Around the world, writers, journalists, visual artists, filmmakers, musicians, actors, and other creative people are censored, harassed, imprisoned, or killed for speaking their minds or exercising their imaginations. Since 2001, Ithaca City of Asylum has welcomed at-risk writers and artists into the Ithaca community, enabling them to continue their work and helping them and their families meet the challenges of a new environment. Learn more.
Come celebrate with us!
Celebrate Ithaca’s 25th anniversary as a refuge for threatened writers and artists in Imagine!, a series of dialogues exploring the power of imagination as a public good.
Nicaraguan political cartoonist Pedro X. Molina (winner of the Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent, finalist for the 2026 Herblock Award) and Cornell soil scientist Johannes Lehmann (member of the National Academy of Sciences, co-founder of The Soil Factory) kick off the series on Tuesday, April 28 at 6:30 p.m. at the Tompkins County Public Library. Learn more.
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Molina & Lehmann kick off Imagine! series
Imagine! Pedro X. Molina and Johannes LehmannTuesday, April 28, 6:30 p.m.BorgWarner Room West, Tompkins County Public LibraryFree and open to the public Nicaraguan cartoonist Pedro X. Molina (Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent, Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award) and Cornell soil scientist Johannes Lehmann (National Academy of Sciences, co-founder of The Soil Factory) kick off…
Imagine! series celebrates ICOA’s 25th anniversary
Celebrate Ithaca’s 25th anniversary as a refuge for threatened writers and artists in this series of dialogues exploring the power of imagination as a public good. Twenty-five years ago, a group of local writers declared Ithaca a place where threatened writers and artists could safely speak their minds and exercise their imaginations. Since then, our…
Voices of Freedom: Pedro X. Molina on milestones of Latin American democracy
A Voices of Freedom celebration, hosted by Ithaca City of AsylumThursday, December 4, at 5:45 p.m. BorgWarner Room of the Tompkins County Public Library101 E. Green St., Ithaca 14850 Free and open to the public • Refreshments will be served Ithaca City of Asylum (ICOA) invites the community to attend Voices of Freedom, our annual…
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