Join the NYS Division of Human Rights, Tompkins County Office of Human Rights, Southside Community Center and partners for a conversation about fair housing protections under state law.

P.L.A.C.E. Textile & Garment Workers Through HistoryForge w/ Eve Snyder WHEN: Wednesday June 28th, 5:15-6:15pm - Rescheduled from - Wednesday June 7th, 5:15-6pm WHERE: CAP ArtSpace, Located inside the Tompkins Center for History & Culture, 110 N Tioga St, Ithaca NY 14850 PRESENTER: Eve Snyder, HistoryForge Project Director Where was the Pocketbook Factory? Who were the sewing machine agents of ... Read More

Pride Dance Party! MUSIC: DJ Sammy Jo with Disco House Music for the night! Based in NYC, Sammy Jo was the Scissor Sisters tour DJ for 10 years and currently DJs parties around the globe. CATWALK: Dressed to impress? Dressed in your drag? Shake it on our catwalk! 11pm-ish catwalk show. HOST: Femme de Violette! Up-and-coming queen based in Ithaca, ... Read More

Join Aaron H. Arm at Buffalo Street Books for the launch of his debut novel The Artifice of Eternity. There will be a Q&A and signing after the reading. The Artifice of Eternity is a ruminative sci-fi novel that follows humanity’s attempt to escape Earth’s existential conflicts. 4,000 likeminded colonists reboot civilization on a habitable planet, and yet, even 13 ... Read More

On this month's First Friday, we will be hosting our bi-monthly Makers' Market at Buffalo Street Books. Come in for crafts, tastings, and to meet some of the incredible local artists we are lucky to have in our community. Artists and vendors include Brighit May and Oracle Chocolates.

Travel the Greater Ithaca Art Trail on the second Saturday of each month. No fee. No reservations. Just visit a selection of artist studio's throughout Tompkins County to see great art and have amazing conversations. Visit ArtTrail.com to find the list of July 8th open studios! We thank our wonderful 2023 Art Trail Sponsors: Cornell University, P.W. Wood & Son, ... Read More

Wednesday, July 12th at 6pm at the Bernie Milton Pavilion. Learn more about OCM's campaign to educate the public about supporting equity and buying local!

Open mic night honoring queer and BIPOC suffering. Poetry, spoken word, and other acoustic performances welcome. Safe space. There will be community counselors available at this event. Open to the public. Sign up at the event. FREE. This open mic event will inspire writers and artists to create and share work which honors queer and BIPOC suffering. It is hosted ... Read More

About the Book This sharp and original debut collection captures precisely that time of life when so many young women are caught in between, preoccupied by nostalgia for past relationships—with friends, roommates, siblings—while trying to move forward into an uncertain future. In “That Is Shocking,” a college student relates a darkly funny story of romantic humiliation, one that skirts the ... Read More