WRFI Community Radio News
Add Your Input to the City of Ithaca’s 2026 Sidewalk Improvement Plan by August 10, 2025.
The City of Ithaca is looking for input to plan its 2026 sidewalk improvement work. Walk your neighborhoods solo, with neighbors—or even with your Common Council Member—to help find the sidewalks in your neighborhood that need repair or replacement most. You know your neighborhood best. Which sidewalks are most heavily used? Which are used by…
Read MoreCREATIVES: ‘The Firesign Theatre’ with Jeremy Braddock
WRFI talks to author and Cornell Associate Professor of Literature, Jeremy Braddock, about the history and culture of the 60’s-70’s era (and beyond) surrealist comedy troupe Firesign Theater. Jeremy recently published the book “Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums” (University of California Press). Jeremy discusses Firesign Theater with Peter B (of…
Read MoreCREATIVES: Filmmakers Glenda Drew & Jesse Drew on ‘Open Country’ documentary
About Open Country Purchase Tickets to the 7/14 Screening This interview originally aired on Wednesday July 9th 2025 at 5pm. WRFI talks to filmmakers Glenda Drew and Jesse Drew on their documentary ‘Open Country’. Join WRFI for a screening of ‘Open Country’ on Monday July 14th at 6:30pm, with a Q&A with Glenda & Jesse…
Read MoreWRFI 2025 Grassroots Festival Ticket Contest Submission & Rules
UPDATE WINNERS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AND NOTIFIED! Thank you to everyone who shared their GrassRoots stories with us this week! It’s been a wonderful voyage down musical and community memory lane! WRFI is giving away TWO pairs of 4-day passes to the 33rd Annual GrassRoots Festival! Two lucky winners will EACH get a pair of…
Read MoreEVENT: Film Screening of ‘Open Country’ at Cinemapolis, Monday July 14
WRFI Community Radio & PM Press present a screening of ‘Open Country’ at Cinemapolis on Monday July 14 at 6:30pm. Open Country is a journey into the roots of American Country music, reclaiming it as the creative musical expression of working people of all colors. Through archival clips, contemporary interviews, performances, and animated graphics, Open…
Read MoreAUDIO: Ithaca Pride Celebrating Queer Joy & Queer Power with 2025 Festival June 13-15
The Ithaca Pride Alliance (IPA) was formed in 2024 to serve as the first official group of organizers for LGBTQ+ focused events in Tompkins County. Andrew Scheldorf, local drag performer and current Chair of the IPA Board talked with WRFI in advance of their second annual “Pride in the Park” festival, which will take place…
Read MoreCREATIVES: “Neither Wolf Nor Dog” with Kent Nerburn
“Neither Wolf Nor Dog” is a 2016 film directed by Steven Lewis Simpson based on the 1996 book “Neither Wolf Nor Dog” On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder” by Kent Nerburn. A free special screening of the film presented by the Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ Learning Project on June 1, 2:30 PM at Cinemapolis— After the screening,…
Read MorePoetry & Reggae: Interviews w Kwame Dawes and Ishion Hutchinson
Jacob White of “Jamaican Clash” presents two important interviews examining the intersection of poetry, liberation, and reggae music. Kwame Dawes is the Poet Laureate of Jamaica as well as reggae scholar and the author of over 30 books. He’s done award-winning reporting on AIDS in Haiti. Ishion Hutchinson is the author of three poetry books and has won the…
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