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This Saturday! 10pm! QSpace x KHouse x @djennarate | Join us for more prideful 21+ nighttime programming from some of your local faves House/Disco/Certified Bangers 10pm-1am, Sat June 20th, Room K @ @khousekaraoke - 121 W State St, Ithaca 🎵
A fan of queer horror? Looking to get into the genre? Join us for a discussion on The Luminous Dead, led by BSB staff member Anamarie. Book club attendees get 10% one (1) purchase in-store!
Join End Abortion Stigma for a commemoration of the fourth year of the end of Roe v. Wade, at Cinemapolis on June 24 from 6-8pm at Cinemapolis in Ithaca. We are thrilled to have a presentation by special guest New York State Senator Lea Webb, and a screening of “Someone You Know”, a film by Asha Dahya and a winner ... Read More
Join us for Sarah Jefferis book launch party for Lucky to Have You, her second full-length poetry collection, in conversation with Kathryn Henion!
Are you lonesome tonight and looking for a hunk o' love? Well, Elvis isn't dead and he's crooning over dinner at K-HOUSE in the K-Room, and no that is not a joke about his substance use in the later years. Enjoy a 3-course meal, while you watch a 2-act show and by golly you might even decide you feel loose ... Read More
We’re taking over Collegetown Bagels Downtown to celebrate Pride the only way we know how, with a room full of people and a microphone. This isn't just a show; it's about bringing the Ithaca community together to support the best LGBTQ voices from across the state This is ComedyHOF at its most authentic. We’re turning your favorite bagel spot into ... Read More
What: We Declare – A Storytelling Project for Our Times When: June 27, 2026 – Performances at 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. Where: Kitchen Theatre Company, 417 W. State Street, Ithaca NY Tickets: FREE event (sliding scale offered) but tickets are required kitchentheatre.org/wedeclare We Declare is a storytelling project for these times. In the lead-up to July 4, 2026, participating local ... Read More
In this emotionally charged musical opening the Hangar Theatre's 2026 summer Mainstage season, Alison moves through time to visit her childhood, college years, and early adulthood–unravelling her own coming-of-age and coming-out story while trying to make sense of the twisty, layered relationship she has with her father and their shared hometown. Based on the best-selling graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel, ... Read More
These generative writing workshops led by poet laureate nicole v. basta will invite students to engage with the texts of other poets/writers as a starting point, a place to echo outward from into their own work. Multi-step prompts and questions will guide us. This class is for any writer, creator, thinker, dreamer, human looking for insight into their creativity that ... Read More
Bring your own sketchbook and favorite pens for a So What? Studio sketch meetup! Practice your drawing skills and come create in the company of others! No skills encouraged June 29th, 2026 6:30-8pm The Nocturnal Cafe 103 S Geneva St
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