Category: Events

Shoreline vegetation and floating wetlands will be the focus of a free Seneca Lake water-quality webinar at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22. The Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association is hosting “The … more: Seneca Lake webinar to explore how plants can help protect water quality

Wood Library in Canandaigua will host a free Oct. 28 presentation examining gender and sexuality through historical, biological, genetic and social perspectives. “Beyond Two Boxes: Examining the Complexities of Gender and Sexuality” … more: Wood Library to host Oct. 28 discussion on gender and sexuality

A new Cornell University Library exhibit opening Oct. 22 will examine how languages become endangered and how communities work to keep them alive. “Languages at the Brink: Threatened Languages and How We … more: Cornell exhibit on endangered languages opens Oct. 22

Thirty-two veterans from four counties will be recognized at state Sen. Pam Helming's 10th annual Veterans Recognition Ceremony in Canandaigua on Oct. 23. The public is invited to attend the 4 … more: Helming to honor 32 veterans at Oct. 23 ceremony in Canandaigua

The Town of Canandaigua's trunk-or-treat will bring a crafts tent, magic show and haunted house to Outhouse Park and Motion Junction Playground on Saturday, Oct. 24. The event runs from 2 … more: Canandaigua trunk-or-treat set for Oct. 24 at Outhouse Park

A free talk on Indigenous languages in the Cayuga Lake region Thursday evening will open a series of Cornell events exploring the histories and futures of American Sign Language and Haudenosaunee languages. … more: Cornell language events begin Oct. 15 with Cayuga Lake talk

Cornell professor Matthew Hall will discuss falling birth rates, population aging, migration and growing diversity in a free public lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 28, in Ithaca. The Phi Beta Kappa Distinguished Lecture, “The … more: Cornell lecture to examine aging and changing population on Oct. 28

UR Medicine's mobile mammography van is scheduled to offer breast screenings in Auburn on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at the Cayuga County Office Building parking lot. The stop at 160 Genesee St. is … more: Mobile mammography van to offer screenings in Auburn Oct. 20

Two free sessions in Webster next week will give Rochester-area homeowners and families a chance to ask local professionals about downsizing, asset planning and senior living transitions. Both programs begin at 6:30 … more: Free Webster sessions to cover downsizing decisions Oct. 20 and 22

Yates County Public Health will offer a free drive-thru MMR clinic for adults Oct. 24 from 10 a.m. to noon at the county Highway Department in Penn Yan. Each person receiving … more: Yates County offers free adult MMR clinic Oct. 24

Lake Country Players will stage the musical comedy “Once Upon a Mattress” at Watkins Glen High School for four performances Nov. 5-8, with tickets sold at the door. Evening shows are … more: Lake Country Players to stage ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ in Watkins Glen Nov. 5-8

Citizens for South Bristol will hold a free concert and candidate meet-and-greet Sunday, Oct. 18, at The Woods, with attendees asked to bring shelf-stable food for the Naples Open Cupboard. The gathering … more: Free South Bristol concert to pair candidate meet-and-greets with food drive Oct. 18

Schuyler County will host a community blood drive Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at its Human Services Complex in Montour Falls. The drive will take place in … more: Schuyler County to host Nov. 3 blood drive in Montour Falls

A No Kings rally focused on early voting and voters' rights is planned as a public event for Saturday, Oct. 17, outside the Schuyler County Courthouse in Watkins Glen. Hector/Schuyler Indivisible … more: No Kings voting-rights rally planned in Watkins Glen Saturday

Y Combinator co-founder and Cornell alumnus Paul Graham will return to campus Oct. 28 to discuss how ideas become startup companies in a lecture open to the Cornell community. The talk, “How … more: Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham to speak at Cornell Oct. 28

Soprano Dawn Upshaw will perform with Cornell University students in a free public concert Oct. 22 at Barnes Hall in Ithaca. The 7:30 p.m. program is part of her visit to … more: Dawn Upshaw to visit with Cornell students in Ithaca Oct. 22

The Auburn Symphony Orchestra will present a free concert Nov. 1 featuring music from the 18th through 21st centuries, including a work commissioned for the orchestra. “A Musical Journey Across the … more: Auburn Symphony plans free Nov. 1 concert spanning four centuries of music

Cayuga County will hold a grand opening for its relocated Department of Motor Vehicles office at 25 Dill St. in Auburn at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13. The temporary DMV office at … more: Cayuga County DMV sets Oct. 13 grand opening on Dill Street

The Watkins-Montour Rotary Club will hold its annual community blood screening Nov. 7 at the Clute Park Community Center in Watkins Glen, offering appointments for a Quest Diagnostics blood analysis through AMBA … more: Watkins-Montour Rotary plans Nov. 7 blood screening