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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
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 team from Syracuse is forty years old this summer and we’re celebrating with our friends. On August 16 and ... Read More
Experience Ithaca's favorite emerging progressive funk-fusion trio, Pocket Bandits! Hear Joe, Simon, and Sam lead an evening of original material and surprise covers in the barrel room at Liquid State Brewing Co in Downtown Ithaca. They'll be joined throughout the night by a host of special guest musicians including Micheal Schuler, Emmett Scott, R.Aaron Walters and many more! Check out ... 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
Tompkins County Whole Health invites the community to join us for an evening of reflection and celebration on Friday, August 22nd, from 5:00pm-7:30pm, at our Mental Health Services Building at 201 E. Green St. (downtown Ithaca). “PROS Journeys: Stories in Art” will showcase mixed media artwork by individuals engaged in personal growth with the PROS program. This event is free ... Read More
With Aishvarya Arora. What can contemporary poets teach us about surviving the multiple social and political crises of our current moment? As importantly, what can they teach us about creating and nurturing the new worlds that will emerge from these moments? Taking guidance from writers like Naomi Shihab Nye, Hala Alyan, Franny Choi, Ross Gay, Danez Smith, and others, in ... Read More
Join local author Erica Rose Eberhart in conversation with Wren Cotrone for the release of her novel Diminished Author bio: Erica Rose Eberhart is a neurodivergent, disabled writer of queer characters, dragons, girls who grow feathers, and boys who become trees. She resides in the Finger Lakes of New York with her partner and child, and has sampled landscape inspiration ... Read More
esi Bender is an artist from Upstate New York. She is the author of two novels, Child of Light and The Book of the Last Word, the play Kinderkrankenhaus, and a poetry collection Dangerous Women. In her free time, she runs KERNPUNKT Press, a home for experimental writing. www.jesibender.com Synopsis - Thirteen-year-old Ambrétte Memenon has lived her entire life estranged ... Read More
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