🌈 "Love is love in patterns of light"

Highlights for June 6-8: Happy Pride Month! Elmira Pride kicks things off, Ithaca gallery night, Corning Rotary's International Festival, a Memory Café Tea Party at Montour Falls Library, and the brand new Gala for Good in Corning.

TOP 5

TONIGHT

ā€œQueer Art, Queer Visionsā€
Presented by the Ithaca Pride Alliance
5:00 - 8:00 PM
CAP ArtSpace
110 N Tioga Street, Ithaca

ā€œQueer Visions, Queer Voicesā€ will feature art from eleven members of our community exploring a vibrant and diverse spectrum of queer experiences and identities. Through paintings, sculptures, photography, installations, and performance art, queer artists will be invited to express their unique perspectives and lived experiences and celebrate the beauty and complexity of queer identities. Artists include Yen Ospina, Juliet Graves, Julian Plum, Snowy Lajoie, Kristin Dutcher, Al Tejera, Blair Eckensen, Mack Rovenolt, Grey Hinkle, Mickie Quinn, and Brandon Becker Hoak. Join us for this powerful and moving exhibition, and experience the power of queer art to transform and inspire.ā€

SATURDAY

Elmira Pride
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wisner Park in Elmira

FREE

ā€œThe intention of the Pride celebration is to foster understanding and acceptance through open, honest and non-judgmental learning and dialogue between those who identify as LGBTQI+ and those who would like to support and foster relationships with LGBTQI+ individuals in the community.ā€

Featuring artists, live music & performances, local organizations & vendors, food trucks, and a LGBTQI+ memorial.

Followed by a Dance Party
4:00 - 8:00 PM
Rye Bar & Restaurant
365 Davis St, Elmira

ā€œAfter Pride celebrations at Wisner Park, come to Rye Bar for more!ā€

Memory CafƩ Tea Party
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Montour Falls Library
406 W Main Street

Intended for people living with dementia and their caregivers.

Tea will be provided by Fiddlesticks Tea Co and music will be provided by Lisa Fernandez.

Corning Rotary International Dinner
6:00 PM Doors
Radisson Hotel Corning
125 Denison Pkwy E

ā€œEnjoy a sumptuous Intercontinental tastings featuring cuisine from Asia, Africa, South America, Europe, North America, Australia, and the Islands of the World, along with live music, cultural dance performances, and the thrilling Chinese Lion Dance.ā€

SUNDAY

Gala for Good
Presented by the Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning & the Finger Lakes
11:00 AM
Radisson Hotel Corning
125 Denison Pkwy E

ā€œJoin us for the First Annual Gala for Good hosted by Rose’s Youth Philanthropists!

Rose’s Youth Philanthropists (RYP) is a regional youth grants committee and program of the Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes, Inc.

This year, we’re raising awareness and vital funds to support mental health and substance abuse programs that benefit youth in our region. All proceeds for the event will go directly to CASA-Trinity, Inc.

Dress casual and come prepared to eat lunch, listen to presentations, and participate in activities that foster conversations about vital services in our area.ā€

PLUS

The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes Musicians’ Choice Chamber Series: Organ & Friends, 171 Cedar Arts Center’s Kaleidoscope Sneaker Ball, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder at Concerts at Point of the Bluff, Strawberry Moon Paddle, local theatre, and tons of live music! All the details at:

COMING UP

In Ithaca

The Rockwell Live! Music on the Terrace featuring Far Trio
June 11 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM
The Rockwell Museum in Corning

June Jam kicks off in Corning’s Gaffer District | A high-energy karaoke competition!
June 12 | 7:00 PM
BRICK | 1 W Pulteney St, Corning

Love is Love

[Lyrics from one of my favorite songs by Bonnie ā€œPrinceā€ Billy & Tortoise]

Love is love in the shape things take
Love is love in the womb of wombs
Love is love at the highest height
Love is love at the deepest depth all right
Love is love as the risen rise
Love is love in the sight of creation
Love is love in patterns of light
Love is love at the root of the grave
Love is love in the life of all life
Love is love in echoes through space
Love is love a vision for this world
Love is love in the marrow of new bones
Love is love as above so below
Love is love in the record of events
Love must be love to let time begin
Love is love always reconciled
Love is love in wind and shade
Love is love alien and strange
Love is love in truth and falsehood

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