Posts by Michayla Savitt
Remembering local banjo star Mac Benford of Highwoods String Band
Mac Benford, a local banjo player who made his name with the iconic Highwoods String Band, passed away on Saturday, February 15th at the age of 79. In November 2019, WRFI’s Felix Teitelbaum sat down with the Highwoods star to speak about his longtime music career. A feature documentary which screened locally in November about…
Read MoreXR Ithaca’s Art Weaver on Feb. 13 Chase Bank protest, subsequent arrests [AUDIO]
Extinction Rebellion Ithaca organizer Art Weaver speaks about the group’s protest on Thursday, February 13th at the downtown Chase Bank, which ended in a dozen arrests. WRFI’s Michayla Savitt and The Ithaca Voice’s Anna Lamb produced this report.
Read MoreExtinction Rebellion Ithaca calls for Chase Bank to divest from fossil fuels, will protest Feb. 13 [AUDIO]
Dr. Art Weaver, an organizer with Extinction Rebellion Ithaca, joined WRFI’s Michayla Savitt and contributor Finley Frenchette on “Your Morning” Feb. 12th to speak about a protest being held at noon on Feb. 13th calling on Chase to divest from fossil fuels. The local chapter of the social justice movement delivered a letter to the…
Read MoreFinger Lakes for New York Health on “Power to Heal” documentary screening [AUDIO]
Carolyn Kenyon of “Finger Lakes for New York Health” joined WRFI’s Michayla Savitt live in-studio on “Your Morning” to talk about The Power to Heal, a documentary looking at the relationship between medicare and desegregation. The film screens at 7pm on Wednesday, January 29th at Cinemapolis. The pair discuss the gap in health coverage that…
Read MoreDr. Eva Fogelman on her work with Holocaust rescuers and treating historical trauma [AUDIO]
The lives of millions who died in the Holocaust are being remembered around the world today, on the 75th anniversary of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp liberation by the US Army. On February 2nd, Authors Dr. Eva Fogelman, Roald Hoffmann, and Dan Schwarz will gather for a panel titled, “When it’s Hard to be Human: Lessons…
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