The Ithacan

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Ithaca resident Mahinder Kingra browses for books in the science fantasy section at Buffalo Street Books on April 3.

From left, sophomore Tim Coene and junior Erin Smith use one of the new mental health rooms they helped to create in the James J. Whalen Center for Music.

From left, freshman roommates Allie Barbaro and Lauren Lubenow enjoy their favorite Taylor Swift song “All Too Well” outside Tallcott Hall. Swift is releasing her album “Fearless” on April 9.

Last March, the studios of one of Ithaca College’s longest running programs, ICTV, were silent and empty. However, after nearly a year of remote production, the cast and crew have finally returned.

Junior Harris Andersen, a piano performance major, plays the piano March 20 in Hockett Family Recital Hall for his junior recital. In-person concerts have returned to the School of Music.

The Ithaca College Bureau of Concerts hosted a virtual meet and greet with Jesse McCartney, musical heartthrob of the early 2000s, for students 8 p.m. March 22.

Raza Rumi, journalist and director of the Park Center for Independent Media, was featured in the March 16 reading.

Buy Nothing Caption: The Buy Nothing Project connects members in the same community to establish a local gift-giving economy.

The Ithaca Arthaus is an affordable housing apartment building for artists currently under construction at 130 Cherry St. The ground floor will feature an art gallery.

The SHARE farm holds a peach tree planting ceremony each spring, inviting the nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and neighbors to participate.

With the transition to hybrid classes, art professors have to balance teaching students on Zoom and in person while abiding by COVID-19 safety guidelines.

Songs for Change, a student-run virtual concert series, is using music to raise money for mutual aid organizations that support communities of color.