Events at CSMA

Exhibition dates: December 2, 2022 – January 27, 2023
Curator: Jennifer Gibson

The Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) is excited to showcase students, emerging artists, and established artists in our annual Open Exhibition. This exhibition of works by nearly 50 emerging and established artists celebrates the vibrancy, resiliency, and diversity of visual arts in our community. An annual favorite, this year’s edition curated by CSMA painting instructor Jennifer Gibson is definitely not to be missed! The Open Exhibition will be on view at CSMA from December 2 to January 27.

Curator
Jennifer Gibson is an artist who works in watercolor, gouache and oils. She graduated with a fine arts degree from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. She is an illustrator, and a studio and plein air painter who frequently attends plein air festivals throughout the Northeast. A member of CSMA’s visual arts faculty, Jennifer will be teaching Introduction to Watercolor later this fall. View her work at www.jgibsonillustration.com.

Saturdays
Indoors Yoga: 11am start time from January 7th – February 11th
Community School of Music and Arts, Martha Hamblin Hall

Join us for the next 6-week series. The classes guide you in a sound foundation for your practice. The first week of the series – January 7th this session – will focus on laying out the foundations of the practice. We strongly recommend you join the 1st class of the series, if you are new to Jennifer’s Yoga classes.

Reserve your place at theyogalocation@gmail.com or call 607-269-5104, and by advance payment at https://the-yoga-location.square.site

There is a class cap to allow social distancing.

Sliding scale contribution ranges from $10-25/class for joining 5- or 6- weeks of the session. Accommodations can be made in conversation with the instructor.

This is a large enough space to be distanced without a mask. The instructor will wear a mask when circulating in the room.

Follow The Yoga Location on Facebook for updates about the classes facebook.com/theyogalocation/

More info at https://the-yoga-location.square.site/
Call 607-269-5104
Email theyogalocation@gmail.com

CSMA will be hosting the Tompkins Chamber Welcome Home Wednesday Event on January 11th in the CSMA Gallery 5:30pm-7:30pm. 

Interested in learning more about what Tompkins County has to offer a first-time resident or someone returning after years away? This event is geared towards new residents, however, any resident who feels they would benefit from attending or introducing themselves to new members of our Community is welcome.

For more information and registration can be found here: https://business.tompkinschamber.org/events/details/live-in-ithaca-welcome-home-wednesday-at-the-community-school-of-music-arts-191755

We look forward to seeing you there, and welcome home!

Saturdays
Indoors Yoga: 11am start time from January 7th – February 11th
Community School of Music and Arts, Martha Hamblin Hall

Join us for the next 6-week series. The classes guide you in a sound foundation for your practice. The first week of the series – January 7th this session – will focus on laying out the foundations of the practice. We strongly recommend you join the 1st class of the series, if you are new to Jennifer’s Yoga classes.

Reserve your place at theyogalocation@gmail.com or call 607-269-5104, and by advance payment at https://the-yoga-location.square.site

There is a class cap to allow social distancing.

Sliding scale contribution ranges from $10-25/class for joining 5- or 6- weeks of the session. Accommodations can be made in conversation with the instructor.

This is a large enough space to be distanced without a mask. The instructor will wear a mask when circulating in the room.

Follow The Yoga Location on Facebook for updates about the classes facebook.com/theyogalocation/

More info at https://the-yoga-location.square.site/
Call 607-269-5104
Email theyogalocation@gmail.com

Saturdays
Indoors Yoga: 11am start time from January 7th – February 11th
Community School of Music and Arts, Martha Hamblin Hall

Join us for the next 6-week series. The classes guide you in a sound foundation for your practice. The first week of the series – January 7th this session – will focus on laying out the foundations of the practice. We strongly recommend you join the 1st class of the series, if you are new to Jennifer’s Yoga classes.

Reserve your place at theyogalocation@gmail.com or call 607-269-5104, and by advance payment at https://the-yoga-location.square.site

There is a class cap to allow social distancing.

Sliding scale contribution ranges from $10-25/class for joining 5- or 6- weeks of the session. Accommodations can be made in conversation with the instructor.

This is a large enough space to be distanced without a mask. The instructor will wear a mask when circulating in the room.

Follow The Yoga Location on Facebook for updates about the classes facebook.com/theyogalocation/

More info at https://the-yoga-location.square.site/
Call 607-269-5104
Email theyogalocation@gmail.com

Saturdays
Indoors Yoga: 11am start time from January 7th – February 11th
Community School of Music and Arts, Martha Hamblin Hall

Join us for the next 6-week series. The classes guide you in a sound foundation for your practice. The first week of the series – January 7th this session – will focus on laying out the foundations of the practice. We strongly recommend you join the 1st class of the series, if you are new to Jennifer’s Yoga classes.

Reserve your place at theyogalocation@gmail.com or call 607-269-5104, and by advance payment at https://the-yoga-location.square.site

There is a class cap to allow social distancing.

Sliding scale contribution ranges from $10-25/class for joining 5- or 6- weeks of the session. Accommodations can be made in conversation with the instructor.

This is a large enough space to be distanced without a mask. The instructor will wear a mask when circulating in the room.

Follow The Yoga Location on Facebook for updates about the classes facebook.com/theyogalocation/

More info at https://the-yoga-location.square.site/
Call 607-269-5104
Email theyogalocation@gmail.com

Cai Quirk
Transcendence: Queer Restoryation
On view: February 3, 2023 – March 31, 2023

Enter a world where distinctions of gender, time, and place become fluid and flexible, and new queer stories connect to ancient patterns. Cai Quirk’s Transcendence: Queer Restoryation inspires viewers to take a nuanced look into intersections of gender, spirituality, mythology, and nature.

Transcendence explores many paths beyond supposed binaries: male and female, night and day, land and sea, earth and sky, life and death, self and other, self and earth. In the spirit of myths, this series transcends boundaries and identities to reach a deeply human experience of connection.

In a society that tries to erase the presence of queer, transgender, and non-binary folks, it is vital that we share our stories, whether these are the everyday realities of our lives, or mythic tales of realities deeper than ordinary truths. Binary ways of seeing the world will not simply disappear — we must actively replace them with ways of seeing and honoring fluidity as natural and necessary. Through the powerful act of queer restoryation, Transcendence invites viewers on a journey of empowerment, inspiration, and healing.

Please join us for Gallery Night from 5-8 PM, including an artist talk with Cai Quirk at 6:30 PM.

Saturdays
Indoors Yoga: 11am start time from January 7th – February 11th
Community School of Music and Arts, Martha Hamblin Hall

Join us for the next 6-week series. The classes guide you in a sound foundation for your practice. The first week of the series – January 7th this session – will focus on laying out the foundations of the practice. We strongly recommend you join the 1st class of the series, if you are new to Jennifer’s Yoga classes.

Reserve your place at theyogalocation@gmail.com or call 607-269-5104, and by advance payment at https://the-yoga-location.square.site

There is a class cap to allow social distancing.

Sliding scale contribution ranges from $10-25/class for joining 5- or 6- weeks of the session. Accommodations can be made in conversation with the instructor.

This is a large enough space to be distanced without a mask. The instructor will wear a mask when circulating in the room.

Follow The Yoga Location on Facebook for updates about the classes facebook.com/theyogalocation/

More info at https://the-yoga-location.square.site/
Call 607-269-5104
Email theyogalocation@gmail.com

Join us in a return to what is certainly our sweetest dance of the year. Join HFDI and the Contradictions for an evening of contras and couple dances, and bring a dessert to share! Beloved Ithaca-based band The Contradictions offers an eclectic mix of blissfully danceable fiddle tunes from American and European traditions. Their repertoire ranges from lively Irish jigs, New England double fiddling, and French Canadian reels to enchanting Venezuelan waltzes, slick bluegrass fiddle breaks, and 1930s hot swing standards, all designed to get your feet moving. The band features Rick Manning on fiddle and mandolin, Dave Davies on guitar and brass, Tom Hodgson on guitar, and special guest George Wilson on fiddle. The calling will be done by a group of wonderful Ithaca callers: Nancy Spero, Pamela Goddard, Katy Heine, Vikki Armstrong and Casey Carr.

7:15 PM: Newcomer’s workshop with Casey Carr
7:30-10:30 PM: Contras
Dessert Potluck and Couple’s Dances until 11:30 PM

We require masks to be worn at all times during the dance, unless you’re eating. For more information about our Covid-19 protocols, see http://www.hands4dancers.org/covid19-protocols

Admission is $12, or $10 for members of the Hands Four Dancers.

More information at http://www.hands4dancers.org/upcoming-dances/2023/2/4/hfdi-presents-the-contradictions

Saturdays
Indoors Yoga: 11am start time from January 7th – February 11th
Community School of Music and Arts, Martha Hamblin Hall

Join us for the next 6-week series. The classes guide you in a sound foundation for your practice. The first week of the series – January 7th this session – will focus on laying out the foundations of the practice. We strongly recommend you join the 1st class of the series, if you are new to Jennifer’s Yoga classes.

Reserve your place at theyogalocation@gmail.com or call 607-269-5104, and by advance payment at https://the-yoga-location.square.site

There is a class cap to allow social distancing.

Sliding scale contribution ranges from $10-25/class for joining 5- or 6- weeks of the session. Accommodations can be made in conversation with the instructor.

This is a large enough space to be distanced without a mask. The instructor will wear a mask when circulating in the room.

Follow The Yoga Location on Facebook for updates about the classes facebook.com/theyogalocation/

More info at https://the-yoga-location.square.site/
Call 607-269-5104
Email theyogalocation@gmail.com

Join us at The Shorty Gorge for a night of live music night with Djug Django! The dance is located in Martha Hamblin Hall at the Community School of Music and Arts (CMSA) building. No partner or experience is needed! Masks Required.

7:00 – 7:30PM Beginner Crash Course (Bring your friends)
7:30-10:00PM social dance to live music with Djug Django!

Admission: 15$ at the door
We accept cash or Venmo.

Covid Information: We require masks at all events related to The Shorty Gorge. Please do not come if you have any symptoms that could be covid. Wait until a negative test to come. Do not attend if you are in frequent contact with someone who is at risk.

Parking: You may park in the parking lot for True Insurance which is behind the CSMA building after 6pm. Street Parking is also free after 6pm

Saturdays
Indoors Yoga: 11am start time from February 25th – April 8th (No class March 18th)
Community School of Music and Arts, Martha Hamblin Hall – 3rd Floor

Join us for the next 6-week series. Stretch, strengthen, lengthen, and twist to sustain your way of health and peace of mind. We strongly recommend you join the 1st class of the series if you are new to Jennifer’s Yoga classes.

Reserve your place at theyogalocation@gmail.com or call 607-269-5104, and by advance payment at https://the-yoga-location.square.site

There is a class cap to allow social distancing.

Sliding scale contribution ranges from $10-25/class for joining 5- or 6- weeks of the session. Accommodations can be made in conversation with the instructor.

This is a large enough space to be distanced without a mask. The instructor will wear a mask when circulating in the room.

Follow The Yoga Location on Facebook for updates about the classes facebook.com/theyogalocation/

More info at https://the-yoga-location.square.site/
Call 607-269-5104
Email theyogalocation@gmail.com

Cai Quirk
Transcendence: Queer Restoryation
On view: February 3, 2023 – March 31, 2023

Enter a world where distinctions of gender, time, and place become fluid and flexible, and new queer stories connect to ancient patterns. Cai Quirk’s Transcendence: Queer Restoryation inspires viewers to take a nuanced look into intersections of gender, spirituality, mythology, and nature.

Transcendence explores many paths beyond supposed binaries: male and female, night and day, land and sea, earth and sky, life and death, self and other, self and earth. In the spirit of myths, this series transcends boundaries and identities to reach a deeply human experience of connection.

In a society that tries to erase the presence of queer, transgender, and non-binary folks, it is vital that we share our stories, whether these are the everyday realities of our lives, or mythic tales of realities deeper than ordinary truths. Binary ways of seeing the world will not simply disappear — we must actively replace them with ways of seeing and honoring fluidity as natural and necessary. Through the powerful act of queer restoryation, Transcendence invites viewers on a journey of empowerment, inspiration, and healing.

Please join us for Gallery Night from 5-8 PM, including a performance art piece, based on the photo show, with Cai Quirk at 6:30 PM.

See more of Cai Quirk’s work at CaiQuirk.com

Saturdays
Indoors Yoga: 11am start time from February 25th – April 8th (No class March 18th)
Community School of Music and Arts, Martha Hamblin Hall – 3rd Floor

Join us for the next 6-week series. Stretch, strengthen, lengthen, and twist to sustain your way of health and peace of mind. We strongly recommend you join the 1st class of the series if you are new to Jennifer’s Yoga classes.

Reserve your place at theyogalocation@gmail.com or call 607-269-5104, and by advance payment at https://the-yoga-location.square.site

There is a class cap to allow social distancing.

Sliding scale contribution ranges from $10-25/class for joining 5- or 6- weeks of the session. Accommodations can be made in conversation with the instructor.

This is a large enough space to be distanced without a mask. The instructor will wear a mask when circulating in the room.

Follow The Yoga Location on Facebook for updates about the classes facebook.com/theyogalocation/

More info at https://the-yoga-location.square.site/
Call 607-269-5104
Email theyogalocation@gmail.com

The Ithaca Catholic Worker is delighted to present a benefit concert w/ Irish singer Karan Casey. Thursday, March 9, 2023, at 7:00PM at Community School of Music & Arts. Karan has not been back in several years and we are really excited that she has made room in her busy touring schedule to come back to Ithaca.

Tickets are $25-35 (sliding scale) (Email demottgrady6@gmail.com for family rates)

Tickets available at Mama Said Hand Pies in Press Bay Alley or through Ticketleap icw.ticketleap.com/karan-casey-concert/

Karan will be touring with Sheila Fallson on fiddle and guitarist Matt Heaton. The evocative trio have toured together for several years and this show premieres new material from Karan’s new album“Nine Apples of Gold”(to be released 22nd February 2023) as well as favorites from Karan’s back repertoire. The songs draw inspiration from a wide range of sources from the personal to the historical and political, touching on themes of family, loss, love, the empowerment of women, and Irish revolutionary struggle

Karan Casey has been blazing a trail for over 25 years. A lover of ballads, love songs and searing versions of social justice songs, a great storyteller, fond of a good yarn, she has toured the world making deep connections with her audience connecting via Ireland’s past but crucially repositioning women and songs in a universal and a modern setting. Karan has been striking out lately to explore new areas of performance on the piano and with spoken word and theatre.

She has released eleven albums as well as contributing to numerous other artists’ projects – appearing on more than 50 albums so far – and has toured extensively throughout North America, Europe and Japan, performing with her own band as well as collaborating with such diverse musicians as Maura O’Connell, James Taylor, Bela Fleck, Boston Pops Orchestra, Kate Ellis, Niall Vallely, Pauline Scanlon, The Chieftains, The Dubliners, Peggy Seeger, Karen Matheson, Mick Flannery, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Tim O’Brien and Solas.

In 2018 Karan helped found FairPlé which is an organization aimed at achieving fairness and gender balance for female performers in Irish traditional and folk music.

Karan’s song “Down in the Glen” from her album Hieroglyphs That Tell the Tale was nominated for Best Original Folk Song at the RTE Folk Awards 2019 and she completed a Ph.D. in music in 2019. Karan has recently performed her new show with Director Sophie Motley called I Walked into My Head which premiered at the Kilkenny Arts Festival 2021.

Karan is currently working on a stage show about women in the Irish revolutionary period to be produced at the Everyman Theatre in Cork in 2023.

About the Ithaca Catholic Worker
Through your generosity, you are part of welcoming and befriending marginalized people, advancing racial and economic justice, and speaking up for peace. Over the years, our Catholic Worker community has distributed thousands of dollars to people in need. These gifts have no strings attached, no applications to fill out, it’s just neighbors showing solidarity to neighbors. For example, we recently provided back rent for a mother and her children who were facing eviction. Thank you for making this possible.

Your donation will also support the work of hospitality at the Peter De Mott Catholic Worker House. In the past year, we are privileged to have received guests at the house, including an asylum seeker from Latin America, a domestic abuse survivor from Iraq, and a young couple (and their dog!) facing homelessness.

The Catholic Worker community also orchestrates a food-sharing hub in the backyard, providing hundreds of pounds of fresh produce and prepared food to the neighborhood and beyond. Your generosity helps to maintain this solidarity with people in need.

And your gift will help to reinforce the work of peace-making and resistance. We continue the Catholic Worker weekly peace vigil and other public witnesses against nuclear weapons, drone warfare, and environmental destruction. We work intentionally to be loving and effective allies to the first people of this area, the Gayogo̱ hónǫʼ (Cayuga). In all of these efforts, we strive to build up what our dear friend Peter DeMott referred to as the “kin-dom of God.”

Thank you for considering a contribution to strengthen this mission of peace and justice to which Peter so tirelessly dedicated his life, and to build a society, as Dorothy Day said, “where it is easier for people to be good.”
Peace be with you!

Saturdays
Indoors Yoga: 11am start time from February 25th – April 8th (No class March 18th)
Community School of Music and Arts, Martha Hamblin Hall – 3rd Floor

Join us for the next 6-week series. Stretch, strengthen, lengthen, and twist to sustain your way of health and peace of mind. We strongly recommend you join the 1st class of the series if you are new to Jennifer’s Yoga classes.

Reserve your place at theyogalocation@gmail.com or call 607-269-5104, and by advance payment at https://the-yoga-location.square.site

There is a class cap to allow social distancing.

Sliding scale contribution ranges from $10-25/class for joining 5- or 6- weeks of the session. Accommodations can be made in conversation with the instructor.

This is a large enough space to be distanced without a mask. The instructor will wear a mask when circulating in the room.

Follow The Yoga Location on Facebook for updates about the classes facebook.com/theyogalocation/

More info at https://the-yoga-location.square.site/
Call 607-269-5104
Email theyogalocation@gmail.com

Saturdays
Indoors Yoga: 11am start time from February 25th – April 8th (No class March 18th)
Community School of Music and Arts, Martha Hamblin Hall – 3rd Floor

Join us for the next 6-week series. Stretch, strengthen, lengthen, and twist to sustain your way of health and peace of mind. We strongly recommend you join the 1st class of the series if you are new to Jennifer’s Yoga classes.

Reserve your place at theyogalocation@gmail.com or call 607-269-5104, and by advance payment at https://the-yoga-location.square.site

There is a class cap to allow social distancing.

Sliding scale contribution ranges from $10-25/class for joining 5- or 6- weeks of the session. Accommodations can be made in conversation with the instructor.

This is a large enough space to be distanced without a mask. The instructor will wear a mask when circulating in the room.

Follow The Yoga Location on Facebook for updates about the classes facebook.com/theyogalocation/

More info at https://the-yoga-location.square.site/
Call 607-269-5104
Email theyogalocation@gmail.com

The we can wish show experience includes original songs from musicbyskippy’s discography, an audience serenade, an interactive dance party, and other surprises. The entertainer behind the project, Luke “Skippy” Harbur, is an Ithaca College alumni and traveled from Kansas City, Missouri to make his Ithaca performance debut! Merchandise will be available for purchase.

Saturday, March 25, 2023
Doors open: 12:30 pm
Start time: 1:00 pm
CSMA Martha Hamblin Hall, 3rd Floor
$10 per ticket, fees not included

On Sunday, a stunning lineup of singers from across the country come to Ithaca to compete in the 7th Annual Edward M. Murray International Competition of Voice. The finals concert is always a highlight of Opera Ithaca’s season.

This year, we are adding supertitles so that you can be even more connected to these incredible artists. Plus, you will be able to cast your ballot for your favorite! The winner singers receives a $250 Audience Choice Award.

Best of all, this event is FREE for everyone!

Join us this Sunday, 3:00 PM, in Martha Hamblin Hall at the Community School of Music and Arts , 330 E. State Street, Ithaca.

Hello Dancers! Join us for a great night of dancing at the Shorty Gorge. We will be offering a crash course from 7:00-7:30 so bring your friends!

Schedule:
7:00-7:30PM Crash Course
7:30-10:00PM Social Dancing with our DJs

Price: $5-10 sliding scale at the door
Crash Course included with the price of the dance
We accept cash or Venmo.

Location: Martha Hamblin Hall – 3rd Floor of the Community School of Music and Arts
330 East State Street, Ithaca, NY 14850

See you there!
The Shorty Gorge

Covid Information: We require masks at all events related to The Shorty Gorge. Please do not come if you have any symptoms that could be covid. Wait until a negative test to come. Do not attend if you are in frequent contact with someone who is at risk.

Join us for the closing night of the two-month exhibition of Transcendence at CSMA! The event will include a book launch celebration, reading, and book signing of Cai Quirk’s book “Transcendence: Queer Restoryation” published by Skylark Editions.

The book is finally almost here! After five years of hard work, “Transcendence: Queer Restoryation” will launch March 31st, published by Skylark Editions. The event will include a celebration, reading, and book signing from accompany the closing night of the two-month exhibition of Transcendence at CSMA (the Community School of Music and Art) in Ithaca.

5:30pm – event begins
6:00pm – reading and artist talk
6:45pm – book signing

Enter a world where distinctions of gender, time, and place become fluid and flexible, and new queer stories connect to ancient patterns. Cai Quirk’s “Transcendence: Queer Restoryation” explores many paths beyond supposed binaries: male and female, night and day, land and sea, earth and sky, life and death, self and other, self and earth.

In the spirit of myths, this book transcends boundaries and identities to reach a deeply human experience of connection. The 38 self-portrait photographs and six mythic tales open doors to new possibilities through stories of creation, of rebirth, of journey. See more about the project at CaiQuirk.com.

There will also be a virtual book launch around that time, date/time TBA.