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From the Archives: "Wyler Revised" (Originally Aired 7/8/05)
The Fishko Files
November 21, 2008
Movie-director Willliam Wyler was born in Europe, but his films are much admired these days, says WNYC’s Sara Fishko, for telling stories that are peculiarly American. Here's an encore presentation of The Fishko Files.
Downtown Dance Theatre Expands
November 20, 2008
The Baryshnikov Arts Center is expanding into a 299 seat theater it purchased right next to the space it currently occupies in Hell’s Kitchen. ....
Art Spiegelman: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*!
The Leonard Lopate Show
November 21, 2008
Event:
Art Spiegelman will be speaking and signing books
Sat. Nov. 22 from 12-2 PM
Books of Wonder, 18 W. 18th St..
NYC
Celebrating Obama Win
November 20, 2008
MoveOn says its members raised $88 million towards Barack Obama's win. Now it intends to maintain the momentum. MoveOn's executive director, Eli Pariser, says tonight's gatherings will help set the ....
Jazz Legend Awarded at NYC Council
November 20, 2008
One of New York's living jazz legends, Bill Lee, who's also the father of filmmaker Spike Lee, received a lifetime achievement award from the City Council for his contributions to the cultural life o....
Songs for the Missing
The Leonard Lopate Show
November 20, 2008
Events:
Stewart O'Nan will be speaking and signing books
Fri. Dec. 5 at 7:00 PM
RJ Julia
768 Boston Post Road
Madison, CT
Stewart O'Nan will be speaking and signing books
Sat. Dec. 6 at 2:00 PM
Borders 378
500 Bushy Hill Road
Simsbury, CT
Clothing Optional
The Leonard Lopate Show
November 20, 2008
Former SNL writer and Thurber Prize winner
David Lynch Box Set
November 18, 2008
It's not cheap -- almost $180 -- but the set is an exhaustive assortment of material, including films like the classics Eraserhead and Blue Velvet, along with shorts, web videos, deleted scenes and e....
If You See Something Say Something
The Leonard Lopate Show
November 19, 2008
Owning the Past
The Leonard Lopate Show
November 19, 2008
Hear the latest in the ongoing debate over who owns the past, and what should happen to stolen antiquities - from the Elgin Marbles in London, to Egyptian mummies. Former New York Times culture correspondent
Event:
Sharon Waxman will be part of a panel discussion
"Antiquities Wars: A Conversation About Loot and Legitimacy”
With James Cuno, K. Anthony Appiah, and Daniel Shapiro
Wed. Nov. 19 at 7:00 PM
NYU's Hemmerdinger Hall, 100 Washington Square East
The event is free and open to the public
Malcolm Gladwell on the Secret of Success
The Leonard Lopate Show
November 19, 2008
Why do some people succeed, while others never reach their full potential?
Saddam Hussein’s Trial
The Leonard Lopate Show
November 18, 2008
Law professor
American Resting Place
The Leonard Lopate Show
November 18, 2008
Find out how Americans are buried, and what our cemeteries tell us about gender, class and culture in U.S. history – from Native American burial grounds to 19th c. public parks and modern-day lawn cemeteries.
How to Fool a New Yorker
The Leonard Lopate Show
November 18, 2008
Hear about a spectacular hoax that was perpetrated in 1830s New York City, when many New Yorkers became convinced that the moon was inhabited.
Events:
Matthew Goodman will be speaking and signing books
Tues. Nov. 18 at 7:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Tribeca
97 Warren Street
NY, NY
Matthew Goodman will be speaking and signing books
Tues. Dec. 2 at 7:30 PM
Community Bookstore
143 Seventh Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
Best Political Writing of 2008
The Leonard Lopate Show
November 18, 2008
2008 has been a remarkably rich year for political reporters. Leonard talks to
Copyright Wars
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 18, 2008
WTC Site Gets New Look From Fence
November 17, 2008
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is giving the World Trade Center site a face-lift. The dark tarps surrounding the 16-acre construction site were replaced on Sunday with eight-foot-high....
Prison Ship Martyrs Monument Rededicated at Fort Greene Park
November 16, 2008
After a rainy Saturday morning, about 200 people gathered at Brooklyn's Fort Greene Park to rededicate the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument and celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 148-foot Doric colum....
Hip-Hop Movie "Wild Style" Returns to the Big Screen
November 16, 2008
In 1983, "Wild Style" was the first movie to bring hip-hop -– rap, graffiti and breaking -- out of the shadows and on to the big screen. There's a new 35-millimeter print of the movie showing all n....
That Neo-Hoodoo That You Do
November 15, 2008
"Neo-Hoodoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith" is the title of an exhibition that's running at PS 1 in Queens until January 26th. Poet Quincy Troupe is reading at the museum Saturday. Troupe says what was o....
Big Apple Circus Founder Prepares to Step Down as Artistic Director
November 15, 2008
The Big Apple Circus is back in town for its holiday production. REPORTER: This year's show at Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park is called "Play On!" It features a live band and acrobats from 12 countr....
Toni Morrison’s Latest Novel
The Leonard Lopate Show
November 17, 2008
Nobel Prize-winner
Event:
Toni Morrison will be speaking & reading
Mon. Nov. 17 at 7:00 pm
Barnes & Noble Union Square
33 East 17th Street.
