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We are absolutely thrilled to see that the folks over at Ithaca Underground have revived, so to speak, their cause. They posted a spate of shows over in their Myspace blog, including a nice little shout out to us at the end (Popcore Youth? I like that…). We can’t wait to work with IU the […]

‘Sacred Steel’ soul and gospel group The Campbell Brothers will perform at the Chapter House tonight. What they sound like:
Chuck, Phil, and Darick Campbell are an anointed group of accomplished guitarists with instruments tuned to the key of the holy spirit. These musicians were raised in the “sacred steel” style, a rare music tradition rooted […]

Our pals over in Syracuse, New Thing Productions, unveiled a brand new blog over the weekend. Check it out, bookmark it next to your Popcorn Youth bookmark, and use it to stay on top of all the Syracuse/Upstate NY happenings. Oooh and their latest post is for our Jenny Graf Bibulah / Zaimph / Stone […]

[Text by Luke Z. Fenchel] If you managed to make it up to Trumansburg earlier this month for the GrassRoots Festival, you might now be suffering from an ailment I’m beginning to associate with overexposure to live local music.
This particular form of performance anxiety appears to combine symptoms of withdrawal, an acute hangover, and a […]

It’s a beautiful, cool Saturday and there are plenty of things to do out and around Ithaca. At 7pm, Trevor MacDonald - as his new project Who You Are - will host a CD release party and free concert at Taughannock Park. That starts at 7pm and will probably go for a few hours. Super […]

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 […]

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 […]

[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 […]