Julia Furlan

WNYC Culture Producer

Julia Furlan appears in the following:

City Ballet and Dancers Settle Union Contract

Wednesday, May 04, 2011

After a marathon 12-hour session, the union representing dancers and orchestra members at the New York City Ballet and the company's management have settled their contract.

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Old City, New Ideas: The Festival of Ideas Kicks off on the Lower East Side

Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Beginning on Wednesday, new ideas are coming to New York City. The Festival of Ideas for the New City pairs workshops and lectures about everything from sustainability to urban plann...

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Year-Round, 365 Days of Print Turns Headlines to Art

Monday, May 02, 2011

Today's bold headlines about the death of Osama Bin Laden became art at 365 Days of Print. Using what they call "endangered print media," artists turn the news into mixed media, painting, photography and video art.

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East Village Says Goodbye to 1984 at the Pyramid Club

Friday, April 29, 2011

For 18 years, fans of '80s music have flocked to the storied Pyramid Club on Avenue A nearly every Friday to enjoy songs by artists from the Smiths to Cyndi Lauper spun by the par...

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No Contract, No Dancing? City Ballet Fails to Reach Agreement with Dancers

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Contract negotiations between the union representing dancers at the New York City Ballet and the company's management are "headed for disaster," according to the American Guild of Musical Artists.

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Signs of Spring: Bring on the Food Trucks

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

After a wet, chilly start to spring, New Yorkers are ready to revel in something they love: food trucks. Click here to listen to an audio montage and see a slideshow of food trucker...

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Toasting the Royal Wedding from Sunrise to Sundown

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Royal flair comes to New York City for the royal nupitals between Prince William and bride-to-be Kate Middleton.

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Tribeca Film Festival: 'The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye'

Monday, April 25, 2011

The WNYC Culture team asked five New York filmmakers showing their work at this year's Tribeca Film Festival five questions about their life and work. Click here to see our interv...

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Just In Time for Earth Day, the Big Green Theater Festival Hopes to Make Bushwick Greener

Friday, April 22, 2011

Bushwick has some of the lowest recycling rates in the city. Residents are hoping to change that with education and theater.

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The Art of Moving Boxes

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Take a look at what was said in Union Square Thursday as Brooklyn-based artist Arielle Falk presented her project "De-INHIBITIONATORS."

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Art and Science Meet in the Name of Wonder at NYU

Friday, April 15, 2011

For nearly 12 hours on Saturday, the stage of the Cantor Film Center at New York University will be populated by neurobiologists, perfume critics, photographers and musicians who are ...

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Sauropods, Inside and Out at the American Museum of Natural History

Friday, April 15, 2011

A new exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History takes a look at how the biggest dinosaurs that ever existed survived—tiny brains, long necks and all. 

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The Queens Museum Expands and Upgrades

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

The Queens Museum broke ground Tuesday on a $65 million expansion project that will double its size. Local artists, school children and community leaders celebrated the groundbreaking...

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Museum of Art and Design Honors Ivorian Harlem Actor Isaach de Bankolé

Friday, April 08, 2011

Beginning on Friday, the museum will honor de Bankolé for three decades of acting.

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Spring Theater: Drag Queens, Wizards and Tigers, Oh My

Friday, April 08, 2011

Theater critics Elisabeth Vincentelli of The New York Post and Adam Feldman of Time Out New York agree that this spring is the best theater season they've seen on Broadway in a long t...

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LGBT Theater Group Address Issues for the Queer (And Also Straight) Community

Thursday, April 07, 2011

The Purple Repertory Theater Company's "Gay Plays For Straight People (And Also Gay People)" opens on Friday. The production is actually two shows that take on issues around gender, sexuality and marriage equality.

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Highbrow Theater on the Cheap

Monday, April 04, 2011

Even as ticket prices to most Broadway shows are soaring, some big-name theater companies offer productions suitable for the theater's more thrifty crowd.

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Theater 167 Celebrates Diversity in Queens with 'You are Now the Owner of This Suitcase'

Saturday, April 02, 2011

The newly-minted theater company Theater 167 celebrates the neighborhood's diversity with its second play "You are Now the Owner of This Suitcase." The show closes on Sunday.

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John Leguizamo as a Hyper, Frenetic 'Ghetto Klown'

Friday, April 01, 2011

In his latest one-man show, "Ghetto Klown," John Leguizamo leads the audience down a video-laced rabbit hole of his life and career. The show is part of an extended run at the Lyceum Theater through July 10.

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'Harry Potter' Fans Gear Up for Exhibit in Times Square

Thursday, March 31, 2011

"Harry Potter: The Exhibit," which previously passed through Toronto, Boston and other cities, is arriving at Discovery Times Square on Friday.

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