{"id":364256,"date":"2026-10-04T17:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T17:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/364256\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T17:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T17:34:09","slug":"events-community-programs-bringing-people-together-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/364256\/","title":{"rendered":"Events, community programs bringing people together fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ithaca Councilmember Pat Sewell joins In Focus\u00a0to discuss the events, arts and community programs bringing people together this fall. He highlights upcoming activities such as the Mural Jam, Sidewalk Showcase and downtown Halloween festivities.<\/p>\n<p>Sewell also supports local artists\u00a0that help\u00a0bring customers to downtown businesses. The conversation explores youth programming, partnerships with area colleges and ways to keep cultural opportunities accessible to residents. Sewell also discusses how Ithaca can support its downtown economy and maintain community engagement as the colder months approach.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the full interview above. And be sure to tune in for a look inside the biggest issues impacting upstate New York, on In Focus with JoDee Kenney \u2014 every Sunday on Spectrum News 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ithaca Councilmember Pat Sewell joins In Focus\u00a0to discuss the events, arts and community programs bringing people together this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7423,7487,7424,9,11,10,49,51,50,200],"class_list":["post-364256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-in-focus","tag-in-focus-shows","tag-jodee-kenney","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}