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Cityscapes: Max Bond Remembered
WNYC Culture just wrapped up its Cityscapes series with the Brian Lehrer Show. One architect we would have liked to have included is Max Bond, who was one of the most influential African-American architects in New York City, and around the world. He died four months ago in February, but not before designing some of New York’s most iconic buildings, and making his mark as an educator, mentor, and visionary.
Continue reading...FLY: Five First Ladies of Dance
29. May 2009
Five black dancers at the top of their field perform a rare program of solo pieces this weekend at the Kumble Theatre in Brooklyn. WNYC's Siddhartha Mitter spoke with each of the First Ladies.
Continue reading...Brooklyn Bridge Park, Eat Offal-ly Cheap, and Cowboy Accompaniment
3. April 2009
On today's podcast, WNYC's Ellen Horne tells us about Damon's Frugal Friday's at the celebrity-powered Craft Restaurant. And we get chef Damon Wise's tips for how to order on a cheap date.
Continue reading...Raucous Gypsy Music Invasion
2. April 2009
For the 5th year in a row, the New York Gypsy Music Festival is touching down at venues all over town — kicking off next Saturday at Le Poisson Rouge. Rob Weisberg talked about last year’s festival. And he’s back with his picks for this year. You can hear him here: If you do [...]
Continue reading...Twitters and Tunes from 6th Street in Austin, TX
20. March 2009
On today's podcast, host Benjamen Walker and Soundcheck's Joel Meyer go for a walk down 6th Street in Austin, Texas. If you've never been there, apparently it's a lot like MacDougal Street in the West Village, but with more tacos. They're at SXSW, a festival devoted to vicariously enjoying the twitter in-crowd, talking to bands in alleyways, afro-punk showcases, and seeing how many films you can possibly watch in one day.
Continue reading...The Great Watchmen/Squid Debate
11. March 2009
The film adaptation of a beloved comic book series "The Watchmen" is now in theaters. WNYC's Benjamen Walker invited two fellow self-proclaimed fanboys into the studio to ask the tough questions like, "if there's no giant squid, is it really worth seeing?"
Continue reading...Vijay Iyer at the Tully, Public Lab, Bushwick Rising
9. March 2009
On today's podcast, two young musicians have a new take on Indian classical music, the Public Lab lets the process of developing new shows be part of the art, and Bushwick’s emerging arts scene was on display (in addition to meat cooked with a blowtorch) this weekend at the Bushwick SITE festival.
Continue reading...Rad Sculpture, Art Week Cashes Out, and Batsheva Keeps Dancing
6. March 2009
On today's podcast, radiators do more than shed paint chips at the Museum of Art and Design, buyers buy with caution at the Armory and Scope shows, and despite protest, the Israeli dance company Batsheva moves to the beat of their own drum.
Continue reading...Singing Book Club, Teen Poetry Slam, Cheap Art at Arts Week
4. March 2009
On today's podcast, a Bushwick book club takes on a whole new dimension -- singing, young spoken-word artists faced off in the annual New York Knicks Poetry Slam and the Scope show at Lincon Center is Cheap Fast & Out of Control and like all those retailers on Broadway "Everything must go!!"
Continue reading...Puzzlers? Chautauqua! Arts Week?!
2. March 2009
On today's podcast, crossword puzzlers gather at a Brooklyn Marriott, Chautauqua! brings intellectual aspirations (!) to PS.122, and there isn't a great forecast for the Armory Arts Week - and no, we don't mean the snow.
Continue reading...Full Body Sax, Funny Money, Sundance Kids
27. February 2009
On today's podcast, performer Keir Neuringer contorts his body to match his music at Issue Project Room, economist Richard Sylla shares insight into the rich history of finance-focused New Yorker cartoons now up at the Morgan Library, and the NICFF is for young cinefiles.
Continue reading...Bloggers Sell Tickets, New Yorker Films Goes Bust, “Shinjuku Ecstasy” Gets Subtitles
25. February 2009
On today's podcast, New York bloggers sell tickets for their own events, Dan Talbot is forced to close down New Yorker Films after forty-three years, and "Shinjuki Ecstasy" is given subtitles at the Japan Society.
Continue reading...FEAST Feeds Artists, Chimps in Entertainment, Simon Evans
23. February 2009
On today's podcast, FEAST puts dough on the the table for emerging artists, a look back at a history of chimps in the entertainment industry, and artist Simon Evans is an Island.
Continue reading...Leonard Cohen, It Is What It Is, Hollis Famous Burger
20. February 2009
On today's podcast, Leonard Cohen performs in New York's Beacon Theater for the first time in over a decade, It Is What It Is brings a lot of talk to the New Museum, and a bite of history is at Hollis Famous Burger, the restaurant/museum will honor hip hop's legacy in Queens.
Continue reading...Small Theaters Rally Resources, Hip Hop Producers Meet Retro-Soul, Alice Tully Hall
18. February 2009
On today's podcast, small theaters stage conversations about the funding crises, hip-hop producers meet retro-soul, and WNYC's John Schaefer takes a look inside a totally new concert hall with a familiar name - Alice Tully Hall.
Continue reading...McQ for Target, Missed Connections for Comics, the Apollo Lives On
16. February 2009
On today's podcast, Manhattan gets first dibs on Alexander McQueen's new edgy-ish line for Target, cartoonist Julia Wertz finds inspiration in the cringefest section of Craigslist, and the Apollo Theater looks back at 75 years.
Continue reading...Stimulating the NEA, Discount Fashion Week, Economy Haikus
13. February 2009
On today's podcast, the NEA's uncertain future inevitably pushes the art world to (re)consider their options, and Leslie Price of the fashion blog Racked reminds us that much like the models, fashion week looks slim this year, and Studio 360 asks listeners to vent about the economy in just three lines.
Continue reading...Love Hurts, Get Backstage, Vik Muniz’s Rebus
11. February 2009
On today's podcast, The Moth reminds us love hurts in ways a bad song can't convey -- and WNYC's Performance Critic Claudia La Rocco goes behind the scenes at dance classes and artist meetings across the city, and artist Vik Muniz guides us through the juxtapositions in his MOMA show Artist's Choice: Vic Muniz, Rebus.
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