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July 4, 2009

3. July 2009

Sounds of Summer: BLK JKS at Weeksville Heritage Center

Each week this summer, Weekend Edition will peruse the upcoming smorgasbord of live music and pick one essential event. This week: BLK JKS (pronounced "Black Jacks") at the Weeksville Heritage Center on July 5. Download a song from the band here.

16. June 2009

Food in the City: The Recipe Challenge

We want your "New York" recipes! They can be meals you brought with you from somewhere else and adapted to your new home, or just personal touches you’ve added to classic recipes.

30. June 2009

Soundcheck Video Challenge: Tips from Andrew Droz Palermo

Andrew Droz Palermo just directed his first video, White Rabbits' "Percussion Gun." He offers a few tips for rookie directors taking part in Soundcheck's Fiery Furnaces video contest.

3. July 2009

The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Aspen Ideas Festival

Is technology changing human beings on a fundamental level? Brian Lehrer moderated a panel at the Aspen Ideas Festival on being human in a digital age. Listen to the whole discussion here.

3. July 2009

The Newport Flower Show

Think of a flower show as a dog show with rhizomes: the serious aim is to present perfect examples of a flower or shrub - one worthy of seeding the next generation.

3. July 2009

The One Woman Behind “The Amish Project”

In the wake of the Amish schoolhouse shootings in 2006, actress Jessica Dickey wrote a one-woman about the one-room school. WNYC's Karen Frillmann spoke with Dickey for this piece on Morning Edition.

2. July 2009

Spinning on Air: Antony, Grizzly Bear and Akron/Family

Spinning on Air airs Friday, Saturday and Sunday night this weekend, with archived performances by Antony and the Johnsons and Grizzly Bear and a new set by Akron/Family. Grab songs from each of them here.

2. July 2009

The Leonard Lopate Show: The Book on Satchel Paige

It's hard to believe no one wrote a Satchel Paige biography until now. On Thursday's edition of The Leonard Lopate Show, Boston Globe reporter Larry Tye talked about his new book on the legendary Negro League pitcher.

2. July 2009

Cityscapes: “A Space Within: The National September 11 Memorial & Museum”

Last night at the Center for Architecture, four of the influential architects who collaborated on the National September 11 Memorial and Museum designs discussed how personal narratives represent themselves in buildings.

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