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Live performances in Soundcheck's studios
WNYC's Coverage of the Beijing Olympics
Studio 360: Randy Newman Talks about his Career and Plays Live in the Studio
Selected Shorts featuring “Taste,” by Roald Dahl
Radio Rookies: Heroin by Janesse "Nesse" Nieves
Street Shots Challenge
On The Media: Investigative Reporting
The Mystery of the Missing WPA Murals
November 03, 2005
by Judith Kampfner
In the 1930s and 40s the federal Works Progress Administration, or WPA, commissioned artists to paint murals in public buildings all over the country, and you can still see their distinctive images ....
Dancing in Bollywood Movies
July 05, 2005
by Judith Kampfner
Art house movie hits like Monsoon Wedding and Bride and Prejudice,, were intended for Western audiences. They featured some of the high energy music and dance numbers that you’d find in a pure Bol....
Actress Anne Bancroft Dies at 73
June 08, 2005
by Judith Kampfner
Most remembered as Mrs. Robinson, film and stage actress Anne Bancroft has died. She won both a Tony and an Oscar for her role as Annie Sullivan, Helen Keller's teacher, in The Miracle Worker but sh....
British Memorial Garden
May 14, 2005
by Judith Kampfner
While debate continues over what will be built at Ground Zero, work has started this week on the construction of a new Memorial park the size of a city block in the historic Wall St neighborhoo....
Party at Damaged British Consulate
May 06, 2005
by Judith Kampfner
There was a party last night at the British consulate on Third Avenue, just hours after the explosions yesterday morning. WNYC's Judith Kampfner reports that attendees were relaxed as they celebrate....
Your Truth, My Truth, The Truth
April 11, 2005
by Judith Kampfner
A new play at Columbia University is the latest work from British theater director Peter Brook. The work explores the life and teaching of a West African Sufi master. WNYC’s Judith Kampfner has....
New Burlesque
March 20, 2005
by Judith Kampfner
A few years on into the revival of Burlesque shows, there's a community of performers who have loyal audiences in clubs and bars. Increasingly dancers and performance artists are reinterpreting the t....
The Flid Show
February 18, 2005
by Judith Kampfner
In the late fifties and early sixties, the drug Thalidomide caused birth defects in many parts of the world. Americans at the time were aware of the tragedy but the impact of thalidomide was not an i....
A day at the Rubin Museum of Art
January 21, 2005
by Judith Kampfner
Businessman Donald Rubin started buying Himalayan sacred paintings twenty years ago. Now over 900 works of art from his collection are on display in the new Rubin Museum of Art. The museum opened in ....
Noguchi: Sculptor and Set Designer
December 20, 2004
by Judith Kampfner
The Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi was born a hundred years ago. He died in 1988 and left behind a museum in Long Island City to showcase the breadth and scope of his work. He had an intern....
A Number
December 06, 2004
by Judith Kampfner
When Dolly the sheep was cloned in Britain in 1999, it seemed human cloning might be right around the corner. After the media frenzy died down, British playwright Caryl Churchill decided to explore w....
Tae Guk Gi
September 30, 2004
by Judith Kampfner
Mention a movie about the Korean War to Americans and they probably think of M*A*S*H. But while the most expensive film out of Korea is about the Korean war -its not about the experience of the....
Tae Guk Gi
September 30, 2004
by Judith Kampfner
Mention a movie about the Korean War to Americans and they probably think of M*A*S*H. But while the most expensive film out of Korea is about the Korean war –its not about the experience of t....
New York Actors at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
September 20, 2004
by Judith Kampfner
New York actors at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival It's expensive to take a show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. It also takes guts and gumption to be part of the biggest and oldest frin....
The Theater Art of Paul Davis
July 29, 2004
by Judith Kampfner
Click here to see the posters Mentally conjure up posters for Broadway musicals and symbolic images come to mind. Little cat's eyes, a half mask, a helicopter. But the theater posters of Paul D....
Coney Island Art Invasion
July 17, 2004
by Judith Kampfner
Since the construction of KeySpan Park for the Brooklyn Cyclones, there have been several plans to draw more visitors to Coney Island. But many of the small family businesses have not had the funds to....
Governor's Island Open to Public
June 22, 2004
by Judith Kampfner
After years of being off-limits, Governor's Island is now open to the public. However, the city and state have not decided what to do with the island that sits a half mile from Manhattan and Brooklyn ....
Korean Sharing House
by Judith Kampfner
» Back to main page Cecilia Heejong Kim: I found myself interested in this issue – probably the most important issue that happened in Korean women’s history. Kampfner: An instru....
Artist Couples
February 13, 2004
by Judith Kampfner
Lovers who live and work together - that is common in New York City where many people meet through work. Such relationships have unique bonds as well as conflicts. With artists who live and work in....
Films about Indigenous People Grab Spotlight
January 16, 2004
by Judith Kampfner
Feature films about indigenous people have been winning awards at film festivals over the last five years and are starting to become box office successes. The most recent of these was Whale Rider fr....