Tickets go on sale May 20 for Cortland Repertory Theatre’s 2024 summer season, with shows at the pavilion at Dwyer Memorial Park in Preble. Shows include My Fair Lady, Beauty and the Beast and Escape to Margaritaville.
I am finding that my wardrobe has been a victim of the COVID-19 pandemic. When I was working remotely for many months, it was not necessary to dress like I would at the office. I saw a report recently on a television newscast that showed the popularity of more formal attire at work has declined sharply since the pandemic began, so I’m certainly not alone.
Belonging – The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides by Geoffrey L. Cohen - W.W.Norton 2022 We all lament the fact that our world has become fractured by a tendency to split …
Artists Maximo Tuja, who also goes by the name Max-o-matic, and Dominick Lombardi, have curated an exhibit of more than 70 contemporary pieces of art created by collage on display through Dec. 8 at …
The most prolific, tasty beans from my garden present a challenge. They’re black. A nice Boston baked bean dish or my go-to maple-garlic baked beans look like asphalt, regardless of how …
Randy Ross had to overcome a steep learning curve after his retirement, he said. He had to learn to use a digital camera, and how to edit photos digitally.
A selection of some of the most-anticipated releases in November: • Alex Cross Must Die, by James Patterson • The Ball at Versailles, by Danielle Steel • Class: A Memoir …
Last month, the OSIRIS-REX probe delivered rock samples to Earth from the asteroid Bennu, the first U.S. spacecraft to collect samples from an asteroid. OSIRIS-REX stands for Origins, Spectral …
Michael Stevans has been creating art since he left Vietnam 55 years ago. This December, his piece depicting the effects of Agent Orange will be at a national art competition in Washington D.C. …
TULLY — The Tully United Arts Series presents soprano Pamela Poulin of the Peabody Conservatory of Music and Robert Anderson at 3 p.m. Oct. 29. The free concert, “Sacred Music You …
HALLOWEEN ACTIVITIES Oct. 27: “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” live production, 8 p.m. Center for the Arts of Homer. Oct. 28: Chiller Haunted House, 7 to 9 p.m. on Madison Street, …
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 …
I know what I will be doing at 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. tomorrow. And the same times the next day. And a week from now. And a month from now. And a year from now. And 20 years from now. I will be …
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 …
Gail Briggs and Lorraine Khouri won Friday’s duplicate bridge game with 14 points. Barb Gage and Chuck Kasten were second with 13 points. Linda Christy and Jim McConnell had 11 points. …
I take my first step into the alluring promise of the unknown as it calls. The great call of adventure and glory and existence beyond. It is everything I ever wanted yet nothing of the sort. I break. …
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 …
ITHACA — The History Center in Ithaca is offering a five-week seminar and reading series starting Saturday with Carol Kammen called "On Doing Local History." The series will be 10 to 11: …
Backtrack Vocals will bring a five-person a cappella singing group to Cortland at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Cortland Repertory Theatre on Port Watson Street in Cortland. Expect pop. funk, Motown, …
CARY, North Carolina – I did not expect to be here. I am sitting in WakeMed Cary Hospital in a suburb of Raleigh, North Carolina, being treated for blood clots and pneumonia in both lungs …
Art was the focus of the Oct. 4 meeting of the Ladies Literary Club of Cortland. Liz Sharp spoke about “Impressionism Japan.” In 1853, Commodore Perry sailed into Edo Bay, breaking …
Xylazine is a veterinary tranquilizer that, although not approved for human use, has been increasingly seen in illicit drug supplies. Xylazine works as a sedative on the central nervous system; …
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 …
