We were nerds incarnate. We’d spend a Sunday afternoon, or maybe all day Saturday, and sometimes on a weeknight, surrounded by 20-sided dice, lead figurines and the detritus of a bad …
Higher energy and labor costs in producing, processing and transporting food has led to increasing prices at the store. Cutting food costs and concern for the wholesomeness of food have led many …
After years of COVID-19 shutdowns, social distancing and self-enforced isolation, Halloween will drag itself out of the crypt and find its way to your house – or at least someone’s …
Jack Gerhard spent his days at Cortland High School performing at Brix and the Blue Frog Cafe. After years of performing as an actor-musician, he is returning for his first hometown show in eight years.
HALLOWEEN ACTIVITIES Oct. 20: Scary Movies in a Scary House, 7 p.m., 1890 House, 37 Tompkins St. Oct. 27: “ Rocky Horror Picture Show,” live production, 8 p.m. Center for the …
This past week, I had the opportunity to speak with Preston Dyches of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Dyches is a professional science communicator who produces …
Cortland Repertory Theatre’s 11th annual Little York Fall Fiber Arts Festival will bring arts and crafts this weekend to Dwyer Memorial Park in Preble. Proceeds will benefit the …
ANDERSON’S FARM MARKET Oct. 14: Pun'Kin Palloossa, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 5887 Route 281, Homer. CORTLAND REPERTORY THEATRE Oct. 14: Wade Preston, 7:30 p.m. …
Whether you have a passion for the stage, painting, photography, or creating fishing lures, the staff of CNY Arts is looking to hear about your idea. It might just pay for it. CNY Arts is …
GREAT CORTLAND PUMPKINFEST Oct. 7-8: Courthouse Park, Cortland CORTLAND REPERTORY THEATRE Oct. 14: Wade Preston, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14-15: Fall Fiber Arts Festival, 9 a.m. …
Every family has a spaghetti sauce recipe, and of course, that’s the best spaghetti sauce recipe ever. Who has a better apple pie than your mother or grandmother, except, …
Think, for a moment, about the idea of “center.” What does “center” look like? How does it sound? How does motion work with “center?” What story can you tell …
A selection of some of the most-anticipated releases in October: • Being Henry: the Fonz…and Beyond, by Henry Winkler. • Blood Lines, by Nelson DeMille. …
The James Webb Space Telescope could have just discovered life on another planet. Earlier this month, James Webb detected the presence of methane and carbon dioxide on the exoplanet K2-18b. The …
I was one of seven members of the Dew Crew, my exercise group, who participated in the Kayak Bike Run Triathlon on Sept. 16 in Cassadaga. We had done triathlons for years, but this was something new …
Peter Serko heard stories about his great-great grandmother, Harriet, through his great-grandmother’s diaries. Using nearly century-old scrapbooks, news clippings and letters, he recently published his own.
The CNY Living History Center will open the doors Saturday on a new addition, years in the construction, housing a collection of fire apparatus and gear dating back nearly 200 years. The Antique …
While the Ake Gallery is known for its weird sculptures, bold paintings, and unique events, owner Paul Kozlowski is hosting his first of a new venture: a film festival. Animators, some of them from Cortland and Homer, will have their work judged by major players in the animation industry, including creators of “Kung Fu Panda,” “Phineas and Ferb,” “Adventure Time” and “CatDog.”
A concert Sunday afternoon at the Center for the Arts of Homer will raise money for Toys for Tots, the entertainment venue has announced. Soprano Jessica Moss, bass Steve Jones and pianist …
I was disappointed last week when I found out that the Bruce Springsteen concert scheduled Thursday in Syracuse was canceled because Springsteen is sick. My kids gave me two tickets for …
On Sept. 5, 1977, NASA’s Voyager 1 probe launched from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Initially designed to study Jupiter and Saturn, Voyager continued to travel through space …
The Dowd Gallery opened its doors on a new academic year with a solo exhibition through Oct. 20, “Black Sun,” featuring a visual artist Willie Binnie of Williamstown, Mass. Binnie …
Cortland Repertory Theatre’s fall and winter season includes a a fiber arts festival, New Year’s Eve party, a drag show and even cocktails with Santa. Most of the events will be at …
Look at the new mural at the Center for the Arts of Homer. It’s a creation of 36 clay tiles – millenia-old technology created by a bunch of teenagers – hanging in the box office. Wait a second. Is that a QR code on one of the tiles in the corner?
