Deerhoof has leaked a song from their upcoming album Offend Maggie in the form of sheet music, asking their fans to tell them how it should sound. WNYC Culture has stepped up to their challenge, creating an interpretation of the song relying solely on the sight-reading abilities of Deerhoof fans at their recent […]
Author Archives: Benjamen Walker
Catch the Fly’s Eye before it flies away
July 16, 2008 – 5:02 pm
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The Buckminster Fuller exhibit at the Whitney may be all the rage but there are a few other Fuller events and exhibits around the city as well. At the Center for Architecture you can spend some time in the Dymaxion Study Center (open untill September 14th). And across the street at LaGuardia Park you […]
Judging Street Photography with Luc Sante
June 19, 2008 – 6:01 am
WNYC Street Shots Producer Benjamen Walker and Judge Luc Sante: facing the microphone and the sun
The response to our Street Shots contest has been truly overwhelming: 7000+ pictures and 800+ participants. The WNYC culture staff is hard at work identifying potential winners, but we are bringing in a judge with a fine eye […]
Gary Winogrand and the soul of NYC Street Photography
June 9, 2008 – 3:04 pm
Street Photography is a popular genre, but there is by no means a consensus on what exactly its contours are. In fact all of our Street Shots cast members have different approaches and methods. And check out the 4700+ photos in our contest, again a wide range of themes and approaches. But just so you […]
Streetshots: The Prequel
May 27, 2008 – 3:48 pm
The Street Shots Challenge to date has attracted more than 2,000 submissions and counting. Meanwhile, the videos staring Bruce Gilden, Jamel Shabazz, and Sandra Roa have been viewed more 200,000 times, with more videos to come. But bringing super shutterbugs together is by no means a new idea.
In fact WNYC did it before, 58 […]
Robert Frank at Lincoln Center
May 16, 2008 – 5:33 pm
Last night at Lincoln Center, Robert Frank made a rare public appearance to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his book The Americans. The place was, predictably, packed with photographers. The Americans is pretty much the book on photography. As one young photographer put it to me outside the theater, “It is the book that […]
Tribeca Wackness
May 1, 2008 – 3:22 pm
One of the most popular films at this year’s Tribeca Film festival was Jonathan Levine’s ‘The Wackness.’ Reporter Kathleen Horan and I went to check out the crowd at the Monday April 28th screening. Kathleen spoke with a few people in line to learn more about successful strategies for getting into the theaters. Watch the […]
HOW TO Get In To Sold-Out Tribeca Fest Films
April 21, 2008 – 8:57 pm
Tickets for the Tribeca Film Festival went on sale to the general public this past Saturday. But thanks to the pre-package deals and the hype surrounding this year’s event, many of the films are already sold out - and only “rush tickets” are available. The rush lines officially open up one hour before show times, […]
Celebrating Philip Roth’s 75th Birthday
April 13, 2008 – 9:13 pm
Last Friday the American novelist Philip Roth turned 75. To mark the occasion some of his friends and colleagues paid tribute at Columbia University’s Miller theater. Both the theater and the run off room were filled to capacity. WNYC now offers you the chance to listen to the event online, or download it for […]
Firecracker vs Confetti Tube
February 19, 2008 – 1:13 pm
Every lunar new year the Better Chinatown Society hosts its annual firecracker ceremony in Chatham Square. Professionals supervise 15 minutes of explosions - the only legal fireworks allowed in Chinatown. Every other bang you hear comes from a pressurized tube of Confetti. Watch the following movie to see how these tubes match up against firecrackers […]