popcorn youth

Wow, I can’t believe it’s almost August! This summer flew right by. Here are a couple of shows coming up that I’m particularly looking forward to — some of them are even Popcorn Youth sponsored, so to speak. Expect more detailed information about those shows TBA. And now, without further ado:
aug. 5 - hee haw […]

Here in Ithaca, summer doesn’t necessarily mean that there’s a lack of interesting events to attend — despite the fact that we are very much a college town. There have been all kinds of neat special events that we’ve featured in the last couple of weeks, both in and outside college campuses. Lately, the Scottish […]

Hair Police are coming to Upstate NY! I was hoping they would make a stop in Ithaca, but it looks like we’ll have to wait. Those who haven’t seen them play live — go! Personally, I’ve had some pretty intense experiences, but that’s another story for another day. First, in Rochester:
Wednesday, July 30 — The […]

Just found out that Jan Bell will be performing tonight at No Radio Records. Free and starts at 7pm. Michael Hansen MIGHT be playing, but you’ll just have to show up and find out. We don’t know. Jan is also playing tomorrow afternoon at Felicia’s for their Alley Fridays. That’s at 5:30pm. But it’ll probably […]

Recently, Ithaca Times art critic Mike Berlin interviewed local artist and art collector Steven Barbash, who curated “The Shared Experience,” now up at the Johnson Museum. Excerpts from the artist that appeared in last week’s Ithaca Times:
“[Barbash] came of age, artistically, at a time when abstract expressionism was the dominant paradigm. And yet, he and […]

[Text by Jake Forney] [Photo gallery at our flickr] I was beginning to think I had taken a wrong turn. The roads were getting more twisted and more narrow and there wasn’t a sign of a campground anywhere. But then there he was — my beacon in the darkness — a solitary figure walking along […]

Is there an Ithaca Banksy in our midst? Has anyone else seen this around? Discuss.

Tonight heralds the main event of this summer’s 2nd annual Love Shoe Festival, as curated by choreographer and Cornell dance professor Jim Self. From Kate’s article, as it appears in this week’s Ithaca Times:
>>>The third event of the festival, Salsa, Meet Hip Hop… & Other Dances, will be held on July 22 at the Schwartz […]

Last week, our art critic-at-large Wylie Schwartz wrote the cover story for the Ithaca Times about a group of local artists that exist quite separately from the ‘typical’ local art scene in Ithaca. Artist and Sfumato owner (and sometimes Ithaca Times freelancer) John Criscitello is currently hosting a group exhibition at his loft space on […]

NO MORE BUSH TOUR 2008
Five years ago, in a time of woe for the underground, the country and the world, the members of the Ecstatic Yod Collective organized a tour called More Hair Less Bush. Including a variety of musicians and writers, the tour brought the flame of hope to cities cast into darkness by […]

Hello everyone. Hot off the heels of two extremely successful Popcorn Youth concerts — Neptune and Ryan Jewell — I have another exciting show announcement to make. Since I’ve been writing this blog, I’ve wanted to present a noise show with all female musicians. And now, I finally have a chance to do so. My […]

Baltimore-based musician Jana Hunter will perform at No Radio Records this Saturday, July 12. She’s performed in Ithaca twice before — once in Luke’s living room! — but I’ve managed to miss both shows. I won’t be missing her this time around, however. She’ll be joined by an arsenal of awesome ladies: Matteah Baim (of […]

[Text by Ted Hamilton] When I first heard that the international Star Trek fan club was hosting its annual convention in Ithaca, I imagined a dorkfest à la Galaxy Quest: forty-year old bachelors dressed up like Spock, cliques of diehards bickering over starship minutiae, a sign that read “No girls allowed” at the door. But […]

[text by Wylie Schwartz] Since moving to the area in 2006, conceptual artist Karen Brummund has been creating large-scale public art installations at various sites around the county. With a video work currently on view in ‘The Object and Beyond,’ the 2008 Everson Biennial in Syracuse, she is also one of a dozen local artists […]

“I think people should be free to play and release what they want, If I’m not into it, I won’t engage with it. What can be daft is these kind of already developed a chip on their shoulder young noise guys that are all posture and over-exaggerated maleness. It’s doesn’t really feel male at that […]