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The Fab Four - The Ultimate Tribute

The Cherry Artists’ Collective, an industry leader in streaming and hybrid performance, will present the English Language Premiere of The Wetsuitman, written by Belgian playwright Freek Mariën, translated by David McKay, and directed by Samuel Buggeln (Hotel Good Luck).

The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is paying off in Tompkins County’s arts and entertainment industry. With 65% of the county’s population having received at least one dose of the vaccine, theaters and music venues in Ithaca are adjusting their summer events accordingly. On May 19, New York state’s mask mandate, which previously required fully vaccinated people to wear masks indoors and outdoors, was dropped, allowing those who are fully vaccinated to go maskless in most places. At places like The Dock, this means that fully vaccinated patrons may leave their masks at the table while...

ITHACA, NY -- At a rare in-person business meeting recently, several conversations were happening at once. Finally one of the leaders shouted, “Can we have just one conversation instead of

Date Time Cornell poet’s play “Trap Door” opens an aperture into Ithaca history “Trap Door,” a “headphone walking play” that opens May 20 in downtown Ithaca, invites audiences to notice the streets they travel, said Cornell poet Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon. “Meandering these streets, one might happen upon a landmark site or a name easily recognized. But how many stories go untold? Which ones have slipped into gaps in history? What place do such silences hold in shaping a community?” said Van Clief-Stefanon, associate professor of literatures in English and lead writer of the pl...