Caroline Cooper

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I Love You, I Hate You: A Valentine's Day Round-Up

Monday, February 14, 2011

Whether you're rolling solo, shacked up with the love of your life, or somewhere in between, New York is not short on ideas for Valentine's Day.

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In the Run-Up to Westminster, Two Pups Say 'I Do'

Sunday, February 13, 2011

The 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will be held on February 14 and 15 in Madison Square Garden. But across the street at the Penn-Top Ballroom at the Hotel Pennsylvania on F...

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Walking Among Giants: Brooklyn's Botanic Garden Showcases the Bonsai

Friday, February 11, 2011

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden's exhibit celebrating the bonsai, Graceful Perseverance, opened this month. WNYC spent an afternoon with the bonsai master behind the branches.

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From the Vaults: George Jellinek in Conversation with Grace Bumbry

Tuesday, February 08, 2011

In this 2002 interview, The Vocal Scene host George Jellinek sits down with star mezzo-soprano (and sometimes soprano) Grace Bumbry.

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From the Vaults: George Jellinek Pays Tribute to Leontyne Price

Tuesday, February 08, 2011

In honor of Black History Month, we're featuring selections from the WQXR archive with great African American artists. Here the late host George Jellinek reaches into his own vaults f...

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New York Pops to American Airlines: Prepare for Takeoff

Monday, February 07, 2011

The New York Pops and American Airlines announced a new deal that will have the country's largest independent pops orchestra streaming on American's inflight channels.

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Veteran Conductor Riccardo Muti to Undergo Surgery After Fall

Monday, February 07, 2011

Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director Riccardo Muti sustained "multiple facial and jaw fractures" last week in a fall from the podium. "It's a wait and see situation," said an orchestra spokeswoman.

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Chinese Food Writers Celebrate the New Year

Monday, February 07, 2011

Chinese New Yorkers continue to ring in the Year of the Rabbitt this week. WNYC asked writers from across culinary China to weigh in with a favorite memory and recipe in celebration of the holiday.

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Stevie Wonder Enters the Apollo Theater Hall of Fame

Thursday, February 03, 2011

The Apollo Theater announced Wednesday that Stevie Wonder will be inducted into the New York City landmark's Hall of Fame.

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Cairo Opera House Shuts Its Doors after Unrest

Monday, January 31, 2011

The lights have gone down at the Cairo Opera House, one of the African continent's most celebrated venues for classical and contemporary music, as unrest in Egypt continues.

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Dig In And Fill Up At The New York Chili Fest

Friday, January 28, 2011

Come in from the cold this weekend as the first-ever New York Chili Fest takes over the Chelsea Market with New York’s top chili-slingers competing for the celebrated Golden Chili Mug.

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A Powerhouse Pianist Shakes Up the State Dinner

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

As diplomats and luminaries gathered last week to honor Chinese president Hu Jintao, they were treated to a performance by Lang Lang -- and a front row seat to perhaps the White House...

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Nixon in China: An Insider's Perspective

Monday, January 24, 2011

U.S. diplomat Winston Lord had a nearly four-decade long relationship with China, including a front-row seat to the historic 1972 meeting between Nixon and Mao, the subject of John ...

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Acoustics a Driving Force in New Gehry-Designed Hall

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

This week, Miami’s New World Symphony unveils its just-completed concert hall, the work of famed architect Frank Gehry. But the facility’s acoustic design, as much as its physical one...

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What's On: A Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Round-Up

Friday, January 14, 2011

Banks will be shuttered, the post office will be closed, as the nation pauses to mark the 25th Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, January 17. Here’s a round-up of some of our favor...

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That Was Then: Zeffirelli on La Traviata

Friday, January 14, 2011

The Met’s new La Traviata signals the retirement of a 1998 production by director Franco Zeffirelli. In this 1983 WQXR broadcast, Zeffirelli discusses his film version of La Traviata,...

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Helvetica: Your Biggest Fan Just Turned 80

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Helvetica is one of the world’s most ubiquitous fonts. We read it, stare at it, and pass by it every day. The font is especially prevalent in New York, where the city’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority uses the commonly seen, round-lettered type in its maps and signs. This week, Massimo Vignelli, the man credited with introducing the font to America and one of the font's staunchest supporters, turned 80.

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Love that Symphony? Your Brain Does Too

Monday, January 10, 2011

Can’t get enough of Chopin or Brahms? New research suggests the music you love doesn’t just sound good, it can actually provoke natural chemical reactions in the brain associated with...

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From Deep in a Mountain, a Cache of Classics

Monday, January 10, 2011

Some 200,000 recordings, including an as-yet unknown volume of classical tracks, are now being transferred from a subterranean storage facility to the Library of Congress, in what the...

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Raphael Hillyer, Juilliard Quartet Violist, Dies at 96

Friday, January 07, 2011

Raphael Hillyer, a founding violist of the Julliard String Quartet, died on Dec. 27 in Boston. He was 96.

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