ITHACA — Friends of the Ithaca Farmers Market will have an Oktoberfest-themed harvest celebration from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10 at the Ithaca Farmers Market at Steamboat Landing in Ithaca. …
SYRACUSE — Syracuse Stage will have a free Family Day, from 9 am. to noon Sept. 21 at Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesee St, Syracuse. The event will include a free performance at 10 a.m. of …
If you ever feel like shaking up your Ithaca outings, a guide has been released for both those looking for new spots, or wanting to learn more about their favorite spots. Amanda Jaros Champion …
It has been a very long year. I am about to mark the anniversary of when it began. It is easy to remember. I know exactly when it started. Last September, my friends and I competed in the …
Central New York, the Adirondacks, Catskills, Thousand Island-Seaway, Capital-Saratoga, Finger Lakes, and Greater Niagara regions are all beginning to show the colors of fall, show field reports from …
Platinum-selling artist Five for Fighting will begin a concert tour Sept. 26 at the Center for the Arts of Homer, featuring a string quartet. Five For Fighting, also known as John Ondrasik, will …
Artists of all mediums are tasked with the topic of “connection” this year. Entries from artists, dancers, musicians, photographers and writers are being accepted until Nov. 1 for …
Here’s a sampling of what’s going on in the greater Cortland area. MUSIC Sept. 13: Tailor Made, 7 p.m., Cortland Country Music Park. Sept. 13-15: Northeast Electro-Music …
Much about attending a Renaissance festival is actually pretty bogus. Fun, but bogus. Those giant turkey legs, slow-smoked over something and dipped in a tomato-based sauce? Turkey and tomatoes …
The Cortland Youth Bureau will have a pickleball tournament at 9 a.m. Sept. 21 at Randall Park in the memory of Paul Dittman of Groton, who died Aug. 31. Proceeds will benefit the American …
After a few months of temporary part-time jobs and then a week or so of company, I sat down the other day and decided to get myself “organized.” In …
DRYDEN — The Dryden Senior Citizens will meet at 11:45 a.m. Sept. 23 at the Dryden Veterans Memorial Home on Route 13. Announcements are 11:45 a.m.; lunch is served at 12:15 p.m. The menu …
When I help to train young reporters, it helps to give examples of how to do our jobs as journalists. One of the most important aspects of the work is digging for news. I sometimes tell stories …
ITHACA — The Cornell Lab of Ornithology celebrate the reopening of its newly redesigned visitor center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 14 and a special edition of the lab’s annual Migration …
Before he joined Black Sabbath, Ronnie James Dio was class president, a great trumpet player in the school band, and an all-around kind person, his friends and former band mates said. Every …
Here’s a sampling of what’s going on in the greater Cortland area. MUSIC Sept. 6: JD Souther, 8 p.m., Center for the Arts of Homer. Sept. 11: Tapestry Unraveled, a Carole …
We were, in a way, partners in crime. Tia was a trained chef-turned-program administrator for the New York State Senate. I was a stay-at-home dad, recovering journalist and a low-level nobody in …
New York State Grange has announced its first annual Health and Wellness Fair from 9 a.m. to noon Satureay at its headquarters at 100 Grange Place, Cortland. The free event will focus on …
A selection of some of the most-anticipated releases: • Backwater Justice, by Fern Michaels • Between a Flock and a Hard Place, by Donna Andrews …
While it may be too late to see some of your favorite singers live, some performers have made a career out of mastering the performance of an artist’s hit songs. Cortland Repertory …
The conversation usually goes something like this: “Mr. Conlon, can you come with me to the service bay,” the mechanic says. “There’s a problem.” As I get up …
Supercommunicators – How to unlock the secret language of Connection by Charles Duhigg Random House 2024 Jay Rosenbloom had just finished medical school where he had learned about the …
FOCUS Cortland plans a conversation Sept. 19 with Susan Williams and Amanda Hudson, family and community liaisons with the Homer Central School District. The topic of discussion will be …
On Aug. 25, 2003, NASA launched the Spitzer Space Telescope. Designed to study the cosmos in infrared, the craft concluded NASA’s Great Observatories Program. Over its 16-year career, ending in …
Cortland Repertory Theatre begins a series of five concerts Sept. 4 featuring the music of a variety of pop artists over the decade. Four are part of the Sounds of Music series, but the fifth is also …