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Downtown Ithaca’s Comfort Food Trail is a cozy winter event running January 16 – February 1 that invites food lovers to explore local restaurants while enjoying warm, comfort-food dishes around town. Participants scan QR codes at participating eateries to log visits, collect entries in a digital passport, and earn chances to win weekly $50 Downtown Ithaca gift cards or the ... Read More
Join us Friday, January 16th to celebrate Ithaca's operatic enchantress Silver Rein's second full-length studio album release. An epic performance of the entire album with guest instrumentalists, performers, and choir, featuring Nick Scollard, Alejandra Diemecke, Chris Ploss, Sue Green, Jen Cork, Mandy Goldman, Hayden Eager, Annie Sumi, Erin Griffeth, and Heidi Oros. Opening acts: Victoria Anine and La Llorona. Come ... Read More
The Ithaca Community Chorus & Chamber Singers will present "Great Opera Choruses" by Monteverdi, Purcell, Verdi, Puccini, Mascagni, Mussorgsky, Beethoven, and more at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 17, at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 402 North Aurora Street, Ithaca. Tickets are $20 (students & children free) and are available in advance online at https://acithaca.org/groups/icccs/tickets/ and at the door.
Join the Gayogohó:nǫˀ Learning Project Book Club for a discussion on The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo by Kent Nerburn @ Buffalo Street Books!
Community-led conversations about climate change, as we discuss 'The Deluge'. Climate Literature Book Discussions meets the third Wednesday of the month @ Buffalo Street Books. Shop with us for 10% off these titles!
A joyous musical journey through the hits of Sir Elton John begins at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24 at the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca. Piano player, singer and Broadway and TV actor Jason Ostrowski and a band of skilled musicians will capture the essence of the legendary artist who brought us “Tiny Dancer”, “Rocket Man” and many other hits. “Bennie and ... Read More
Come for an art jam, stay for the creative juices! Join So What? Studio + Creative Reuse of Ithaca at Cafe Dewitt for an art social! Come by yourself or with a friend to imagine, play, tap into that inner child, and see what happens when you give yourself permission to just have fun being creative in the presence of ... Read More
Join us to celebrate the book launch of The Oak and the Larch: A Forest History of Russia and its Empires by Sophie Pinkham with conversation and Q&A. From the Baltic to the Pacific, from the Arctic to the steppes of Central Asia, Russia’s forests account for nearly one-fifth of the world’s wooded lands. Sophie Pinkham's new book "The Oak ... Read More
Join R.C Lloyd as she discusses narrative poetry in conversation with BSB Staff, Gabriela Medina + Candle Painting* at Buffalo Street Books! *tickets needed for candle painting
Come bedazzle books with us! $5 if you purchase a book or $10 if you bring your own book!
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