Keith Hernandez gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the Mets’ final season at Shea Stadium. Then, Michael Shapiro explains the controversy that threatened the future of baseball in the 1950s. Judith Jamison, Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, on the company’s 50th anniversary performances at BAM. Plus, we discuss reintegrating convicts into society with justice system reformer Sunny Schwartz and a former prison inmate.
RSVP to the Lopate Show’s Projections screening of "Parting Glances" on June 16th at WNYC’s Greene Space here:projections@wnyc.org
Shea Goodbye
Former Mets All-Star first baseman Keith Hernandez on his behind-the-scenes look at the Mets' final season at Shea Stadium, Shea Good-Bye: The Untold Inside Story of the Historic 2008 Season.
Events: Keith Hernandez will be signing books
Thursday, June 11th, 12:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
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Botom of the Ninth
Michael Shapiro goes inside baseball’s watershed moment in the 1950s. His book Bottom of the Ninth covers the schemes of Branch Rickey and Casey Stengel to save baseball.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at 50
Judith Jamison, Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, talks about the company's 50th anniversary celebration at BAM. Performances of "Best Of" and "Classic Ailey" programs run June 9-14. More information and tickets here.
Dreams from the Monster Factory
What do we do with the people who get out of jail and come back to communities? Criminal justice reform expert Sunny Schwartz, asks this question in Dreams from the Monster Factory: A Tale of Prison, Redemption, and One Woman's Fight to Restore Justice to All. She's joined by ...

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