popcorn youth

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 […]

[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 […]

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 […]

Hey everyone! My name is Annie, and I’m another Arts & Entertainment intern at the Ithaca Times this summer. While I’ve attended school here for two years now (!), I’ve only recently developed a very delayed, wide-eyed excitement about Ithaca, due to finally exploring it properly. I actually feel like a little bit like a […]

For those who read the Ticket this morning, this is pure sadness. As a former intern of Jim Catalano already three years ago (!), I know firsthand the significance and relevance he has to the local music community. It’s encouraging to hear that he’ll continue to be a presence in our music community and I […]

I think the last teen/young adult book I read was Frindle in eighth grade. By this point I was reading mostly Tom Clancy, and just getting into John Grisham. Ho ho, I thought, I’m so mature. This book is about fifth graders, ho ho.
But then I really liked it. It had all the classic elements […]

So I heard an amusing rumor yesterday – a rumor mind you so don’t take it as doctrine – that went like this: Ithaca Fest is a celebration put on by Ithaca locals signifying their ‘taking back’ of the city due to the exodus of students that comes after the Ithaca, Cornell and TC3 […]

I’m Chris, a summer intern in the Arts and Entertainment section of the Ithaca Times. I’ll do my best to entertain you artfully with thoughts on books, movies, music, fine and not-so-fine art and other things that pop into my head. It’s my first summer in Ithaca, so everything is still bright and new (unlike […]

Well hello beautiful people. My name is Nellie, and I am a new Ithaca Times intern who is excited to experience the wonders of an Ithacan summer. Here you will find my random thoughts and opinions on concerts, films, and plays I’ve seen; books I’m reading/read, and any other topic/event I deem important […]

[Pictured above: the Rabble Rousers — who play Felicia’s happy hour tomorrow at 5:30pm — apparently look like they belong in prison. I can’t say I disagree.] I haven’t done the show calendar in weeks it feels like — let’s chalk it up with seasonal illnesses, traveling and general chicanery. Moving along! What a weekend […]

OH SNAP:
MAGIK MARKERS
MOUTHUS
LOST DOG LOUNGE.
JUNE 26.
ITHACA.
LOCAL OPENERS TBA.

I have to report a bit of bad news. This Saturday’s Sightings and Eskimo King show, which was to be a cosponsorship between myself (Popcorn Youth) and the Fanclub Collective (Cornell), has been canceled. Funding for the Fanclub has always been a tight, contentious matter, and from what I can tell, noise shows booked by […]