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Mad Hot Ballroom (Paramount Classics)
Ruth Reichl, editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine, food critic Gael Greene, and restaurant consultant Clark Wolf pay tribute to James Beard on the 102nd anniversary of his birth. Then, we’ll hear about the quest to bring ballroom dancing to NYC public schools, as portrayed in the new documentary “Mad Hot Ballroom.” Colm Feore tells us about playing Cassius in the current Broadway production of Julius Caesar. Finally, Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel and James Stewart Polshek discuss whether or not 40 years of landmarks regulation have benefited New York City.
James Beard
In the 1940s & 1950s, when the nation was reveling in American Jell-O salads, cocktail wiener canapes, and Pepsi-Cola Cakes, James Beard was busy cooking up local, seasonal American dishes, proving to the world that delicious, fresh food could be found here in America. In celebration of James Beard’s 102nd ...
Mad Hot Ballroom
Filmmaker Marilyn Agrelo, teacher Rodney Lopez, and student Emma Biegacki, discuss the documentary “Mad Hot Ballroom,” a look at how ballroom dancing is changing the lives of some 11-year-old New York public school students.
» Visit the film's website
» Visit the film's website
A Lean and Hungry Look
Colm Feore tells us about his role as Cassius in a new Broadway revival of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
Music: Soundtrack to Looking for Richard, music by Howard Shore: “Queen Margaret”
Music: Soundtrack to Looking for Richard, music by Howard Shore: “Queen Margaret”
Landmark Decisions
Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, chairperson of the Historic Landmarks Preservation Center and the author of The Landmarks of New York: An Illustrated Record of the City’s Historic Buildings, joins architect James Stewart Polshek, who designed the new entrance to the Brooklyn Museum, for a discussion of how 40 years of decisions by ...
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