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Play About Japan Tsunami First Responders Staged for Anniversary
To mark the one-year anniversary of Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami on Sunday, a play honoring the first responders who tended to victims of the natural disaster and nuclear meltdown will be...
View ArticleActor and Comedian Peter Bergman Dies
Actor and comedian Peter Bergman, who was one of the founders of The Firesign Theatre, passed away on Friday. The Cleveland, Ohio native was 72 and died due to complications from leukemia, according to...
View ArticleWATCH | Music Videos for the 2012 Republican Presidential Candidates
A campaign season would not be complete without music. Watch official campaign and fan videos made in support of the 2012 GOP presidential candidates below.Let's start with the twangy fan video "Game...
View ArticleTheater Excellence Tony Award Winners Announced
The creator of kids' versions of Broadway works, a production supervisor who has overseen more than 200 Broadway shows and a mentoring program that pairs up theater professionals with New York City...
View ArticleWATCH | Obama Campaign Releases 'Road We've Traveled' Documentary
As WNYC reported on Monday, Republicans are taking full advantage of YouTube to get the word out about their campaign messages. Now, it's the Obama re-election campaign's turn.On Thursday night, the...
View ArticleIllustrated Verses from the 1950s on View at Woodward Gallery
Etchings and aquatints that mash up handwritten verses with illustrations and designs are on display at Woodward Gallery in a new exhibition called 21 Etchings and Poems.One artist collaborated with...
View ArticleWATCH | First Lady Michelle Obama on Letterman
On "Late Night with David Letterman" on Monday, First Lady Michelle Obama talked about the notion of unconditional love, going to Target, personal conversations with Barack and her dog, Bo.Here's a...
View ArticleLook | Young City School Students Exhibit Art at Manhattan Gallery
A new exhibition displaying art made by New York City public school students opened Tuesday at Studio Gallery in Midtown Manhattan.The show, called "Littlest Learners," features the work of...
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Female Baby Giraffe Born at the Bronx Zoo
The Bronx Zoo has a new female Baringo giraffe calf. When she was born this month, the calf was roughly 6 feet tall and over 100 pounds, according to the Bronx Zoo.The baby giraffe, which does not yet...
View ArticleMuseum Offers Free Admission to Attract Bronx Residents
Admission to The Bronx Museum of the Arts will be free starting Thursday in an effort to attract more of the borough's residents to the museum.The $5 adult tickets and $3 student and senior tickets...
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College-Bound Vets Face Challenges Beyond Tuition
Schools are enrolling hundreds of thousands of recent veterans and service members due to the drawdown in Iraq and Post 9/11 GI Bill. But the education benefit is not helping all of them make the...
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100 Years After She Sank, Titanic Continues to Fascinate
The Titanic tragedy that resulted in the deaths of more than 1,500 and stunned the world still captivates audiences 100 years after the largest so-called unsinkable steamer collided with an iceberg on...
View Article12 Ways to Commemorate the Titanic Centennial
There are a number of happenings in the Tri-State area that mark the Titanic centennial. Among our favorites: meals recreating White Star Line menus, plays based on ship survivor testimonials and...
View ArticleThe Jane Hotel's Connection to the Titanic Draws a Crowd
New York City has no shortage of sites that have a direct connection to the Titanic. (See our handy map of some of them below.)One such landmark is the Jane Hotel, formerly known as the American...
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Google Building’s Scaffolding Shows Chelsea’s Past
On Monday, workers affixed a vinyl mural onto the scaffolding wrapping around Google's New York headquarters at 111 Eighth Avenue.The cartoons on the 450-foot-long, 4-foot-tall mural refer to famous...
View ArticleQuinn Remembers Her Grandmother, a Titanic Survivor
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's maternal grandmother, Ellen "Nellie" Shine Callaghan, was 16 or 17 years old when she came to America from Cobh, Ireland, 100 years ago. She booked...
View ArticleMarking the Titanic's Demise
The 100-year anniversary of the Titanic disaster is coming up on Sunday, April 15. WNYC Culture Editor Abbie Fentress Swanson has compiled a list of ways to mark the event in New York City, and she...
View Article2012 Pulitzer Prize Winners
The list of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize winners is out. Among this year's winners were the late Manning Marable for his book on Malcolm X, Brooklyn poet Tracy Smith and Kevin Puts for his "Silent Night"...
View ArticleBobby Womack, Big Daddy Kane and UCB to Perform at SummerStage
Soul legend Bobby Womack, hip-hop artist Big Daddy Kane and improv troupe The Upright Citizens Brigade are among the artists who will be performing at this year's SummerStage.The free outdoor...
View ArticleNew Music Venue to Open in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
A 100-year-old brick sawdust factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn is being reborn as a 13,000-square-foot music venue and studio.The new rehearsal, recording and performance space, located at North 6th...
View ArticleJazz at Lincoln Center Taps Former NBC Exec as Leader
Jazz at Lincoln Center has hired a former NBC executive to lead the non-profit beginning June 1.Greg Scholl, who oversaw a portfolio of NBC Universal properties, will be the non-profit's new executive...
View ArticleBloomberg Gives Writers Inaugural NYC Literary Awards
Paul Auster, Robert Caro and Walter Dean Myers are among the writers who will get new literary awards from Mayor Michael Bloomberg at Gracie Mansion on Thursday night.The 2012 NYC Literary Honors are...
View ArticleMusical 'Once' Leads 2012 Tony Award Nominations
On Tuesday, Tony- and Emmy-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth and Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning actor Jim Parsons announced the nominees for the 66th annual Tony Awards.The musical "Once" got the most...
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Art by Teens Livens Up Manhattan Office
A floor of a midtown Manhattan office building has become an art gallery for work by 125 middle- and high-school students.The exhibition, called "Goals and Dreams," opened Wednesday night and features...
View ArticleSnapshot | Google Says 'Happy Birthday' to NY Artist Keith Haring
Google has used letters inspired by the work of the late New York artist Keith Haring for the "doodle" above its homepage search bar. Haring died tragically of AIDS in 1990. Friday would have been his...
View ArticleLook | See What They Were Wearing on the Met Gala Red Carpet
On Monday night, stars made their way up the Metropolitan Museum's red-carpeted stairs to attend The Costume Institute's annual gala.Chelsea Clinton, Donald Trump, Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Beyoncé, David...
View ArticleChristie's to Hold First Photojournalism Auction in Honor of Anton Hammerl
A New York auction house is getting ready for its first sale of contemporary photojournalism works.The sale, which takes place at Christie's on Tuesday, is being held in honor of the South African...
View ArticleJimmy Cliff to Open 'Celebrate Brooklyn' Concert Series
Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff will open this summer's Celebrate Brooklyn! concert series at the Prospect Park Bandshell on June 5.This year's Celebrate Brooklyn! season includes 32 performances, 25 of them...
View ArticleAsia Society Leader Leaves Post to Consult at Guggenheim
The leader of the Asia Society is stepping down.The society announced on Wednesday that Dr. Vishakha Desai is leaving her post as president and chief executive officer in September to join the...
View ArticleDoctorow, Atwood and Amis on America and its Role in Global Political Culture
One of the highlights of this year's PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature was a talk between writers E.L. Doctorow, Margaret Atwood and Martin Amis. New York Times chief film critic...
View ArticleDiscovering the City’s Best Undergound Music
From drumming on plastic buckets to string quartets, New York City has a grand and varied tradition of people performing in the subway system. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is helping keep...
View ArticleLibrary Presidents Urge City Council to Restore Funds
The New York City Council met Monday morning to discuss Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed $100 million in budget cuts to the city's three library systems.Presidents from the Queens Library, Brooklyn...
View ArticleHistorian David McCullough, Composer Steve Reich to be Honored at Awards...
Writer and historian David McCullough and contemporary music composer Steve Reich will receive the academy's most significant prizes — gold medals for distinguished achievements in biography and music...
View ArticleMap | Discovering the City's Best Underground Music
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View ArticleBalanchine, Sufjan Stevens and Wheeldon Highlights of Upcoming City Ballet...
A dozen different ballets that George Balanchine created to Igor Stravinsky's music will open New York City Ballet's new season in September.The company announced its 2012-'13 season — which features...
View ArticleRushdie Talk on Censorship Wraps Up PEN Festival
The 2012 PEN World Voices Festival ended with a talk about censorship at the Cooper Union by novelist Salman Rushdie (Midnight's Children, The Satanic Verses).After the speech, the PEN festival founder...
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City School Students Practice Tap Moves for Bojangles Tribute Show
These kids have all the right moves.About 100 elementary school kids will dance their way into the hearts of audience members when they honor tap legend Bill Bojangles Robinson with a performance...
View Article25 Musical Acts Win Spots to Play Underground
A Latin-ska-reggae fusion band, a female mariachi group and a wind quintet were among the 25 new musical acts selected to be part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Music Under New York...
View ArticleFirst Cultural Non-Profit to Move to Lower Manhattan Post-9/11 Signs New Lease
After three years of tense negotiations, the nonprofit Dance New Amsterdam (DNA) has signed a new lease with its landlord, Fram Realty LLC and Abro Management (Fram Realty), for its 280 Broadway...
View Article‘Mad Men’ Mapped: A Guide to NYC Locales Frequented by Our Favorite Characters
What’s this business about “City or Canyon?” The new season of Mad Men picked up with the gang’s happy exodus to California: Tan Pete’s blonde real estate agent apparently comes with his house; Megan...
View ArticleFrom Balloon Dogs to Paper Puppets, Jeff Koons Teaches Art to City Kids
An artist known for his monumental metal sculptures resembling balloon animals stopped by an East Harlem second grade classroom on Monday. Jeff Koons visited P.S. 112 Jose Celson Barbosa to teach the...
View ArticleMusical 'Once' Sweeps Tony Awards
The Broadway musical "Once" won eight Tony Awards on Sunday night, including for best musical and for best direction of a musical. Steve Kazee won for best actor in a leading role in a musical. "Once"...
View ArticleMap | Where to Find the 'Girls' in NYC
Lena Dunham first caught people's attention with the indy film Tiny Furniture, which she wrote, directed and starred in. Now her new HBO television series, "Girls," is putting her on the map."Girls"...
View ArticleWatch | A Celebration of Bloomsday
James Joyce fans celebrate Bloomsday on Saturday. Bloomsday commemorates the anniversary of June 16, 1904 — the date on which Joyce's epic novel, Ulysses, was set — and was named after the novel’s...
View ArticleNew Arts Space to Open in Fort Greene, Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) unveiled its new performing arts space on Thursday. The 40,000 square-foot Richard B. Fisher Building, or BAM Fisher, sits in the footprint of the old Salvation Army...
View Article'Law and Order: Special Victims Unit' Mapped: Walking the Beat with Benson...
NBC released its fall prime-time line-up this month. While the season's hottest new offerings may be Olympic games coverage or the return of "Sunday Night Football," new episodes of "Law and Order:...
View ArticleWatch | 5 Films about TV Nightly News Before 'The Newsroom' Premiere
Fans of "The West Wing," "The Social Network" and "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" are eagerly awaiting the premiere of Aaron Sorkin's next brainchild, "The Newsroom." The show, starring Jeff Daniels as...
View ArticleMapping out New York City's Best Underground Music
Back in May, WNYC asked listeners to help us map out the city's best underground music by snapping shots and sending in video clips of favorite subway performances.And WNYC supporters listened, snapped...
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Home from War, Reservists Struggle to Find Support
Amid the spa, cocktail bar and other trappings of The Heldrich Hotel, a luxury hotel in New Brunswick, NJ, are eight couples who have signed up for a weekend retreat – who are trying to get quality...
View ArticleFarm Bill and Drought Mean Campaigns Woo Heartland Hard
Our friends at Harvest Public Media have noted a dramatic uptick in campaigning from both local and national campaigns this year owing both to the devastating drought that has hit much of the Midwest,...
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