What are you up to this weekend, Ithaca?

Here’s some happenings in and around Ithaca of the free, low-cost, educational, and musical variety to nourish your mind and spirit this weekend. If there’s a “doors time/music time” listed, we use the music time as the start in our listings.

Friday, June 29

10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. – Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E. Green St.

Summer Baby Storytime: Caregivers and newborns up to 24 months are invited for music, rhymes, movement and books.

11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Northside Community Center, 625 Hancock St.

Free lunch for kids and teens 18 and under. Delivered every weekday at this time. facebook.

4 – 5:30 p.m. – Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E. Green St.

Comic creation workshop series for ages 13-17 with Ten Van Winkle. TCPL event.

5 – 7 p.m. – Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E. Green St.

Free sing-along showing of “The Greatest Showman.” Geared to teens grades 6-12. Enter through door behind Green St. bus stop. TCPL site.

5 – 7 p.m. – Johnson Museum, Cornell campus

Annual Johnson Museum summer party. Free printmaking, music, talk on Rembrandt. facebook.

5:30 – 7 p.m. – GreenStar, 701 W. Buffalo St.

Free lecture on Hemp-derived CBD by educator Maggie Franks. facebook.

6 p.m. – Nature’s Apothecary, 115 S. Cayuga St.

Free class on self-healing with essential oils, with Luciana Camy. facebook.

6 p.m. – Danby Community Church, 1859 Danby Road

Free dinner at 6 p.m. and a movie at 7 p.m. facebook.

6 p.m. – Ithaca Bakery, 400 N. Meadow St.

Jim Hull plays. Singer/songwriter. facebook event.

6 – 8 p.m. – Silky Jones, 214 E. State/MLK Jr. St.

Vee Da Bee plays acoustic Friday. facebook.

6 – 9 p.m. – The BoatYard Grill, 525 Old Taughannock Boulevard

Tuff Luck on the deck. facebook.

6 p.m. – Treleaven Wines, 658 Lake Road, King Ferry

Tribal Revival Band plays – roots/soul/rock. facebook.

6 p.m. – Hector Wine Company, 5610 Route 414, Hector



The Blind Spots play. facebook.

7 p.m. – Grist Iron Brewing, 4880 Route 414, Burdett

Aris Paul Band, of Pittsburgh, plays. facebook.

7 p.m. – The Westy, 516 W. MLK Jr./State St.

Grassanova plays. Bluegrass/country/rock. facebook.

7 p.m. – Cornell Arts Quad

Free summer concert series with Sim Redmond Band.

9 p.m. – 412 N. Aurora St.

Wallace and the Apes + boy genius. $5 suggested donation. facebook.

9 p.m. – Agava, 381 Pine Tree Road

Rachel Beverly plays. Originals and covers. facebook.

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Saturday, June 29

9:30 – 10:30 a.m. – Just BeCause Center, 1013 W. State/MLK Jr. St.

Open tap dance class with Laura Fegely. facebook.

10 a.m. – 3 p.m. – Treman Marina, 805 Taughannock Blvd.

Win prizes by attending safety sessions. Music, food, boater safety education. facebook.

11 a.m. – 2 p.m. – Ithaca Commons

Families Belong Together Rally & Immigrant Solidarity teach-in. facebook.

10 – 11 a.m. – Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E. Green St.

One-on-one tech help. TCPL site.

11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E. Green St.

Celebratory reading from writers from this spring’s memoir writing class. Light refreshments. TCPL site.

11 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E. Green St.

Summer Family Storytime: Children of all ages and their caregivers are invited to celebrate reading and build their early-literacy skills.

11 a.m. – 12 p.m. – Buffalo Street Books, 215 N. Cayuga St.

Explora-story: Reading “Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox,” animal face painting. facebook.

11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Stewart Park

Stewart Park carousel ribbon cutting, celebrating its restoration. Free rides from 11 a.m. to noon. Celebrating the new accessibility ramp and chariot. facebook.

11 a.m. – Press Bay Alley, 118 W. Green St.

London McDaniel plays at OmNomNomelettes brunch. facebook.

12 – 4 p.m. – Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E. Green St.

Dungeons & Dragons meet-up group. Library site.

12 – 2 p.m. – DeWitt/Greenwood Park, corner of Cayuga & Buffalo

As is the case every week, Food Not Bombs Ithaca will be serving a free, vegan meal in the park. The meal is outside.

12 – 4 p.m. – Multicultural Resource Center, 516 W. State/MLK Jr. St.

Freestore, hosted by For Brown Bleeders. facebook.

12 – 4 p.m. – The Piggery, 423 Franklin St.

Caribbean-inspired twist on the monthly BBQ. Food for sale, including rum cake and oxtail. facebook.

1 – 2:30 p.m. – Ithaca Youth Bureau, 1 James L Gibbs Dr.

Learn more about cyanobacteria, the source of Harmful Algal Blooms [HABs] with the Community Science Institute. Free and for all ages. facebook.

1 – 4 p.m. – Ithaca Children’s Garden, 121 Turtle Lane

International Mud Day celebration. Mud kitchen, clay sculpture, sprinkler. Dress in your finest. facebook.

1:30 – 4:30 p.m. – Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E. Green St.



Weekly Board Game Club for Adults. TCPL site.

2 – 3:30 p.m. – History Center, 401 E. State/MLK Jr. St.

“Going Public With My Archives” panel for people who have found something of potential historical interest among their possessions and don’t know what to do with it. facebook.

2 – 5 p.m. – Ten Forward Cafe, 215 E. State/MLK Jr. St.

Pride Tea Party. Dress to impress. facebook.

3 – 5 p.m. – Ithaca ReUse Center, 214 Elmira Road

Ithaca Fixers Collective. “Do you need assistance getting something fixed yourself? Want to share your repair skills? Come bring your devices/projects to the Sustainability Center gallery in the Ithaca ReUse Center between 3pm-5pm every Saturday.” Webpage.

6 – 9 p.m. – Monks on the Commons, 120 S. Aurora St.

Purple Valley plays with guest saxophonist Jesse Collins. facebook.

6 – 8:15 p.m. – Ten Forward Cafe, 115 E. State/MLK Jr. St.

Star Wars Trivia Night. facebook.

8:30 – 10 p.m. – Stewart Park

Stargazing in the park, hosted by Ithaca Astronomy for All. Next to the tennis courts. Telescopes provided. facebook.

10 p.m. – 1 a.m. – Cherry Artspace, 102 Cherry St.

“POP’d at the Cherry” – pop-up dance club experience. $10 cover. Advance ticket purchases receive free drink ticket.

10 p.m. – 1 a.m. – ChantiLoft, 101 W. State/MLK Jr. St.

Dirty Disco Monthly w/ Proper Philth and DJ Gundz. $3 cover. facebook.

10 p.m. – Lot 10, 106 S. Cayuga St.

ponder with Lucky Old Sun and Amongst the Monks. Funk/jam. facebook. no cover.

10 p.m. – 1 a.m. – Silky Jones, 214 E. State/MLK Jr. St.

DJ Rah makes his Silky’s debut. facebook.

9 – 11 p.m. – Agava, 381 Pine Tree Road

Regina O’Brien and Charles d’Orban play. facebook.

9 p.m. The Range, 119 E. Martin Luther King/The Commons

Car People with Delta Sierra, Seed Sander. Free. Range site.

10:30 p.m. – Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 103 S. Geneva St.

1980 Underground. Free, all ages. facebook.

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Sunday, July 1



8:30 a.m. – Ithaca Children’s Garden, 121 Turtle Lane

Finger Lakes Running Club Sunday group run. facebook.

10 a.m. – 2 p.m. – Mulholland Wildflower Preserve

Monthly Ithaca Red Tent for women meeting. With herbalist Debbie Biltonen. facebook.

4 p.m. – 1 a.m. – The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave.

10th Annual DJ Cookout. 3 stages, 36 DJs. No cover. facebook.

4 – 7 p.m. – MIX, 205 Elmira Road

Ithaca Blues & Jazz Jam. Free. facebook event.

6 p.m. – Maxie’s, 635 W. State/MLK Jr. St.

Jazz with the Zaun Marshburn Quartet. facebook.

7 – 8:30 p.m. – Temple Beth-el, 402 N. Tioga St.

Ithaca Sunday square dance. facebook.

…. That’s all for now, folks. If you have events you’d like to submit to this calendar round-up, send them to josh.brokaw@truthsayers.org or use the Contact Us page on the top of this website.

Featured photo: Karina has her first ride on the Stewart Park Carousel. Photo via Friends of Stewart Park Facebook.