Dear Park Friends,
We are so pleased to kick off our Centennial Series Programming this Wednesday. We've had an incredible response, and are so thankful to Dr. Kress for sharing his wisdom with us. We plan to record all of the Zoom events in the Centennial Series, making them available on our YouTube channel for anyone who can't be with us live.
Registration is now open for the second event in the series, The Many Lives of Stewart Park: Past and Present. We hope you can join us for these and all events we're planning in celebration of 100 years of Stewart Park!
Janelle Alvstad-Mattson
FSP Communications Coordinator
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BIRDS OF STEWART PARK
with Dr. Stephen Kress
A Free Online Event
This Wednesday, February 17, 7:00pm
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Acclaimed author and ornithologist Dr. Stephen (Steve) Kress introduces some of the more than 100 bird species that frequent Stewart Park in a lively presentation with stunning images and audio recordings.
This free online program for any and all bird enthusiasts explains why Stewart Park is such a popular destination for birds and birders.
Well-known throughout the Ithaca community, for more than 40 years Dr. Kress has taught the popular Spring Field Ornithology course at Cornell's Lab of Ornithology.
Register Here.
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THE MANY LIVES OF STEWART PARK:
PAST & PRESENT
A Free Online Event
Wednesday, March 31, 7:00pm
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Cayuga Nation fishing village of Neodakheat. Swampy farmland. Competitive rowing oasis. Trolley amusement park. Home of Wharton, Inc. silent movie studio. And today, one of the area's most popular recreational and cultural hubs. One thing's for sure: Stewart Park is a special place!
Explore the rich history of Ithaca's favorite lakeside destination with those who know it best in this free online event featuring: Friends of Stewart Park Executive Director Rick Manning; Executive Director of Wharton Studio Museum and FSP Board President Diana Riesman, and Susan Holland of Historic Ithaca.
REGISTER HERE
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Music in Stewart Park from Patrick Conway's early 20th Century Ithaca Band to local contemporary artists.
Theatre, Movies, and other Events in Stewart Park, including a Streets Alive-style festival & Illuminate the Inlet experience.
100th Birthday Bash for Stewart Park on the weekend of the 4th of July..
An Exhibit Celebrating Stewart Park in the Atrium of the Tompkins Center for History & Culture on the Commons in downtown Ithaca.
All in-person events and exhibits will follow Covid-safety guidelines.
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Water Quality in Cayuga Lake Join Finger Lakes Land Trust Executive Director Andy Zepp to understand the water quality challenges in Cayuga Lake and what the Land Trust and others are doing to protect the our land and water resources. September.
The Cayuga Waterfront Trail and Ithaca’s Evolving Waterfront Join Jean McPheeters, former President of the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce, and FSP Executive Director Rick Manning as they take a sentimental and amusing look back at the CWT's long and storied planning process, and discuss current plans, projects and trends on Ithaca's waterfront. October.
Stewart Park Revitalization Plan: 2022 - 2031: FSP Executive Director Rick Manning presents a final draft of the Stewart Park Revitalization Plan 2031. November.
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WINTER MAINTENANCE
Cayuga Waterfront Trail Maintenance in Cass Park Only
Winter is a great time to enjoy the Waterfront Trail, however, the only section of the Trail that receives winter maintenance is the stretch along Cass Park, marked in black on this map. City workers do their best to get the Trail there cleaned-off quickly after every snowfall, so this is by far the safest section of the CWT this time of year.
That said, snow naturally melts off the black-paved Trail faster than on unpaved surfaces, so the entire Trail tends to melt-off once temperatures go above freezing for a few day at a time. Please take care whenever using the Trail in winter.
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WHARTON STUDIO MUSEUM
Finger Lakes Film Trail Launches
New Online Film Series on Race
Race Films/Race Matters: Starting Conversations About Race in America is a new online film series produced by Finger Lakes Film Trail that hopes to initiate conversations about where we are today in terms of race relations and civil rights as individuals, as a community, and as a nation, through the lens of race films.
The series -- which is completely free to all -- focuses on five race films with accompanying video lectures by scholars from Cornell University, Ithaca College, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Eastman Museum, and Ithaca High School.
We invite you to explore this engaging digital series with the hope that, as a teacher, professor, librarian, or community organizer/activist, or interested individual, you will delve into this program with your high school or college class, local library, film group, book group, church or temple group, a social action committee, or friends. Click here to view the series.
Race Films/Race Matters is produced by Finger Lakes Film Trail, created in 2019 by Wharton Studio Museum in partnership with the George Eastman Museum in Rochester and Case Research Lab and Cayuga Museum in Auburn. The series was made possible by a grant from Humanities New York.
To visit the Finger Lakes Film Trail, go to www.fingerlakesfilmtrail.org
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BLACK FACES WHITE SPACES
A Free Virtual Event
Finger Lakes Land Trust is hosting a free virtual event in partnership with the Cornell Botanic Gardens, the Ithaca Children’s Garden, The Learning Farm, and US Fish and Wildlife. The virtual lecture by Dr. Carolyn Finney, author of “Black Faces, White Spaces,” will explore how we meet this moment in American history as it relates to green space, race, and the power to shape the places we live in our own image.
February 25th at 6pm. Register here.
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BIRDING
8 Week Online Course
The Cayuga Bird Club invites you to Spring Ornithology: an 8 week course with with Steve Kress.
Presentations Include: Bird Identification, Family Life of Birds, Bird Song, Migration Mysteries, Attracting Birds, and Bird Conservation.
Dates: 7 to 9 PM, Tuesdays, March 30 – May 18, 2021, via Zoom
(Classes are recorded for viewing or reviewing at your convenience.)
Cost: $125/Household (includes Cayuga Bird Club membership)
Registration & Information
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TAG IT
Celebrate 100 years of Stewart Park!
2021 is Stewart Park's Centennial. We invite you to celebrate the park's 100th Birthday with us! Share your love for Stewart Park by marking your social media posts taken in the park with the hashtag #stewartpark100!
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