Join us for another rendition of our bi-monthly queer open mic night! Bring a few friends and your poetry, prose, stand up, grocery lists, little random writings from your notes app, or any other piece of writing!

Join Ithaca local Dalya Tamir for the launch of her new book. About the Book: Turning Back to Ourselves explores the pain of self-abandonment, the mind states of self-judgment, self-doubt, and even self-hatred that women too often find themselves experiencing. Drawing on Buddhist practices of mindfulness, compassion, and lovingkindness, and on her experience as a psychotherapist, Dalya Tamir offers a ... Read More

Parents and kiddos, our queens are back for Drag Story Hour! Sit in our beautiful butterfly room and enjoy a reading from two of Ithaca's very best storytellers.

Sofya Aptekar is joining us at BSB to read from her memoir Green Card Soldier: Between Model Immigrant and Security Threat About the Book: While the popular image of the US military is one of citizen soldiers protecting their country, the reality is that nearly 5 percent of all first-time military recruits are noncitizens. Their reasons for enlisting are myriad, ... Read More

Ryan's trio will play a couple tunes to warm up the stage and then open the stage to members of the local jazz community. Each person who signs up will get approximately 2 tunes with the band before rotating. Bring your instrument and join in with this great band with Ryan Peterson on guitar, August Bish on upright bass, and ... Read More

Come enjoy the hit film written and directed by the Coen brothers, O Brother, Where Art Thou. Order drinks and food right to your table. Space is limited so get your tickets today!

Keyturah Moore will hold a reading and discussion from her chapbook "Broken Words" at Buffalo Street Books. This will be a time to sit down and discuss with the author the story behind "Broken words" and how she used her journey of dealing with depression to find a creative outlet to cope.

A sharp analysis of the struggle for Palestine gets an update following the events of October 7, 2023. Palestine, Israel, and U.S. Empire is an essential book for the current moment. Taking a firm anti-Zionist perspective on the history of Palestine and Israel, it traces the movements of resistance from British colonialism to the fight back in Gaza and the ... Read More

Bring your friends down to BSB for board game night! We have a wide selection of games we sell in store from Catan to Concept. Here's your chance to test out our games and browse our selection after hours! Leave your donations here!

Join Elisabeth Nonas for a reading from her new novel Grace Period. About the Book: Just as 70-year-old writing professor Hannah Greene walks into her retirement party, she's called to the ER because Grace, her wife of 25 years, has been in what turns out to be a fatal car accident. This was definitely not part of the plan the ... Read More