by Sean Lukasik | May 15, 2020 | Best of Corning, Community Voices, Interviews, Parks and Rec, Urban Corning Podcast
It’s mid-May, and the weather is finally starting to look up. As the birds and trees and butterflies come to life, it’s a perfect time to get outside for a walk in the woods. As I take a hike of my own, we hear two interviews with nature experts from the...
by Sean Lukasik | May 25, 2016 | Area Fun!, Corning Museum of Glass, Parks and Rec
If you’re like most hipsters, you probably think it’s a bad idea to show up to a popular festival celebrating glass, the material that single-handedly built a Fortune 500 company in our backyard. You wouldn’t be caught dead enjoying cotton candy, for...
by Maria Strinni | Sep 1, 2015 | Area Fun!, Local Trips, Parks and Rec
The telltale morning fog has begun to nestle into our valley, and ensures us of one thing… Autumn is on its way. But by mid-morning it breaks and gives way to 90-degree days, reminding us that summer is not quite over. If you’re anything like me, that seasonal...
by Sean Lukasik | Oct 7, 2014 | Local News, Parks and Rec, Uncategorized
Corning’s Gaffer District just announced that the Historic Centerway Walking Bridge has been named the American Public Works Association (APWA) Historic Restoration & Preservation Project of the Year! Okay, so it’s not a Grammy and it’s not...
by Amelia Harnas | Jun 21, 2014 | Area Fun!, Local Trips, Parks and Rec, Townie Turned Tourist
Thinking back to my childhood, I believe the first time I ever went to Harris Hill was for the birthday party of the first friend I ever made at school. I think we were maybe 8 or 9 years old. I remember other kids being astonished that I?d never been there before,...
by Dave Rochelle | Jun 14, 2014 | Area Fun!, Best of Corning, Local Arts, Misc, Parks and Rec, Uncategorized
Alleys are pretty utilitarian places. ?Take your typical Market Street block. ?If the Market Street side is the pretty face, then the alley is the? well, let’s leave it at this: the best you might be able to say about a typical alley is that it provides a place...
