The future of the Upstairs Gallery, Ithaca

The Upstairs Gallery, a not-for-profit organization located on the 2nd floor of the DeWitt Mall that has been successfully exhibiting and selling artwork for 45 years. (45 years!!) The board members have been at the helm since the late 60's and early 70's and are at a crossroads. Based on the response we get, the Upstairs Gallery will either end its long tenure, or will create a new life for itself for the next 45 years. This is a financially sound organization that has successful shows. What is needed is people. Specifically: 1) board members. Board members help shape policy. meet monthly and assist with general operations. 2) a treasurer to keep the books. 3) committee members (publicy & marketing, hanging, membership) You can either be on the board and a committe or just a committee. 4) general volunteers. They need folks who can "sit" at the gallery when open. Robin Schwartz, Program Director of Community Arts Partnership, is gathering names on their behalf. If you are interested in being part of this organization, please let Robin Schwartz know at programs@artspartner.org BY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th, 5pm. Tell Robin Schwartz know How you would like to help and If you have any expertise that would be useful, i.e. accounting, publicity... Once Robin Schwartz has a group of interested people, she'll be in touch with the results. Thank you!

Community Walk Schedule - Fall 2008

Thursday, September 4^th Longview

Location: Far end of parking lot at Longview

Monday, September 8^th Sapsucker Woods

Location: Off Rt. 13, across from Airport.

hursday, September 18^th Beebe Lake

Location: Near Forest Home Drive

Monday, September 22^th Myers Park & Picnic

Location: From Rt. 13 take the Stewart Park exit. Take a left onto East Shore Drive towards Lansing. At the stop light take a left onto Rt. 34B. Follow Rt.34B across from Lansing high school you will see Myers road on your left, Myers Park is down this road.

Special Instructions: Meet at Lifelong at 12 Noon or the site at 12:30 PM for a picnic. Please bring your own brown-bag lunch for this walk

Thursday, October 2^th Cornell Plantations Arboretum

Location: Off Caldwell Road between Rt. 366 and Forest Home Drive.

Monday, October 6^th Taughannock Falls State Park

Location: Taughannock Falls State Park just off Rt. 89 North.

Thursday, October 16^th South Hill Recreation Way - Burns Road

Location: Burns Road, midway between Rt. 79 and Coddington Road

Monday, October 20^nd Game Farm Trail

Location: Off Game Farm Road, between Rt. 366 and Ellis Hollow Road in Varna

Thursday, November 6^st Dryden Lake - Jim Schug Trail

Location: Take Rt. 13 to Dryden then Rt. 38. At the traffic light in the center of Dryden make a right turn and drive a short distance then turn left on Lake Road, then turn right at the second sign for Lake Rd and a right turn on West Lake Road before Chaffee Rd. There is a parking lot on the left.

What would you like to learn about?

Is there someone you would like to hear give a presentation or teach a class? Would you like to educate others about your passions? Are you interested in a topic and would like to learn more about it? Lifelong Learning is made possible by the time and energy generously donated by volunteer instructors, who come from diverse backgrounds. Program ideas and new volunteer instructors are always welcome. If you would like to teach a class, interested in hearing someone else teach, or would like to learn about a specific topic during our next semester, Spring 2009, please send me your class description, topics of interest, or the persons contact information you’d like to hear speak to Jillian Pendleton at jpendleton@tclifelong.org or call (607) 273-1511. (Or send them my contact information if that makes them more comfortable)

You are invited to:

“Nutrition Throughout the Lifespan”

Panel Presentation with

Christine Porter with the Whole Community Project which focuses on childhood obesity prevention (led by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County)

Andrea Smith, Temporary Director, WIC (Women, Infants and Children) Nutrition program (provided through the Tompkins County Health Department)

Steve Griffin, Director, Foodnet which includes Meals on Wheels and congregate meals

Monday, September 8 12:30 to 1:30

Rice Conference Room, Biggs Building, Health Department, Ithaca

401 Dates Drive, Ithaca (near the hospital)

Sponsored by the Health Planning Council, a program of the Human Services Coalition

LifeLong’s Fall Course Catalog is NOW AVAILABLE

Classes

Clay Class Demo

Beginning Polish I

Theatre Workshop

Beginning Bridge and Mahjong

Writing for Self-Discovery

Martial Arts in the Second Half

Chinese Writing Demystified

Beginning French

ESL Beginner

Presentation

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Writing a Life: Putting Our Stories on Paper

Friday Night Movies

Advance Care Planning

Toxin Free in a Toxic World

New Social Club

Polish Culture

Chiropractic Healthcare

Computer

My Medicare Matters

Beginning MS Word

Computers I + II

How to Buy a Plane Ticket Online

Sodoku

Mac Q&A

Family Tree Maker

The Joy of Online Dating

PLUS Off-Site Trips, Travel Oppurtunities, and the Walk Program

Come to LifeLong @ 119 W. Court St. for a catalog

OR

visit http://www.tclifelong.org/LLFall08Cat.pdf

Finger Lakes Independence Center goes to the Johnson Museum
FLIC has arranged with the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art to have a tour of the museum on August 27^th, from 1:30 to 2:30. To ensure that people who are blind or have a visual disability can also enjoy the artwork, a touch tour will also be available. For more information or to request an accommodation, please contact Rayleigh at the Finger Lakes Independence Center at 607-272-2433 (v/TTY).

New Book Group, Starts September 2nd at Lifelong 119 W. Court St from 1-2:30pm! The first book is March by G. Brooks!

Good News For Opera Lovers

Thanks in large part to the persistent efforts of many Lifelong Learning students

The Metropolitan Opera Live

Live In High-Definition

Is Coming to the

Regal Cinemas Ithaca Mall Stadium 14 - The Shops at Ithaca Mall (A.K.A. Pyramid Mall)

40 Catherwood Rd
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 257-5337

The Opening Night Gala

(Starring Renee Fleming in fully staged excerpts from La Traviata, Manon, and Capriccio)

Monday, September 22nd at 6:00 pm

Tickets on sale now:

§ Pre-Adults (11 and under): $15.00

§ Pre-Senior (12-59) $22.00

§ Senior Adults (60 and over): $20.00

* slightly more if purchased on line.

HUMAN SERVICES COALITION

TCACTION’S WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM CAN HELP INCOME ELIGIBLE CITY RESIDENTS IMMEDIATELY!
Tompkins Community Action’s Weatherization Program can provide services and repairs such as:

· energy usage and indoor air quality audits

· insulation, air sealing measures

· energy star refrigerators

· heating system analysis and repairs, ventilation repairs

· efficient lighting and water saving measures

Weatherization Services are:

Free for income eligible homeowners and renters

Low Cost for landlords of income eligible renters

*DUE TO A SPECIAL GRANT, WE CAN HELP PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF ITHACA RIGHT AWAY! For others in Tompkins County, the wait is very short – weeks or a couple months, rather than a year or more.

Gross Monthly Income Guidelines, per household members:

1 person - $1876/month

2 people - $2454/month

3 people - $3031/month

4 people - $3609/month

5 people - $4186/month

6 people - $4763/month

For more details, or to see if you or someone you know qualifies, contact Linda Nash at 273-8816, extension 128. Email: info@tcaction.org

“Partial Funding for this Project has been provided by the City of Ithaca Community Development Block Grant Program”

Tompkins Community Action is a non-profit organization that serves low-income residents in Tompkins County. Our Weatherization Program reduces the energy burden on low-income residents by installing cost-effective energy efficiency measures, while ensuring their health and safety.

The Crossing of Two Lace Trails: The Works and Collections of Maija Lahti DeRoche
and Eniko Farkas

This is the story of two women who immigrated to the U.S. from two different cultures told through one folk art: lace making. The Corning Painted Post Historical Society and The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes present The Crossing of Two Lace Trails: The Works and Collections of Maija Lahti DeRoche and Eniko Farkas. The reception will take place Friday, August 8, 5:30 to 7:30 PM in the Spotlight Gallery @ The ARTS, 32 West Market Street in Corning. It includes an artist forum with a discussion of European lace making and a lace making demonstration.

This exhibit looks at two traditions of lace making: Hungarian needle lace by Eniko Farkas and Finnish bobbin lace by Maija Lahti DeRoche. Lace is usually associated with women's domestic work. Historically, however, it developed from the sailor's craft of net making. Sailors taught their wives who began creating laces at home. The sailors were then able to trade that lace on their journeys. Lace has played an important role in European economies beginning in the fifteenth century and continuing until the rise of machine made lace in the early nineteenth century. After the medieval Crusades, lace making became associated with virtuous women, especially peasant women, and was used as a means to keep them in the home. Lace is, therefore, most often considered a woman's folk art despite the involvement of men from its inception to the present. Maija's father was instrumental in the preservation of the bobbin lace tradition in Finland.
This exhibit is co-sponsored by The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes and the Corning-Painted Post Historical Society. It is a program associated with the crochet lace exhibit at the Benjamin Patterson Inn entitled, Lace, the Spaces Between: Domestic Lace Making and the Social Fabric of the Italian American Community in Corning.
For more information please call The ARTS 607.962.5871 x222.