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Consistently rated the best local scavenger hunt since 2016!

Puzzling Adventures are a cross between a scavenger hunt, an adventure race, and an informative self-guided walking tour. Each adventure consists of a series of locations that you are guided to where you are required to answer a question or solve a puzzle to receive your next instruction. Compete as a group, individually or create multiple teams and race each other. Almost all of our adventures are designed to be wheelchair and stroller friendly and all are carefully crafted to be entertaining and informative with something to appeal to all ages. Complete the adventure as quickly as possible to win first place or take your time and enjoy the journey. Price is per team, not per person. Groups can be any size, but small groups are recommended for the best experience.

Enter the code EVENTPASS on the payment page for a $10 discount!

Most locations are available daylight hours every day.

September 1-30, 2025 Cazenovia Artisans 39 Albany Street
Cazenovia Artist Reception: September 5 from 5-7 p.m.

Aquatint is a printmaking technique that produces tonal effects by using acid to etch into the printing plate, creating sunken areas that hold the ink.

“Sometimes new art forms fall right into your lap. I learned intaglio techniques, including etching and aquatinting, while working at Hamilton College. Hired as an assistant in the printmaking studio, I soon realized what a fun challenge it would be to delve into this somewhat antiquated artform, mixing science with art. Over the next four years, I invested in my own printmaking studio - learning with each accident, mistake and oops. The thrill of etching is pulling the first print to see if all those layers, lines and tones come together at long last.”

Join Family & Children's Service of Ithaca on Saturday, September 13, for lunch by Luna's, a talk with Don Rakow (former director of the Cornell Botanical Gardens and a forest therapy guide). After the talk, take a guided sensory walk around Stewart Park, join a seated meditation or explore nature with your kids -- a chance to put into practice what we've just learned!

Don will discuss his work on the importance of time in nature for our mental health, as well as some core practices we could all benefit from. This is a family-friendly event, so bring your kids and spend the afternoon in Stewart Park with Family & Children's Service of Ithaca!

Many thanks to our sponsors: Edward Abelson, Ph.D., Beginnings Credit Union, True Insurance, & Tompkins Financial.

Please contact Development@fcsith.org with questions about this event.

Set in the layered world of Najee Dorsey’s Poor People’s Campaign is a powerful collection of work grounded in the environmental struggles of today’s impoverished communities. Blending Southern nostalgia with digitally collaged speculative futures, Dorsey’s work unveils a future shaped by environmental racism, industrial pollution, and the resilience of those who endure these atrocities. This exhibition challenges viewers to confront what’s hidden in plain sight—smokestacks on the horizon, decaying landscapes, and children at play in dystopian backdrops, unaware, just going about their lives.

Each candid portrayal of a child, each scar of environmental injustice plaguing the earth, is a symbol of ongoing corporate greed, and a masterful fusion of futures transforming the landscape into an intimate battleground. Through these works, Dorsey challenges us to consider the true cost of progress and unchecked power.

Hamilton College’s Wellin Museum of Art presents the exhibition, Jamea Richmond-Edwards: Another World and Yet the Same, from September 13, 2025, through June 14, 2026, showcasing the artist’s interdisciplinary work in video, collage, and painting. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, Sept. 13, from 4 to 6 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

About the Artist
Jamea Richmond-Edwards (b. 1982, Detroit) earned a BA from Jackson State University (2004) and an MFA from Howard University (2012). Her work has been included in exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum, California African American Museum (Los Angeles), Charles Wright Museum (Detroit), Delaware Art Museum (Wilmington), Frist Art Museum (Nashville), Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and the Phillips Collection (Washington, DC). She is a 2018 recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant, and her works are included in the collections of the Rubell Family Collection, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and the U.S. Department of State’s Art in Embassies program.

Just like American Idol, but in Savannah, NY! Enjoy attending or registering to compete in this live music competition for ages 14 & up! Awesome cash prizes will be awarded. Limited contestants- use the QR code to register today so you don't miss out! Call 315-516-0407 to order Chicken BBQ from Miss Bellerina's Dance Studio for dinner with the show. Watch for updates on Facebook on the Savannah, NY Chamber of Commerce page. See you there!

While our trails close at dusk, some life in The Woods is just starting to stir when the sun goes down. Join us for a bona fide Baltimore Woods tradition as we explore the exciting and mysterious nocturnal forest at an event for all ages! Using flashlights, black lights, and no lights at all, we’ll put our senses to the test as we listen for owls and look for glowing mushrooms. Don’t miss your chance to experience A Night at The Woods!

More details: This program is designed for all ages. Space is limited. Online pre-registration is required. Bring a small flashlight. Half of this after-dark program will follow our most difficult trail with hills, roots, and steps. The other half will be on relatively flat trails with grass or stone dust.

Show Statement:
"Like many artists who have come to New Mexico, I was immediately drawn to the distinctive Southwestern light. The beauty of the natural environment is evident to most people; however, my interest was to explore the more banal peripheral landscapes that often go unnoticed by the casual observer. I began by photographing color fields and geometric shapes. I was interested in the way light and shadow could spark complex narratives, and I quickly became aware that these isolated moments in the suburban landscape were rich with metaphor. Closed and open doors, empty parking lots and forgotten swimming pools drew me to a scene; yet it was my reactions to these objects and spaces that elicited interpretation and projection.

"As a psychotherapist, I learned the art of asking the question – in many ways, these photographs are an extension of that work. The symbols and spaces in my images are an invitation to explore a rich world that is concealed from consciousness. And the scenes are an enticement to contemplate narratives that have no remarkable life or history yet tap into something deeply familiar to our experience; often disturbing, sometimes amusing…unquestionably present."

Consistently rated the best local scavenger hunt since 2016!

Puzzling Adventures are a cross between a scavenger hunt, an adventure race, and an informative self-guided walking tour. Each adventure consists of a series of locations that you are guided to where you are required to answer a question or solve a puzzle to receive your next instruction. Compete as a group, individually or create multiple teams and race each other. Almost all of our adventures are designed to be wheelchair and stroller friendly and all are carefully crafted to be entertaining and informative with something to appeal to all ages. Complete the adventure as quickly as possible to win first place or take your time and enjoy the journey. Price is per team, not per person. Groups can be any size, but small groups are recommended for the best experience.

Enter the code EVENTPASS on the payment page for a $10 discount!

Most locations are available daylight hours every day.