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A New Beginning for "Happy Ending"

by Sarah Montague

January 11, 2009

The "Happy Ending" reading series opened this week at its new home, Joe’s Pub. WNYC's Sarah Montague has a report on Wednesday's show, which featured author Richard Price and guitarist Matthew Caws....

Sherlockians Celebrate the "Life" of the Great Detective

by Sarah Montague

January 11, 2009

The game was afoot all over New York this weekend, as Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts gathered in force. WNYC's Sarah Montague attended a number of annual events that celebrate the "life" of the great de....

No Destruction, No Construction

by Sarah Montague

May 23, 2008

The fireworks display that opens the Beijing Olympic games are being created by one of China’s leading contemporary artists: Cai Guo-Qiang. But you don’t have to wait until August to get a taste ....

Therapy Dogs: Champions Behind the Scenes

by Sarah Montague

February 12, 2008

REPORTER: Tonight, judges will decide the "Best in Show" at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show at Madison Square Garden. As the canine contest was beginning, volunteers from 2 local dog therapy pr....

"Designer Mutts" Make Dr. Suess Proud

by Sarah Montague

February 14, 2006

I couldn’t miss her, as she minced down the street towards me. She was wearing a hot pink vinyl coat and a collar with her name — Lola — spelled out in rhinestones. She looked like dress extra....

A Non-Political Animal Enters the Jungle

by Sarah Montague

October 30, 2004

Unsure aboutt the candidates? WNYC's Sarah Montague wasn't even sure about democracy, which seemed --Alien-- to her. ....

A City And Its Dogs

by Sarah Montague

February 10, 2004

"Ain't nuthin' but a hound dog" is not the anthem of the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, which annually celebrates 162 breeds and varieties. This prompted WNYC's Sarah Montague to take a look at th....

Show Dogs Vs. Canine Working Stiffs

by Sarah Montague

February 11, 2003

The 127th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show concludes this evening with one champion beating out over 25-hundred contenders. WNYC's Sarah Montague wonders how the show dogs compare to canine working st....

No Fixed Points: Merce Cunnigham Recovers the Past

by Sarah Montague

July 24, 2002

The Merce Cunningham Dance Company will inaugerate its 50th anniversary season with two programs for Lincoln Center's Festival 2002. Included will be several historic revivals. Sarah Montague followe....

All The World's A Kennel

by Sarah Montague

February 13, 2002

Increased security could not quell canine high spirits at Madison Square Garden, and here, at least, a spirit of international cooperation prevailed as hundreds of breeds from Afghans to affenpinscher....

Through A Glass Brightly: New Yorks holiday windows

by Sarah Montague

December 19, 2000

NARR: In New York, Christmas is not a specific day on the liturgical calendar, but a playful, extravagant frame of mind that starts somewhere around Thanksgiving and fades, glimmering, into the New ....

Welles' Life On Stage At BAM

by Sarah Montague

October 06, 2000

WAR OF THE WORLDS By Sarah Montague On October 30, 1938, widespread panic gripped the country as thousands of radio listeners, tuned into a dramatization of HG Wells? War of the Worlds by Orson Welle....

Lincoln Center Festival

by Sarah Montague

July 28, 2000

?A rose is a rose is a rose,? Gertrude Stein assures us, but what is an opera, or a dance, or a song? Meredith Monk, featured composer at the Fifth Annual Lincoln Center Festival, describes her wordle....