Parking on the street is one of the least pleasant aspects of living in New York, and it’s not even a fair sport: 142,000 drivers with special permits can occupy parking spaces where most of us would get a ticket. Recently, the city started a major initiative to cut back on parking permits, but will it solve the problem? Watch the story.
Composer David Lang, one of the co-founders of New York’s Bang on a Can, has been a prolific presence on the city’s contemporary music scene for more than twenty years. Lang sat down with SundayArts blogger Adam Wasserman for a chat about his work shortly after he won the Pulitzer Prize in Music. Listen to the interview.
To commemorate Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Radio City Music Hall will host Israeli stars David Broza, Idan Raichel, Rami Kleinstein, Habanot Nechama and Yael Naim, whose voice most recently graced the MacBook …
OVER HERE is a half-hour documentary made by six local high school students about the WWII homefront as seen through the eyes of New Yorkers who were themselves teenagers at …
A conversation with Sen. Raymond Lesniak, Democrat from the 20th District. Elected to the Assembly in 1977 and to the State Senate in 1983, Lesniak served as State Democratic Chairman …
When the German war machine stormed into Poland, 19-year-old Zula Schibuk was sent from her home to Kaiserwald, a concentration camp in Latvia. This is her story.
This Saturday and Sunday (May 3, 4), experience Hanami — the Japanese cultural tradition of viewing and cherishing each moment of the cherry blossom season — when the Brooklyn Botanical Garden’s 220 cherry trees enter peak bloom.
Even though the Meadowlands area of Northern New Jersey has had extensive environmental cleanup, a new bird study shows that many species still live with harmful levels of contaminants. …
Mark Bittman, food columnist for the New York Times and host of public television’s “The Best Recipes in the World,” visited our studio for a live interactive webcast right here …
Have you lived on an aircraft carrier or have a family member who has? In conjunction with the Carrier series starting April 27, 2008, we’re looking for a few good stories or video to share with viewers.
