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Changing Times
Arthur Gelb talks about City Room, his memoir of 45 years at the New York Times. (The 1945 airplane crash into the Empire State Building marked his professional reporting debut.) Then Felicia Wiggins and Ute Wartenberg take a look at the new $20 bills now in circulation. Photographer Elizabeth Gilbert on her four years with the Maasai in Kenya and Tanzania. And Brian Morton shares his new novel, A Window Across the River.
Arthur Gelb
Arthur Gelb began working at The New York Times in 1944 as a night copyboy, and he retired 45 years later as the managing editor. He shares his memoir, City
Room.
“The Toy Trumpet” “Mexican Jumping Bean”
Felicia Wiggins and Ute Wartenberg
Whether or not you like the new $20 bills, we’re going to
explain them to you. Felicia Wiggins of the Federal Reserve Bank in New York and Ute Wartenberg, director of the American Numismatic
Society, are here to talk about the history of currency
and why periodic changes are necessary.
Objects of Fantasy: The Music of Pink Floyd (David Palmer and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
Elizabeth Gilbert
Photographer
Elizabeth Gilbert spent four years with the Maasai in Kenya and Tanzania. She
was allowed to photograph male and female circumcisions, weddings, and even the
most dangerous of all Maasai rituals, a lion hunt. Her recent book is Broken
Spears: A Maasai Journey.
Elizabeth Gilbert will be speaking at The Explorers Club, 46 East 70th Street, Nov 17th at 6:30 pm
Elizabeth Gilbert’s photography is exhibited at the June Bateman Gallery (560 Broadway, suite 309) through December 2nd. A reception will be held on November 6 from 6-8 pm(212-925-7951)
Brian Morton
Brian Morton reunites a pair of star-crossed but self- asbsorbed New York lovers in his latest novel, A Window
Across the River.
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Jeanne-Claude created environmental works of art with her husband and fellow-conspirator/collaborator Christo. Together, they wrapped the Reichstag in Berlin, the Pont-Neuf in Paris, and created The Gates, with billowy orange drapes, in Central Park. Jeanne-Claude just died at the age of 74. You can hear Leonard Lopate’s last interview with them both, from July 19, 1999.
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Our 3-ingredient Challenge wins a James Beard Award
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On May 3, the Lopate Show won its third James Beard Award for our 3-ingredient challenge. In August, we asked our listeners to call in and name 3 ingredients and then challenged New York chef and 3-ingredient expert Rozanne Gold to whip up a recipe! You can listen to the 3-ingredient challenge and get some inspiration for simple, delicious, and unexpected dishes.
