Ithaca Planned Parenthood Meeting will hold a public meeting Wednesday, May 14, 6pm at Tompkins County Public Library. Come learn about how to engage in upcoming Pride events in the region, how to get involved in advocacy efforts for the sexual and reproductive health movement and meet other volunteers! Registration is required. https://www.weareplannedparenthoodaction.org/a/ithaca-ppgny-may-commu ... more
The 2025 Spring Writes Festival is May 7-22. 100 Writers and 40 Free Events Live in downtown Ithaca and on Zoom. Locations include Tompkins County Public Library, Buffalo Street Books, Lot 10, and (mostly) the Ithaca Conference Center. Visit SpringWrites.org for full schedule, artist bios, registration links. ... more
Guitarist Mike Baggetta calls his band MSSV a post-genre power trio—and this band does pack a punch. Baggetta is joined in the band by Mike Watt of the Minutemen and Firehose, and Stephen Hodges who played with Tom Waits on several albums, as well as with Mavis Staples, Wanda Jackson, and Jonathan Richman. Baggetta spoke ... more
Louisa Stancioff was kind enough to stop by WRFI to play us a few songs off of her gorgeous new album, When We Were Looking, put out last year by Yep Roc Records. She tells us about recording with producer and keyboardist, Sam Kassirer (Josh Ritter, Craig Finn), and about her connection to the Fingers ... more