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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 week’s cover of the Ithaca Times is a fascinating profile of two writers in residence currently at Cornell (but not for much longer), Mark Doty and Paul Lisicky. Along with novelist Denis Johnson, the three of them have lived in Ithaca for the semester, taught courses at Cornell, and worked on their own […]

Last Thursday, lauded cartoonist and graphic novelist Alison Bechdel spoke at Cornell as part of the English Dept’s Spring Reading Series. In preparation of the event, Bob Proehl interviewed Bechdel, the results of which can be found in an article in this week’s Ithaca Times.
He has also posted his complete interview with Bechdel on his […]

We go to press this afternoon, so I completely swamped with work, but I did want to mention this exciting reading tonight (apologies in advance for my unabashed reproduction of the press release). Enjoy!
>>>The Ithaca College Department of Writing and School of Humanities and Sciences will welcome Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa to campus […]

Three extremely distinguished and accomplished writers will read from their works tonight at the Schwartz Auditorium in Rockefeller Hall on the Cornell Campus. The talk is part of the English Dept’s 2008 Spring Reading Series (the same series that has brought Sandra Cisneros, Willie Perdomo, and Salman Rushdie to the Cornell podium), and all three […]