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April 23rd, 2008 at 9:48 am

Come spend an exciting day with Cyberchase when the NY Mets take on the Pittsburgh Pirates. Harry and Digit kick things off with a spectacular Math & Sports pre-game show, test your math skills during the game… and maybe even meet Harry and Digit! Special pricing for teachers and students.

April 22nd, 2008 at 12:13 pm

New York Voices visits three properties that have “gone green”: The new corporate headquarters of the Hearst Corporation; a green roof in the South Bronx; and the former ice house of the Nassau Brewery, which has been converted into environmentally-friendly apartments.

April 22nd, 2008 at 10:56 am

Much of Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood sits on top of a 55-acre oil spill that is 50% larger than the Exxon Valdez spill off the coast of Alaska. Decades of oil …

April 22nd, 2008 at 10:47 am

In January and February 2008, the EPA identified dredge sites for Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Hudson River cleanup project.
In 2006, Till The River Runs Clear aired on thirteen and told the story of America’s environmental flagship, the Clearwater, which has helped effect a remarkable grassroots transformation of the Hudson River over the last four decades.

April 22nd, 2008 at 9:56 am

Dr. Majora Carter connects poverty alleviation and the built environment, talks about public TV, what led her to the Bronx River Cleanup project and founding Sustainable South Bronx. This closing …

April 22nd, 2008 at 9:47 am

New Jersey’s long-awaited draft Energy Master Plan was unveiled by the Corzine administration, which has raised questions and goal reservations. Key points in the plan include revising of housing codes …

April 21st, 2008 at 2:55 pm

Designed for Pleasure (on exhibit now at the Asia Society and Museum) examines Ukiyo-e (pronounced oo-key-yo-ay), the paintings and woodcuts that depict the “floating world,” a term that has become identified with the pleasure quarters and theater districts of Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka during the late seventeenth to late nineteenth centuries. GO

April 21st, 2008 at 10:15 am

Richard Price, whose eighth novel Lush Life (FSG) came out last month, discusses the decade-long shift in the cultural landscape of Manhattan’s Lower East Side….

April 21st, 2008 at 8:48 am

Princeton Professor Stephen Paul is converting this unused plant in Trenton, NJ to process organic waste for fuel.

April 20th, 2008 at 9:19 am

An interview with Rep. Robert Andrews who against the wishes of the party establishment has announced his intention to challenge Sen. Frank Lautenberg as the Democratic candidate for the …

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