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Beginning Glassblowing Class

My girlfriend Bonnie and I took an intro to glassblowing class at the Corning Museum of Glass (1 Museum Way, Corning, NY). I went into it with absolutely no experience and came out of it with a pretty good idea of how glass is made... along with some confidence in my...

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Holmes Plate

Holmes Plate (54 W Market St, Corning NY) says they are the only restaurant in the Crystal City for ribs... I'm not sure if that's literally true, but I may not order ribs from another place ever again...Lets just get to it... Holmes' Plate may have the biggest and...

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Ornament-A-Palooza

Thursday night, I spent the evening at the Corning Museum of Glass event 2300°: Ornament-A-Palooza. Whenever you hear about a 2300° event at CMOG, it is an event that is free and open to the public (there's another coming in December). A ton of people show up and at...

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Urban Corning Store

Show your local pride with these select products from Urban Corning. Order online or shop exclusively at Card Carrying Books & Gifts on Market Street