Things to do in Ithaca

DEC3ThuThursday, December 334 events

1. All day

   America at 250: Focus on George Washington

   Hirshland Exhibition Gallery, Rare and Manuscript Collections, 2B Kroch LibraryFree

   Arts & Culture

2. All day

   Rivers of Ice: Three Centuries of Glacial Science

   Hirshland Exhibition Gallery, Rare and Manuscript Collections, 2B Kroch LibraryFree

   Arts & Culture

3. 8 a.m.5 p.m.

   Ancient Worlds in Modern Threads

   Human Ecology Building (HEB)

   Arts & Culture

4. 8 a.m.5 p.m.

   Going to Gone: Earth's Biodiversity Loss and What We Can Do About It

   102 Mann Library

   Arts & Culture

5. 8 a.m.5 p.m.

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

   102 Mann Library

   Arts & Culture

6. 8 a.m.5 p.m.

   Languages at the Brink: Threatened Languages and How We Protect Them

   Hirshland Exhibition Gallery, Rare and Manuscript Collections, 2B Kroch Library

   Arts & Culture

7. 8 a.m.6 p.m.

   Last Call: Bird Decline and the Threat of Extinction

   102 Mann Library

   Outdoors

8. 9 a.m.6 p.m.

   ReUse Center Open at the Triphammer Mall

   Finger Lakes ReUse

9. 10:30 a.m.11 a.m.

   Preschool Story Time

   Cortland Free LibraryFamily

   Family & Kids

10. 12 p.m.

    Next Steps: Studying Abroad in 2027-28 at Online

    Reis Tennis Center

11. 12:30 p.m.1:30 p.m.

    NBB Seminar Series: Hannah Payne, Perry Gilbert Lecture Series; NYU

    Corson/Mudd Hall

    Classes & Talks

12. 1:45 p.m.4 p.m.

    Opera: Watch, Listen, Discuss

    Lifelong Community Center$40

    Theater & Dance

13. 2 p.m.3:15 p.m.

    Play It Again Theatre Troupe

    Lifelong Community Center

    Theater & Dance

14. 3:30 p.m.4:30 p.m.

    Cornell Department of Astronomy & Space Sciences Fall 2026 Colloquium Series

    Space Sciences Building

    Outdoors

15. 4 p.m.5 p.m.

    *Teen Advisory Board

    Cortland Free LibraryFamily

    Family & Kids

16. 4 p.m.6 p.m.

    Ages 8 to 108 Board Game Club: Fall Session

    Tompkins County Public LibraryFamily

    Family & Kids

17. 4 p.m.6 p.m.

    Winter Crafternoon

    Tompkins County Public LibraryFamily

    Classes & Talks

18. 4:30 p.m.5:30 p.m.

    Boys 7th/8th Basketball v. Dryden

    Lansing MS

19. 4:30 p.m.5:30 p.m.

    English Conversation Hour

    Stimson Hall, G25 204 Feeney Way & on Zoom

    Community

20. 5 p.m.8 p.m.

    Chess Club

    Cortland Free LibraryFamily

    Community

21. 5 p.m.

    Fall 2026 Ammons Reading

    Rhodes + Rawlings Auditorium, Klarman Hall

    Arts & Culture

22. 5 p.m.

    The Unity A

    Reis Tennis Center

23. 5:15 p.m.6 p.m.

    Extreme Weather

    Dundee LibraryFamily

    Classes & Talks

24. 5:30 p.m.7 p.m.

    South Indian Comfort Meal with Nithya Krishnan

    GreenStar Food Co+op$23.18Family

    Food & Drink

25. 6 p.m.8 p.m.

    Singer/Songwriter Night by Dan Forsyth

    Hopshire Farm and Brewery

    Music

26. 6 p.m.7:30 p.m.

    Syntropic Agroforestry Introduction Webinar Part 2

    740 S Meadow StFree

    Classes & Talks

27. 6 p.m.8 p.m.

    Thursday Evening Processing

    Ithaca ReUse Center

28. 6 p.m.8 p.m.

    Thursday Evening Processing

    ReUse MegaCenter

29. 7 p.m.

    Candlelight Tours

    The 1890 House Museum$24

    Arts & Culture

30. 7 p.m.9 p.m.

    Maytag Virgin by Audrey Cefaly

    Kitchen Theatre Company$1+

31. 7:30 p.m.9 p.m.

    Buddhism

    Wisdom’s Goldenrod

    Classes & Talks

32. 8 p.m.10:30 p.m.

    Concert: Livingston Taylor

    Center for the Arts of Homer - William & Ruth Whiting Theater

    Music

33. 8:15 p.m.

    Peter Stenberg, percussion

    Ford HallFree

34. 8:15 p.m.

    Peter Stenberg, percussion at Ford Hall

    Dodson Field