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Come one, come all to the Circus Culture Summer Tour! Join us for six free, family-friendly shows around downtown Ithaca with acts created by community members, students, and teachers alike. Bring a blanket, a chair, or swing by to watch an act or two! In the case of inclement weather, shows will be held indoors at Circus Culture. Check @circusculture ... Read More
Got old documents and electronics piling up? Stop by Beginnings Credit Union’s annual Ithaca Shred Day to shred and recycle them. Free and open to the general public. **Limit two boxes of paper per household. Please check the event website to view a list of acceptable and non-acceptable electronic items for disposal.
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
It’s time for round 3!! 🔔💖🪩 Club QSpace returns - featuring a whole new cast! @justalex.drag and @officially.jaida will be providing the beats *in drag* along with some pop up performances, and the Romanian pop princess herself, @debetacredit , is the featured performer of the night — and you don’t want to miss the mixes she has up her sleeve ... Read More
In the musical adaptation of the beloved film, overly-protective clownfish dad Marlin searches desperately for little Nemo, who has been captured by a scuba diver and imprisoned in a fish tank in Australia. As father and son battle danger and fear to reunite, they meet wonderful friends who help them go with the flow and keep on swimming, no matter ... Read More
The Ithaca Shakespeare Company (ISC) invites audiences to experience Shakespeare in a new way with the Summer 2026 Bar(d) Crawl, a three-part performance series staged at popular venues throughout Ithaca. The Bar(d) Crawl will feature three free, immersive nights of scenes, songs, and sonnets performed at various bars in downtown Ithaca. Act 2 will perform on Sunday, July 26, at ... Read More
Alt Rock show at Room K (K House Karaoke downstairs) on Sunday, July 26th! Featuring local favorites Open Swim and Material Objects, and Kid Tested from Cleveland, OH! $5 at the door or PWYC, Doors 6:30, music 7pm!
Join the Downtown Ithaca Alliance (DIA) and Whitham Planning & Design on July 28th, from 3pm - 5pm for an open presentation to discuss data collected from the (3) DIA & AARP Walk Audit sessions. These data will help to shape possible improvements to make Downtown more navigable and intriguing. Light refreshments and food will be provided. No registration is ... Read More
Interested in learning calligraphy, but not sure where to start? This 2.5-hour workshop will walk you through the basics of broad edge calligraphy. You’ll learn how to use a broad edge calligraphy pen, get familiar with some fundamental concepts, and explore several different calligraphy scripts, like uncials, carolingian, foundational, blackletter, and italic. Seats are limited, so reserve your spot today! ... Read More
Did somebody say rebrand? We are switching it up this summer! Different name, same mission: uplifting Black, Indigenous, Latine, queer, AANHPI, disabled and neurodivergent authors. Everyone is welcome! Join us to discuss You Made a Fool of Death with your Beauty by author Akwaeke Emezi ˚˖𓍢ִ໋❀ A contemporary romance novel about a woman wanting to heal from a big loss, ... Read More
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