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(mfshadow/flickr)Green Space and Seascape
A green thumb gives us his best tips for urban gardeners. Then, an Egyptian-American journalist recounts her family's journey from Cairo to New York. Also, the historian of Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery illuminates the lives of Civil War veterans buried there. And on this week's Please Explain, we'll learn all about oceans.
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Whether you've got a window box in Manhattan or a sprawling backyard in Manhasset, horticulturalist Gerard Lordahl is here to help you get things growing despite the summer heat.
Visit the New York Council on the Environment.
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From Old Cairo to New York
Jewish communities have lived in Egypt since Biblical times, but political changes in the 1950s forced many to flee the once-cosmopolitan country. Lucette Lagnado's family lost everything when they escaped first to Paris and then to New York, and her once-glamorous father was never quite the same.
Her memoir The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World is available for purchase at amazon.com.
Event: Lucette Lagnado will be signing books
Saturday, August 11 at 5:30 pm
The East Hampton Library
159 Main Street
East Hampton, New York
For more information, visit the library’s website.
Weigh in: Do you remember Old Cairo?
Final Camping Ground
When Green-Wood Cemetery historian Jeffrey Richman began researching Civil War soldiers buried there, he never expected to locate more 3,000 of them. His book and CD Final Camping Ground tells the stories of these brave men in their own words, via letters, journals, and battlefield reports.
Purchase Final Camping Ground and learn more about Jeffrey Richman's tours of Green-Wood Cemetery here.
Weigh in: Are there Civil War veterans in your family?
Please Explain: Oceans
Ever wonder why the surf is up or the tides are out? On today's Please Explain, Dr. William B. F. Ryan of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Dr. Paul Falkowski of Rutgers University will answer your questions on everything from algae to undertow.
Call us live on the air at 212-433-9692 or post your questions and comments here.
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Tributes: Jeanne-Claude
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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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