Have you ever wanted to learn about Brazil but don't know where to start? Come to the ABCs of Brazil to learn more through art, music and movement! There will be an art gallery featuring local artists, live Bossa Nova jazz music by Date Night, movement and music demonstrations by Ithaca Capoeira including a community roda, along with a farm ... Read More

Poet and screenwriter Lee Cotman will guide participants in creating their own “blackout” love poems from a variety of un-romantic source texts (e.g., junk mail and meeting minutes). In a blackout poem, the writer chooses an existing document and obscures all but a few selected words; the remaining words create the poem. This process puts the writer in direct conversation, ... Read More

How can queer poets use their work to define and redefine themselves? In this 1 hour workshop with Amir McClam, participants will explore poetry as a queer (non-normative) method of self-creation. Together we will study the work of June Jordan and KB Brookins, consider what we have to learn from them, and produce original writing. Through communal discussion, self-reflection, and ... Read More

Morris is an English dance tradition that marks the turning of the seasons with joyful music, colorful costumes, bells and ribbons, flashing hankies, clashing sticks, swords, and garlands. These dances have been done since before Shakespeare's time. The Bassett St Hounds Morris team from Syracuse is 40 years old this summer and we are celebrating with our friends. Eight teams ... Read More

Join the Latino Civic Association of Tompkins County for summer afternoon on the lake! Bring your family and friends to enjoy a beautiful day of music and community. All are welcome! This year is not a potluck, and instead we will be enjoying food courtesy of the LCA by local Latino owned business yxi’s Arepa y Gordita. Latino Civic Association ... Read More

Join Natasha Williams with Sandra Sorensen (Executive Director of NAMI Finger Lakes) for a conversation on the power of storytelling to help make sense of caring for those with mental illness THE PARTS OF HIM I KEPT: The Gifts of My Father’s Madness, is an intimate account of a daughter’s coming of age in the face of her father’s schizophrenic ... Read More

Led by Gladys Brangman, this workshop will focus on the often-overlooked aspects of making a living as an artist — the practical, strategic, and business-related elements that many creatives don’t think about when trying to sell their work. Gladys is on CAP's board and is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Business Leaders of Colors, an organization that has ... Read More