Arts
CREATIVES on WRFI: ‘Remaining Native’ a Conversation with Indigenous Filmmaker Paige Bethmann
This special interview with Paige Bethmann is scheduled to air on Monday December 1st from 5-6pm and on Saturday December 6th from 10-11am hosted by Zoë Van Nostrand. Tune in at 88.1 Ithaca, 89.7 Southern Finger Lakes, 91.9 Watkins Glen or stream from anywhere at WRFI.org/listen Tune in for two special broadcasts of CREATIVES on…
Read MoreCREATIVES: Interview with Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty on the Youth Radio Project
Brendan Canty with Fugazi. Brendan Canty with The Messthetics in Seattle. (Cat Rose photo) Tune in Wednesday November 5th at 5pm or Sunday November 9 at 3pm for a new Creatives on WRFI interview with Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty on the Youth Radio Project Tune in for two November broadcasts of Creatives on WRFI,…
Read MoreSilent Movies Under The Stars Return with 1916’s Sherlock Holmes
(Provided) ITHACA, NY — The Ithaca-based Wharton Studio Museum will present the 1916 silent film version of “Sherlock Holmes”, as its the 11th annual “Silent Film Under the Stars”. Diana Reisman is the Executive Director of Wharton Studio Museum (WSM). The Ithaca-based organization promotes the role played by Ithaca in the development of filmmaking in…
Read MoreState Grants Bring in $100,000 for Local Arts Organizations
The Cayuga Chamber Orchestra’s Youth Orchestra performing on January 13th, 2018. (Cayuga Chamber Orchestra) TOMPKINS COUNTY, NY — The arts in Tompkins County have received $100,000 in State grants to date. The money is for putting on a show and revitalizing live performances in New York state. It’s coming from $105 Million dollar fund, “Restart…
Read MoreHistory Center Exhibit Tells How Tompkins County Women Changed the World
Zoe Van Nostrand, the Marketing & Visitor Experience Coordinator at the History Center in Tompkins County, talks about the new exhibit on display at the museum, “Breaking Barriers: Women’s Lives and Livelihoods”. Listeners will also hear from Claire Deng, a Cornell undergraduate and student intern working on the exhibit. Breaking Barriers is on display until…
Read MoreThe Friends of Stewart Park Celebrate The Park’s Centennial Bash
The Friends of Stewart Park gathered on Sunday, July 11 to celebrate the park’s centennial with cupcakes and music. The Centennial Birthday Bash took place one week after the initial planned date, due to trees in the park being heavily damaged in severe thunderstorms. Rick Manning, the Executive Director of the Friends of Stewart Park,…
Read MoreA New Stage is Set at the Hangar Theatre
Ribbon cutting ceremony for the Hangar Theatre’s outdoor stage (Michael Memis/WRFI) The Hangar Theatre is finally re-opening to in-person performances after a year and a half without them. The Hangar celebrated it’s new outdoor theater with a blue ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday. There to celebrate were city officials, members of Tompkins Trust Company, and…
Read MoreThe Cherry Arts Presents the Headphone Walking Play, “Trap Door”
WRFI Community Radio News contributor Esther Racoosin speaks with Cynthia Henderson and Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon. They are the director and lead writer, respectively, of the Cherry Arts new headphone walking play, “Trap Door”. Participants will be able to contemplate and meditate on the experiences of local African American freedom fighters as they listen to the…
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