May day, May day, May day! With the world confronting a life-threatening pandemic, we are more than ever acutely aware of how much we depend on a vast number of service workers to help us live our lives. High on the list, of course, are doctors, hospital administrators, and scientists scrambling to find ways to prevent and treat the Covid19 virus. But the … [Read more...] about A Gratitude Caravan

UPDATE: Dominic Davy, an Army veteran, father, son, Binghamton University professor, scholar, and activist is missing. He was last seen Friday, April 10th at 4 am at his home on Moss Avenue in Endicott, NY. Dominic, more affectionately known as “Dom”, is 6’1” tall and weighs 190-200 pounds. He was last seen wearing a dark-colored shirt, dark shorts, and … [Read more...] about Dominick Davy, BU Professor Missing

LUMA Projection Arts Festival and the Cooperative Gallery are again teaming up to create Mural Mapping on a downtown building. This year's building is the Old Stone Opera House on Chenango Street. They are looking for artists to use the outlines of the building to create a picture or mural. Instead of videos, the images would be still images and will be … [Read more...] about Mural Mapping Begins

NYFA has partnered with Anonymous Was A Woman (AWAW) to launch an emergency relief grant program to support women-identifying visual artists over 40 who have been impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. The program will distribute $250,000 in cash grants, up to $2,500 per-artist, to artists who have experienced financial hardship from loss of income or … [Read more...] about New York Foundation for the Arts Emergency Relief Grant

A Farm Share is a way to get fresh vegetables and to support the local farmers that grow them. Win Win! Each week during the season you will get a bag of vegetables including how to cook and store them. VINES, which will have its 20th community garden this year also has an urban farm and hires young people in the summer, teaching them how to garden, sell … [Read more...] about Eat Local with VINES Farm Share

PandemicWhat if you thought of itas the Jews consider the Sabbath—the most sacred of times?Cease from travel.Cease from buying and selling.Give up, just for now,on trying to make the worlddifferent than it is.Sing. Pray. Touch only thoseto whom you commit your life.Center down.And when your body has become still,reach out with your heart.Know that we are … [Read more...] about Pandemic (poem)

Mayor David Suspends Use of Blue City Garbage Bags, Parking Meter Enforcement And Code Enforcement Violations In Non-Emergency Situations Through May 1 AND The City has announced an interest free loan for local small businesses. — Measures To Provide Financial Relief To Residents Impacted By COVID-19 — (BINGHAMTON, N.Y.) — Mayor Richard C. David on … [Read more...] about Binghamton Suspends Blue Bags, Parking Meters