Posts by Felix Teitelbaum
WINO, Watkins Glen is Off the Air
We’re sorry to announce to our Watkins Glen listeners that we have gone off the air on 91.9FM as of Friday, November 10. This change will not affect our signals at 88.1FM in Ithaca, or 89.7FM across the Southern Finger Lakes. Nor will it affect our webstream heard here at WRFI.ORG. In fact many Watkins…
Read MoreCREATIVES: Quintron and Miss Pussycat [AUDIO]
Felix Teitelbaum interviews New Orleans-based artists Quintron and Missy Pussycat on August 24, 2023. They’ll be appearing in Ithaca at the Cherry Arts, Sept. 11. The show is a benefit for WRFI. You can learn more about the duo and get tickets to the show here.
Read MoreWRFI PRESENTS: Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Sept. 11, BUY TICKETS
WRFI is proud to announce we’re bringing New Orleans artists Quintron and Miss Pussycat to Ithaca for our first-ever “WRFI Presents” event, Monday, September 11, 2023 at the Cherry Arts at 102 Cherry St in Ithaca. The Johnny Dowd Trio will be opening. Come out for some mind-bending, hip-shaking mayhem and support your community radio…
Read MoreRead listeners 2023 GrassRoots Stories!
The GrassRoots Festival is a huge cultural event in our community.Every year, the festival is host to a dizzying array of musical acts from around the world. The GrassRoots culture also includes the thousands upon thousands of people who come each year to take part. Check out some of these great GrassRoots stories submitted by…
Read MoreCREATIVES: New Orleans Artist Lynn Drury with Dan Aloi
“I love to rock, but I like to roll – I like it all … I have a country song on every record and then I have a New Orleans song on every record. I would just write in these different veins and then it all melded together. But I knew in the beginning that…
Read MoreLISTEN: 2023 Ithaca Common Council Candidate Interviews
2023 Ithaca Common Council Election Coverage For the first time in 10 years, Voters in the City of Ithaca have the chance to elect a new mayor and the entire Common Council. WRFI and the Ithaca Voice have teamed up to bring you a week of interviews with Common Council candidates before the primary. Tune…
Read MoreCREATIVES: Helen Gillet on new Album and Ithaca Shows
New Orleans based cellist Helen Gillet chats with Felix Teitelbaum about her new album “ReBelle” and her upcoming appearances in Ithaca at the Downstairs May 24 and June 29, 2023. Photo: Jason Kruppa
Read MoreLocal News for Wednesday, May 10, 2023
-Ithaca’s State Theater Gets Over $100,000 in New York Budget- The State Theater in Ithaca is getting $103,000 allocated in the newly-passed state budget. The Ithaca Voice reports the money is from a $5 million program for over thirteen historic upstate theaters. The State Theater’s attendance has dropped about 38% since the onset of the…
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