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About the Books: Everybody Wants to Keep the Moon Inside Them is a collection of poems exploring what women hold, what they keep, and how they let go— of sorrow, loss and grief. Using the natural world as buffer, Ellen Stone writes poems exploring motherhood and mental illness, sexual assault, marriage and parenthood—as well as how loss filters down through ... Read More
“King Alcohol Ends Reign” is a 10-block walking tour through downtown Ithaca that traces the city’s spirited (and often surprising) history with Prohibition. Led by trained docents from The History Center, this 60–70 minute experience takes you to the actual sites of speakeasies, dry raids, church protests, saloons, and reform rallies—uncovering how Ithaca became one of the first cities in ... Read More
If Wayne County seceded from New York to became our 51st state, only three entire states would surpass it in apple production. In the early part of the 20th century, North Rose claimed the title of the busiest railroad shipping station for fruit in the country. Hundreds of farmers planted millions of apple trees just inland from Lake Ontario, one ... Read More
State of the Art proudly presents two exhibits this month. In the main gallery, Where I’m Coming From (a retrospective) showcases a broad spectrum of works by Frances L. Fawcett. In the Salon Gallery, Ethel Vrana’s paintings are inspired by the resilience of plant life. She combines abstract forms with realistic impressions to capture their remarkable adaptability and beauty. The shows ... Read More
Spend five days flipping, flying, basing, building and playing in this high-energy camp specifically for tweens and teens! Students will practice skills such as tumbling, partner acrobatics, and aerial fabric, lyra, hammock and trapeze. Those new to circus and those with circus experience are both welcome and will be met where they are! All campers receive a Circus Culture t-shirt! ... Read More
At MIX Art Gallery’s main showroom on the Ithaca Commons this month, we have our new exhibition entitled “Human Nature” by sculptor and poet, Shawn Bridget Hull, also featuring the most recent pastel drawing by Trumansburg’s celebrated artist Joy Adams, and photos of human nature by Wendy Gherity. For Shawn, sculpting in clay isn't just art, it's a profound dialogue ... Read More
Gallery Night Ithaca is a walkable tour of art openings and other special cultural events in and around downtown Ithaca, New York from 5:00-8:00 PM on the first Friday of every month.
Join us at CSMA for the opening reception of two new exhibits in our upstairs and downstairs galleries! Upstairs we have "Love is a Verb," dedicated to the memory of Jann Rowe and featuring her work in the form of paintings and poems, songs and stories, doodles and drawings and paper cups made into art. On view downstairs is "The ... Read More
Drop in on figure drawing sessions at CSMA! If you’re an intermediate or advanced-level artist interested in drawing from the nude model, come join our non-instructed, open sketch sessions. Just grab your own supplies and enjoy an evening of creativity in the company of other artists.
COMPACTOR returns to Ithaca with selections from the new document "Institutionalized Genocide" - a scathing industrial noise and visual performance. Plus the Ithaca returns of experimentalist Flose, Each Night I Dream Of Razors (new power electronics from Dr. Lexi Turner), and new works from Bubba Crumrine.
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