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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. The series begins on Monday, July 20 at Argos ... Read More
Welcome back to YAPPY HOUR at The Strand Cafe! Join us every 4th Wednesday from March–October | 4–7PM for drinks, dog-friendly vibes, and pup social time! Bring your furry friends to mix, mingle, and make new besties 🐕 Even better? 50% of proceeds benefit Stay Wild Rescue — every sip supports animals in need. Drinks for you. Social hour for ... Read More
A workshop with Holly Adams! Writing/revising dialogue can be daunting! How do you stay true to the characters in your head and also make it dynamic, engaging and believable to your listeners or readers? In this workshop, we will do multiple exercises with prompts and a few bare bones “neutral scenes” to explore co-writing* techniques that maximize character voice, as ... Read More
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!
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