Museum Shines a Light on New Native American Masterpiece
Why place a totem pole from the Pacific Northwest at the entrance to a neo-Georgian building in Central New York? The 30-foot contemporary Haida carving is the latest addition to the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, an assemblage of nearly 850 works on display at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown.
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Historic Opera House Makes Year-Round Space for the Arts
The Earlville Opera House plays a vital role in a rural region that boasts few theaters or museums. Over the past several years, EOH has been renovating the building to preserve it, make it more accessible and accommodate a full menu of programs not just seasonally, but throughout the year.
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Old Water Turbine Starts Wheels Turning for New Solutions
As we seek out sustainable sources to power our 21st century technology, it sometimes helps to look back at the past. For a view of how earlier generations put energy to work in their time, you probably won't find a better setting than the Hanford Mills Museum in East Meredith.
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Teens Plant, Grow, Learn and Share the Wealth
When you grow vegetables, the cycle that runs from seed to plant to harvest to kitchen table offers opportunities to gain some personal growth as well. That's part of the theory behind the "Growing Connection," a summer program of the Binghamton Housing Authority that turns at-risk teens into urban gardeners and entrepreneurs.
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Life Comes Back to Berkshire's Community Hall
In 1932, local volunteers built Berkshire's Community Hall to house a school lunchroom, social and organizational events, youth sports and a host of other activities for residents of northern Tioga County. In the 1950s, though, some of these functions moved to a new elementary school. People stopped maintaining the Community Hall and it fell into disrepair.
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The Floods of 2006
The images are engraved on our minds. Brown water everywhere. Whole neighborhoods submerged. A lifetime of work and memories piled on the curb. And volunteers. Hundreds, thousands of volunteers, helping friends, neighbors, strangers.
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Creating Islands of Stillness - Stillwater RTF Multi-Sensory Room
We all have our own ways of dealing with stress. Exercise, quiet music, a warm bathany of these will reduce stress levels, help us get back to normal. But what if a normal, relaxed state is simply outside your experience? What if there is no "normal"? That's what it's like for children who have suffered extensive physical, sexual, psychological and emotional abuse.
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A Solid Base for Fun and Fitness - Tioga County Boys & Girls Club
Since 1945 the Tioga County Boys and Girls Club has been offering all sorts of ways to get fit, get educated and have a great time. Members range from six-year-olds to senior citizens. They come to the club in Owego to stay busy after school, get help with homework, take music lessons, work out and compete in all manner of sports, to name just a few of the available activities.
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Young Readers Take Up the Challenge in Franklin
Ask any teacher, and they'll tell you that the ability to read easily and with good comprehension is a telling indicator of a child's future success. But if good reading skills are the goal, what's the best way to get there? That hasn't always been so clear.
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Helping Neighbors Get Out Into the World
If you can't leave your house on your own, then you can't go to work, pick up groceries or escape if the smoke alarm rings. That's the challenge people face when they rely on wheelchairs but don't have ramps on their homes.
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