Join Ithaca Democratic Socialists of America Book Club to discuss End Times Fascism and the Fight for the Living World by Naomi Klein! Come discuss, share your thoughts and create community!

Hot People Read Book Club's mission is to uplift Black, Indigenous, Latine, queer, AANHPI, disabled, and neurodivergent authors. Everyone is welcome! Join us to discuss Blood Debts by author Terry J. Benton-Walker ˚˖❀ Thirty years ago, a young woman was murdered, a family was lynched, and New Orleans saw the greatest magical massacre in its history. In the days that ... Read More

The Ithaca Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. invites you for a discussion of Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi! A young adult novel about a kingdom where magic was brutally erased. A young woman named Zélie, gets one dangerous chance to strike back and restore her people's stolen powers. To succeed, she must outrun a ... Read More

IMAGINE! Sonali Samarasinghe & Heather E. Murray in Conversation Saturday, October 31, 1:30 to 3 PM Buffalo Street Books Dewitt Mall, 215 N. Cayuga Street, Ithaca FREE ADMISSION Join Sri Lankan human rights activist, poet, fiction writer, memoirist, and journalist Sonali Samarasinghe and First Amendment specialist and civil rights attorney Heather E. Murray on the power of imagination as a ... Read More

Join Sri Lankan human rights activist, poet, fiction writer, memoirist, and journalist Sonali Samarasinghe and First Amendment specialist and civil rights attorney Heather E. Murray for the third part of IMAGINE!, a series of dialogues on the power of imagination as a public good. Jason Freitag, professor of South Asian History at Ithaca College and chair of the Advisory Board ... Read More

Join Sofya Aptekar and Shannon Gleeson for a conversation on Beyond Dreamers: Transitions to Adulthood in an Uncertain Age. Beyond Dreamers deftly underscores how deeply legal uncertainty continues to structure the lives of undocumented young adults. Drawing on more than one hundred interviews with a racially and ethnically diverse group of undocumented college students in New York City, with and ... Read More

A fan of queer horror? Looking to get into the genre? Join us for a discussion on On Sundays She Picked Flowers, led by queer horror enthusiast, Becca Wucker! In this sinister and surreal Southern Gothic debut, a woman escapes into the uncanny woods of southern Georgia and must contend with ghosts, haints, and most dangerous of all, the truth ... Read More

Join local author and former Tompkins County Historian, Carol Kammen, for a reading from her book, Smut, which details an 1883 obscenity trial in Ithaca, New York Author Carol Kammen’s involvement in local history goes back 60 years. Her interest and commitment to expanding the scope of local history involved her in a variety of roles, including teaching (Ithaca High ... Read More

Everyone’s favorite spooky craft market is back! Join beloved local artists and makers at the Goblin Market. Plus, we hear Open Book Cafe will have some ghoulish treats! 🦇🧛‍♂️🖤