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Great sexpectations

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Rebecca stood outside her downtown Ithaca apartment in a bathrobe. She kissed the boy she had just had sex with goodnight and put him in a cab to take him home. From that same cab emerged the next boy she’d have sex with that night.

Spring theater preview

The cast and crew of “The Magic Flute,” the premiere show of the Ithaca College Theater Department’s spring season, rehearse in Dillingham Center Friday. The show is a recreation of Mozart’s work and will begin Feb. 24.

Quivering under the lights of the Hoerner Theatre, a nun will beg for her brother’s life in front of a corrupt politician. Later, a housewife, a prostitute and a steelworker will share the parallels of their lives through introspective song in the Clark Theatre. The Ithaca College Theater Department’s upcoming season will explore student concerns [...]

Chamber music takes stage in book

Mark Radice, professor of music theory, history and composition, stands in front of his class last Friday. Radice recently published his sixth book “Chamber Music: An Essential History.”

Call him the Justin Timberlake of chamber music — professor Mark Radice is bringing it back. Radice, professor of music theory, history and composition, recently became the author of “Chamber Music: An Essential History,” a modern analysis of chamber music that includes work from after the 1920s. In his sixth book to date, Radice explores [...]

Theater reads into art with remake of “Art”

Tony Simione rehearses his role as Serge in The Readers’ Theater production of “Art,” a play written by Yasmina Reza that follows three friends as they explore the meaning of art.

“Art,” a Tony Award-winning play written by Yasmina Reza that originally opened in London’s West End in 1966, is finding a new home in Ithaca. The Readers’ Theater will mount a production of the play Feb. 18. “Art” features three old friends — Serge, Marc and Yvan — who question their bonds after Serge buys [...]

L’Arrivée de Lumière

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As a child growing up in Italy, Catherine Galasso spent hours at live rehearsals listening to her father’s music and taking in the aesthetics of European theater. This February, she will put on her own live performance, inspired by and showcasing her father’s music and two of film’s most prominent figures.

Ithaca Underground seeks nonprofit status

Shawn Knight, founder and lead singer of Child Bite, an indie-rock band based in Michigan, performs at The Space at GreenStar. The event was part of a concert hosted by Ithaca Underground, an independent music collective. Courtesy of Sara GAechter and Ithaca Underground

After more than five years of hosting alternative music events, Ithaca Underground, an independent music collective, is working to become a nonprofit organization — something that its members hope will save it from bankruptcy.

Scholar encourages ‘reel’ look at diversity

Speaker Brian C. Johnson, a faculty member of the department of developmental instruction at Bloomsburg University, will discuss diversity in American film Tuesday in Emerson Suites. Courtesty of Campuspeak

While most Ithaca College students treat movie nights as a time to escape their academic lives, speaker Brian C. Johnson has built a career around encouraging students to take a second look at the cultural messages behind their favorite films.


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