Last week (May 5-9), NBR ran a series of local reports about the state of real estate in five different U.S. regions, including: New York City, Detroit, Washington DC, south Florida, and Silicon Valley. Each has their own set of issues…see all reports.
The thrill of discovery is without compare, and predictability is for children, not art fiends, right? Well, not always. About a year and a half ago, I got completely addicted to the cabaret show Leslie Kritzer Is Patti LuPone at Les Mouches. Read more…
A discussion with two former members of the New Jersey Assembly from opposite sides of the aisle: Wilfredo Carabello, former Democratic Assemblyman for the 28th district, and Guy Gregg, former Republican Assemblyman for the 24th district. They talk candidly about New Jersey politics and the personalities involved. Originally aired 5/10/2008.
Charlie Rose interviews Museum of Modern Art curator Paola Antonelli about this exhibit, which closes May 12, 2008. She discusses about the convergence of design, technology, and human needs and adaptations and how this convergence challenges the mind.
In 2005, P.O.V. aired Jessica Yu’s In the Realms of the Unreal, about outsider artist Henry Darger. A new exhibit of artists inspired by Darger’s work is up through September. P.O.V. talks to the exhibit’s curator.
Parking on the street is one of the least pleasant aspects of living in New York, and it’s not even a fair sport: 142,000 drivers with special permits can occupy parking spaces where most of us would get a ticket. Recently, the city started a major initiative to cut back on parking permits.
Composer David Lang, one of the co-founders of New York’s Bang on a Can, has been a prolific presence on the city’s contemporary music scene for more than twenty years. Lang sat down with SundayArts blogger Adam Wasserman for a chat about his work shortly after he won the Pulitzer Prize in Music. Listen to [...]
To commemorate Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Radio City will host Israeli stars David Broza, Idan Raichel, Rami Kleinstein, Habanot Nechama and Yael Naim. Americans Hasidic reggae singer Matisyahu, recent MacArthur grantee John Zorn and David Letterman bandleader Paul Shaffer will be on hand as well. See video.
OVER HERE is a half-hour documentary made by six local high school students about the WWII homefront as seen through the eyes of New Yorkers who were themselves teenagers at the time. It was was commissioned by Thirteen as part of the outreach effort for THE WAR, and produced under the guidance of Reel Works [...]
A conversation with Sen. Raymond Lesniak, Democrat from the 20th District. Elected to the Assembly in 1977 and to the State Senate in 1983, Lesniak served as State Democratic Chairman from 1992 to 1994. He has long been known as one of New Jersey’s major power brokers, and he’s one of the few Democratic leaders [...]
