“The Made of Clay Report” is a community radio program on Ithaca’s community radio station, WRFI. The program is hosted by Eric Clay and Peaches Gillette. On this website, you’ll find archives of many hours of conversations “digging deeper into the issues of our lives.”
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Learn more about Eric and Peaches at sharedjourneys.net.
March 15, 2026
We thank Karl Paulnack for helping us frame it. A past guest on the show and area resident, Karl is a spiritual leader, hospital chaplain and former Dean of the School of Music at Ithaca College. Our lives are framed by music. We begin with a cry and end with a moan or sigh. All human communication—in the form of pitch and rhythm—was music from the beginning. Our first and primary instrument is our own body. In the very midst of conflict, how can music bring us together?
| Namgyal Monastery March 2026 Interfaith Event Schedule and Registration Music That Brings Us Together: Come experience a day filled with music from different traditions that invite us to be together through our collective listening and singing. Date: March 22, 2026 Location: The 14th Dalai Lama Library and Learning Center 201 Tibet Drive, Ithaca NY Time: 9 AM to 5 PM with 11:00-1:00 Lunch Break Lunch and Snacks will be provided Suggested Donation of $20 to help cover costs for the event (no one will be turned away) Please register at the link below, so we may know how many people there will be for lunch: https://forms.gle/Bdnq99CMbTU8LR7z6 Schedule 9:00 AM Opening Tibetan Buddhism: Namgyal Monks – Opening Prayers, Tibetan Children – Practice Songs, Dalai Lama – Grammy Award Winning Audio Meditations Islam: Mahmud Burton – The Place of Music in Islam and Islamic Culture 11:00-1:00 Lunch Break Native American: Al White and Michael Bastine – Native sacred songs Judaism: Richard Rosenfield and friends – Jewish cantor and practice songs Christianity: Elizabeth Miller – Taize and harp music Sufism: Elisa S. Keeler – Community songs 4:45 Closing |
201 Tibet Drive, Danby Rd, Route 96B, Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone: (607) 272-2785 – Fax: (607) 272-2782
Email: [email protected] – Web: www.namgyal.org
February 15, 2026
Kevin Basl, Hugh McElyea, and Hurf Sheldon of Warrior Writers of Tompkins County
U.S. Army Colonel (retired) Jake Almborg of Stafford, VA
February 1, 2026
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January 4, 2026
To see a growing Ithaca Times list of faith communities, faith-related services, and interfaith activities around Ithaca, NY, visit Who Is Your Neighbor? You’ll see a link to add your own!
Also view a description and contact information for All Eyes and Ears on Racism (AEER).
The Ithaca Times Faith Directory; AEER’s phone line for Blacks and persons of color for unburdening from racism
December 21, 2025
December 7, 2025
Kira sought meaningful secular work not attached to any one religious or spiritual tradition. Through Hospice and theatre, Kira embraced the wildness of compassion and justice in her own sacred engagement of the universe. Kira is the author and solo performer of “Koans at the end of life,” telling many stories that allow us to witness the mysteries of living and dying, to be taught by them and learn from them. This show airs from 10AM to Noon, Sunday, December 7 on WRFI 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM across the southern Finger Lakes, and streams at wrfi.org.
Performances of “Koans at the End of Life: A Hospice Worker’s Story” are December 7 and 14, at 1PM and 4PM each day, at the Word of Mouth Catering Event Space, 37 West Main St, Trumansburg. $20 tickets. Space is limited. Tickets available on Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/koans-at-the-end-of-life-a-hospice-workers-story-tickets-1952742317839
November 23, 2025
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