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World Music Descends on NYC
January 09, 2009
Sunday night at Webster Hall - it's New York's annual sneak peak at bands that could be on the verge of international fame. Global Fest brings together 12 world music acts on three stages. And WNYC....
Healthy Compensation for NYC Civil Servants
January 08, 2009
A new study finds civil servants with six-figure compensation packages are the norm in New York City with firefighters making, on average, $186,000 a year, and police officers, $164,000. The study, ....
Broadway and Beyond
The Brian Lehrer Show
January 09, 2009
Country Music Royalty
The Leonard Lopate Show
January 09, 2009
Singer/songwriter
Event:
Carlene Carter will be performing
Fri. Jan. 9 at 9:30 PM
Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette
More info here
From the Archives: "Evans' Archive" (4/29/05)
The Fishko Files
January 09, 2009
Classical music is a field as star-studded as any; but there are still plenty of hidden treasures, buried in anonymity, waiting to be unearthed. In this edition of the Fishko Files, Sara Fishko tells a tale of the belated discovery of a major player, Irén Marik.
Sounds of the Three Kings Day Parade
January 07, 2009
Mexican tribal performers joined camels, sheep and some politicians in the Three Kings Day parade in East Harlem yesterday. The annual event is organized by El Museo del Barrio and marks the Christi....
Looking Under the Radar
January 07, 2009
A dozen Broadway shows may be closing, but sixteen more shows open downtown in a theater festival that starts today. It’s the Under the Radar festival: it bring plays, musicals and performance ....
In Brooklyn, Steam and Whistles Usher in 2009
January 01, 2009
It's not just about dropping crystal balls and confetti. On the Clinton Hill campus of Pratt Institute, a few hundred revelers gathered last night for a once-a-year cacophony: factory whistles, steam....
A Samba New Year's Eve
January 01, 2009
The sounds of the Bahian Allstars who played out 2008 with a Samba beat at S.O.B.'s. The club in SoHo hosted a new year's party called "Havana Meets Rio!" Club artistic director Mario Pereira expla....
Homage to Pinter
December 30, 2008
Broadway will dim its lights at exactly 7 p.m tonight in memory of Harold Pinter, the playwright, actor and director. Pinter died late last week. Harold Pinter won the Nobel Prize for Literature in ....
From the Archives: "Keith Jarrett in Japan" (Originally Aired 5/6/05)
The Fishko Files
January 02, 2009
Keith Jarrett’s 2005 CD, "Radiance", was his first solo concert recording since the middle of the 90’s, when illness got in his way. Jarrett talked with Sara Fishko about his process this time around...for this encore edition of the Fishko Files.
From the Archives: "'Angels' on Stage" (Originally Aired 5/13/05)
The Fishko Files
December 26, 2008
The four dramas nominated for Tony Awards this week bring to mind another Broadway season, when the play that won the Tony was more than a play. "Angels in America" appeared in New York in early May of 1993, and it was heralded as a groundbreaking moment--a moment that might just change Broadway forever. It may not have done that, but for a generation of theatre-goers that had lived through the 1980’s, the play evoked powerful feelings about history, politics, religion...and just Life on Earth. Sara Fishko has more in this edition of The Fishko Files...
Union Square Dance Studio Closes
December 23, 2008
Djoniba Drum and Dance Center has been teaching dance in its seventh floor studios since 1992. But the studio was hit with a huge rent increase and with fewer students able to afford class, it has t....
Theater for the Real World
The Leonard Lopate Show
December 23, 2008
How can theater be relevant to big issues in the real world?
Irving Berlin’s ”White Christmas: The Musical”
The Leonard Lopate Show
December 23, 2008
Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas: The Musical” tells the story of two showbiz buddies who put on a show in a picturesque Vermont inn, and find their perfect mates in the bargain.
Celebrating Carnatic Music
December 19, 2008
For many music lovers, Indian classical music is synonymous with Ravi Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who inspired the Beatles decades ago. But here in New York, Indian classical music is alive and well....
Middle Collegiate Church Rocks the House of Worship
December 21, 2008
Its roots go back to a group of Dutch traders who came to lower Manhattan in the 1600's, and it's the oldest continuous Protestant reform church in the country. But when you walk through the doors of....
Philip Glass: The Glass Box
The Leonard Lopate Show
December 22, 2008
The Wrestler
The Leonard Lopate Show
December 19, 2008
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