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National Book Award Finalist, Cornell poet, acclaimed author and all-around wonderful lady Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon will be reading a selection of her works with live accompaniment from two of my favorite Ithaca musicians: Johnny Dowd and Richie Stearns! J. Robert Lennon and H.G. Carillo will also be reading from their works. The reading begins at […]

[By Brandi Herrera Pfrehm] As a kid growing up in the Pacific Northwest — where the coffeehouse is king, and there were drive-thru espresso joints on every corner before the idea was even a glimmer in Starbucks’ eye — I experienced my first green-siren latte in 1989. That was back when the company fostered an […]

Today kicks off the annual Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale, which runs from Oct. 10-27, open every Saturday and Sunday, most Mondays, and some Tuesdays and Wednesdays as well. The schedule — and hours — change every week so visit their website for the full scoop. Those who have been can attest that […]

[A version of this interview appears in this week’s Ithaca Times; photos via Amazon] A certain philosophy towards food consciousness — a desire to know how our food is grown, made and sold, as well as a keen advocacy for sustainable consumption — has skyrocketed in popularity in the last five years.
Some take it even […]

[This is a must-see. Unfortunately Ms. Oates was not doing interviews in conjunction with her appearance at Cornell. Nevertheless, I look forward to tonight’s talk with excitement and anticipation!]
Joyce Carol Oates: The Writer’s (Secret) Life: Woundedness, Rejection, and Inspiration
* Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2009
* Time: 7:30 p.m.
* Place: Alice Statler Auditorium, Statler Hall
In this informal […]

Maybe you’ve noticed that former intern Corey Millard has been writing quite a bit for the Ithaca Times. We’ve finally gotten around to posting the great stories he’s written about the following people. Read the full story in our interviews section here!

He spoke with NYT film critic A.O. Scott.

Then he spoke with local man-about-town Bob […]

Tonight, local musician Mike Hansen (who is best known as the guitarist in Hee Haw Nightmare but can be caught playing solo banjo-oriented gigs around town) will celebrate his birthday tonight at the Pourhouse. Expect a number of guest musicians to sit in with Mike, who will start playing around 7pm. The show is free!

Later […]

This afternoon at 5:15pm, New York-based photographer Adam Fuss will speak at Cornell’s Johnson Museum in conjunction with the group exhibition “Picturing Eden.” We have yet to see the show but are strangely compelled by his use of early photography techniques (i.e. the use of daguerreotypes) with both concrete and abstract subject matter. The show […]

Plenty of hump day links …..
……Happy Chinese New Year! It’s the year of the Ox. Guess who is an Ox? Our new president! Here’s what the venerable Wikipedia had to say:
“Traditionally, people born under the influence of the Ox are thought to be kind, caring souls, logical, positive, filled with common sense and with their […]

If you are up for the hour-long drive, the big event tonight seems to be ‘Democracy Now!’ host Amy Goodman at Geneva’s Smith Opera House. Ithaca’s own Evil City String Band is opening at 6:30pm NOT at 7:30pm as it was incorrectly printed on the tickets so get there early! Kathryn recently interviewed the journalist […]

This weekend, Cornell University will “Born in the Bronx: A Conference Celebrating Hip Hop at Cornell.” This unique event will be held from Oct. 31 to Nov. 1, marking the opening of a new permanent collection located in Cornell’s Rare Books and Manuscripts division.
Titled “Born in the Bronx: The Legacy and Evolution of Hip Hop,” […]

Quite a few things happening tonight. This evening kicks off Cornell’s ‘Born in the Bronx: Celebrating Hip Hip History,’ a conference on hip hop culture of the Bronx in the late 70s / early 80s. Cornell Cinema is screening Charlie Ahearn’s excellent hip hop documentary ‘Wild Style,‘ a film that is widely recognized as the […]

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 […]

This afternoon philosopher and feminist Judith Butler will return to Ithaca to speak at Cornell as part of the School of Criticism and Theory’s Summer 2008 lecture Series. Info from Kate’s article as it appeared in the Ithaca Times:
Visiting lecturers include the well-known philosopher Judith Butler, Professor of Rhetoric and Comparative Literature at U.C. Berkeley, […]

Our interview with Jerry Stiller — however brief! — is finally up, long after its truncated appearance in the Ithaca Times. Read it here. Some photos by Rachel: