Community Calendar

Intro to the Food Bank - A Food Bank of the Southern Tier Hunger Action Month Event
Session 1 of 2 - additional option scheduled for 9/17

Ever wondered where the Food Bank gets all that food from? How about the difference between a food bank and a food pantry? Learn this and a lot more at our Intro to the Food Bank workshop this September — Hunger Action Month! This interactive, online training covers the ins and outs of the Food Bank and how to best support our work.

Pre-registration is required: tinyurl.com/FBSTeducation

On September 10th, author and professor Dawn Biehler will explore how different groups of humans and animals used Central Park to transform human-animal relationships in New York City during the nineteenth century. While park authorities tried to design Central Park’s animal landscapes to reflect elite Western European aesthetics and cultural values, regular New Yorkers demanded accessible animal exhibits—and even introduced animals themselves.

A new book discussed every month. Join us!

Labor Day, 1925 - seven years after the end of "The Great War," an estimated 100,000 people gathered downtown to celebrate the opening of Binghamton's new Memorial Bridge. Spanning the Chenango River at Riverside Drive, the massive 5-arch concrete bridge was dedicated "to those citizens of Broome County whose unselfish service in our American wars expresses man's highest ideal of patriotic devotion." The celebration on opening day was reported to be the greatest celebratory event in the history of Binghamton. Broome County Historian Roger Luther will tell the story using news articles of the day, vintage personal accounts and historic documents.

The 2025 New York State Ornithological Association Conference will be hosted this September by the Cayuga Bird Club in Ithaca, New York, located on Cayuga Lake in the beautiful Finger Lakes region. The meeting is open to the public, brings together birders from across the state and beyond, and offers attendees a variety of social, educational, and birding activities.

An offbeat exhibit of visual and verbal art featuring Kyle Roberts and Kardan.
* Live readings and free food at 1:00 PM.

Assault on The Art Scene is an attack on the pretension that accompanies the average art show, featuring the work of Kyle Roberts and Kardan.

This unusual exhibition is built upon the belief that: Art should not be safe. Art should not be boring. Art should feel dangerous. This provocative exhibit features pieces that lift the societal veil and allow their viewers a peek at the commonality underneath. Fueled by intangible compulsions, Kyle and Kardan both describe a loss of self/ego while creating their works. The aftermath is an offering from the other side… a primal exchange.

Kyle Roberts is a stencil/spray paint artist who delivers a deep dive into the absurd decline of society through depictions of desperation, depravity, and the irrational. Kyle’s art portrays subversive themes that resonate an unnerving unspoken universal experience. His work implores viewers to question their bias on tradition, religion, and social standards while employing a subtle satire that reverberates throughout each piece. His style has previously been described as “Animal Farm meets The Ticonderoga Express on the carousel of beatitude”.

Kardan is a 20-year old self-taught artist from Long Island who moved to upstate NY in 2015. She is not bound to any set style and loves to experiment with different forms. Her work is deeply tied to bird symbolism, which acts as a reflection of humanity’s desire, intelligence, and abandonment. Kardan believes that art is a place where wildness, pain, and truth are allowed to live unfiltered. Her pieces beg to speak to anyone with their brain and heart exposed, and serve as a reminder that - much like freedom - art is something you feel before you understand.

HCS website: https://www.hcssaia.com/

The 2025 New York State Ornithological Association Conference will be hosted this September by the Cayuga Bird Club in Ithaca, New York, located on Cayuga Lake in the beautiful Finger Lakes region. The meeting is open to the public, brings together birders from across the state and beyond, and offers attendees a variety of social, educational, and birding activities.

An offbeat exhibit of visual and verbal art featuring Kyle Roberts and Kardan.
* Live readings and free food at 1:00 PM.

Assault on The Art Scene is an attack on the pretension that accompanies the average art show, featuring the work of Kyle Roberts and Kardan.

This unusual exhibition is built upon the belief that: Art should not be safe. Art should not be boring. Art should feel dangerous. This provocative exhibit features pieces that lift the societal veil and allow their viewers a peek at the commonality underneath. Fueled by intangible compulsions, Kyle and Kardan both describe a loss of self/ego while creating their works. The aftermath is an offering from the other side… a primal exchange.

Kyle Roberts is a stencil/spray paint artist who delivers a deep dive into the absurd decline of society through depictions of desperation, depravity, and the irrational. Kyle’s art portrays subversive themes that resonate an unnerving unspoken universal experience. His work implores viewers to question their bias on tradition, religion, and social standards while employing a subtle satire that reverberates throughout each piece. His style has previously been described as “Animal Farm meets The Ticonderoga Express on the carousel of beatitude”.

Kardan is a 20-year old self-taught artist from Long Island who moved to upstate NY in 2015. She is not bound to any set style and loves to experiment with different forms. Her work is deeply tied to bird symbolism, which acts as a reflection of humanity’s desire, intelligence, and abandonment. Kardan believes that art is a place where wildness, pain, and truth are allowed to live unfiltered. Her pieces beg to speak to anyone with their brain and heart exposed, and serve as a reminder that - much like freedom - art is something you feel before you understand.

HCS website: https://www.hcssaia.com/