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Music

Rain Tempos with Jennie Lowe Sterns & Kristen Bigness

Argos Warehouse · 6:00 PM

From $10
Music

Master Class with guest composer/trombonist Alan Ferber (Jazz+)

Cornell University performing arts (Localist) · Through Nov 15

Free
Art & museums

The Wicker Man

Cornell Cinema · 5:00 PM

Music

Rain Tempos with Jennie Lowe Sterns & Kristen Bigness

Argos Warehouse · 6:00 PM

From $10
Comedy

BenDeLaCreme Presents: The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show

State Theatre of Ithaca · 8:00 PM

Art & museums

Keeping Common Birds Common: Birds and Habitat at Cornell Botanic Gardens and Beyond

Mann Library · 8:00 AM

24 more dates through Dec 10
Art & museums

Cultivating Hope: Plants and Indigenous Knowledge

Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center · 10:00 AM

Free24 more dates through Dec 10
Event

Sit! Stay! Read!

Tompkins County Public Library · 3:00 PM

1 more date through Nov 23
Event

Makerspace One-on-One

Tompkins County Public Library · 3:00 PM

3 more dates through Nov 23
Event

Teen Maker Monday

Tompkins County Public Library · 4:00 PM

1 more date through Nov 23
Event

Fall Teen Creative Writing Workshop

Tompkins County Public Library · 4:30 PM

1 more date through Nov 23
Event

Early Entrepreneurs

Tompkins County Public Library · 5:00 PM

Art & museums

Treasure Planet (2002): Screening and Discussion with screenwriter Rob Edwards

Cornell Cinema · 6:00 PM

Theater & dance

Call for Actors: John Proctor is the Villain

Schwartz Center for Performing Arts · 6:00 PM

Free
Art & museums

A History of The Old Stone Heap

The History Center in Tompkins County · 7:00 PM

Music

Piano/Strings Chamber Music

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 7:00 PM

Free1 more date through Nov 19
Music

Flute Ensemble

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 8:15 PM

Free
Event

Memory Lab

Tompkins County Public Library · 2:00 PM

1 more date through Nov 24
Theater & dance

Civic Ensemble Youth Forum Theatre Troupe

Tompkins County Public Library · 4:00 PM

Event

Pokémon Club

Tompkins County Public Library · 4:00 PM

Event

Workshop - Research for Change: Power Mapping & Power Research 101

Buffalo Street Books · 5:00 PM

Free
Event

LEGO Family Build Night

Tompkins County Public Library · 5:30 PM

Art & museums

The Color of Pomegranates

Cornell Cinema · 6:00 PM

Music

Piano Instrumental Duos

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 7:00 PM

Free
Art & museums

ASL Literature Series: Handplay with Vicki Nordquist

Cornell University performing arts (Localist) · 7:00 PM

Music

Distinguished Guest Artist Series: Renée Anne Louprette (CU Music)

Anabel Taylor Chapel · 7:30 PM

Free
Music

Percussion Ensemble

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 8:15 PM

Free
Music

SingSong Music Class Series

Tompkins County Public Library · 10:15 AM

Event

Love Living at Home Living Well Series

Tompkins County Public Library · 12:00 PM

Event

LET’S READ + TALK ABOUT CLIMATE - CLIMATE LIT DISCUSSION GROUP

Buffalo Street Books · 4:00 PM

Event

LGBTQ+ Youth Group

Tompkins County Public Library · 4:30 PM

Event

Cornell Visit and testing session

Tompkins County Public Library · 5:00 PM

Event

Professional Development

Tompkins County Public Library · 5:30 PM

Art & museums

Chile In Their Hearts with John Dinges

Autumn Leaves Books · 6:00 PM

Free
Art & museums

Seed (2000): Screening and Discussion with director Bobby Sheehan

Cornell Cinema · 6:00 PM

Event

Trivia Night!

Hopshire Farm and Brewery · 6:30 PM

6 more dates through Dec 30
Music

Woodwind Chamber Music

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 7:00 PM

Free
Event

Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil

Tompkins County Public Library · 7:00 PM

Music

Chamber Orchestra

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 8:15 PM

Free
Music

Max Childs & Louistin

Argos Warehouse · 8:00 AM

From $10
Event

Story + Craft

Tompkins County Public Library · 4:00 PM

Event

Ages 8 to 108 Board Game Club: Fall Session

Tompkins County Public Library · 4:00 PM

Art & museums

Music and Sound Studies Colloquium: Kyle Devine, “Recomposed: Music, Climate, Crisis, Change”

Cornell University performing arts (Localist) · 4:30 PM

Free
Art & museums

Present Conversations IV Group Exhibition & Artist Talk

Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County · 6:00 PM

Free1 more date through Nov 20
Event

Community Read Discussion of Psalm for the Wild-Built

Tompkins County Public Library · 6:00 PM

Art & museums

The Killing

Cornell Cinema · 6:00 PM

Art & museums

How to Support Trans Youth: A Conversation with Author Nico Lang

First Unitarian Society of Ithaca · 6:30 PM

Art & museums

Science & Suds

Hopshire Farm and Brewery · 7:00 PM

1 more date through Dec 17
Music

African Drumming and Dance Ensemble

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 7:00 PM

Free
Art & museums

Sound of Falling

Cornell Cinema · 8:00 PM

1 more date through Dec 1
Event

Baby & Toddler Storytime

Tompkins County Public Library · 10:30 AM

Event

Baby & Toddler Playtime

Tompkins County Public Library · 11:00 AM

Event

Mindful Botany Walk

Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center · 12:00 PM

Free
Art & museums

Muses and Makers: Flute and Lyre at the Johnson Museum of Art

Johnson Museum of Art · 12:30 PM

Free
Event

Stitch Club

Tompkins County Public Library · 1:00 PM

Event

Guided Mindfulness Meditation with the Let's Meditate Initiative at Cornell Botanic Gardens

Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center · 3:30 PM

Free1 more date through Dec 4
Event

Chinese Bilingual Storytime/中英双语故事会

Tompkins County Public Library · 4:00 PM

Music

CCHK Salon: Muses and Makers, Female Voices in Song (CU Music)

A. D. White House · 5:00 PM

Free
Music

Live Music - Pocket Bandits

Hopshire Farm and Brewery · 6:00 PM

Music

Opus Faculty Fundraiser

Opus Ithaca School of Music · 7:00 PM

Music

Concert Band

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 7:00 PM

Free
Theater & dance

Psyche-Dialectics

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 7:30 PM

Free2 more dates through Nov 22
Theater & dance

LIMINAL: 2026/2027 ANNUAL DANCE PRESENTING SERIES

Schwartz Center for Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Free1 more date through Nov 21
Music

The Wailin\' Jennys

State Theatre of Ithaca · 8:00 PM

Music

Hesselink Cello Studio Recital

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 8:15 PM

Free
Event

CPR/AED Training at Finger Lakes Fitness Center

Finger Lakes Fitness Center · 9:00 AM

From $95
Art & museums

Fossil ID Day

Museum of the Earth and Cayuga Nature Center (Paleontological Research Institution) · 10:00 AM

10 more dates through Jan 30
Theater & dance

Jester & Kester

Hangar Theatre · Through Nov 22

Event

Municipal Historians

Tompkins County Public Library · 10:00 AM

Event

Study Buddies

Tompkins County Public Library · 10:30 AM

Event

Math Fun with MathHappens!

Sciencenter · 11:00 AM

9 more dates through Jan 23
Event

Crafts with the Cornell B.A.B.Y. Lab

Tompkins County Public Library · 11:30 AM

Music

Sydney Tomishima, flute

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 12:00 PM

Free
Art & museums

INHS: Homes, Hope, and Opportunity Since 1976

The History Center in Tompkins County · 1:00 PM

Event

Exploring Science Together

Tompkins County Public Library · 1:30 PM

Event

Quilt Making 101: 9 Patch Block

Tompkins County Public Library · 2:00 PM

Event

Gratitude & Gifts from Nature

Cornell Botanic Gardens · 2:00 PM

From $301 more date through Nov 22
Music

Jazz Lab and Repertory Bands

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 2:00 PM

Free
Theater & dance

Ballet & Books Fall 2026 -- BorgWarner East

Tompkins County Public Library · 2:30 PM

Music

Time for Three with the Cornell Symphony Orchestra

Cornell Concert Series · 3:00 PM

Art & museums

It Depends: An Author's Practical Guide to Debut Year - Conversation & Signing

Buffalo Street Books · 3:00 PM

Free
Music

Wear Vibrant Colors 2 - Papa Muse Dare to Dance Album Advance with Public Water Supply, Madd Daddy, Max Moses, lady

The Nocturnal Café · 6:30 PM

From $10
Music

Contemporary Ensemble

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 7:00 PM

Free1 more date through Nov 22
Event

Coffee and Crafts at The Meadowlark

The Meadowlark · 10:00 AM

Art & museums

Tidepool Touch Tank

Sciencenter · 10:30 AM

9 more dates through Jan 24
Music

Zoe Lisa, flute

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 12:00 PM

Free
Event

Science Connections: Girls Who Code

Sciencenter · 1:00 PM

Art & museums

Meet a Reptile

Sciencenter · 2:00 PM

9 more dates through Jan 24
Music

Bryson Sauer, saxophone

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 3:00 PM

Free
Music

Cornell Percussion Ensemble Concert (CU Music)

Cornell University performing arts (Localist) · 3:00 PM

Free
Music

Jazz Vocal Ensemble

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 4:00 PM

Free
Music

Cornell Chorale Fall 2026 Concert - Seasons of Life (CU Music)

Bailey Hall · 7:30 PM

Free
Art & museums

Kids Artmaking with Laura

Tompkins County Public Library · 4:30 PM

Music

Handbells and Steel Band

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 7:00 PM

Free
Music

Kim Studio Violin Recital (CU Music)

Anabel Taylor Hall · 7:30 PM

Free
Theater & dance

MouseBound

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 7:30 PM

Free3 more dates through Dec 5
Theater & dance

What the Constitution Means to Me

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 7:30 PM

Free3 more dates through Dec 5
Event

Yappy Hour at The Strand Cafe

the strand cafe · 4:00 PM

Festivals & markets

Downtown Ithaca Window Display Competition

Ithaca · Through Dec 13

Free
Festivals & markets

Shop Small Business Weekend in Downtown Ithaca

Ithaca · Through Nov 29

Music

Live Music - David Graybeard Band

Hopshire Farm and Brewery · 6:00 PM

Art & museums

National Treasure

Cornell Cinema · 6:00 PM

Art & museums

The Odyssey

Cornell Cinema · 9:00 PM

1 more date through Dec 2
Theater & dance

Opera Workshop

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 7:00 PM

Free
Theater & dance

The Heart of it All

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 7:30 PM

From $104 more dates through Dec 6
Music

Arthur Siyun Li, piano (CU Music)

Cornell University performing arts (Localist) · 7:30 PM

Free
Music

Wind Ensemble

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 8:15 PM

Free
Music

Midday Music for Organ: Tradition and Experimentation (CU Music)

Sage Chapel · 12:30 PM

Free
Music

Symphony Orchestra

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 7:00 PM

Free
Comedy

O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy

State Theatre of Ithaca · 7:30 PM

Music

Student Chamber Music Recital (CU Music)

Cornell University performing arts (Localist) · 7:30 PM

Free1 more date through Dec 8
Music

Student Voice Program Recitals (CU Music)

Cornell University performing arts (Localist) · 5:30 PM

Free
Art & museums

Mystery Screening

Cornell Cinema · 6:00 PM

Music

Singer/Songwriter Night by Dan Forsyth

Hopshire Farm and Brewery · 6:00 PM

Music

Peter Stenberg, percussion

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 8:15 PM

Free
Music

Live Music - The Elderly Brothers

Hopshire Farm and Brewery · 6:00 PM

Music

Bjerken Piano Studio Recital (CU Music)

Cornell University performing arts (Localist) · 7:30 PM

Free
Music

John Santucci, percussion

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 8:15 PM

Free
Art & museums

Pay-What-You-Wish Weekends

Museum of the Earth and Cayuga Nature Center (Paleontological Research Institution) · 10:00 AM

3 more dates through Jan 3
Festivals & markets

Antarctica Day

Museum of the Earth and Cayuga Nature Center (Paleontological Research Institution) · 10:00 AM

Festivals & markets

Wreaths and Winter Greens

Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center · 10:00 AM

From $30
Event

Drop In Discovery Days

Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center · 1:00 PM

Free
Music

Music and Digital Gameplay Concert (CU Music)

Klarman Hall · 3:00 PM

Free
Event

National Prohibition Repeal Day

The History Center in Tompkins County · 3:30 PM

Event

The Hangar Hobnob

Hangar Theatre · 7:00 PM

Music

Christmas With the Celts

State Theatre of Ithaca · 7:30 PM

Music

Cornell Wind Symphony Concert (CU Music)

Bailey Hall · 7:30 PM

Free
Event

Science Connections: Encouraging Young Engineers and Scientists

Sciencenter · 11:00 AM

Music

Cornell Jazz Combo Showcase (CU Music)

Cornell University performing arts (Localist) · 3:00 PM

Free
Music

Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 4:00 PM

Free
Music

Cornell Chorus & Glee Club: Lessons & Carols (CU Music)

Sage Chapel · 7:00 PM

Free1 more date through Dec 7
Music

Hope Carey, soprano

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 7:00 PM

Free
Music

Béla Fleck: My Bluegrass Heart

State Theatre of Ithaca · 7:30 PM

Music

Nathaniel Worrell, collaborative piano

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 7:00 PM

Free
Music

Campus Band and Sinfonietta

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance · 8:15 PM

Free
Theater & dance

October 7: The Play

Willard Straight Hall · 7:00 PM

Free
Music

Cornell Concerto Competition Finals (CU Music)

Cornell University performing arts (Localist) · 5:00 PM

Free
Music

Live Music - Notorious Stringbusters

Hopshire Farm and Brewery · 6:00 PM

Theater & dance

Ithaca Ballet Presents: The Nutcracker (Friday 7:30)

State Theatre of Ithaca · 7:30 PM

Music

Ariel Mo, piano (CU Music)

Cornell University performing arts (Localist) · 7:30 PM

Free
Theater & dance

Ithaca Ballet Presents: The Nutcracker (Saturday 3:00)

State Theatre of Ithaca · 3:00 PM

1 more date through Dec 13
Art & museums

Mask Mondays

Museum of the Earth and Cayuga Nature Center (Paleontological Research Institution) · 10:00 AM

1 more date through Jan 11
Music

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings Play Grateful Dead Acoustic Reckoning

State Theatre of Ithaca · 7:30 PM

Music

Live Music - The Walsh Family & Friends Holiday Show

Hopshire Farms and Brewery · 5:00 PM

Music

The Downtown Men

Hangar Theatre · 7:30 PM

Event

Call for Papers - Music and Style in the Age of AI: A Symposium (CU Music)

Cornell University performing arts (Localist) · 11:59 PM

Free
Event

Closing at 7P

Hopshire Farms and Brewery · 10:00 AM

Music

The Machine Performs Pink Floyd

State Theatre of Ithaca · 8:00 PM

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