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November First Friday and Launch of First-Ever Broome Art Guide

Broome County Arts Council Presents November First Friday and Launch of First-Ever Broome Art Guide BINGHAMTON, NY. Broome County Arts Council is pleased to present November’s First Friday Art Walk from 6PM to 9PM in Downtown Binghamton on November 5th, 2021. Exhibitions are free and open to the public. (Some additional events may have an admission […]

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Phoenix Awards

We’re celebrating activism in the Southern Tier! The annual Phoenix Awards will take place in person (with a virtual option) on Tuesday, October 26 in Endwell, NY. Join us! This event honors local activists who are engaged in advancing Citizen Action’s vision of a world based on racial, social, economic, and environmental justice. This year’s

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Public Art Directory Launched

           The new Broome County Public Art Directory reveals the many murals and sculptures that exist in Broome County. In collaboration with Broome County Planning, the Dept of Public Art (DPA) has posted murals on the site and on Sunday October 17th launches the site to the public. “While most people recognize there are many arts

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Three Artists in November at Cooperative

The Cooperative Gallery is exhibiting three of its artists’ work in the month of November. Bill Gorman, photographer (and well known local actor) presents Melange a mix of “incongruous elements.” Geoffrey Gould, also a photographer, displays Iceland’s Natural Beauty. And Eileen Schlag, a painter in several media, offers Layers, both a technique and remembrances from

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Greater Good Grocery Update

Courtesy of WBNG– ae story here. BINGHAMTON (WBNG) — The Greater Good Grocery, located in the North Side of Binghamton, opened during the pandemic. During the afternoon of September 22, community leaders came together to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony and made remarks on the latest addition to serve our community. “Opening during a pandemic brought

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October 2 and 3: Women’s March + Remember Rosie Jiménez

  The local Indivisible chapter is hosting a Defend Our Reproductive Rights Rally Saturday Oct. 2 at 2 pm Broome Co. Courthouse. Two reproductive rights campaigns have staked out the first weekend in October for actions around the country to defend abortion rights.Beginning in July, when the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would hear a

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“I can’t breathe” in the Broome County Jail

August 30, 2021 / Bill Martin / From Just Talk website. “Strip, N-word!”  That’s what Broome County correctional officers told Taej’on Vega after dragging the prone and handcuffed Black/Latino teenager across the floor to his cell.  It got more brutal quickly, leaving Vega badly bruised and traumatized. Similar stories have for years been repeated from

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