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Once again, Local Fiber members are working together to host a holiday pop-up store in downtown Ithaca featuring items made with local wool, alpaca, angora fiber. The 2025 Local Fiber Holiday Popup store will be open November 1st to December 28th at 115 South Cayuga Street in Ithaca, NY, right off of the Commons. The store is staffed by Local ... Read More
This festive Downtown Ithaca tradition brings together dozens of beautifully decorated holiday window displays. Stroll the Commons and surrounding streets, discover your favorite designs, and help us crown this yearโs winners. Public voting runs from November 28 through December 14, with winners announced on December 17. To check out the map and learn more - Click Here
Theater Workshops for anyone who wants to explore the art of theater making! Skills lab is an hour-long workshop on Saturdays and Sundays in the month of December at The Argos Warehouse. Students can drop in for $20 a class, Pay what you can, or register for all six classes. Weekend One Dec. 6 & 7: Devised and Physical Theater ... Read More
QUASAR (Queers United and Strengthening all Resources) is hosting a No-buy toy and game swap for this holiday season, on December 7th at 10 am- 12pm at Riverwood Gifts (116 E state street). Lets Celebrate the holiday season sustainably and with the Spirit of mutual aid!
Join Buffalo Street Books for a series of workshops with nicole v. basta. This generative workshop series will allow our minds to circle a spiral of questions & ideas, to be liberated by the non-linear. Expect strange and very intentional multi-step prompts that shake you from the status quo. These workshops are for any writer, artist, thinker, dreamer, human looking ... Read More
The Gayogoฬฒhรณ:nวซห Learning Project is dedicated to fostering understanding and appreciation of Gayogoฬฒhรณ:nวซห (Cayuga) and general Indigenous history, culture, and contemporary issues. This screening is the fourth in a series of films presented at Cinemapolis by the GLP and offers an opportunity to engage with Indigenous perspectives and narratives across Turtle Island. This film is a coming-of-age documentary told from ... Read More
come join a scary fun TTRPG session of "eat the Reich" at Riverwood gifts! eat the reich, Haunt the reich and Drink all of Hitlers blood!
Opening: Gallery Night. December 5th: 5pm to 8pm. Sale Continues: December 6th to the 13th: 12pm to 6pm each day (except Sunday) Location: CAP ArtSpace, 110 N. Tioga Street, (Tompkins Center of History and Culture, Ithaca Commons) Donate pre-owned and vintage art before the sale - on December 1, 2 and 3. All information at ArtsPartner.org The CAP-a-Palooza Art Sale ... Read More
Gail Heriot, a recently retired law professor from the University of San Diego, says that the 1991 Civil Rights act made harassment lawsuits more financially lucrative and launched the industry of training employees in "diversity, equity, and inclusion." Its excesses have left us all "walking on eggshells" and triggered a backlash. Heriot is an expert on civil rights, employment law, ... Read More
join us at Riverwood gifts for a night of fun and board games! Celebrating our LGBTQ community Riverwood is a safe and inclusive place to come hang out and play! Pizza provided by SAL's pizzeria
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