Cayuga Sound 2018 brings two days of amazing music to Stewart Park in September with performances by X Ambassadors, Young The Giant, Sofi Tukker, Matt and Kim, Talib Kweli and many more.
Join us for an evening of food, drinks, live music, and carousel rides in support of Stewart Park revitalization! Tickets will go on sale soon.
You can help build a section of the new Stewart Park Inclusive Playground by volunteering at the community build this September!
Movies in the Park are returning to Stewart Park August 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31 from 7-11pm!
The Cherry’s premiere production of the 2018/19 season! The Missing Chapter by Katie Marks & Aoise Stratford is a brand new “headphone walking play” based on Ithaca’s silent film past, produced in collaboration with Wharton Studio Museum with support from Friends of Stewart Park. It runs August 31–September 9 and walks begin at the Stewart Park Pavilion every 15 minutes from 4-7pm.
The Missing Chapter introduces audiences to Wharton Studio heroine Beatrice Fairfax, advice columnist for the lovelorn… and amateur sleuth. As Beatrice solves crime in the heady days of the women’s suffrage movement, we stroll Stewart Park and investigate “missing chapters” in the history of our own community.
Audience members who participated in Storm Country, The Cherry’s original headphone walking play, will recall the thrill of traversing Ithaca by foot while being immersed in a theatrical experience like no other.
Get tickets online at the Cherry!
Join Wharton Studio Museum on Saturday, August 25th, 2018 at Taughannock Falls State Park for the 8th annual Silent Movie Under the Stars!
This year we’re celebrating Ithaca’s own Wharton, Inc. Studio’s “Beatrice Fairfax” serial, as well as an episode of the popular 1914 serial “Perils of Pauline.” With original music composed and performed by Cloud Chamber Orchestra.
Movie starts just after 8pm. Bring a picnic, some wine, a chair and a blanket, and enjoy the film.
Presenting Sponsor is M&T Bank. WSM thanks NYS Parks Recreation & Historic Preservation for their partnership since 2011!
Movies in the Park are returning to Stewart Park August 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31 from 7-11pm!
You're invited to the first-ever Community Carnival at Stewart Park on August 21, 2018 from 3:00–6:00 PM!
Come and enjoy a savory barbecue chicken dinner from Dave "King of the Grill" Hatfield and nostalgic frozen treats from Meg-a-Moo's Ice Cream, all at old-fashioned prices; live music by Upstate New York's premiere hot club jazz band Djug Django; free carousel rides and activities like prize wheels, stomp rockets, and Pin the Tail on the Kid President; juggling and balloon animals by Frank S. Towner; a visit from the Ithaca Physics Bus, and much more!
This fun, free, family-friendly event is being hosted by eleven different local non-profit organizations, all of whom are celebrating milestone anniversaries this year.
Movies in the Park are returning to Stewart Park August 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31 from 7-11pm!
Movies in the Park are returning to Stewart Park August 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31 from 7-11pm!
Movies in the Park are returning to Stewart Park August 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31 from 7-11pm!
Meet at the Priscilla Point Overlook near Cass Park.
Join us for a couple of hours of weeding and mulching along the Cayuga Waterfront Trail! We meet early to try and beat the July heat.
No experience or tools necessary, although feel free to bring them if you have them!
Hop on the Cayuga Waterfront Trail or paddle down the Cayuga Inlet to enjoy live music and dancing along the waterfront - including in Stewart Park!
Meet at the Stewart Park Memorial Flagpole Garden.
Join us for a couple of hours of weeding and mulching in Stewart Park! We meet early to try and beat the July heat.
No experience or tools necessary, although feel free to bring them if you have them!
Enjoy a day in the park topped off with evening fireworks launched from Newman Municipal Golf Course. Fireworks time TBA.
FREE RIDES 11:00 am to 12 noon!
Join Us to Celebrate the Opening of the Accessible Carousel Chariot & Ramp!
We are pleased to complete the Carousel Restoration project by celebrating the opening of a newly constructed and painted accessible Carousel Chariot along with an access ramp. Beginning in 2016, the Carousel and its horses have been re-painted by local artists Christi Sobel and Julia John, and a new black steel fence has been installed.
Special thanks to Christi Sobel for painting the Chariot, Tim Merrick for chariot construction and design assistance, Play by Design for leading volunteer build of the accessible ramp, Danielle Fuld for her generous financial support and City of Ithaca staff members Rob Lilly and Jeanne Grace.
Crew Cove Overlook Weed and Mulch Party
Meet at the overlook, south of the Farmer's Market, near the swing bench on the Cayuga Waterfront Trail.
No experience or tools necessary, although you may feel free to bring them if you have them.
Inlet Island Trailhead Weed and Mulch Fest!
Join Trail Adopters Trowbridge Wolf Michaels Landscape Architects for a happy hour mulching party.
No experience or tools necessary, although you may feel free to bring them if you have them.
From its earliest use by the Cayuga Nation, the beautiful lakeside site that is now Stewart Park has a fascinating history. Originally known as Renwick Park, its main pavilions date back to the late 1890's. Soon thereafter, the park became a private amusement park featuring dance and picnic pavilions, a bandstand, and a beautiful water tower. In the 1910's a booming movie studio produced scores of silent films there. Explore the buildings and sites that capture the history of the park—and hear plans for its ongoing revitalization—on a guided walking tour led by Friends of Stewart Park’s Executive Director Rick Manning and Board Chair Diana Riesman, who is also Executive Director of the Wharton Studio Museum.
Meet at the Picnic (Large) Pavilion. Tickets $10; students/seniors $5; children under 12 free.
Proceeds benefit the work of Friends of Stewart Park.
Additional Links:
Ithaca Heritage Event Page
Facebook Event Page
Ithaca Reggae Fest returns to Stewart Park on Saturday, June 23 for day of music and good vibes to help protect Cayuga Lake.
Join us for a guided tour of the Cayuga Waterfront Trail. We will begin at the Jean McPheeters Trailhead and visit all of the five trailheads, also including Stewart Park Trailhead, Farmers Market, Inlet Island, and Cass Park. In addition we will stop at the Rowing Panel and the Gateway to the Erie Canal Panel on Inlet Island and follow the Walk Through History guide for the Cass Park Trail. This will be a 10-mile and very flat ride at a relaxed pace. Bring your bike or grab a Limebike and see you on the trail.
Meet at Jean McPheeters Trailhead (East Shore Visitor Center, 904 East Shore Dr., Ithaca, NY). Tickets $10; students/seniors/Friends of Historic Ithaca/Friends of the History Center $7; under 12 free.
Proceeds benefit the work of Friends of Stewart Park.
Join Trail Adopters from Greenstar to weed the perennial beds along the trail north of Buffalo Street, near Puddledockers and Greenstar along the Cayuga Waterfront Trail.
Join the Community Beautification Program and Friends of Stewart Park to weed and mulch trail beds between the Pavilions and the Boathouse. This was rescheduled from last week due to high winds and the brittle waterfront willows near the beds.
Join the Friends of Stewart Park and volunteers from the Community Beautification Program for a couple hours weeding and mulching the perennial beds along the west, lake-facing parking lot in Stewart Park. Bring your favorite tools and gloves if you have them, otherwise we can provide them for you.
The Stewart Park Carousel reopens Memorial Day weekend for the summer!
Grab your gardening gloves and help beautify Stewart Park!
Grab your binoculars and join Jody Enck of the Cayuga Bird Club for a morning of birding. No experience necessary!
Ithaca Garden Club will be planting three new trees in Stewart Park for Arbor Day.
Grab your binoculars and join Jody Enck of the Cayuga Bird Club for a morning of birding. Make sure to dress for the weather!
You can be part of the volunteer Playground Build Committee! Join FSP Saturday, April 14 from 9-10:30am at in the Arch Room at the First Unitarian Society of Ithaca for a conversation about the Stewart Park Inclusive Playground and the community build happening this September. From volunteer recruitment to carpentry, their is a role for you on this team!
