If it’s October, it’s Silent Movie Month in Ithaca! Join Wharton Studio Museum and many local arts, history, and culture organizations — and bookstores — in celebrating Silent Movie Month. This October marks the 11th year of this month-long event honoring Ithaca’s movie history and the magic of silent film! Our first event is Saturday, […]

While we were rained out on August 20th for our 12th annual Silent Movie Under the Stars at Taughannock, we’re pleased to let you know we’ve rescheduled and relocated the screening! Join Wharton Studio Museum on Sunday, October 2nd at 4pm under the stars on the ceiling at the beautiful State Theatre in downtown Ithaca […]

A series of linked events highlights three Ithaca women writers—Grace Miller White, Maude Radford Warren, and Ruth Sawyer—whose literary works inspired silent films during the early days of the film industry. For details about Lit. Women of Silent Film events visit https://www.fingerlakesfilmtrail.org/lit-women-event-page

Don’t miss this classic German horror film — first cinematic version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula With live music by the unforgettable Invincible Czars from Austin, TX. Wednesday, October 19th 7:15pm At Sage Hall on Cornell University’s campus. Tickets at cornellcinema.eventive.org

This Silent Movie Month, WSM is proud to partner with Buffalo Street Books to offer a fun evening of learning & drawing, along with sipping a little wine and other beverages. Michael Watson, whose ITHAQA comic series is set within the context of Ithaca’s early film history, will be on hand to show us the […]

  We are terribly disappointed to have to call off our 12th Silent Movie Under the Stars due to rain, thunder and lightning last night and, unfortunately, because more of the same is predicted today, our rain date for  Sunday, August 21.   Thank you so much to everyone who came out to Taughannock last […]

  Saturday, August 20 is our 12th annual Silent Movie Under the Stars, a silent film with live music under the night sky at Taugahnnock Falls State Park!! This event is FREE and family friendly!  Featuring: Buster Keaton’s “Steamboat Bill, Jr.” Bring a chair, bring a blanket, bring your family & friends—it’s going to be […]

  Join WSM on Saturday, May 21 at 1pm at The Dryden Theater at the George Eastman Museum for From Nickelodeon to Movie Palace, the fourth and final lecture in Finger Lakes Film Trail’s Making Noise About Silent Film: Conversations About Cinema, Culture and Social Change series. Presenter is Ken Fox, Head of Library and […]

  The Screening & Awards Ceremony for Quiet on the Set!, WSM’s student film festival is set for Saturday, June 4th, 2022 at 4pm at Cinemapolis in downtown Ithaca.   Join us for our fifth festival of short silent films by youth in the Southern Tier.  We have a wealth of entries this year and a wonderful […]