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ITHACA, NY -- The Ithaca Ballet offers an inside view of the choreographer’s creative process in the time of COVID with original pieces by Kristina Hilliard, Amy Walker O’Brien, Amanda Moretti, Kara Skrubis and Maria Valencia Alvarez with one vintage clip by Lawrence Brantley. This year the Ithaca Ballet dancers rehearsed and were filmed at the Hangar Theatre, locations in downtown Ithaca, and Cornell University. Filmed and edited by Marilyn Rivchin, the dance performances are creatively woven together with intimate conversation and fascinating rehearsal footage.

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. EveryAction Announces Acquisition of GiveGab, Combining Two Leaders in Nonprofit Solutions April 15, 2021 GMT ITHACA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 15, 2021-- EveryAction, the fastest-growing and second-largest nonprofit software provider, announced that it has acquired GiveGab, an Ithaca-based company and the market leader in nonprofit, community-wide fundraising. The new partnership will enable EveryAction and GiveGab to offer the most innovative digital tools on the market to empower nonprofits and s...

ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – Many CEO’s in Upstate New York say that economic conditions have worsened during the pandemic, and a number of them are still pessimistic for the rest of this year. That’s according to a recent survey by Siena College which surveyed more than a thousand business leaders from across the upstate area from January through March. Don Levy is director of the Siena College Research Institute. He said this survey shows that 80% of CEOs say that economic conditions worsened since the beginning of the pandemic, and 43% of them believe conditions will get worse this year,...

A registered sex offender from Tompkins County is facing new federal charges for allegedly receiving child pornography.

…Continued from Part I. Visit Ithaca.com to read the prior installment. Theda Bara, the world’s first international movie sex symbol, came to upstate Ithaca, New York, in 1919 to shoot a big-budget silent movie. During the summer of 1919, at the end of the last great pandemic, Bara filmed parts of the feature romance “Kathleen Mavourneen” (1919) for the William Fox studio. Bara’s presence in town made an indelible impression on Ithaca and on Ithacans. LOCAL ACTOR REMEMBERED THEDA While attending Cornell University as an undergraduate engineering student, Leonard Miscall ...