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This is where we share updates, events, news, and mostly our unfiltered opinions about the people, places, and things in Corning. Read on.
What’s Going On? – 2300°, Of Course!
It's the third Thursday of the month, and you know that what means - 2300? is back! Our friends at the Corning Museum of Glass have switched things up a bit. Tonight's event, appropriately titled 2300?: Fire & Ice, offers a little more than the usual 2300?...
Ten Things from Corning You Didn’t Know You Need in Your Life, But Totally Do
Sure, we're not as trendy as Brooklyn's Fulton Street, and you won't find the same cosmopolitan flare of Paris'?Champs-?lys?es, but Downtown Corning has a uniqueness of its own that deserves to be celebrated. And its definitely got a leg up on Ithaca, but that's...
Why Wegmans Is The Superior Supermarket
There are few things that ignite as much debate amongst friends in different corners of the country than who has the better grocery chain. You've got Piggly Wiggly and Publix down South and Stater Bros. out on the West Coast. Throw Trader Joe's and Whole Foods in the...
Don’t Miss Tonight’s 2300°. Just Don’t.
Tonight is 2300? at the Corning Museum of Glass. If you don't know what that means, you're probably not from Corning and you can stop reading this post; we won't hold it against you... for long. If you do live in Corning, you should definitely be there. 2300? is a...
From A Tiny House to The Big Screen: Corning’s Oscar Watch
When Corning builds their version of the "Welcome to Elmira" sign, featuring?all the stars who live here, Dan Driscoll is going to be front and center. You probably already recognize him from an episode of HGTV's "Tiny House Hunters," when Dan and his family moved...
What Makes Community: A Corning Outsider-Turned-Insider’s Perspective
Over the last several weeks, our Urban Corning team has had the pleasure of welcoming Victorian Strobel, a senior at Keuka College. She's had an opportunity to become more well versed with our Corning community, and we thought it would be a nice opportunity to gather...