Arts
Barstander Training for DJs Seeks a Safer Nightlife Scene in Ithaca
Local DJ Ben Ortiz (DJ ha-MEEN) of Ithaca DJ Festival and the Tompkins County Advocacy Center have joined forces to create a safer, more inclusive nightlife scene. Their mission starts and ends with activating local leaders, citizens, and talents to act as bystanders, working to fight sexual assault and harassment across the local nightlife scene.…
Read MoreHighbrow for May 3, 2018
This calendar of arts and music for the weekend aired on Thursday, May 3, 2018 on WRFI Community Radio News. Image: Wikicommons
Read MoreThe Co-Directors of the 2018 Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival [AUDIO]
Patricia Zimmermann and Tom Shevory, Ithaca College Professors and co-Directors of the 2018 Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival discuss the events taking place during the festival. The event features films, lectures, music and readings. Esther Racoosin conducted this interview during the April 3rd, 2018 edition of WRFI News.
Read MoreInterview w/ Nagiane Lacka, Coordinator of Ithaca’s New Muslim Culture Mural [AUDIO]
Tompkins County’s first Muslim Culture Mural was finished in November 2017. Nagiane Lacka discusses the planning and completion of this new artwork located in the Green Street parking garage, in downtown Ithaca. She also speaks about public art as a vehicle to create safe community spaces. (Photo Credit: ithacamurals.com)
Read MoreThe Artist and Writer Residency at the Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts [audio]
Lesley Williamson, Executive Director of the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts talks about the artist and writer residency program. The application deadline for the residency is this coming January 1, 2018. Williamson discusses how Constance Saltonstall decided to start the foundation, and how the residency came into being. Esther Racoosin conducted this interview, which…
Read MoreClimates of Change: A Civic Ensemble Production [audio]
Sarah K. Chalmers of the Civic Ensemble theatre company, and Sara Warner, member of the Cornell University Department of the Performing and Media Arts, talk about the new theatre production, “Climates of Change”. The production is a cooperative effort between Tompkins County community members and Cornell students. It will be performed from December 1 to…
Read MoreCathy Lee Crane discusses the new film, “The Manhattan Front”[audio]
Cathy Lee Crane, Ithaca College Associate Professor of Media Arts, Sciences and Studies at Ithaca College, talks about the new, feature length film called “The Manhattan Front”. It will premiere at Cinemapolis movie theatre in Ithaca on Tuesday, October 17, at 7 pm; it is free to the public. This interview initially aired on the…
Read MoreWoody Chichester of Buffalo Street Books on Emergency Owners Meeting [AUDIO]
Woody Chichester, general manager of Buffalo Street Books, spoke with Forrester Hammer about the cooperatively-owned bookstore. The focus was on the difficult economic situation of the store, and subjects for the Emergency Owners Meeting scheduled October 12. This interview originally aired on the Oct. 6, 2017 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
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