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THE RETURN OF SICK LLAMA & COTTON MUSEUM, THIS TIME SOLO SETS INSTEAD OF THEIR DUO ACTION SLITHER. CONSIDER IT A WELCOME BACK STUDENTS PRESENT. NEW TOP SECRET VENUE TO BE ANNOUNCED IN AUGUST. STAY TUNED!

[REALLY wish I could be there for this one. Michael wasn’t joking around when he says that this is the one show to go to of the year — this will be an extraordinary show, no doubt about it. Full press release as follows]
If you make it to one show this year… this should be […]

TOMORROW TOMORROW TOMORROW!
SATURDAY, JULY 25
THE CHAPTER HOUSE
ORBITING ART ENSEMBLE feat. HANK ROBERTS, KEIR NEURINGER, MICHAEL STARK, MATT MORANO >>
NORMAL LOVE >>
9PM DOORS / 10PM START
400 STEWART AVE.
ITHACA, NY
21+ / $5
Formed in 2006, NORMAL LOVE is a Philadelphia-based instrumental quintet which comprises amplified violin, two electric guitars, electric bass, and drums. The band’s music generally has […]

Trumansburg, NEW YORK –8:45 a.m. Friday found me waiting for the shuttle bus to the GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance. This was my first year, and after having a great time Thursday, I wanted to make the most of the remaining three days. It seemed too early for pretty much everyone, except for the […]

Last week, the Ithaca Times interviewed Greek-born French filmmaker Costa-Gavras, most famous for his cult political thriller ‘Z.’ The full conversation can now be read in our interviews section. From the interview:
Popcorn Youth: Why did you make ‘Z’?
CG:  Z was made as a kind of protest against the colonists in Greece. All Greeks out of […]

Everyone has GrassRoots on the brain this week. Here’s what else is going on this week besides at the Trumansburg Fairgrounds. To be fair, a lot of these events are GrassRoots-related — in particular, we’re recommending Zydeco master Keith Frank at the Commons tonight at 6pm, and the Hell Drivers at Barangus (pictured above, Steve […]

[Originally posted  on the Ithaca Times site 7/15/09]

Though it’s his first year at GrassRoots, Jim Van Cleve, fiddler for bluegrass supergroup Mountain Heart, has won a few awards, and knows a few things about the music industry. “Everyone wants to pigeonhole things, but every artists […]

For those who would like to learn how to dance, there will be a zydeco dance workshop before Preston Frank’s performances in the Dance Tent Friday at 1:00 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. If swing is more your thing, there will be a swing dance workshop before […]

Recently I wrote a piece published in the Ithaca Times on Epiphany Project, who played Cornell’s Schwartz Center June 30. That brief snippet really didn’t do the interview justice, so the transcript is published below in its entirety.
Ephiphany Project’s most recent album, Hin Dagh, was recorded in Armenia while Bet Williams and John Hodian, who […]

The first one was a success, here’s the second of its kind:
SOUND & SEASON: VOL. II

More good food & good tunes at the second installment of the SOUND&SEASON house shows. Space is very limited and Sasha and Jarek want as many people as possible to be able to enjoy the touring bands, but they can only accommodate as many people as […]

If you find yourself debating one night whether to hit up the Regal Cinema at the Ithaca Mall or the new Cinemapolis, you should probably go with option #3: Cornell Cinema in Willard Straight Hall. Here are several reasons why Cornell Cinema could be considered a superior theater:
1. It retains the nostalgic, old-timey charm of […]

The Cornell Plantations plays host to a free outdoor Shakespeare production every summer. This year, it’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (directed by the well-known J.G. Hertzler, the white-haired man on stage), which I saw last night. The dreamily verdant Cornell Plantations were a serendipitous match for the fairy-filled forest of Shakespeare’s imagination.

While there were metal […]

The recently defunct ABC Cafe is currently cleaning out their space, resulting in an exciting pile of free CD’s, records, and nondescript clothing on the stoop for the taking. There’s also an assortment of items that you actually have to pay for, such as tea, drink syrup, beverage dispensers, and more music. I obtained: a […]

Having roamed different Urban Outfitters from Los Angeles to Providence, I must say that the new Ithaca location seems a bit out of place compared to the others, as if it accidentally sprung up in the Commons. It’s located on a shopless, barren boulevard. Neighboring establishments specialize in Third World handicrafts. It’s infamously owned by […]

Last Friday was the kick-off event for Ithaca’s To Let Art Program, through which artists enliven the windows of gloomy, unrented retail space with their artwork, at least until the space is rented. The walking tour departed from the Bernie Milton Pavilion in the Commons. They lured passersby with bread and hummus.

Our first stop was […]