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Weighter Music Series

An Experimental Music Concert Series comes to Ithaca

By Lindsay Kurz 02.17.2014

For those of you out there in the local music scene, next Thursday, Feb. 27 is the launch of an interesting new Ithaca concert series with a bent toward the experimental. Weighter Music is excited to present the Weighter Music Series series in Ithaca with a solo performance from Weighter founder Nick Hennies. Weighter Music/Recordings is a…read more

What a Riot!

A Mid-Winter Puppet Extravaganza

By Lindsay Kurz 01.31.2014

With the name of “Mid-Winter Puppet Extravaganza” presented by a puppet theater company appropriately called ‘It’s a Riot Puppet Theater’, I am (perhaps overly) excited to publish my first Wild Card post. This event certainly seems to fit the bill: This Saturday there will be a single, after-dark performance of life-sized puppets! Perfectly ‘wild card’…read more

Bar Argos Opens its Doors

Drinks, History, and Charm on East State Street

By Lindsay Kurz 01.16.2014

It is always fun to report on the opening of a new bar or restaurant in town…especially if the menu involves a drink titled “The Bagpipe Mariachi.” With a delightfully curious line-up of cocktail creations, Bar Argos opened its beautiful newly renovated doors this week. Wednesday was the official opening night and this Friday, January…read more

Bon appétit!

Ithaca Restaurant Week

By Lindsay Kurz 12.05.2013

By now, a few days post-Thanksgiving, you may be getting a tad tired of leftover turkey and gravy reincarnations (another turkey-cranberry sandwich, anyone?). No need to despair, put the rubbermaid back in the fridge and head out for a special prefix supper for Ithaca Restaurant Week. Long the preserve of larger metropolises, Restaurant Week has…read more

First Friday Gallery Night

Gallery Hopping Happy Hour

By Lindsay Kurz 11.28.2013

First Friday Gallery Night is a monthly community event hosted by galleries and art houses in downtown Ithaca. On the first Friday of every month, year round, downtown galleries, art houses, and boutiques show special screenings, new exhibitions, host receptions, uncork wine bottles, and showcase work of local, national, and international artists. It is free…read more

Cheap Reads

The Annual Friends of the Library Book Sale is here!

By Lindsay Kurz 10.21.2013

I would of course be remiss, dear readers, if I failed to mention the annual highlight of Ithaca…the autumn Friends of the Library book sale. I know several locals who consider this their not-to-be-missed, super important, highlight of the year. (Yes, we are a literary bunch here in little ole’ Ithaca). Indeed, I myself admit…read more

Happy Birthday, Johnson Museum!

Party like it's 1973 for the 40th Birthday Bash

By Lindsay Kurz 09.19.2013

This Friday evening the Johnson Museum celebrates its 40th anniversary as well as the opening of its five fall exhibits. A special lineup of artsy concert performances, music, and a reception get the festivities going and a and ’70s-themed dance party continues the revelry late into the night. Here is the evening’s schedule of events…read more

Porchfest

Take a Stroll, Catch some Tunes

By Lindsay Kurz 09.13.2013

This Sunday is the seventh annual Porchfest! If you have never been, Porchfest is an Ithaca music festival held on the porches of houses in downtown Fall Creek and Northside neighborhoods. This year music-goers can wander the neighborhood streets and hear over 100 bands playing on various porches. Maps are created to show what bands…read more

A Country Fair

The Ellis Hollow Community Fair

By Lindsay Kurz 09.07.2013

For a sweet, old-time, country fair, head to the Ellis Hollow Fair today at the Ellis Hollow Community Center. With horse drawn wagon rides for kids and a berry pie stand, there is a homespun feel to this small fair. Each year the Ellis Hollow community comes together to put on this fair to raise…read more

Life's So Sweet

An Evening of Chocolate Tasting!

By Lindsay Kurz 09.06.2013

While sadly, I cannot attend, I wanted to share what looks to be a very delicious event: Tomorrow, Life’s So Sweet, the chocolate shop downtown, will host an evening of chocolate tasting! The event, “Chocolate After Hours,” will feature unlimited samples, and chocolate and soda fountain demonstrations. My hope is that this turns out to…read more

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