Dracula: Black and White and Red All Over
Monday, May 19, 2003
Not many modern independent film makers set out to reinvent the style of early cinema. Recently Canadian Guy Maddin set out to do just that. His black and white - and red - film version of the legend of Dracula is subtitled 'Pages from a Virgin's Diary'. It's now playing ...
Jamaica Bay Keeper
Monday, May 19, 2003
Jamaica Bay, the 13,000-acre body of water off the south shore of Brooklyn and Queens, is considered one of the city's ecological gems. The bay has a new citizen caretaker who's now patrolling its waters in a new boat. Jon Kalish reports.
Commentary: Affirmative Action President?
Monday, May 19, 2003
Has President Bush been sounding different to you lately? WNYC's Brian Lehrer says since the fall of Baghdad, he's noticed a change.
Brian: Meet our new Head of State: George Bush, the Affirmative Action President.
TAPE: Making the most of economic opportunities will require broader and better education, especially among women ...
Brian: Meet our new Head of State: George Bush, the Affirmative Action President.
TAPE: Making the most of economic opportunities will require broader and better education, especially among women ...
Not Business as Usual in Albany
Friday, May 16, 2003
The 2004 state budget now has the force of law. Both Houses of the State Legislature easily overrode Governor Pataki's 119 budget vetos, even as the Governor said would veto the New York City aid package. As WNYC's Andrea Bernstein reports from Albany, this year's budget contained a rare departure ...
Natural History Museum's Blue Whale Back in Action
Friday, May 16, 2003
The American Museum of Natural History is re-opening its Hall of Ocean Life tomorrow after an extensive two and a half year renovation. The exhibits in the museum's largest space have been updated to feature the latest in scientific research as well as cutting edge technology. Also making ...
Philip Levine Reads Luis Omar Salinas
Friday, May 16, 2003
Good morning. This is Philip Levine with another poem for you.You know as you travel around New York City, you look at different people...you're in the subway, you're on the streets and you say, "You know that guy would never read a poem," "For that woman, poetry ...
Lemerick Nelson Guilty of Violating Civil Rights
Thursday, May 15, 2003
Twelve years after Yankel Rosenbaum was killed in race riots that erupted in Crown Heights, a federal jury returned a guilty verdict. It was Limerick Nelson's third trial. Nelson this time admitted stabbing Rosenbaum--but said he was drunk and caught up in the confusion after a Jewish driver struck two ...
Judge Rolls Back Fare Hike
Thursday, May 15, 2003
On Wednesday a state supreme court judge ordered the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to roll back the recent fare hike. Judge Louis B. York has given the agency two weeks. WNYC's Leticia Theodore has more.
Going Home in Handcuffs: Part 3
Wednesday, May 14, 2003
Click here to see photographs of Javaid Iqbal as well as pictures from "Going Home in Handcuffs: Part 1".Most of the Middle Eastern and South Asian men now being picked up and deported for immigration violations are held in standard detention centers around the country. But in ...
Judge Reverses MTA Fare Hike
Wednesday, May 14, 2003
A Manhattan judge ordered the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to roll back fare increases for millions of subway, bus, and train riders Wednesday afternoon after a commuter group accused the agency of misleading the public about its finances.
State Supreme Court Justice Louis York issued the ruling in response to ...
Bloomberg Struggles With Education Policy
Wednesday, May 14, 2003
It was just four short months ago that Mayor Bloomberg was greeted with cheers, when he announced his plan to re-organize the city school system. Since then, however, the mayor and his chancellor have come under fire from some of the same players who originally supported them. WNYC's Beth Fertig ...
Gov. Pataki Set For Veto
Wednesday, May 14, 2003
Governor Pataki today is set to veto the budget deal made between the State Senate and Assembly. The vetos over what Pataki has called, "job-killing taxes" are expected to come just a day after Pataki proposed an alternate aid package for New York City -- a package that includes video ...
Really Big and Dirty Rat
Tuesday, May 13, 2003
Every New Yorker has their favorite story of an encounter with a rat - the one that got on the subway car, or the rat that ran over their foot... Most of us have seen BIG rats in the city - but what about the REALLY big ones? WNYC's Richard ...
Mothering New York
Tuesday, May 13, 2003
On Mother's Day, convention has it that we're supposed to take the day to celebrate and take care of our mothers, but as writer Heather Caldwell recounts her Mother's Day turned out rather unexpectedly.
Rising Costs in the Big Apple
Monday, May 12, 2003
It's never been cheap to live in the city, but lately expenses seem to be piling up on budget-weary New Yorkers. New Yorkers are expecting increases in taxes, larger-than-usual rent hikes in stabilized apartments, fare hikes, even water will be costing more. So, WNYC went out and asked New Yorkers ...
State And City Spar on Education Funding
Friday, May 09, 2003
A lawsuit challenging funding for public schools is now in the hands of the state's highest court. Yesterday, the Court of Appeals in Albany heard oral arguments in a 10 year old case. The plaintiffs accuse the state of failing to provide enough resources for the New York City schools. ...
A Drive-In In Manhattan?
Thursday, May 08, 2003
New York City. The city where you'd like to think you can get anything, at any time. One American phenomenon that never quite made it to Manhattan is the drive-in theater. Well, that changes tonight kind of.
The Tribeca Film Festival under way in lower Manhattan is paying homage to the ...
The Tribeca Film Festival under way in lower Manhattan is paying homage to the ...
Free Wireless Network Downtown
Thursday, May 08, 2003
Today the city launches its wireless network in lower manhattan. Seven zones below Chambers Street will be turned on during the warm weather months and will let anyone log on to the Internet without having to plug in, as long as their laptop and handheld devices have the right equipment. ...
Designing The High LIne
Thursday, May 08, 2003
Click here for a slide show about the High LineNeighborhood activists and the Bloomberg administration are sparring over the future of the far west side of Manhattan. Probably the only thing the sides agree on, is that something constructive and creative should be done with The High ...
Philip Levine Reads Ruth Stone
Thursday, May 08, 2003
Metamorphosis
One day you wake up and you have a new face.
What's this? you say
in the harsh kosher manner
of your mother-in-law in a high-class restaurant.
ALthough your hair is Titian red
and not ...