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Assistant professors Bill Hastings and Sarah Sutton stand beside “Overload,” the latest experiemental exhibit from senior Geneva Bielenberg. The duo are integrating the work of their students into the relocated space.

Creative Space Gallery relocates to benefit IC students

By Colette Piasecki-Masters, Staff Writer • March 29, 2017
The new location for the college’s Creative Space Gallery will be the home for many future student-made, student-run art exhibits.
"Beauty and the Beast" is a live-action remake of the 1991 animated Disney classic. The film stars Emma Watson as Belle and Dan Stevens as the titular Beast.

Review: ‘Beauty and the Beast’ enchants the next generation

By Colette Piasecki-Masters, Staff Writer • March 22, 2017
"Beauty and the Best" provides an exciting, nostalgic and joyous experience for all moviegoers.
Samanth Stafford, leadership programs coordinator, leads a discussion about women in television called "Exploring Feminism in the Modern American Sitcom," Feb. 28.

Women Leaders Series explores complexities of modern feminism

By Colette Piasecki-Masters, Staff Writer • March 8, 2017
The Women Leaders Series expanded to allow all women to explore their potential as leaders, on a personal and professional level.
Sophomore Emma Green, freshman Sushma Saha and senior Paige Washington perform “The Vagina Workshop,” a skit where women get to know their bodies, Feb. 19.

‘Vagina Monologues’ fights stigma linked to female anatomy

By Colette Piasecki-Masters, Staff Writer • February 22, 2017
All proceeds from the play benefited “V-day,” a global activist movement dedicated to increase awareness of violence against women.
"Fences," adapted from August Wilson's play of the same name, follows a dysfunctional black family living in Pittsburgh as they attempt to reconcile their dreams with the harsh realities of life in the 1950s.

Review: Washington directs a home run with his latest film

By Colette Piasecki-Masters, Staff Writer • February 21, 2017
The viewer watches "Fences" with mingled horror and pity as Troy (Denzel Washington) destroys his relationship with his son and, eventually, wife.
The Handwerker gallery will screen "Gen Silent," a documentary about the struggle members of the LGBTQ community face as they reach old age.

‘Gen Silent’ sparks LGBTQ discussion at the Handwerker Gallery

By Colette Piasecki-Masters, Staff Writer • February 8, 2017
Discrimination against elderly members of the LGBTQ community may include shunning them, neglecting their care or attempting to convert them.
IC student establishes charity event for Amatrice earthquake

IC student establishes charity event for Amatrice earthquake

By Colette Piasecki-Masters and Kate Nalepinski • November 16, 2016
Veltri pitched the idea for the fundraiser event, Love and Aid for Amatrice, which the Ithaca College Italian Club hosted Nov. 11 in Emerson Suites.
Featured below, from left, are Michael Maxwell’s “Dog Soldier” and Ileen Kaplan’s “Outside the Box.” Both pieces are part of the exhibition “Essence,” featured above, which can be viewed in the CAP ArtSpace until Nov. 28.

CAP Artspace features ‘Essence’ art exhibition until Nov. 28

By Colette Piasecki-Masters, Staff Writer • November 16, 2016
Ileen Kaplan and Michael Maxwell make art that captures the essence of their subjects in an art exhibition titled "Essence."
Kathleen Mulligan, associate professor of voice and speech at Ithaca College, received a $327,000 grant to help create her new play, tentatively titled “On Common Ground.”

IC professor receives grant from US Embassy in Pakistan

By Colette Piasecki-Masters, Staff Writer • October 26, 2016
Kathleen Mulligan plans to create a play with a Pakistani theater group aided by a large grant from the U.S. Embassy of Islamabad.
Kiese Laymon, the next writer in Ithaca College’s Distinguished Visiting Writers Series, has been published in The Los Angeles Times, The Best American Series and The Guardian, and will release two books next year.

Nonfiction writer Kiese Laymon to talk racial identity at IC

By Colette Piasecki-Masters, Staff Writer • October 5, 2016
The next writer in the Distinguished Visiting Writers Series, Kiese Laymon, is a new author that explores American racism and culture in his work.
Activist, feminist and educator Gloria Joseph (right) speaks with Huffington Post reporter, Rene Monroe (left), in St. Croix. Joseph will visit IC at 7 p.m. Sept. 27 in Textor Hall 101 to discuss her novel, "The Wind is Spirit: The life, love, and legacy of Audre Lorde."

Activist Gloria Joseph to visit IC and discuss poet Audre Lorde

By Colette Piasecki-Masters, Contributing Writer • September 21, 2016
Ithaca College’s Women and Gender Studies Program will host Gloria Joseph, professor emerita of Africana Studies at Hampshire College and partner of the late Audre Lorde, to discuss the poet’s life.
Stewart Park carousel's horses receive needed makeover

Stewart Park carousel’s horses receive needed makeover

By Colette Piasecki-Masters, Contributing Writer • February 25, 2015
Local artists Christi Sobel and Julia John have begun restoring Stewart Park's beloved carousel.
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