Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers
Wednesday, December 03, 2003
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(Lawrence Taylor)
After a career tackling the opposing team’s quarterbacks, Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor found out that his toughest opponent was himself. He’s here to talk about his recovery from years of drugs, prostitutes, and paranoia. Then Stephanie Wellen Levine and “Chana” (not her real name) discuss the place of adolescent girls in the Crown Heights Lubavitcher community. Canadian animator Grant Munro and distributor Dennis Doros on “Cut-Up,” the new compilation of Munro’s films. And Dr. William Gerdts talks about the golden age of American Impressionism.
Lawrence Taylor
Hall of Famer and former Giants player Lawrence Taylor’s recent memoir is called LT: Over the Edge. He is clean now, after years of cocaine abuse.
Music: John Scofield “Blackout”
Ulrich Schnauss “Knuddelmaus”
Ulrich Schnauss “Knuddelmaus”
Stephanie Wellen Levine and "Chana"
As part of a graduate program, Stephanie Wellen Levine spent a year living as a “participant observer” in the Lubavitcher Hasidic community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. She’s written about it in Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers: An Intimate Journey Among Hasidic Girls. With her is “Chana,” a member of ...
Grant Munro
Dr. William Gerdts
Dr. William Gerdts explains why American Impressionists shouldn’t play second fiddle to the better-known French Impressionist painters.
Music: He Got Game Soundtrack composer Aaron Copeland
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