Ithaca, 2230 N Triphammer Rd, Ithaca | President

Time To Cry” and the gospeltinged “The Shores of Jordan”). Another track, “Let the Mystery Be”, made its way onto a duet between David Byrne and Natalie Merchant. Of Singing the Delta, Dement said: “It was like somebody walked right into that room and said, ‘There you have it, Iris’—I knew then and there that I had gotten my calling.” “I had always been taught in church that God, or spirit, if you will, calls us to a life work. I got mine that day. Whether I write one song a year or ten, it doesn’t matter. It’s a ‘knowing’ that I have that hasn’t left me since that day. That’s what I check in with and as long as that’s there, the rest of it doesn’t matter. The time it takes is just the time it takes.” • • • Jeff Tripoli, a very likeable local drummer, also took a bit of a hiatus when he and his wife had a daughter, and moved out of Ithaca. “I knew that it would be difficult to continue playing in all of the bands I was in,” he told me last month. Tripoli had served as the spine in a diverse group of bands–from the R&B Free Booty Ensemble to the old-timeoriented Blue Sky Mission Club–but Pale

Donna Scott and other Board Members will talk about “It’s Your Funeral: Will It Be What YOU Want?”, an overview of the importance of planning ahead for funerals and the control of costs. For more information see www.fingerlakesfunerals.org or call 607-273-8316. Two-Part Series: “Exodus and the Conquest of the Land” | 2:00 PM-3:30 PM, 4/12 Sunday | Congregation Tikkun v’Or, 2550 N Triphammer Rd, Ithaca | Two-part series compares the story of the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt with archaeological evidence, and the relationship between history and tradition. Open to the public. For more information, contact info@tikkunvor.org. Workshop: Eliminating Racism and Understanding White Privilege | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 4/14 Tuesday | Unitarian Church, 306 N Aurora St, Ithaca | This interactive workshop will include the film “Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible,” and the book “Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” by Dr. Beverly Tatum. Sessions are independent; all are welcome! To sign up, please e-mail hhhelfer@gmail.com.

WSH Memorial Room, April 10 – 8 p.m. The Cornell Folk Song Society is pleased to be able to bring Ms. Granmmer and her remarkable lyrics and fine songwriting back to Ithaca. Tickets at Ithaca Guitar Works, Autumn Leaves, Greenstar, Bound for Glory, and online.

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Green Stars, which is a trio that takes to the Chapter House Saturday, April 11, is a rockabilly upbeat feel-good group. • • • Driftwood, who will perform Friday, April 10 at the Haunt, won the GrassRoots band competition in 2009, and I caught

Kids Specific for This Week: Sciencenter Showtime! Sound of Science | 2:00 PM-, 4/11 Saturday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Explore the inner workings of your voice and travel through a “musical petting zoo” to meet some amazing instruments with ICs music fraternity. Make your own instrument to take home! Let’s Celebrate Birds’ Nests, Art, and Spring! | 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, 4/11 Saturday | Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca | Please join us to learn more about nesting birds. Artist Jane Kim will lead a children’s activity, painting life-like wooden bird eggs (ages 6 and up, registration required); multiple other activities. Call 607-254-2473, or email mew73@cornell.edu to RSVP. Sciencenter Celebrates Week of the Young Child! | 10:30 AM-11:30 AM, 4/14 Tuesday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Special Story Time, 10:30-11:30 a.m: Join us for fun stories and special activities for young children all week. Create drawings and

Iris Dement appears at the HangarTheatre Friday, April 10. 7p.m.

handprints that will decorate a banner to be displayed in the Sciencenter’s front entrance. Sponsored by CFCU. Sciencenter Preschool Story Time & Activity: Barnyard Tracks | 10:30 AM-, 4/14 Tuesday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | For toddlers and preschoolers, hear the story “Barnyard Tracks” by Dee Dee Duffy and then make silly pig masks. Stream Safari with Phil Koons and Jamie Lovett | 1:00 PM-2:30 PM, 4/11 Saturday | Six Mile Creek | Did you ever wonder what kids of critters live in our local streams? Join us on a Stream Safari to learn about the insects, fish and other organisms that live beneath the water’s surface. For children 7-12 accompanied by a parent. Meet at the Mullholland Wildflower Preserve parking area just off Giles Street. Journals will be provided or bring your own. No signup required. Contact Laurie (272-8491) or Anna (379-0924) for more information. YMCA Healthy Kids Day | 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, 4/11 Saturday | YMCA, Graham Rd W, Ithaca | Gym activities 1-3:30, Pool Carnival 3:30-4:30. Free

to all; children under 13 need to be accompanied by an adult. Activities, games, bounce house, Dan the Snake Man, giveaways and more. Sciencenter Member Mornings | 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, 4/12 Sunday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | The Sciencenter is open special hours, just for members! On every 2nd Sunday through June, Sciencenter members get the museum to themselves from 10 a.m.-noon.

Ongoing: 4-H Kritter Kamp Registration | The Tompkins County 4-H program is offering a unique opportunity for youth ages 9–13 with an interest in but little or no experience with animals. Held May 15-16 at 4-H Acres; participants will camp overnight and learn about animal behavior, health, nutrition and diet needs, and more. Contact Brenda Carpenter, 272-2292, btc6@cornell.edu for a registration application, or find it at: http:// ccetompkins.org/4h/activities-events/ kritter-kamp. $50 fee must accompany the registration form; deadline to register is May 1.

Mineral ID Day

Museum of the Earth, April 12 – 1 p.m. The Finger Lakes Mineral Club will be on hand to help you identify any odd- or interesting-looking minerals you or your kids may have found.

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them in the Cabaret Hall in 2010. By 2011, they were playing 210 or 215 gigs a year, according to Byrne. Asked about the tour schedule, Byrne spoke like a professional gigging musician: “We really believe in the project, and believe that we have enough support and positive feedback, and you need that to instill confidence.” “Back in 2011, we would play whatever shows we could play–open mic nights–or anything to get as much exposure as possible. It is not the easiest way to make a living, and back then we did less traveling but more shows. We did over 250 shows that year.” They’re continuing to do an average of 175 or 200 gigs per year. “We are very excited to play in our home area, though we only have time to play in the area twice a year,” Byrne said. •

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Leicester, MA needs 4 temporary workers 4/15/15 to 10/30/15, 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 508-799-1600 or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #5332409. Plant, Cultivate and Harvest diversified Vegetables, Berries and Horticultural crops. Use hand tools such as but not limited to shovels, hoes, pruning shears and knives. Duties may include but not limited to tilling the soil, apply fertilizer, thinning, weeding transplanting, pruning, applying pesticides, picking, cutting, cleaning, sorting, packing, loading and unloading trucks and farm trailers. May set up operate and repair farm machinery, repair fences and farm buildings, set up and man irrigation equipment. Work is physically demanding requiring workers to bend, stoop, lift and carry p to 50 lbs. on a frequent basis. 1 months experience required. in work listed.

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PEABODY, MA needs 4 temporary workers 4/15/2015 to 11/30/2015, 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, North Shore Career Center of Salem (978) 825-7200 or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA Job order #5313229. May perform any combination of tasks related to the planting, cultivating, and processing of fruit 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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Lancaster, MA needs 2 temporary workers 4/15/2015 to 11/15/2015, 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, North Center Career Center 978-534-1481, or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #5332427. May perform any combination of tasks, in any type of weather conditions. Related to the planting cultivating, and processing of fruit and vegetable crops, including but not limited to: driving, operating, adjusts, and maintains of farm machines, preparing soil, planting, pruning, weeding, thinning spraying irrigating, harvesting grading, and packing. May use hand tools such as shovel and hoe. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. 1 months experience in vegetable duties listed is requiried.

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LITTLETON, MA needs 2 temporary workers 4/15/2015 to 11/1/2015, 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 ¾ of the workdays during the contract period. $11.26 per hr. Applicants apply at, Job Net 800-5jobnet or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #5337486 Plant, cultivate, and harvest various crops such as, but not limited to, vegetables, fruits, horticultural specialties and field crops. Use hand tools such as but not limited to, tilling the soil, applying fertilizers, transplanting, weeding, thinning, pruning, applying pesticides under the supervision of a licensed applicator, picking, cutting, cleaning, sorting, packing, processing, and handling harvested products. May set up, operate and repair farm machinery, repair fences and farm building, also may participate in irrigation activities. Work is usually performed outdoors, sometimes under hot or cold conditions. Work is physically demanding, requiring workers to bend, stoop, lift and carry up to 50lbs. on a frequent basis. 1 month experience required on work listed.

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Reynolds, and one quarter goes to ome local municipalities are feeling a SONYMA: the rest goes to the county and pain in their wallets as mortgage tax the municipalities. revenues declined precipitously this Tompkins County Finance Director year. Trumansburg village Mayor Marty Rick Snyder said the mortgage tax revenue Petrovic noted, during a meeting earlier has a lot of volatility: “The mortgage tax this month, that the mortgage tax revenue is half what it was last year: Trumansburg’s revenue goes up and down a lot because it is based on sales of homes and property.” revenue from mortgage tax for 2014 was In a chart provided by the finance $9,732, down from $18,396 in 2013. The department, most municipalities collected Village of Lansing also noticed a drop, about the same mortgage tax revenue, from mortgage tax revenues of $57,680 in increasing steadily if slowly, from 2008 to 2013 to $43,625 in 2014. 2013; then, dropping. “Expenses are up, and revenues are County Clerk Maureen Reynolds down,” said Petrovic. For Lansing village, sees all the real estate transactions in the decline in mortgage tax revenues was the county because they involve deed part of an overall shrinkage in the village transfers. She notices that very large budget, as that municipality lost around transactions, such as when a $10,000 in mortgage taxes in developer purchases multiple an overall budget of around “Expenses $1million. are up and properties or one large tract, can skew the mortgage tax Similarly, the Town of revenues are number sharply upward. Her Ulysses also saw a decline, down.” observation is borne out by the from around $123,000 mortgage tax revenues in —Trumansburg Mayor difference between mortgage tax totals and the number of 2013 to less than $65,000 in Marty Petrovic transactions in 2013 versus 2014. Throughout Tompkins 2014. In Ulysses the number County, mortgage tax of transactions declined from 163 in 2013 revenues declined, with four exceptions: to 134, jibing with the decrease in tax the villages of Dryden and Freeville and revenue. In the town of Dryden where Cayuga Heights, and the Town of Ithaca. revenue changed very little, the number of Groton’s mortgage tax revenues for both transfers also remained steady at 359. village and town spiked in 2013, then However, since 2011, New York dropped. It appears that the decline in mortgage homeowners have been able to refinance with a CEMA (Consolidation, Extension, tax revenues is due to a combination of and Modification Agreement) loan and factors. lower the amount of mortgage tax. The mortgage tax was raised in 2009 According to local professionals, fewer by a cash-strapped county legislature, mortgages are being taken out because and then increased again in 2012 to interest rates have leveled off and there is raise revenue for the county bus system, no longer an advantage to refinancing a Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit mortgage. (TCAT). Mortgage tax is a one-time tax According to NYC Mortgage. levied on the value of a mortgage at the com, “For refinances, and in some time of closing. Mortgage tax is separate circumstances purchases, it is possible to from the recording fee of $50 (plus avoid paying mortgage tax by modifying additional costs after the first page) for a mortgage note to become an extension recording a mortgage with the county of the original note for which mortgage clerk. The county’s current mortgage tax tax was previously paid. When a CEMA is 1 percent, and revenue from this tax is is completed, the customer pays the shared between the municipality where mortgage tax for difference between the the home is located and the State of New exisiting mortgage and the new mortgage York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA). and not the tax on the entire amount of One quarter of the county’s mortgage the new loan.” tax revenue goes to TCAT, explained Kim Rozell, a mortgage loan Tompkins County Clerk Maureen

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