HistoryForge: Mapping Your Family History (Virtual Program) w/ Eve Snyder WHEN: Tuesday May 2nd at 2:30pm WHERE: Virtual PRESENTER: Eve Snyder, HistoryForge Project Director Register for free on The History Center website HistoryForge began with the idea of using historic maps as portals to information about a community. Its integration of historic maps, census information, photographs and archival documents provides ... Read More

Ithaca College Students from HIST/ENVS 720 Join us for a CHAT (Community History Across Tompkins) with student presentation's from Professor Michael Smith's 'History of American Environmental Thought' class. Each year students work with our archivist to do an intensive research project using our archival collections and focusing on local environmental issues including energy use, urban development, public health, water management, ... Read More

Legacies of Canoes - Book Talk & Screening w/ Trent Preszler and Hickory Edwards WHEN: Saturday May 6th 2023, 6:45-8:45pm WHERE: Cinemapolis, 120 Green St Ithaca NY 14850. PRESENTERS: Trent Preszler author of Little & Often: A Memoir, and Hickory Edwards (Onondaga) from Haudenosaunee Canoe Journey Kick off ITHACA CANOE FEST (May 7th @ Cass Park) with a combined book ... Read More

Community Quiltmaking for Good w/ Brooktondale Community Center, Dryden Thimble Therapy, and Ellis Hollow Quilters WHEN: Thursday May 11th - 4-5:30pm WHERE: CAP ArtSpace Gallery (First Floor) in the Tompkins Center for History & Culture on the Ithaca Commons - 110 North Tioga St. Ithaca NY 14850. PRESENTERS: Brooktondale Community Center, Dryden Thimble Therapy, & Ellis Hollow Quilters, moderated by ... Read More