Tioga County Council of the Arts | State and Local Partnership | $40,000
Total: $40,000
Fiscal Year 2024 New York State Council on the Arts Grants for Chemung County
Arnot Art Museum, Inc. | Museum | $40,000
Chemung County Historical Society | Museum | $40,000
Chemung County Performing Arts, Inc. (Clemens Center) | Presenting | $25,000
Community Arts Of Elmira, Inc. | Arts Education | $40,000
THE CANTATA SINGERS | Music | $20,000
Total: $165,000
Fiscal Year 2024 New York State Council on the Arts Grants for Cayuga County
Cayuga Museum of History and Art | Individual Artists | $10,000
Cayuga Museum of History and Art | Museum | $49,500
Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre Inc. | Multidisciplinary | $25,000
Merry-Go-Round Playhouse Inc. | Theatre | $25,000
Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center | State & Local Partnership | $30,000
Seward House Museum | Museum | $40,000
Wells College | Multidisciplinary (Visiting Writers Series) | $20,000
Total: $199,500
Fiscal Year 2024 New York State Council on the Arts Grants for Cortland County
Center for the Arts of Homer, Inc. | Arts Education | $40,000
Cortland Repertory Theatre, Inc. | Theatre | $40,000
Cultural Council of Cortland County | State & Local Partnership | $15,000
Total: $95,000
Fiscal Year 2024 New York State Council on the Arts Grants for Tompkins County
Cayuga Chamber Orchestra Inc. | Music | $30,000
Center for the Arts at Ithaca, Inc. (D/B/A Hangar Theatre) | Theatre | $40,000
Center for Transformative Action | Arts Education | $40,000
Civic Ensemble, Inc. | Theatre | $40,000
Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County | State & Local Partnership | $40,000
Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County | S.& L. Partnership (Regrants) | $260,000
Community School of Music and Arts | S.& L. Partnership | $25,000
Community School of Music and Arts | S.& L. Partnership (Rehearsal and Studio Space) | $29,834
Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Inc. | Multidisciplinary | $40,000
Cornell University | Museum | $40,000
Cornell University | Electronic Media & Film (Cornell Cinema) | $25,000
DOROTHY COTTON JUBILEE SINGERS INC | Music | $20,000
Historic Ithaca Inc. | Architecture + Design | $40,000
Ithaca Shakespeare Company, Inc. | Theatre | $15,000
Kitchen Theatre Company, Inc. | Theatre | $30,000
New York State Early Music Association | Music | $14,000
Opera Ithaca | Music | $40,000
OPUS ITHACA SCHOOL OF MUSIC, INC. | Arts Education | $30,000
RUNNING TO PLACES THEATRE COMPANY LTD. | Theatre | $40,000
Sciencenter Discovery Museum | Individual Artists | $10,000
SEVENTH ART CORPORATION OF ITHACA (D/B/A CINEMAPOLIS) | Electronic Media & Film | $49,500
Sparks & Wiry Cries | Presenting | $20,000
State Theatre of Ithaca, Inc. | Presenting | $25,000
THE CHERRY ARTS, INC. | Multidisciplinary (Rehearsal and Studio Space) | $20,000
THE CHERRY ARTS, INC. | Theatre | $49,500
The History Center in Tompkins County | Museum | $49,500
TRUMANSBURG CONSERVATORY OF FINE ARTS, INC. | S.& L. Partnership | $25,000
Total: $1,087,334
Movies Watched -- True Things (2021)
102 minute running time … stars weird-mouth Ruth Wilson and Tom Hare-lip Burke … I saw Wilson in The Affair, she’s a good actress, probably inspired by the Breaking the Waves actress, forgot her name … Hare-lip Burke and his Dad-bod are getting a lot of work of late, dunno why… this is a depressing story, and not very interesting in the end, ultimately “Kate” is a middle-class British woman with all the attendant support structure, which she can fall back on, if she chooses to … no idea why John Farr recommended this, I sure don’t. I see now that director / writer “Harry” Wootliff is a woman… maybe a nepo-baby or trust fund kid? Boooorrriiinnngggg.
Movies Watched -- Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020)
Documentary … 89 minute running time … Dick Johnson’s daughter is a documentary filmmaker and she regretted not filming much of her mother before she (her mother) got Alzheimer’s and died, so she made this movie about her father as he starts to lose it … Dick Johnson’s Deformed Feet and His Eames Chair.
Spoilers: I hated what she did at the end of the film where she faked his death and funeral, abusing the audience’s trust … other than that it was sort of sweet … she’s a tough broad, Dick Johnson’s daughter, Kirsten … Seventh-Day Adventists … Seattle, a west coast vibe at first, then the move to New York and a more pushy feeling. The ending really spoiled the movie for me. A tearjerker, but not in the right way.
Movies Watched -- Smile (2022)
115 minute running time … I’m not into horror movies, but this was a John Farr recommendation and it was pretty well made, I must admit… someone’s baby again, a W.D. By (written and directed by) movie. Low budget with no-name actors, but it was good! The no budget part shined through during the conversation in the car (didn’t realize how hard it is to make that look realistic when shot in studio), and the CGI monster parts were probably not the best, but the story was good enough and well told enough to make it not matter. See it if you’re into horror, skip it if you’re not.
(Didn’t realize it starred Kevin Bacon’s nepo-baby daughter (not pictured below) … she’s a good actress, but unfortunately looks like dad.)
Movies Watched -- Living (2022)
102 minute running time … re-make of Ikiru set in 1950s London … was this necessary, Kazuo Ishiguro? Heavy piano and orchestral musical cues tugging on those heartstrings … it wasn’t bad, but it also isn’t good enough to recommend. John Farr liked it more than me.
Movies Watched -- The Beasts (2023)
In Spanish and French. 138 minute running time so 40 minutes too long, but I liked this one, the story wasn’t bad and it was well told (though too long, ideally at least 20 minutes should be cut out and preferably more) … they did these long scenes in a single shot where the actors had to sustain serious performances and it was really well done, these are real pros, not “B” actors. (I just read that Zahera, who steals the show, has no training as an actor, ha!) This was a good John Farr recommendation, and I recommend it too, though you’ve been warned about the length. I’ll add it to the green-go list.
