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Ithaca CPA sentenced to prison, fined millions after pleading guilty to fraud

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ndrew LaVigne, an Ithaca-area accountant, has been sentenced to 87 months in prison and fined $3.6 million for bankruptcy fraud, mail fraud and money laundering, according to a press release from the Department of Justice.

The punishment was handed down today in a federal court in Binghamton, New York.

LaVigne, 66 years old, pled guilty earlier this year to a variety of charges that stemmed from a personal bankruptcy filing in 2004. According to the DOJ release, when LaVigne filed for bankruptcy he owed about $7.6 million to over 80 unsecured creditors “following a failed scheme to use their money to purchase sports and entertainment memorabilia for resale.”

LaVigne then used his CPA company’s bank accounts to hide between $3.5 and $9.5 million from the government while the bankruptcy proceedings were ongoing, though he claimed that his home was his lone asset.

“LaVigne laundered money by depositing funds unrelated to his CPA practice into his business accounts and then using that money for his own benefit and that of his family — including buying himself sports memorabilia and writing checks to himself totaling tens of thousands of dollars that were never disclosed in his bankruptcy proceeding.”

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A “Free Rose” banner held at the rally earlier this month to show support for Rose DeGroat, who still faced charges at the time. (Photo by Casey Martin)

Charges dismissed against Rose DeGroat in April incident on the Commons

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he charges against Rose DeGroat have been dismissed by order of Tompkins County Judge John C. Rowley in a judgment issued Friday afternoon.

Rowley’s reasoning mostly focused on his view that video evidence contradicted the grand jury testimony of one of the police officers (“Officer Herz,” as identified in the ruling) involved in the April 6 incident on the Commons, which resulted in the arrests of Cadji Ferguson and DeGroat after they were involved in an altercation with a third party, named in the judge’s order as Joseph Ming. It’s not clear if the judge was able to review more or different videos than had been publicly released by the City of Ithaca in the wake of the incident. The ruling

brings an end to what had been a tumultuous saga over the last several months, marked by rallies held by local activist groups like Black Lives Matter Ithaca and Standing Up for Racial Justice, as well as a public apology offered by Mayor Svante Myrick to DeGroat and Ferguson.

The ruling contains several fairly harsh criticisms of the conduct of police officers during the incident, particularly Herz. Rowley wrote that “Ithaca Police Officers overreacted to the initial situation [...] The police made no effort to defuse the situation or to simply separate the men while the conflict was sorted out,” which would appear to contradict the Ithaca Police Department’s internal findings that their officers had not commit-

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ted any wrongdoing and would not be punished in connection with the incident. Ithaca Police Chief Dennis Nayor declined to comment at this time.

After hearing testimony and reviewing the videos, Rowley offers his narrative of the case as follows: He stated that videos showed Ming was not knocked unconscious when he was pushed to the ground by Ferguson, something “Officer Herz” had testified to thinking as he approached the situation, and that it should have been obvious because Ming was standing and squared off with Ferguson by the time police tackled Ferguson.

“There was no time for Mr. Ferguson to hear, understand or respond to the command that he get on the ground,” the judge wrote.

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25th Anniversary

Cancer Resource Center celebrates 25 years of helping cancer patients zation. Since the CRCFL is a small non-profit that is reliant on donations for much of their funding, they are grateful for the people who donate or come to events to support their cause.

The CRCFL receives most of its donations from its annual Walkathon fundraiser. At the time this article was written, they had received $108,913 in donations, needing $61,087 Marilee Murphy, the executive director of the Cancer Resource Center of the to reach their goal Finger Lakes as it carries on during its 25th year. (Photo by Casey Martin) of $170,000. From the Walkathon, the CRCFL receives n 1994, nine women founded an orgamoney to cover three-quarters of its nization called the Ithaca Breast Canoperating budget. This year’s Walkathon cer Alliance. This organization served will be held on Oct. 5 with registration at to support all those in the community fac- 8:30 a.m. and the Walkathon beginning at ing breast cancer at the time. In 2007, the 10 a.m. More information can be found name was changed to the Cancer Resource online at www.crcfl.net.

Center of the Finger Lakes (CRCFL) so the Murphy spoke about some of the ways organization could serve to help all those the CRCFL has been working to live up to in the area suffering from different types their motto, “No one should face cancer of the illness. Now, in 2019, the CRCFL is alone.” celebrating its 25 anniversary.

“There’s a lot that we do to fulfill that Executive Director Marilee Murphy has mission and it’s things as concretely as been with CRCFL for just three months providing free wigs and hats, support for but has found that the community’s supthe side effects of treatment with people port is a testament to the original goal of losing their hair, mastectomy support,” the nine women who created the organiMurphy said. “It’s sometimes provid-

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Planning Board approves South Hill student housing development

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fter months of discussion and plenty of protest from South Hill residents, the student rental development at 815 South Aurora Street was unanimously approved at the Ithaca Planning Board’s Sept. 24 meeting. The project wasn’t passed without a fight, though, as residents who have been urging the Planning Board to stop the project spoke during the public privilege of the floor portion of the meeting.

Despite the audience’s sentiments, after some final discussion the Planning Board voted unanimously to approve the project.

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The vote comes after a lawsuit was filed last month to try to stop the development, which is still in Tompkins County Court.

The project would bring three buildings, 66 units and 150 beds to the site.

South Hill resident Roger Dennis has been at several Planning Board meetings to protest the project. He’s objected to the idea of having the building’s parking lot in the fall zone of a nearby cell phone tower.

Dennis drew a parallel between the development and the Ithaca Children’s Garden since both are in the tower’s fall zone.

“The difference here is that during

ing financial advocacy where they meet with somebody who understands how to navigate the issues with insurance, or disability. It’s support groups, it’s one on one support; sometimes it’s connecting a person with another cancer survivor who’s dealt with the same type of cancer that they had and hooking them up as a peerto-peer support.”

The CRCFL has a strong partnership with the Cayuga Cancer Center at Cayuga Medical Center and has volunteers in the chemotherapy and radiation suites five days a week. The volunteers help provide patients with food, drinks and comfort.

CRCFL has some staffers go be emotional supports for people undergoing chemotherapy. Others help assess what a person may need help with. Since the CRCFL is such a small non-profit, Murphy has noted there are some challenges to overcome.

“We provide all our services for free, so it makes us reliant on community support and donations,” Murphy said. “That’s always a challenge — for a small non-profit to be able to continue bringing in that money and continue doing what we do. I think trying to meet the demands that are out there with such a small staff is a challenge and, in order to meet that challenge, we’ve brought in a lot of volunteers and we direct a lot of volunteers who are willing to commit a lot of time and energy. We currently have anywhere between 70 to 80 active volunteers.”

A challenge across any and all medicine, CRCFL has struggled to reach some people in the farther reaches of Tompkins County; rural areas in general struggle with all types of healthcare. However, most organizations that provide services like CRCFL are located in bigger cities, like Rochester. Murphy said smaller support centers such as CRCFL can often be taken for granted but that she’s grateful that the size of the community allows the organization to achieve more impact than they might in a city with a much bigger population. inclement weather there is a choice that is made to visit the garden,” Dennis said.

“On this site [815 S. Aurora St.], one must go into the fall zone because people live there and frequent the parking lot/fall zone on a daily basis—it is the only way out of these apartments buy vehicle or bicycle. One must walk through the fall zone to take out the garbage.”

Other residents spoke to some of the same points that Dennis made, while others argued against the project’s size.

Michael Belmont, who is moving to Ithaca from Rochester, has been tracking the project’s residential backlash and is supportive of Roger Dennis’ position that the building doesn’t work for the site. Having chaired the Board of Zoning Appeals for Irondequoit, NY, for five years, Belmont feels the board should take a step back and continued on page 7

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Scahill at Cornell

A Q&A with journalist Jeremy Scahill

Jeremy Scahill delivered a lecture last week at Cornell University. (Photo provided)

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he Intercept co-founder discusses truth, journalism and 2019 media Journalist Jeremy Scahill is one of the three founding editors of The Intercept, was a war correspondent for 20 years and author of the international best-selling books “Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield” and “Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army.”

Scahill’s extensive work in reporting work has twice earned him the prestigious George Polk Award. Recently, he delivered the Kops Freedom of the Press lecture at Cornell University where he talked about “Telling the Truth.” Scahill sat down with the Ithaca Times and spoke about recent trends in both independent and mainstream press and how the press is being targeted in America. (Some answers have been lightly edited for length and clarity.)

Ithaca Times: Talk about how the Freedom of Information Law Requests (FOIL) have been restricted since right after 9/11 to limit journalists from informing the public about what the different administrations have been carrying out.

Jeremy Scahill: Edward Snowden and other whistleblowers talk about how there is rampant over-classification that takes place in the intelligence community, and when you have that at the highest levels of the state and the federal government it trickles then down to state and local, then the tone is set from the top on major issues. The Bush-Cheney administration was notorious for being anti-freedom of the press, anti-freedom of information.

The Obama administration purported to change some of that, and in some departments they did facilitate an easier process of getting things declassified. But on national security related matters, the Obama administration was as bad or worse than the Bush administration many times. With Trump, I think it has now taken on an overt political nature, where you actually have the White House ordering institu-

tions not to share information with the press.

This is something very unusual in American history to have such an overt assault on the institution of journalism from the most powerful podium in our country.

I know so many journalists who are in FOIL hell right now—their appeals are just being ignored.

We are the only profession, non-government profession, specifically mentioned in the Constitution—the freedom of the press. And it’s mentioned to say it is protected. There is a brilliance in that because there is an additional layer of check on the government.

They do it because they are trying to present information to people that allows them to make their own informed opinion about what policies to support or oppose.

Or there are those who are in positions, being funded by taxpayers or in positions that are the result of an election, are they doing what they are supposed to be doing in those jobs? That’s the whole purpose of freedom of information, is allowing access to the public. It’s not just journalists who file Freedom of Information requests, it’s also researchers and academics and others.

But across the board now there is this target site on the head of journalism, it’s not just journalists anymore, it’s journalism in general. And you can’t just blame Trump for this—it’s bipartisan. I think Trump is very adept at using the hypocrisy or missteps of his predecessors while ignoring entirely his immediate contradictions. But I think it’s a mistake to pile all of the questions, the most dire questions of our society, onto the Trump ship and sink it when he leaves, and to say all of our problems are solved. In a way I think that is what happened when Obama took over after eight years of Bush and Cheney. And I think a lot of liberals in this country felt like finally now we can get back to normal America. And the damage was done, and Obama, rather than healing it, reopened a bunch of those wounds and legitimized them and used his base of support to sell the idea. For instance, that drone warfare was this suave new way of doing low cost, low risk warfare. And that was Cheney’s big dream. Cheney was really pushing to have robotic drones fly over Afghanistan.

And I think it’s essentially that all of us not get too carried away with the insanity of the Trump moment when we are talking about the history of this country.

IT: What do you think people in this country can do to protect their right to know and also protect the press as they work to inform the public about the policies of their government?

JS: I am not sure I have only one answer for that. I will say that we live in a moment when it comes to issues of the freedom of the press of incredible contradiction, and if you look at the role of social media in our lives it is almost as if anyone can be a journalist in terms of having a platform where you can put something that is purporting to be about an event that took place or lots of opinion journalism. But I mean on the ground stuff, people putting stuff on Twitter. Maybe it’s true, maybe it’s not true. It can spread very, very fast.

It can be an incredible tool for democracy and freedom of expression. It can also be a lethal, deadly tool for the spread of misinformation or the targeting of people.

I think all of us should pressure and encourage our news organizations to hit pause on the instinct to mimic what we are seeing on social media.

We are being dumbed down. We are being groomed to only absorb information if it’s being delved to us in 280 characters or an instagram video.

IT: It’s like we are being socially reengineered.

JS: Yes. And I think as someone who co-founded a news organization, I have this debate a lot. I don’t like this ‘let’s pivot to video, let’s pivot to the social media’ thing. If we stop having fact-checkers, if we stop having editors, if we stop taking our time and saying sometimes we are going to be beat because we are being careful—if we lose all of that then we lose journalism. Then we don’t actually have the journalism; then we don’t have the journalism that is protected by the First Amendment. We just have free expression in society. But if we are talking about journalism—like the profession of journalism—I think some of the best agitation that consumers of media can offer up is to say ‘don’t fall into the latest trend, don’t think you have to turn your paper into Instagram.’

I think we need to reject the tendency now for all news now to be distilled into 280 characters, to be very careful about what we cut in our newsrooms in favor of the newest shiny object, and there is a reason these tech companies founders don’t have their kids on their devices or using their platforms—it’s because they know exactly what it does to the human brain.

IT: What are your hopes for the future of media reporting in the United States?

JS: I think taking what is so innovative on some of the new media reporting—the Twitter, the Instagram—like I said in the beginning, these are in some ways a great tool for democratization, particularly when protests are happening or when you have truly informed people hosting the treats.

UPS&DOWNS

Thumbs Up - Thank you to everyone who voted in this year’s Best of Ithaca polls!

We really appreciate your participation, and congratulations to all the winners. The reaction to the award release this year was easily the most we’ve ever seen, and we’re always grateful that year in and year out, our readers show us that they still care.

Thumbs Up - What everyone thought was going to happen did finally happen: acting Ithaca Police Chief Dennis Nayor, plucked by former chief Pete Tyler to join the Ithaca ranks, had the interim tag taken off officially last week, now making him the chief of police of Ithaca. This was the likely outcome for months, even before Nayor was announced as the interim selection when Tyler retired. He brings a long track record with him, and was unanimously approved.

Seen- As we’ve reported on, there’s been a rare rash of violent crime in Ithaca over the last few months, the latest report of which came from a TCAT bus in early September. A driver for the bus agency was beaten harshly by a suspect who, according to police, remains on the run, after the driver accidentally struck and killed the suspect’s dog with his bus. The driver remains on leave recovering from his injuries. See the full story at Ithaca.com.

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QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Which category should be added to Best of Ithaca next year?

31.3% Best Ithaca connection to the impeachment (we’ll find something)

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GUEST OPINION

SURROUNDED BY REALITY

A Simple Way to Greatly Improve our Schools

Everything’s Impeach-y

By C h a r l ey G i t h l e r

By Ro ge r D e n n is , for m e r N YC a lt e r nat i v e scho ol t e ach e r ideas - will sometimes be requested and think most of us would agree that our will always be welcomed and appreciated! school system could stand to improve.

The British philosopher John Stuart Mill I believe this proposal, if followed, wrote “The only way in which a human will have a profound impact, leading to being can make some approach to knowsignificant improvements in both our most ing the whole of a subject, is by hearing challenging and our best schools. what can be said about it by persons of Proposed: Our schools should folevery variety of opinion, and studying all low the lead of the democratic education modes in which it can be looked at.” Thus movement and implement school-wide the more perspectives that are offered and participatory management! considered, the better ‘our school’ will That means: invite every single person become! in the school to join the School ImprovePretend you’re the principal. First ment Group (SIG), which will meet reguoff; the (everyone is invited) invitation larly with the goal of making that school ALONE will make your school a better the BEST possible learning institution it place! You have just told all the people can be. Every teacher, para, counselor, in your school that you think they are cafeteria worker, administrator, parent, worthwhile. That you believe they have secretary, custodian, support staff, and something to contribute. Right now, in especially every student, is welcome! Only every school in the country, there are requirement is that the person must parquite a number of people who feel marticipate regularly and respectfully. ginalized and are wondering if they are And it must be made clear that those good enough - or who outright feel that who choose not to participate as fullthey are NOT good enough! Your simple fledged SIG members are still part of the school improvement process, in that their voices - their thoughts, feelings, continued on page 7

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or those who are enjoying the suspense of recent events—spoiler alert. It’s pretty complicated, involving subpoenas and some time travel, but I got my hands on some of the transcript of President Trump’s impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate from January, 2020. Due to various loyalty issues, the president slimmed down his legal team to just his consigliere, Rudy Giuliani, and this page is from day two…

GIULIANI

Your Highness, I want to object on the record to the characterization of the president as a “two-bit con man” in the introduction paragraph of the articles of impeachment.

CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS

Sustained. The senators will disregard the words “two-bit”.

GIULIANI

Thank you, Your Eminence. One further matter. On page four of our response documents, we characterized this proceeding as a “fishing expedition.” We’d like to amend that to read “witch hunt.”

CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS

So ordered. If there’s nothing else, let’s move on and resume questioning. Mr. President, I remind you that you’re still under oath. Senator Schumer, you have the floor.

SENATOR SCHUMER

Thank you. This is actually a question from one of my constituents in Ithaca, New York. Mr. President, in the word-for-word transcript of your July phone conversation with Ukrainian President Zelensky, what did you mean when you said you were going to “make him an offer he couldn’t refuse”?

PRESIDENT TRUMP

(confers with GIULIANI) I decline to answer based on executive privilege. (confers further) I mean the fifth commandment. (confers again) I mean the Fifth Amendment.

SENATOR SCHUMER

Well, how about when you said, “it’s not personal, it’s business”? That’s from the transcript as well. It’s about halfway down page three.

PRESIDENT TRUMP

That fifth thing again.

SCHUMER

I see. Later in that conversation, let me read from the transcript, you said, “some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me, but until that day, consider this $400 million in foreign aid a gift.” What did you mean by that?

GIULIANI

I’m sorry, but could I interrupt here? We’d like to amend our documents one more time and change “witch hunt” to “media conspiracy.”

It goes on like this for page after page, but someone like Francis Ford Coppola could really bring out the dramatic tension. Or maybe P.T. Barnum. And though I’m sworn not to reveal the outcome, anyone who wants to bet on Senate Republicans growing spines should ask for long odds.

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act of letting the people in your school know you want to hear their opinions validates them! Makes them feel more worthwhile. Makes them feel better about themselves! And when people feel better - especially when they feel appreciated they perform better!

Feeling that you are worthwhile is one of the most basic of human needs.

Another basic human need is the need to belong. The need to feel included. Connected. And especially the need to feel that you are a significant part of something good! And, look at it: to be a part of a group whose committed mission is to make that school the best possible place it can be; hey, that’s a good thing, so that means that you are a part of something good!

So BOOM, right off the bat, everyone in the school has a boost in two of the most basic human needs!! And, in fact, I believe that before long you will have a triple win going on, in that you will have new perspectives and ideas available from people who have a new and improved sense of self, and who are living within a new and inspired school-wide collective energy!

The members of the SIG will spend many hours evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of the school, analyzing why something is working well or not, and offering well thought out suggestions on how best to expand or make even better the things that are working well, and how to improve or fix the issues that need fixing. They will look at curriculum, school regs, behavioral expectations, food, extra-curricular activities, counseling and mental health services, the schoolcommunity relationship, and anything else that is brought up.

The principal does not relinquish any power! Within the limits of expectations from the District Superintendent and the state or federal government, the principal still has the final say in the school building. But now her or his decisions will be better informed.

Oftentimes principals and teach-

ers want to introduce new and creative programs or courses into the school or the classroom. (I would guess the same is true for superintendents.) But their jobs - including dealing with mandates from ‘above’ - are extremely demanding; and as such they usually don’t have the time and/ or the energy to ‘add one more thing to their plate’. Here’s where SIG can step up!

SIG members can put in that extra time in order to research, analyze, problem-solve, and just generally work out most of the kinks and logistical issues. They can then present to the principal a report which gives her or him (a) the info s/he did not have the time to compile, and (b) probably some specific suggestions on how to deal with would-be roadblocks and then effectively implement the program.

Thus initiatives which would otherwise have been impossible to accomplish will now see fruition! The benefits are plentiful, both academic and social among students.

On an individual level, some of the students who excel as SIG members will be young folks who are already doing well in school. Others will be students who have been mired in the background, maybe even somewhat invisible, who will step forward and shine. And there will be ‘at risk’ kids (sometimes considered ‘troublemakers’) who will become trouble-fixers and problem-solvers!

Furthermore, and of extreme importance, SIG participants are experientially learning how to maximize their potential as life-livers and leaders! They’re learning effective communication skills - i.e. the importance of (1) assertive (instead of aggressive or timid) expression and (2) active listening. They’re learning how to keep their minds open and look at issues from every angle - and how to analyze and synthesize, and work with others to develop creative solutions. They’re learning the responsibilities of democracy and voting. These students will be better prepared to live fulfilling lives, and to be highly informed and productive citizens!

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t must be understood that global warming is not a technical problem; it is a systemic problem. The capitalist economic system requires continuous growth of markets and profits, which means continuous growth of resource extraction and worker exploitation - all accelerated by various forms of coercion and, not least, by war. The quest for ever greater profits means externalizing costs: to the environment via pollution and environmental degradation; to ever greater downward pressure on working people’s standard of living and health. Global climate disruption is caused by the innate exigencies of capital accumulation.

Too often the liberal analysis de-links global warming from global capitalism, and therefore de-links concern for the environment from social and economic justice. Environmental justice must be seen as part and parcel of economic justice.

One of the problems with painting our current ecological emergencies as exclusively one of global warming is that that analyses does not sufficiently encompass the enormity of what we are facing.

Beyond the fact of excessive CO2 emissions what we are witnessing is wholesale devastation of the planet’s living systems.

Over-fishing, topsoil erosion, waterway pollution, deforestation, species extinction and on and on (as well as the innumerable social malaise we are seeing) are all the inevitable by-product of a specific economic and social (dis)order- capitalism- that demands a limitless supply chain for it’s operations and profiteering.

The current and impending climate change crises requires considerably more than an environmental/ecological

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ith all due respect to my fellow Americans, most of us simply don’t seem to know that a “liberal/progressive” is not the same thing as a “socialist.”

This includes the Democratic Party candidates as well as the members of the “Squad” such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar.

A true “socialist” is someone who wants all of the businesses and workplaces to be owned and controlled by “the state” or “the government” or “the workers” or “the people” and not by individuals and groups of people who run them for profit as we have here in the USA. Democrats who want our federal government to spend more on social programs to help the lower and middle classes as they struggle to survive and pay their bills are not “socialists.” They are “liberals/progressives” who want our market-based capitalist economic system to become MORE HUMANE (and not replaced) by having our federal government spend more to help the lower and middle classes.

Let’s use a little common sense here.

How can someone (including Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Ilhan Omar) be a true “socialist” when they do not advocate for and fight for replacing our market-based capitalist economic system with a socialist economic system?

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million from an elderly victim, promising the victim that the money would be used to develop waterfront property on Pier Road in Ithaca, called Cascadilla Landing. But instead of developing the property, LaVigne used the money to “[write] checks to himself, paying for the construction of a house for a family member, and funding payroll for his CPA practice.”

United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith said, “Bankruptcy is intended to give honest debtors a fresh start. Andrew LaVigne is not that honest debtor. He abused the bankruptcy process for his own gain

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approach; more than renewable energy is deemed necessary, and much more than perfunctory modifications in the lifestyles of the glutted Western well-off classes.

Any and all discussions about global warming must start and end with a critique of the capitalist system itself (and the World’s Number One institutional polluter- The United States Militarywhich props it up) otherwise those discussions and proposed solutions are dead ends.

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and attempted to leave his creditors with nothing while he hid and spent millions of dollars. Mr. LaVigne’s crimes did not stop there — he lied to an elderly client and defrauded her of millions of dollars that he spent on himself, his family and his business. Mr. LaVigne’s frauds cost his victims dearly, and I am grateful to our partners at the IRS, the FBI and the Office of the United States Trustee for helping to bring him to justice.”

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look circumspectly: “To be clear I respectfully encourage this board to deny this site plan as proposed,” Belmont said. “The Visum project has been given special consideration and has been allowed to fly under the code’s radar on many occasions and has inspired changes in the code at times like a reduction in a cell tower fall zone.”

During the board’s deliberations on the project, they spoke about how the new materials being used alter the building’s perspective. Board member Emily Petrina said she supports the building and feels that the nearby road, Route 96B, has grown into a major thoroughfare in and out of the city of Ithaca. Mitch Glass dismissed the fall zone argument. Jack Elliott echoed Petrina’s statement saying that as Oc to b e r

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urban areas begin to change, so does their housing landscape. Rob Lewis, the board’s chair, also praised the project’s adjustments and improvements.

McKenzie Lauren Jones addressed the residents of South Hill directly, pointing out what she felt were contradictory arguments from them. While many residents don’t want the project to be approved, she said, these are often the same residents who don’t want students occupying single family homes as rental properties. Jones found this would be a solution to that problem. Matthew Johnston said that while the development is going to stand out at first, he feels that given time the building will integrate.

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Locals react to New York State’s flavor ban

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By M att Bu tler uring the last several years, e-cigarettes and their vaping brethren have gained substantial popularity, nominally as a tool for people to quit the more harmful habit of smoking tobacco through cigarettes, cigarillos, etc. Smokers could get the nicotine fix they desired with, seemingly, far less of the known health risks that are associated with smoking tobacco.

More and more, though, non-smokers began to use the devices, or vapes, recreationally, or without having smoked tobacco habitually before at all. That accompanied an increase in the marketing and production of a wider array of vape flavors; as well as more companies trying to enter into the market, either via producing the liquid that is vaporized to be smoked, or the actual device itself that served as the delivery system. Seeing someone stroll down the Commons or sit at a bar in downtown Ithaca now with a thick cloud of white smoke wafting above them wouldn’t even draw a second glance.

Juuls, the small e-cigarettes that have more resemblance to USB cards than traditional cigarettes, were the prime example of this, as they became fixtures at virtually any social event involving young adults.

But then the tide changed, as vapes began to take on blame for making users sick. Cases seemed to sprout up out of nowhere over the summer, with scary new details emerging seemingly each day. First, a few people had fallen ill, primarily young adults or teens, with an unclear connection to vaping.

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Regardless, fear grew out of the illnesses, so much so that Gov. Andrew Cuomo made New York one of the first states to take executive action against the products, following Michigan. He banned flavored vapes, at least temporarily, announcing the move on Sept. 17. That was after the Center for Disease Control published guidelines on its website for the purchase and consumption of e-cigarettes, essentially telling people to stop smoking them for the time being until the issue was resolved; at that time, the end of August, they reported 215 cases nationwide. By now, that number is generally acknowledged to be up to 800, with 15 deaths associated as well; though as mentioned before, the CDC has now stated that the cases are more likely to be coming from unregulated, black market THC vaping products than their commonly sold counterparts.

Of those who reported issues, 77 percent were using THC-exclusive products, while just 16 percent were using nicotine exclusive products. The remainder were using products that mixed the two. The company “Dank Vapes” was specifically pointed out as one of the unregulated, illicit brands that should be avoided.

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What this means for the ultimate fate of many vape shops in New York State remains to be seen, as the ban’s grace period ends on Oct. 4. Certainly, though, the ban is sure to have a significant impact on local shops that relied on flavored oils and liquids to support themselves.

“Prohibition has never worked, we can see that in alcohol, marijuana, whatever,” said Dave Barry, the director of operations of Unique eCigs in Ithaca and a board member of the New York State Vapor Association. “Prohibition is a losing formula.

We believe there are different regulations that can come about to keep these products out of the hands of youths and yet keep the flavors in the hands of adults who are able to make the switch.”

The ban didn’t come out of the blue.

Similar legislation has come before the state legislative bodies previously, but hadn’t gained enough momentum to win approval. That was before the rash of illnesses, though, which generated higher awareness and forced Juuls, vapes, e-cigarettes and their less reputable off-brand products into the national spotlight. With the momentum created by a summer full of scrutiny and uncertainty, Cuomo issued the emergency declaration to ban flavored vapes, eventually leaving only tobaccotasting e-cigarettes on the market based on the theory that those were actually helping smokers lay off of their harmful habit.

“It is undeniable that vaping companies are deliberately using flavors like bubblegum, Captain Crunch and cotton candy to get young people hooked on e-cigarettes it’s a public health crisis and it ends today,” Cuomo said in the announcement of the ban.

“New York is not waiting for the federal government to act, and by banning flavored e-cigarettes we are safeguarding the public health and helping prevent countless young people from forming costly, unhealthy and potentially deadly life-long habits.”

Ithaca’s State Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton (D) said in a statement to the Ithaca Times that she supports Cuomo’s decision to temporarily ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes while more information is gathered, noting her concerns over the headline-grabbing illnesses that have emerged lately.

“There has been a disturbing increase in the number of young people who are using these products, and we don’t know enough about the long-term health impacts, so this seems like a very prudent approach,” read a statement provided by Lifton’s office. “My understanding is that the Governor’s Executive Order is a temporary ban, and since our Assembly bill on this topic almost made it to the floor for a vote last year, I’m reasonably confident that the legislature will take up this issue again in the coming session.”

Some of those regulations, Barry said, could include the impending legislation that will raise the age to purchase tobacco to 21 years old statewide from 18, adultonly establishments,

a cap on nicotine content, ID verification software, training for vendors, etc.

More than anything except restaurants, there are plenty of vape shops on the Commons, four to be exact; this publication has often sarcastically pointed out the potential popping of the “downtown vape bubble.” Tensions are fairly high among these smaller vendors, both for what their future holds and wariness of being painted as purveyors of products that are to blame for a new panic among parents and illness in kids and teens. Employees at each downtown Ithaca seller of vape products declined to comment, citing nervousness of appearing in the press and referring questions to their out-of-town owners, who did not respond to requests for comment. The only store to publicly acknowledge the ban, though, is Vape Dragons, which affixed a sign to its front window announcing that its hours would be cut due to the new law, and telling customers to direct their blame at Cuomo.

“It’s a huge deal for these vape shops and small businesses,” Barry said. “We’re actually gathering numbers right now to determine how many vape shops are going to close, because it’s going to happen.

Over 90 percent of what people were purchasing, when it came to e-liquid, was a flavored product. Without that, vape shops are going to close. There’s about 700+ vape shops in the state of New York [...] They can’t survive such a hit as this.”

Vape shops also feel cheated in that, as more information has emerged, it seems the products they sell, whether they be e-cigarettes or Juuls or other varieties of vapes, aren’t actually to blame for the health scares over the summer.

With that in mind, Barry He did add said his organithat the majorzation feels the ity of people he governor’s deciknows who do sion is not only smoke vapes misguided, but aren’t using that it’s a “slap in them to quit the face” when smoking actual they feel they tobacco, but are have tried to folinstead doing so low all the rules recreationally, in the relatively seeking the feelyoung indusing that vapes try. While those induce. Among products have those users, varying levels of flavored subD r .

H owa r d Z u c k e r , N Y S nicotine (Juuls stances are more C o m m i s s i o n e r o f H e a lt h are particularly popular, includhigh), they don’t ing the mint, or include THC menthol, that when they are sold by the vendors.

Tyler uses. Studies by the US Food and Tyler L., who didn’t want to use his last Drug Administration have shown younger name while speaking to the Ithaca Times, people prefer the menthol taste, which is is a habitual vape smoker who said he commonly used to flavor cigarettes (and doesn’t necessarily support the ban, but is the only legal cigarette flavor), to plain understands its motivations. tobacco. Cuomo moved to ban menthol He’s been vaping for about 10 months, flavored vape liquid as well after a recomusing a Juul, and going through about mendation from the state’s health director. one pod per day (one pod has the same He also theorized that despite the ban amount of nicotine as 20 cigarettes.) there would still be places in the area “I’m going to be a little pissed,” Tyler said. “But I’ve been trying to quit anyway, so it’s just a little extra motivation. [...] I think that people who still want to smoke the mint or flavored ones, they’re going to be able to find places that have it. As long as it’s still legal in Pennsylvania, I know people who have already told me that that’s where they’re going to get it if they can’t find it here anywhere.”

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that you could find similar products to Juuls, or even Juuls themselves, it might just be a bit harder. The only discomfort he’d ever endured when smoking a Juul was some soreness at the back of his throat, usually the result of puffing too much in a single day. Before he switched to Juul, he’d use a larger, more traditional vape, which would occasionally give him shortness of breath. Other than those relatively minor concerns, though, he had no complaints. When information was still murky over the summer, Tyler said he was somewhat concerned about continuing to smoke, but as the link to THC now seems stronger he’s less worried.

“A little bit,” Tyler said, holding his Juul. “I’d get a cold or something, and start coughing, and think ‘Oh man, is this the beginning?’ But I never really had any issues with it. I’m a big statistics guy, I feel like it’s more likely to get struck by lightning than die by smoking one of these things. At least in the short term.”

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From Cowhide to Horseback

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ody Middaugh is a sophomore at Ithaca High School, and when I learned that he had just completed a 30-mile endurance race last month, it got my attention. I always knew he was a determined young man, but 30 miles? That’s quite a distance.

Cody’s mom, Jan, is a longtime friend and former colleague, and I recall sitting with her at one of his Babe Ruth baseball games a couple of years ago. It was a continuation of a family legacy, as I had written a story about Cody’s brother, Brandon, who did a fine job on the diamond for the Little Red a decade earlier. Cody held his own as a baseball player, but it turned out that the sport just wasn’t his thing.

A few months after that, I asked Jan if Cody was doing any other sports, and she said that he had lost interest in baseball. I was sorry to hear that. Jan assured me that while her son had tossed the glove and bat into the closet, he had found another passion.

When it came to horseback riding, he was “all in.”

Middaugh has been “all in” enough to work his way up to Head Apprentice at

Painted Bar Stables, and horseback riding has become a big part of his life. The aforementioned 30-mile race was completed with his friend Spock, an 11 year-old Appaloosa Mule, and the endurance event was Cody’s second.

When asked about the “residents” at Painted Bar Stables, Cody said, “There are 44 horses, a cow and a mule, and I generally ride the mule.” He added, “Spock came from a Florida auction, and mules are often brought in as companions for horses, some pull wagons and some are ridden.”

Cody and Spock are forging quite the friendship, and they have, to date, taken part in three shows and three races.

“Mules tend to be very sure-footed,” Middaugh offered, “and our 30-mile race took us about six and a half hours to complete.”

I wondered how horses and their human companions train for such events, Cody stated, “At Painted Bar, we’re lucky enough to have a large trail system bordering the property, and we have access to them. On weekends we do rides from 7 to 10 miles, and we navigate different trail obstacles.” He said that when the actual

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As he speaks, Cody’s connection to the horses (and to Spock) is evident. He speaks of them as if their experience deeply matters, and he said, “A lot of the horses feel connected to their riders, and they will do more things for a rider if they are bonded. Trail horses are calm, and they do their job, and most of them will work with a lot of different riders.”

However, he added, “It’s clear that some of them want ‘their human.’”

At the last event, held in Hector, there were 15 riders taking part in the 15 mile race, fifty-eight riders did the 30mile race and 11 went 50 miles.

I asked Cody if there were any longer races, and he went global with his answer. “The longest race in the world is the Mongol Derby, which covers Cody Middaugh pivoted from baseball 1,000 kilometers over 10 days,” to horseback riding, finding his passion Cody said. When asked if he in the process. (Photo provided) ever knew anyone who had done that race, and whether he had any such aspirations, he replied, “I know two people races are held, the health and safety of the who have done it, and no, I am not crazy horses is monitored very carefully and thoroughly. There are periodic checkpoints enough to do that.”

Horses do factor into Middaugh’s plans (every 15 miles) staffed by veterinarians, however. He stated, “I have thought pretty and that “if the horse doesn’t look right far ahead, and I have decided to become or feel right, the vets do a quick exam to make sure their heart rate is down and that a vet tech. I plan to keep horses in my life, for sure.” they’re cool, calm and relaxed.”

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New Robo Surgery for Cayuga Medical Center Staf f Re por t s

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ayuga Medical Center (CMC) is excited to announce the addition of da Vinci Xi, the latest, most advanced, robotics surgical system to its growing portfolio of patient offerings.

The fourth generation da Vinci Xi Surgical System is designed to enhance surgeon capabilities and advance minimally invasive procedures.

According to a press release from the hospital, the da Vinci Xi offers advanced instrumentation, vision and features such as integrated table motion. It is versatile and flexible, with setup automation and guidance that promotes operating room efficiency. It can be used for a variety of different procedures. Beyond that, it

over traditional surgical methods to address bladder cancer, saying it took longer and was more expensive. But otherwise, although it comes with a high price tag (reportedly around $2 million), the consensus appears to be that da Vinci does indeed provide a safer hospital experience.

“We are extremely pleased to offer our patients the latest technology and advantages of robotic surgery,” said Dr. Martin Stallone, chief executive officer of Cayuga Medical Center and Cayuga Health in the release. “For many patients, robotic surgery is a better, safer option than open surgery, as studies have found that patients experience shorter hospital stays, less blood loss, fewer complications, less need for narcotic pain medicine and a faster recovery.”

The da Vinci Xi was developed by Intuitive, a global technology leader in minimally invasive care and a leader in robot-assisted surgery. It was approved for use in 2000.

“Surgeons will be able to perform numerous kinds of abdominal, gynecological, and urological operations.

Specifically, surgeons can offer roboticassisted hernia repair, complex abdominal wall reconstruction, anti-reflux surgery, gallbladder surgery, surgery of the small and large intestine, weightloss surgery, prostate surgery, kidney surgery, and surgery of the ovaries and uterus,” said Dr. Gregory Ripich, a general surgeon at the hospital who is in charge of teaching others about robotic surgery. “The da Vinci Xi roDr. Martin Stallone, CEO of Cayuga Health botic system acts as an extension of the surgeon’s eyes and hands, giving us a 3-D magnified vision and 360° dexterhighlights the hospital’s growing commitity of four arms, which allows for more ment to minimally invasive procedures, effective, precise surgical movements. The which have been touted as a more effective surgeon is 100% in control of the robot, way to care for people who need surgery, which translates his/her hand movements decreasing risk and recovery times. into smaller, more precise movements of The announcement marks another tiny instruments inside the patient’s body. venture for Cayuga Medical Center into The immersive 3D-HD vision system robotics-assisted surgical procedures. In provides surgeons a highly magnified view, March, they announced that they would virtually extending their eyes and hands be introducing robotic technology into into the patient.” knee procedures, utilizing a $500,000 maStallone added that the new system chine called the NAVIO Surgical System would allow the hospital to expand access that is able to assist with total and partial for its patients who would otherwise have knee replacements. to travel out of the area for such services.

There is some debate over the exact That’s of particular importance to area level of robotic surgery’s superiority with residents, as rural healthcare access is a certain types of surgeries, particularly constant concern in Tompkins County, considering the cost of the machinery to where Cayuga Medical Center is easily the the hospital; last year, a medical journal largest and most prominent hospital in the challenged robotic surgery’s advantages immediate area.

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Mr. Ferguson,” after Ferguson was tased by responding officers, and that one officer sustained scratches on his face, apparently inflicted by DeGroat, though those were the only injuries listed that DeGroat was accused of causing. Rowley went on to rebuke Herz’s conduct during the arrest and his testimony about it.

“Officer Herz was not justified in using a taser on Mr. Ferguson,” Rowley wrote.

“His claim that Mr. Ferguson might have knocked Mr. Ming unconscious was clearly not true; his claim that he could tell Mr. Ferguson was getting ready to run is doubtful; and it is not accurate to characterize Mr. Ferguson’s actions as resisting arrest.”

Rowley also deemed the arrest of Ferguson by police officers as “aggressively forceful.” Ferguson was found not guilty of the charges against him in connection with the incident earlier this month. Rowley’s full dismissal decision can be read online at Ithaca.com.

The motion to dismiss was filed by

DeGroat’s attorneys, Ed Kopko and Jerome Mayersak.

“Based upon the foregoing analyses, the court finds the Defendant’s motion is granted,” the judge wrote. “There are exceptional circumstances present here that warrant the relief sought.”

The judge notes that the District Attorney’s office had already agreed to drop two of the four charges against DeGroat, both of which were for second degree attempted assault. She had still been scheduled to go to trial in November on the two remaining charges—for obstructing governmental administration and resisting arrest—both misdemeanors that per Friday’s decision have now been dismissed.

District Attorney Matt van Houten said that a press conference will be scheduled to address the case, but did not offer further comment. Nayor mentioned the press conference as well, indicating he may also address the outcome there.

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riving around Tompkins County, one might come across a curious green sign with the words “Greater Ithaca Art Trail,” leading to a home studio. It’s an odd sight, but one that local art admirers can take full advantage of during the month of October.

The Greater Ithaca Arts Trail will be open for two weekends in October, Oct. 5-6 and Oct. 12-13, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. all four days. The event is presented by the Community Arts Partnership.

Signs are posted throughout the area indicating where a participating studio is located. Studios are also available to visit throughout the rest of the year, and there are also First Saturday events every other month.

During the two weekends, 41 artists in total will open their studio doors, free of charge, allowing art lovers from near and far to examine their work. There’s a wide variety of artists included on the art trail, so there’s plenty of options for visitors: The Community Arts Partnership lists “painters, photographers, mixed media artists, digital artists, creators of decorative functional art and a blacksmith.”

“I don’t do anything to get all those differ-

ent kinds of mediums,” said Robin Schwartz, the program director for the Community Arts Partnership. “That’s just what we have in Tompkins County, those people are here.”

The studios can vary widely as well. For instance, some displays are held downtown in more conventional, well known spots; wellknown local painter Domenica Brockman will have her work showing at the Petrune Gallery on East State St. Others are at studios in more rural areas, outside of the downtown scene, like at the Raven Barn Studio in Spencer, oper-

Sue Brightly (top) and Don Ellis (above at left) in their workspaces. (Photo provided)

ated and featuring work by Margaret Corbit and Wes Blauvelt, which features ceramics (by Corbit) and mosaics (by Blauvelt). Some are even as intimate as the homes of the artists,

like Robert Roemisch’s spot at 105 Jackson Hollow Rd. that shows his woodworking and sculpting skills..

Allowing viewers into their home can be a big leap for some artists, Schwartz said, but it does provide a far different experience than normal. But it does go directly to the central point of the event when it was founded 21 years ago: to provide a platform by which artists and their audiences can grow closer.

“It was meant to be educational, a chance for the general public to come and see artists in their studios doing their work,” Schwartz said. “It was meant to be a tourist attraction. It was meant to help artists connect with their audience, since they often work in isolation.”

There’s an added layer of discovery when artists are willing to not only show off their work, but the place they were while they made it. Inspirations and techniques can be revealed just through a glimpse at the space, something that might not be available in the more conventional gallery setting.

“You don’t actually know what it’s going to be like when you pull up and go into somebody’s house, so it’s like 41 little adventures,” Schwartz said. “We’re really lucky in Tompkins County to have so many talented artists. What’s great about the Art Trail is not only can you have long conversations with the artists, but also see the place where they have created the work.”

Maps and more information can be found at ArtTrail.com.

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Jeremy Kushnier co-stars in Loch Ness at MGR. (Photo by Ron Heerkens Jr.)

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The Great Unknown

Two desperate searches highlight stellar MGR play

By Barbara Ad am s

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yths have an uncanny hold on us, especially those about wondrous creatures inhabiting inaccessible places. “There be monsters” is how some of the oldest maps used to label unknown ocean regions for wary travelers. One of the most fascinating denizens of the deep is the sea serpent that, since the sixth century, has been said

to reside in the Scottish Highlands’ Loch Ness.

Nessie, as she’s fondly known, is the perfect folkloric subject, inspiring many tales and finally even a musical, “Loch Ness,” now in its regional premiere at Auburn’s Merry-Go-Round Playhouse.

As produced by The Rev Theatre Company through Oct. 13, this show is simply

stunning –– with a heartfelt narrative, mystical staging, and Broadway-worth performances.

Premiering in California in 2015, “Loch Ness” is the invention of Marshall Pailet, the young playwright who also directs and wrote the music, and A. D. Penedo, who co-wrote the book and contributed lyrics.

They previously collaborated on the offBroadway musical, “Who’s Your Baghdaddy, or How I Started the Iraq War.” The story opens intimately with a mother (a tender Sarah Killough) explaining to her daughter, Haley (Kaylin Hedges), how the family of North Sea beasts was originally separated –– a prescient tale, as Haley’s mother soon goes missing when her flight to the Shetland Islands is lost over that very sea. The musical’s storyline is Haley’s relentless search for her mother, while her preoccupied and grieving scientist father, Thomas (Jeremy Kushnier), tries to make ends meet by hiring himself out to prove Nessie’s existence. He doesn’t believe in the beast, of course, but the about-to-be heiress Lady Callaghan (Cathryn Wake) does, and she’s footing the bill for his ship’s expedition.

As a child Lady C saw and photographed Nessie once and has been obsessed ever since. But her passion is more than matched by Haley’s to find her mother –– and eventually, once Haley herself communes with Nessie –– with the girl’s determination to save the hunted creature.

The voyage is beautifully realized through the theatrical magic of a superb design team. From rough sailors’ garb to Highlands kilts, Sarah Cubbage evokes characters of all classes. Ed Chapman’s sound fills the air with seabirds and soothing waves. And scenic designer Paul Tate DePoo III alternates the warm-wood ship’s deck with underwater scenes, assisted by Jake DeGroot’s dazzling lighting –– cones of filtered colors, flecked with movement.

The effect is breathtaking and constantly surprising.

Dominating the rear wall is a huge, two-layered oculus, textured and washed with colors, thorough which we spy a hazy

view of Loch Ness. We eventually realize we’re inside Nessie’s enormous eye, seeing what she sees, a sympathetic positioning.

The serpent herself is brilliantly represented by a dragon-like head (one peaceful, one fierce) and slashing scaly tail, created by puppet designers Matt Acheson and Fergus Walsh. Agile ensemble members (led by Sam Jay Gold), dressed in loose gold Russian blouses and dark bloomers, create the serpent’s body bent and moving like a segmented carapace.

At one point they wrap entirely around Haley, suspending her upside down as she converses with Nessie (excellently acted and sung by a red-headed Lindsay Nicole Chambers).

Misha Shields’s inspired choreography animates not only Nessie (with acrobatic leaps breaking the water’s surface) but the sailors doing crossed-swords Highlands dancing and dueling blindfolded. The well-cast ensemble is uniformly strong –– dynamic acting and singing, supported

by Madeline Smith’s orchestra. And the music is lovely and melodic, with traces of Scottish ballads.

One often wishes that like opera, musicals had supertitles, so as not to lose some lyrics; and last Sunday, Thomas’s mic failed briefly early on. But these were the only minor distractions in a captivating production with inherent mystery, frequent plot twists, and enchanting visuals.

As determined opponents, both Wake and Hedges delivered powerhouse performances, the feisty girl’s inevitably reminding us of the youthful face of the current environmental movement. And beyond respecting all creatures, the musical’s themes urge us to value family over finance, rely on what we feel and know despite naysayers, reside comfortably in uncertainty, and ultimately make peace with loss.

This charming musical evokes deep emotions but also offers a welcome lightness –– not only through Haley’s incessant rule-breaking but via Lady C’s fed-up solicitor (Matthew Quinn) and C. J., the ship’s skeptical, money-fixated captain (an appealing Brennan Caldwell). And don’t forget the enigmatic black-slickered oiler (Joseph Medeiros) who randomly pops up as a Scottish soothsayer. We depart soothed indeed, trusting that “everything’s better when it’s in its place.”

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The Shoe

Cherry’s latest can make you laugh or cry

By Barbara Ad am s help one’s child and to endure the pain the child causes. For his part, the dentist, Simeon (Godfrey Simmons), is also in pain: smart and skilled but socially awkward, preferring plants to people. When he first reluctantly appears, he’s swathed in gauze like a mummy, on the assumption (he later reveals) that bandages indicate he’s hurt, so others will treat him more kindly.

Everyone is damaged, Paquet insists, including the manic, fix-it-all receptionist, Helen (Emma Elizabeth Bowers), who keeps the action moving but self-medicates with martinis to forget her miscar-

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hriving down at the inlet, The Cherry can be counted on to offer the area’s most unusual theater productions. Opening its fifth season, “The Shoe” is not an adventure in footwear, of course, but rather an absurdist meditation on parenting, mental disorders, and dysfunctional behaviors in a wacked-out world. Oh yes, and fear of dentistry.

Written by David Paquet, a Québécois playwright, and translated by Leanna Brodie (in its English premiere), “The Shoe” limns the pain of the human condition while lacing it with crazed comedy––definitely helping the medicine go down.

The Cherry has been transformed by Daniel Zimmerman into an animated space: the high rear wall a bright blue sky filled with puffy clouds––and also an enormous set of dentures. White plastic furniture is effective shorthand for a dentist’s office, and at right stands the cartoon façade of a yellow house. Two hanging mics suggest we’re in for some bold announcements.

Director Sam Buggeln has, in Paquet’s piece, a substantial absurdist play to work with. A mother, Melanie, takes her difficult, often hysterical son, Benoît, to a dentist to address his toothache. The receptionist, Helen, coaxes the anxious, retiring dentist, Simeon, to treat the boy, whereupon Simeon discovers the boy is disturbed internally as well as emotionally.

That’s the basic context, but what unfolds is fascinating and funny, repellent and oddly restorative. Benoît (Josh Witzling) is bedeviled by wild tantrums, categorized progressively by his all-tooexhausted mother (Amoreena Wade): The Hissy Deluxe, then the Epileptic King Kong, culminating in the Electric Musical Chair.

Benoît’s fits, or meltdowns, evoke every parent’s nightmare: the inability both to

riages and ex-husband. She indulges her maternal instincts by adopting a deformed puppy (or is it a cat?), which Benoît, in an angry fit, smashes with the hammer that Simeon has extracted from his throat.

(Wait, let’s not give away all the high points.)

In this world, the women, however disappointed in life, are the diehard caretakers, but it’s finally Simeon who coaxes the miserable boy toward healing –– first with his cathartic, hilarious Zumba dance, then with plant therapy. Benoît’s emetic excesses end up summoning a lush green garden unfolding on stage, and a final choice between enlightenment and destruction –– literally hanging in the balance, as he’s poised with a light bulb in one hand and a hammer in the other.

The play’s juxtaposition of the deepest human problems with ridiculous or impossible events proves salutary and perceptive. But the divergence in acting styles in this production undercuts what Paquet’s absurdism can accomplish. Wade’s Melanie, with a somewhat little-girl voice, is too often affectless; her mother should

be worn out but not dull. The director’s choice to have Bowers’ Helen present as an over-the-top caricature seems off; her silliness is just too dissonant. Striking a more convincing note are the men: as the distressed Benoît, Witzling is highly limber and energetic but also persuasively real in his calmer moments.

Godfrey Simmons shines in the role of shy dentist, from his first mummified mumbles and erratic stutters to his personal disclosures and genuine concern for the afflicted boy. Whether competent professional or uninhibited dancer, his Simeon is layered and interesting, offering the perfect mix of reality and unreality this genre demands.

It’s Simeon who leads the boy to new meltdown-dance stages, including the final one he calls “You don’t want to die; you want to live differently.” “The Shoe” reminds us that, like these characters, we might well be lonely, unhappy, and fearful, possibly self-destructive and despairing, but that we can be both cracked and beautiful.

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NPR is only one side of long-time comedian

By Br yan VanC ampe n

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very time I talk to Paula Poundstone, I feel better than I did before—six conversations and counting. Paula Poundstone is a comic, author, podcaster (“Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone”) and regular panelist on NPR’s “Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me”. She will be performing at the State Theatre on Oct. 5 at 8 p.m.

The Ithaca Times spoke to her about cussing, driving and sensitive feline-inflicted injuries.

IT: I grew up with you on “Star Search” and “The Tonight Show”, where nobody swears ever.

“Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone” is the first time I ever heard you swear. And all the other times we talked, I made sure not to swear.

So I might cuss some.

PP: Yeah, well, there are venues where you’re not allowed to use the full range of language. But when I work, when I’m in a venue where that’s not an issue, I like to use all the words that I know.

And I don’t like to feel hemmed in. You know, when I was young, my father was trying to teach me to drive, which he didn’t do a lot of, but once or twice, he took me out driving. And I remember one time there was glass up ahead on the road. And he said, “Okay, see that glass up ahead? Avoid that glass.” What happened was, I looked at the glass, and I sort of naturally turned in the direction I was looking at, and went right over the glass. And my father just couldn’t understand — “I just told ya, don’t go over the glass. You went over the glass!” And that’s a little bit the way it is when somebody says, “Okay, they really don’t want you to say f**k.” [sighs] That’s all I can think of!

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IT: [laughs] Sometimes it’s the only response.

PP: Well, the other thing is, with everything going on in our world, you know? With everything, all the problems that we have, the idea that anybody focuses on that even for a moment, is shocking. It’s irresponsible, you know? How come when we have a problem with violence and guns… I saw “The Godfather” on commercial television, [and] they didn’t take out one bullet, not one bullet at the tollbooth scene when Sonny gets killed, but they changed the phrase “piece of ass” to the phrase “piece of stuff.” By the way, I would argue that it has the same meaning.

It’s like how when you’re really broke—I don’t know if you’ve ever experienced this—but when you’re really broke is when you buy the stupidest s**t. I remember one time, I was comin’ home on a Greyhound bus for a really long time, and now I was back in Boston. I’d been in Florida [and] I’d purchased a poster of Cinderella’s castle. And one day I was walking around the city of Boston, trying to find a frame for my Cinderella’s castle poster, and then it just dawned on me — I think I had the frame in my hand and I was about to buy it before I went, “You know what? I don’t have a job!” [laughs] IT: “I got no business buying this frame!”

PP: Yeah! Yeah! But when you’re overwhelmed with the challenges of your circumstances, that’s when you buy a happy-face keychain. I think that’s us with cursing. The idea that, “Oh, that’s so offensive.” It’s just foolish, it’s ridiculous. It’s a tchotchke topic. And we turn to it when we are overwhelmed with corruption, and honestly, the end of the world. So when they go, “Okay, don’t say f**k” … [sighs] IT: As long as we’re working blue here, do you ever get bleeped on “Wait Wait”?

PP: Oh, yeah. I always tease the audience about halfway through my show: “I know at least half the people in here right now are thinking, “She doesn’t curse like that on NPR!’” [laughs] I go, “I do! They cut it out!”

IT: I’m just thinking of our last five conversations — PP: Where you were so careful and you didn’t have to be?

IT: Yeah.

PP: You don’t have to be. I have spent 40 years on stage trying to be more myself. And there’s other kinds of performing, you know; there’s other choices that a performer could make, other than that. But that’s the direction I’ve gone in. It’s just being myself. And myself, if I slam my thumb in the door, I say “F**k!” You know? When there’s tons of traffic, I don’t yell it out the window at people, but I’m like, “Aww, m**********r.”

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Tiger Army w/ Kate Clover + SadGirl | 8:00 PM, | The Haunt, Ithaca | $25 - $30

10/9 Wednesday Canaan Jam Session | 7:00 PM, | Canaan Institute, Brooktondale Eric Aceto & MAQ | 7:00 PM, | Stonecat Cafe, Hector

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10/5 Saturday

Bars/Bands/Clubs

Neo Project | 6:00 PM, | Americana Vineyards, Interlaken

10/2 Wednesday Canaan Jam Session | 7:00 PM, | Canaan Institute, Brooktondale Whistling Dyl | 7:00 PM, | Stonecat Cafe, Hector Cavetown w/ Field Medic + Spookyghostboy | 7:30 PM, | The Haunt, Ithaca | $20 - $24

10/3 Thursday Cielle | 6:00 PM, | Six Mile Creek Vineyard, Ithaca Brews and Brats Open Mic | 6:30 PM, | Brews and Brats at Autumn View, Trumansburg The Hip Hop Lounge - hosted by Gunpoets | 9:00 PM, | Casita Del Polaris, Ithaca

10/4 Friday The Yardvarks | 6:00 PM, | Americana Vineyards, Interlaken Iron Horse | 7:00 PM, | Grist Iron Brewing, Burdett Lucky Old Sun | 7:00 PM, | The Westy, Ithaca The THE BAND Band - | 8:30 PM, | Ransom Steele Tavern, Apalachin |Tribute to The Band |$10 in advance, $12 at the door Emo Night Brooklyn | 9:00 PM, | The Haunt, Ithaca | $10 - $12

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One Party Rule | 7:00 PM, | Grist Iron Brewing, Burdett

Bound for Glory: Amy Gallatin &

10/8 Tuesday

Stillwaters | 8:00 PM, | Anabel Taylor

The Aspiring Me, Ladi Ayo, Catharsis, Corey Loveless, JJ Wolfe | 7:30

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PM, | Casita Del Polaris, Ithaca

The Canaan Institute Presents: Scott Ainslie | 7:00 PM, | Canaan Institute, Brooktondale | 20

Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death “Some Years” LP release show with Night of the Iguana and Beltran | 9:00 PM, | Chanticleer Loft, Ithaca

Cornell Glee Club and Chorus Homecoming Concert | 7:00 PM, 10/5 Saturday | Bailey Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Cornell’s Glee Club and Chorus celebrate homecoming with a look back at repertoire favorites. | $15 adults/$8 students at the door/$5 students in advance

Papa Muse w/ Arthur B & The Planetary Mix | 9:00 PM, | The Range, Ithaca | $5

10/6 Sunday Travis Knapp | 1:00 PM, | Red Newt Bistro, Hector

Cornell Homecoming Concert: Saint Motel and Daya | 7:00 PM, 10/5 Saturday | Barton Hall, Cornell Univ., Ithaca | | $19

5 Man Trio | 2:00 PM, | Grist Iron Brewing, Burdett

Ithaca Jazz and Blues Jam | 4:00 PM, | Mix Kitchen and Bar, Ithaca The Inner Crazy | 4:00 PM, | Americana Vineyards, Interlaken

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Mike Lee, Wayne Lee, and Clancy Newman | 8:00 PM, 10/4 Friday | Barnes Hall, Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca | Mike Lee (fortepiano), Wayne Lee (violin), and Clancy Newman (cello) present an all-Haydn concert of the three late London Bartolozzi trios.

Box of Rain | 9:00 PM, | The Haunt, Ithaca | $15/$18

Horns and Ivory | 4:00 PM, | Scale House Brewery, Hector

SoDown: The Trilogy Tour w/ DMVU | 8:00 PM, | The Haunt, Ithaca | $12/$15

Midday Music in Lincoln: Haydn Trio | 12:30 PM, 10/3 Thursday | Lincoln Hall Rm B20, Cornell, Ithaca | A preview of concert described below.

RootsCollider w/ Junkyard Theory, smeeh1007 | 8:30 PM, | Casita Del Polaris, Ithaca

Ithaca Folk Song Swaps | 2:00 PM, | Tompkins County Workers’ Center, Ithaca

Little Rock Music Group Presents: David Gans w/ Terrapin Station | 8:00 PM, | Casita Del Polaris, Ithaca

NOTES FROM THE END OF TIME: AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERT BY WILLIAM GREGG Saturday, October 5 at 7:00 PM | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, 5 McLallen St., Trumansburg | Composer and performer William Gregg will perform a suite of 13 futuristic synthesizer/computer/acoustic musical works that explore the consequences of human alteration of biogeochemical cycles that sustain life on our planet. Gregg will also speak about the themes and motivations for the individual works. With video artistry by Evan Stewart. (photo: provided)

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Notes From The End Of Time | 7:00 PM, 10/5 Saturday | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, 5 McLallen St., Trumansburg | From composer and performer William Gregg is a suite of 13 futuristic synthesizer/computer/ acoustic musical works that explore the consequences of human alteration of biogeochemical cycles that sustain life on our planet, as well as his speak-

ing about the themes and motivations for the individual works. | $15 Klezmer Kings | 7:30 PM, 10/5 Saturday | Morgan Opera House, 370 Main St., Aurora | This lively and enthusiastic band has provided evenings of European folk, American Pop and all genres in between for many years. A benefit for the Opera House. | $10 s.d.

Symphoria Pops I: Sinatra And Beyond | 7:30 PM, 10/5 Saturday | Oncenter Crouse Hinds Theater, 411 Montgomery Street, Syracuse | Called ‘two parts Frank Sinatra and one part Billy Joel,’ the triple-threat singer/ pianist/songwriter Tony DeSare takes on the legend of Olí Blue Eyes himself. | $90-$20, College $5, 18 & under $0 Peter Yarrow - An Evening of Song and Conversation | 8:00 PM, 10/5 Saturday | Center For the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St, Homer | Peter Yarrow’s talents at songwriting have produced some of the most moving songs from Peter, Paul & Mary. | $35 Ithaca College Choral Collage | 8:15 PM, 10/5 Saturday | Ford Hall, Whalen Center, IC, Ithaca | Choir, Treble Chorale, Madrigal Singers, and Chorus, conducted by Janet Galvan and Sean Linfors.

Cornell Wind Symphony | 3:00 PM, 10/6 Sunday | Bailey Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Joseph Hermann, conductor.

‘The Russian Connection’ includes music by Agapkin, Kalinnikov, Scriabin, and Tchaikovsky, and features trumpeter Buddy Deshler of the Dallas Brass on Alexander Arutiunian’s popular trumpet concerto.

Cayuga Vocal Ensemble: Durufle’s Requiem | 4:00 PM, 10/6 Sunday | St. Luke Lutheran Church, 109 Oak Avenue, Ithaca | Melissa Rooklidge, interim artistic director and conductor. Vierne’s Messe Solennelle for choir and two organs, a set of Shaker Songs, and set of songs about romantic love

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Midday Music for Organ: David Yearsley | 12:30 PM, 10/9 Wednesday | Anabel Taylor Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca | J. S. Bach’s sublime

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of the same theme by a predecessor and a contemporary.

The Robert Cray Band | 8:00 PM, 10/11 Friday | State Theatre Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | Robert Cray has been bridging the lines between blues, soul and R&B for the past four decades, with five Grammy wins, a Blues Hall of Fame inductee, recipient of the Americana Lifetime achievement award, countless tours and over 20 acclaimed albums. | $28.50 - $48.50 Wade Preston: In A New York State of Mind | 7:30 PM, 10/12 Saturday | Cortland Repertory Theatre, 24 Port Watson St., Cortland | A brand new, off-the-cuff concert of fantastic piano skills and pop vocals from this Broadway musician and star of the Billy Joel musical “Movin’ Out.” | $25 Rickie Lee Jones | 8:00 PM, 10/12 Saturday | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Two-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter in a five-decade career | $55/$60

Stage Jesus Christ Superstar | 7:30 PM, 10/2 Wednesday -10/4 Friday| Landmark Theatre, 362 S Salina St, Syracuse | Loch Ness, A New Musical | 7:30 PM, 10/2 Wednesday | Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, 6877 E Lake Rd, Auburn | On the mysterious waters of the Scottish Highlands, a father and daughter embark on a quest to discover a legendary creature and rediscover their relationship in this epic new musical adventure. Perfect for the entire family. Thru 10/13.

The Office! A Musical Parody | 7:30 PM, 10/2 Wednesday | Clemens Performing Arts Ctr, 207 Clemens Ctr Pkwy, Elmira | The unauthorized parody of the hit TV show, a new musical that lovingly pokes fun at everyoneís favorite coworkers. Your favorite moments from all 9 seasons mashed up into one ‘typical’ day with Michael, Jim, Pam, Dwight and others at The Office.

Watch on the Rhine | 7:00 PM, 10/3 Thursday & 10/4 Friday | Center for the Arts, 72 S. Main St., Homer | Set in late 1930s, an idealistic German flees

Hitlerís Germany with his American wife and finds sanctuary with his wifeís family in the United States.

Energy: 10-Minute Play Festival | 7:30 PM, 10/3 Thursday | Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca | Additional dates: October 4, 5:00 p.m; October 5, 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. The 10-Minute Play Festival serves as a laboratory for the development of student-written plays and presents students with a wide range of opportunities in theatre. | 7 The Shoe - English-Language Premiere! | 7:30 PM, 10/3 Thursday | Cherry Artspace, 102 Cherry St., Ithaca | Thru Oct 6. An emotionally profound and wildly funny new play about an unusual young boy named Benoit and the adults who care for him. Come for the comedy, but stay for the lucid observations.

Comedian Ross Bennett | 7:30 PM, 10/4 Friday | Cortland Repertory Theatre, 24 Port Watson St., Cortland | Comedy that resonates with everyday working-class Americans who prefer clean humor that is both clever and *blissfully* politics-free! | $20.00 in advance/$25 at the door

Twelve Angry Men | 7:30 PM, 10/9 Wednesday | Syracuse Stage/Drama Complex, 820 E Genesee St, Syracuse | Oct 9 - Oct 27.The classic play.

Cirque du Soleil: AXEL | 7:30 PM, 10/11 Friday | The Oncenter, 800 South State St., Syracuse | Cirque du Soleil is back on ice with AXEL, a new, electrifying experience fusing worldclass ice skating with breathtaking acrobatics. | $49 and up

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Everybody | 7:00 PM, 10/8 Tuesday | Clark Theatre, IC, Danby Rd, Ithaca | OCT 1st-11th. Branden Jacob-Jenkins’s Pulitzer Prize finalist, play, turns Everyman on its ear. His radical retelling creates a button-pushing, meta-theatrical experience for the audience. Delving into the discovery of body image, race, friendship and social responsibilities this play has its audience at the edge of their seats.

Paula Poundstone | 8:00 PM, 10/5 Saturday | State Theatre Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | Paula Poundstone is a humorist, author and comedian known for her clever, observational humor and spontaneous wit. When she isnít collecting hotel soaps while on tour or panel-ing on NPRís #1 show, Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!, Paula hosts the popular Maximum Fun podcast, Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone.

The Second City | 7:00 PM, 10/6 Sunday | Smith Center for the Arts, 82 Seneca St, Geneva | Celebrating nearly sixty years of producing cutting-edge satirical revues and launching the careers of generation after generation of comedy’s best and brightest. | $29-39 World Theater Voices | 4:30 PM, 10/7 Monday | Schwartz Performing Arts Center, 430 College Avenue, Ithaca | Room 220. Acclaimed FrenchCanadian playwright David Paquet will visit Ithaca to coincide with the English-language premiere of his play The Shoe (Le Soulier) at the Cherry Artspace. The World Theater Voices series presents a conversation with the playwright, the director, and members of the creative team.

Tour and Opening Reception of Latitude: Persuasive Cartography | 3:30 PM, 10/3 Thursday | Carl A. Kroch Library, Hirshland Exhibition Gallery, Level 2B, 161 Ho Plaza, Cornell University, Ithaca | An hour-long gallery tour with collector P. J. Mode and exhibit curator Lance Heidig, followed by an opening reception with light refreshments. Features highlights from the PJ Mode Collection of Persuasive Cartographyómaps intended primarily to influence opinions and beliefs, rather than to communicate geographical information.

First Friday Gallery Night | 5:00 PM, 10/4 Friday | Downtown Ithaca, Center Ithaca, Ithaca | Downtown Ithaca explodes with talent in different shops, restaurants and hotels. Nearly 20 businesses downtown become the home to different local artists and sometimes global ones, as well.

Gallery Night: Greater Ithaca Art Trail Group Exhibit | 5:00 PM, 10/4 Friday | CAP ArtSpace in the Ithaca College Gallery, 110 N. Tioga St, Ithaca | The Greater Ithaca Art Trail is a self guided tour of artist studios with Open Studio weekends on October 5, 6 and 12,13, 2019. This exhibit is a group show of one piece from each of the Art Trail artists! You can see a sample of all the Art Trail art in one place before you set off for your Open Studio visits.

Visit www.ArtTrail.com to learn all about the artists on the Trail.

Grayhaven Motel Gallery Night: RUMMAGE Walls & Decor | 5:00 PM, 10/4 Friday | Grayhaven Motel Gallery , 657 Elmira Road , Ithaca, | RUMMAGE: Walls & Decor is the recomposition of Kaleb’s catalogue(hoard) of print/art work and found materials, to create wall panels and accompanying decor.

Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku | 5:00 PM, 10/4 Friday | Ink Shop Printmaking Center The, 330 E State St Ste 2, Ithaca | Contemporary Printmakers and Mid Century Modern Architects. Opening Reception. Showing through Oct 30.

Sweet Tender Love, an exhibition by artist Kadie Salfi | 5:30 PM, 10/3 Thursday | Corners Gallery, 903 Hanshaw Rd Ste 3, Ithaca | A show about family, memory, history and time.

TCPL New Exhibits: “Space” | 5:30 PM, 10/4 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Postcards from Beyond: A Timeline of Exploration; Lecture: As the Human Eye Could Never See; Three Artists Interpret Botanical Beauty; All Access Art Club Show; Winners of the Equity Statement Juried Teen Art Contest; Star Wars Collection; Pop Up Open Art Hive.

DIARIES: Opening Reception| 5:00 PM, 10/4 Friday | State of the Art Gallery, 120 W Martin Luther King, Jr./ State Street, Ithaca | A two-person show of paintings by Patty Porter and drawings and photographs by Diane Newton thru 10/27. This show is the culmination of two years of daily artmaking by the two artists and this is their second show together at the gallery.

Cartooning and Power | 8:00 PM, 10/4 Friday | Community School of Music and Arts, 3rd floor, 303 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Ithaca | Pedro X. Molina, new resident artist at Ithaca City of Asylum, and winner of 2018 Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award, speaks on “Cartooning and Power,” followed by welcoming party: Latin Music, Dancing, & Tapas. Free and open to the public.

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Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Black Box Theatre, 430 College Ave, Ithaca| If you have enjoyed the 10-Minute Play Festival put on by KTC the past few years, the talented drama students at CU have a treat for you this weekend. The 10-MPF serves as a laboratory for the development of student-written plays and presents students with a wide range of opportunities in theatre. This year’s theme is “Energy.” (photo: provided)

Merry Go Round Playhouse, 6877 E. Lake Rd., Auburn.| Featuring athletic puppetry in the style of The Lion King and the spectacle of Cirque du Soleil, Loch Ness blends humor, heart and inspiring storytelling to create a show for the entire family. (photo: provided)

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Launch of EyeVeeTeeVee & Anthropology of Television Noise with performances by Park Doing and Jen Kutler | 6:00 PM, 10/5 Saturday | Grayhaven Motel, 657 Elmira Rd, Ithaca | Please join us for an amazing evening at the Grayhaven as we launch EyeVeeTeeVee, our analog video transmitter on-site and video stream off site. We will have curated video and media art content 24/7 streaming from The Grayhaven with many artists!

Traditions and Beyond - 2019 Quilt Show | 10:00 AM, 10/6 Sunday | Tompkins Cortland Community College, 170 North St., Dryden | Held in TC3 Field House. Quilts on display; activities for quilters and kids; and shopping. | $6/Under 12 free

Film Cinemapolis Week of Friday, October 4 through October 10, 2019. Contact Cinemapolis for showtimes. New films listed first*.

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool* | Documentary about acclaimed jazz musician and band leader. | 115 mins Monos* | On a faraway mountaintop, eight kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow. | 102 mins R Wrinkles the Clown* | Mysterious videos appear on the internet of a clown who likes to scare misbehaving children in Florida. | 75 mins PG Judy | Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.|PG-13 118 mins Downton Abbey | The continuing story of the Crawley family, wealthy owners of a large estate in the English countryside in the early 20th century. |122 mins PG

All films are shown at Willard Straight Hall on Cornell campus.

Soufra |10/2, 7:00 PM | The inspirational story of Mariam Shaar – a generational refugee who has spent her entire life in the Burj El Barajneh refugee camp just south of Beirut – who launches a successful catering company.

Nadie (Nobody) | 10/3, 7:00 PM | The story of Rafael Alcides, the once celebrated writer of the Cuban revolution, who is now disillusioned and forgotten.

Tampopo | 10/3, 9:15 PM | A truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.

Aga| 10/4, 7:00 PM; 10/, 5:00 PM | A couple living in a yurt in the north live according to the traditions of their ancestors.

Toy Story 4 | 10/4, 9:15 PM; 10/5, 7:00 & 9:20 PM | Sheriff Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and the rest of the toys that Andy passed down to his daughter Bonnie, embark on a road trip adventure with Forky, a spork that has been fashioned into a toy by Bonnie.

Transit |10/6, 7:15 PM; | A haunting modern-day adaptation of Anna Seghers’s 1942 novel Transit Visa, in which a German refugee flees to Marseille assuming the identity of a recently deceased writer whose papers he is carrying.

Rojo |10/8, 7:00 PM; | In the Argentina pre coup d’etat, a successful lawyer starts to feel against the ropes when a secret of the past threatens his present.

Grit |10/9, 7:00 PM; |w/ filmmaker Cynthia Wade. A lyrical film that explores the ongoing ramifications of a mudflow disaster, caused by natural gas drilling, that wiped out 16 villages in East Java, Indonesia in 2006.

Regal Ithaca Wednesday 10/2 through Tuesday, 10/8. Contact Regal Ithaca for showtimes. New films listed first*.

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Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice | This documentary provides many examples of the glorious vocals that made its subject a pop music superstar, allows us to once again hear her voice as she narrates her story, and astutely chronicles an amazing musical career that ended prematurely due to Parkinson’s disease. |95 mins PG-13

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War* | An Indian soldier is assigned to eliminate his former mentor, who has gone rogue. | 100 mins PG Abominable | After discovering a Yeti on the roof of her apartment building, teenage Yi and her two friends embark on an epic quest to reunite the magical creature with his family. | 100 mins PG Ad Astra | An astronaut undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe. | 122 mins PG-13 Rambo: Last Blood | Rambo must confront his past and unearth his ruthless combat skills to exact revenge in a final mission. |89 mins R The Goldfinch |149 mins R Hustlers | 109 mins R It Chapter Two | 169 mins R Angel Has Fallen | 120 mins R Ready or Not | 95 mins R Good Boys| 89 mins R The Lion King| 118 mins PG Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw | 135 mins PG-13 Once Upon A Time… in Hollywood | 161 mins R

Special Events CIS @ 20 Inspire. Innovate.

Impact | All Day 10/2 Wednesday & 10/3 Thursday | Cornell University, Statler Ballroom, Statler Hotel, Ithaca | Computer and Information Science (CIS) at Cornell, will host this academic symposium that will explore the role of technology in humanity and the history and future of computing at Cornell and around the world. The events - all free and open to the public - will take place in the Statler Ballroom. Registration for events is required.

4th Biennial ICG Play Symposium | 9:00 AM, 10/4 Friday | Ithaca Children’s

Garden, 121 Turtle Lane, Ithaca, NY 14850, Ithaca | The 2019 theme is Play for All: Equity, Access, and Inclusion, featuring three days of sharing, discussion, and play while learning from local initiatives and play leaders from across the US. | $125-$275

lawn games, and more! Music by City Limits will kick off the celebration on Saturday October 5 beginning at 1:00pm. Cruise Control will continue the party with their high-energy dance and rock music on Sunday from 1-4pm.

Cancer Resource Center 25th Annual Walkathon & 5K Run, | 8:30 AM, 10/5 Saturday | Cass Park Rink & Pool, 701 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | The event is at Cass Park and the walk/ run goes along the recreation trail.

10th Annual Little Apple Fall Follies | 7:00 PM, 10/5 Saturday | Kulp Auditorium, Ithaca High School, 1401 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | This two-hour show features a wide array of talented local performers, with 100% of the proceeds going to community grants and area youth arts programs. | $12

Run With the Deer | 8:30 AM, 10/5 Saturday | Seneca White Deer Complex, 5479 NY-96A, Romulus | The inaugural event will include a 5K, 10K and Half Marathon. All 3 running events will take place inside the SWD complex. Post race, a spectacular festival complete with live music, food trucks, vendors, tours and even helicopter rides.

The Great Cortland Pumpkinfest | 9:00 AM, 10/5 Saturday & 10/6 Sunday | Courthouse Park, 33 Church St, Cortland | Voted the #4 fall festival in the country by USA Today! Talented local performers rock the stage all weekend long. The craft show showcases more than 100 local crafters and artisans.

The Kids Zone offers games and activities for children of all ages. Delicious festival food can be found, with local favorites honoring the flavors of the season.† Homestead Heritage Fair Day 2019 | 10:00 AM, 10/5 Saturday | Southworth Homestead, 14 North Street, Dryden | Good food, lots of music provided by Cortland Old Timers, Fall Creek Brass Band, and Ithaca Concert Band! new historical exhibits, kids games, animals and horse drawn wagon rides, Leaf searches, Indian artifacts, and Cornell Raptors Program, all sure to entertain and remind us of our heritage and natural world.

Falls Harvest Festival | 12:00 PM, 10/5 Saturday | Main Street, Montour Falls | Enjoy a family friendly, day-long celebration of the harvest. A familyfriendly and fun for all ages event!

Treleaven Harvest Festival | 12:00 PM, 10/5 Saturday & 10/6 Sunday | Treleaven Winery, 658 Lake Road, King Ferry | Enjoy pumpkin painting contests, traditional grape stompings,

COMEDIAN ROSS BENNETT

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 AT 7:30

Cortland Repertory Theatre, 24 Port Watson St., Cortland | It seems nearly impossible to escape politics these days and frankly, our minds could use a break from it all. Ross Bennett strives to give his audience that reprieve with his politics-free, upstate New York humor for anyone who has said “I’m a New Yorker, but not from New York City.” (photo: provided)

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Ithaca Sing Dance Network | 8:00 PM, 10/5 Saturday | St. Pauls United Methodist Church, 402 N Aurora St, Ithaca | Swing dance with live music

by The Hotfoot Club. Dance from 8 - 11 pm, beginner lesson at 7 pm. No partner necessary, beginners welcome. For more information see ithacaswing. org. | $12 general admission, $9 students and seniors.

Jewish Holiday Festival for Young Families | 3:00 PM, 10/6 Sunday | Stewart Park large pavilion, 1 James L Gibbs Dr, Ithaca | Children and parents will enjoy holiday activities such as learning to blow the traditional ramís horn or shofar, making decorations for Sukkot, tasting apples and honey and celebrating the birthday of the world.

In honor of Yom Kippur, there will be a puppet show by Lily Silly, about saying sorry.

Bullying Prevention Day Rally | 4:30 PM, 10/7 Monday | Bernie Milton Pavilion, The Commons, Ithaca | The Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC), The Sophie Fund, and the Task Force are organizing a rally to mark Bullying Prevention Day. The Missing Chapter - | 1:00 PM, 10/11 Friday; 11:00 AM, 10/12 Saturday | Stewart Park, 1 James L. Gibbs Dr., Ithaca | Back by popular demand! | $10 student/senior; $20 adult The Little York Fall Fiber Arts Festival | 9:00 AM, 10/12 Saturday | Cortland Repertory Theatre, 6799 Little York Lake Road, Preble | A unique shopping experience for crafters and fans of the fiber arts. Yarn, wool, clothing, gifts, supplies and much more. | $5.00 per person, Kids under 12 Free

Cortland Holistic Living Expo, Food Drive and Psychic Fair | 10:00 AM, 10/12 Saturday | Ramada Hotel & Conference Center, 2 River St., Cortland | | $6.00 daily includes lectures and workshops Fossil Mania! | 10:00 AM, 10/12 Saturday | Museum Of The Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca | Annual family-centered event celebrates local Devonian and Ice Age fossils found in CNY. Hoptoberfest! | 2:00 PM, 10/12 Saturday | Ithaca Beer Company, 122 Ithaca Beer Drive, Ithaca | Live Music from Swamp Kids and DJ Proper Philth. | $20 advance, $25 door

Books Chats in the Stacks: Steve Strogatz on Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe | 4:00 PM, 10/2 Wednesday | 160 Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca | MorganFest: A Robert Morgan Celebration | 8:30 AM, 10/3 Thursday | Silver Birch Suite, Statler Hall (5th floor), 7 East Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850, Ithaca | The event will include panels, a conversation, a reading, and other tributes to one of Cornell’s most beloved professors. Free and open to the public. For more information, visit english.cornell.edu/english-events, MorganFest Reading | 4:30 PM, 10/3 Thursday | Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, G70 Klarman Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca | The Fall 2019 Barbara & David Zalaznick Creative Writing Reading Series continues with this celebration in honor of poet, novelist, and professor Robert Morgan. Morgan and three of his former students will read from their own works. Free and open to the public. For more information, visit english.cornell.edu/ english-events, Matthew L. Miller: Fishing Through the Apocalypse | 5:30 PM, 10/3 Thursday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Director of science communications for The Nature Conservancy explores fishing that might be considered dystopian: joining anglers as they stick their lines

PAULA POUNDSTONE

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State Theatre of Ithaca, 107 W. State St. | If last weekend’s theme was apples, this weekend it’s all about comedy! Check out our arts reviewer Bryan Van Campen’s interview with the comic in this issue. (photo: provided)

into trash-filled urban canals, or visiting farm ponds where you can catch giant, endangered fish for a fee.

Julia Corbett - Out of the Woods: Seeing Nature in the Everyday | 5:30 PM, 10/4 Friday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | A collection of essays ruminates the practical and existential challenges of living an environmentally aware life with all of its ironies and contradictions.

It Begins With The Body: Author Reading | 4:00 PM, 10/5 Saturday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | It Begins With The Body by Hana Shafi explores the milestones and hurdles of a brown girl coming into her own. Shafi’s poems display a raw and frank intimacy and address anxiety, unemployment, heartbreak, relationships, identity, and faith.

Engage with the 2019 Community Read through Writing | 5:30 PM, 10/7 Monday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | This workshop offers participants the opportunity to explore subjects addressed in this year’s Community Read, “The Prince of Los Cocuyos,”

by Richard Blanco. In particular, childhood memories will be used as a starting point to inspire creativity and insight. Participants do not need to have read the book to participate fully in this workshop. Please register.

Kids Bilingual Storytime for Families and Children of All Ages | 11:30 AM, 10/3 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Both Chinese-speaking and nonChinese speaking families and friends are invited to gather and share songs, rhymes, and stories in Mandarin and English at this special storytime series.

Children of all ages and their caregivers are welcome to attend. (off 11/28) Craft & Chat | 6:00 PM, 10/3 Thursday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 N Main St, Ovid | For ages 12+.

Meet monthly for a new craft or art project. Please register.

Preschool Storytime at Southworth Library | 10:00 AM, 10/4 Friday | Southworth Library, 24 W.

Main Street, Dryden | A different theme every week!

Baby Storytime | 10:30 AM, 10/4 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Free Movies in the State - Incredibles 2 | 6:30 PM, 10/4 Friday | State Theatre Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | Rescheduled from Stewart Park because of rain in August. Bring your friends and family for this free community event!

Fall Family Festival | 10:00 AM, 10/5 Saturday | Shtayburne Farm, 2909 Chase Road, Rock Stream | Hayrides, farm tours, lots of kids games with prizes, pumpkin decorating contest, petting zoo, bounce house, play area, s’mores bar and local vendors means tons of food and fun for everyone.

Admissionís free and games are just 50¢ each, so bring the kids for an hour or the whole day!

game aficionado. There is a variety of games for participants to try. Tweens will learn strategic thinking skills and have fun at the same time.

Toddler and Preschool Storytime | 11:00 AM, 10/8 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca |

Cosplay Couture | 4:00 PM, 10/7 Monday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | At these weekly Makerspace drop-in hours, teens ages 13 and up can focus on creating costumes, cosplay, accessories, props, and wearable garments of all types. No registration is required for this weekly drop-in program.

Cuddle-up Infant & Toddler Library Time | 10:00 AM, 10/9 Wednesday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden |

Notices Barbarella, Beer & Banter: A Fundraiser for TCPL Art Curation | 6:00

LEGO Building Program | 3:00 PM, 10/5 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | The Library provides building bricks, and all creations are displayed at the Library for one week.

Tween Board Game Club | 3:30 PM, 10/7 Monday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | At this program, tweens ages 8 to 12 will explore and learn new board games each week with Mike Timonen, local board

FILM SCREENING: “Elian: A Boy Caught Between Two Worlds” | 6:00 PM, 10/2 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Part of TCPL Community Read programming: The story of Eli·n Gonz·lez captured the imaginations of the world in 1999, when he arrived alone in the Florida Straits, floating in an inner tube after his mother drowned attempting the voyage from Cuba.

Ithaca Sociable Singles | 6:00 PM, 10/2 Wednesday | 10/2, 6:00 PM Dinner: Sumo at Cayuga Mall; Host: Margie P., RSVP: map10@cornell. edu; 10/9,6:00 PM Dinner: Ciao; Host: Carolyn L., RSVP: clondonlaforge@ verizon.net Job Search Basics for Individuals with Legal Involvement | 9:00 AM, 10/3 Thursday | Tompkins County Workforce Center, Center Ithaca, Suite 241, | This workshop will address the specific barriers of individuals who have prior records and/or incarceration. This workshop is for jobseekers only.

The “Big Red Barn” Jamboree | 10:00 AM, 10/5 Saturday | Dryden Elementary School, 36 Union St, Dryden | Children will have the opportunity to play in the big red barn, make scarecrows, pet farm animals, create crafts, play in the soil, take home a book and more! Apples and a light lunch will be provided. This event is fun for the whole family (rain or shine)! JOHN SIMON will also be joining the fun with two live performances at 11:00 and 12:00.

3 Little Pigs Puppet Show | 10:30 AM, 10/5 Saturday | The Cherry Artspace, 102 Cherry St., Ithaca | Performed by Liz Joyce of A Couple of Puppets: In this version, BB (a reformed wolf with allergies), sells real estate to the new pigs in town. This puppet show features hand-carved marionettes, musical numbers and lots of laughs. All ages!| $8 -$12

from the event will be used to assist artists and curators in showing art at TCPL. | $20

Cornell University Meet the Employer Session | 1:00 PM, 10/4 Friday | Tompkins County Workforce Center, Center Ithaca, Suite 241, | A Human Resources representative will discuss job search tips, the application process, and general information about working at Cornell University.

Car Pride of Ithaca Open Club Meet - Trumansburg | 5:00 PM, 10/4 Friday | Trumansburg Shur-save, 2085 State Route 96, Trumansburg |

FALLS HARVEST FESTIVAL Saturday, October 5 at 12:00 PM | Main Street., Montour Falls | Fall is all about those delightful harvest festivals! Head to Montour Falls this weekend to enjoy a juggling act, local celebrity pie throwing contest, doughnut eating contest, puppet show, magic show and a community bonfire (weather permitting) along with food and craft vendors. Stick around for the fireworks display cascading over the 156-foot Shequaga Falls. (photo: provided)

Family Story Time | 10:30 AM, 10/8 Tuesday | Newfield Public Library, 198 Main St. , Newfield | Join us every Tuesday for stories, songs and fun.

There is a different theme each week.

PM, 10/2 Wednesday | Cinemapolis, 120 E Green St, Ithaca | Featuring live commentary by local comedians during a screening of the 1968 sci-fi comedy film Barbarella. Proceeds

Beginner Bird Walks | 8:30 AM, 10/5 Saturday | Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca | Guided bird walks every Saturday and Sunday morning, sponsored by the Cayuga Bird Club. For more information, go to the club’s website, http://www. cayugabirdclub.org/calendar Wounded Warriors in Action and T’burg American Legion Clam ‘n Jam ‘n Cruise in, BBQ and Vendor Fair | 9:00 AM, 10/5 Saturday | The American Legion, 4431 Seneca Rd, Trumansburg |

The Listening Workshop | 9:30 AM, 10/5 Saturday | Ithaca Community Childcare, 579 Warren Rd.,Ithaca | Communication is all we have to effect positive change. We do not do it well. There is a reason for this typical, usually benign human behavior and more importantly--an antidote. Come experience a new way. | Free) Guided Tours at Historic Southworth Homestead | 10:00 AM, 10/5 Saturday | Southworth Homestead, 14 North Street, Dryden | Tours are held the first Saturday of the month from May to October. Tours begin at 10, 11, and Noon. | Donation $10 ($8 for members) Newark Valley Apple Festival | 10:00 AM, 10/5 Saturday | BementBillings Farmstead Museum, 9241 State Rt. 38, Newark Valley | Live music; great food; Johnny Appleseed and other historic interpreters; gift shop; kids’ activities; antique tractors, 1800’s skills to watch & try; wagon rides; mountain men & women; vendors; and APPLES! | $6 adults, $5 seniors, $4 students & members, $20 family (2 adults, 3+ kids) Walk the Military Lot Line | 1:00 PM, 10/5 Saturday | Finger Lakes National Forest, corner where Vesa and Bower Rds. meet , drive in from Searsburg Rd. or Stillwell Rd., Trumansburg | Join members of the Backbone Ridge History Group as we explore and discuss one of the original lot lines of the Military Tract, surveyed in the 1780s.

Historic Stewart Park Tour | 2:00 PM, 10/5 Saturday | Stewart Park, 1 James L. Gibbs Drive, Ithaca | Learn about the history of the park, the Wharton Brothers’ motion picture studio, the Cascadilla Boathouse, and the ongoing revitalization of this community gem! | $10 general; $8 students/ seniors/supporters of Historic Ithaca, Wharton Studio Museum, Friends of Stewart Park; kids 12 and under free Saddle Up for Jesus Horse Riding Club | 7:00 PM, 10/5 Saturday | Brooktondale Baptist Church, 2311 Slaterville Road, Ithaca | A Christian, family-oriented riding club. We have club meetings, trail rides, horsemanship clinics for a variety of disciplines, cowboy devotionals and youth

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, AT 7:00 PM

ITHACA COLLEGE CHORAL COLLAGE

Kulp Auditorium, Ithaca High School, 1401 N. Cayuga St. | Once again the Rotary and Savage Clubs of Ithaca are teaming up with the Ithaca City School District’s Fine and Performing Arts Program for the 10th Annual Little Apple Fall Follies, aka LAFF. This two-hour show features a wide array of talented local performers, with 100% of the proceeds going to community grants and area youth arts programs. (photo: provided)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, AT 8:15 PM

Ford Hall, Ithaca College | A free and open to the public concert featuring Choir, Treble Chorale, Madrigal Singers, and Chorus. (photo: provided)

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