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Here are the latest announcements and opportunities to get involved in WRFI, follow along with us on this journey of serving Ithaca and Watkins Glen with community radio. We love hearing from you! Contact us anytime. 

Creatives on WRFI: Karan Casey and Ellen Grady

By Felix Teitelbaum

Felix Teitelbaum interviews Irish singer-songwriter Karan Casey and Ellen Grady of the Ithaca Catholic Worker. Casey will be performing a benefit for the Catholic Worker on Thursday, March 9, 2023 at the Community School of Music and Arts. Casey is a founding member of the American/Irish supergroup Solas and has released 9 albums of her…

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WRFI’s The Scene Interviews Artist Al-An deSouza on Transcending Boundaries

By Chantal Thomas

This week’s episode of The Scene features an interview with artist and photography professor Al-An deSouza. The Scene’s Chantal Thomas speaks with Professor deSouza about their exhibition, Elegies of Futures Past, at Cornell University’s Johnson Museum of Art, and its meditations on family memory, colonial empire and diasporic identity.  (original air date: November 4, 2022) The Scene airs every…

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Creatives on WRFI: House of Ithaqua Presents Pontypool

By Staff Editor

Stevie Eve Chaneles and Bea Bornstein speak with Pontypool director Jeff Hodges and actors Mike Chen and Ivony Whiteley. HOI is proud to present Pontypool (running November 18-December 3, 2022) by Tony Burgess as an audio horror drama directed by HOI co-founder Jeff Hodges. The show centers on disgraced radio DJ Grant Mazzy, who finds himself…

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Latest from the WRFI News Team

Daily features and interviews from our community

Ithaca Festival – Danielle Klock – May 22nd, 2014

By WRFI News Staff | May 22, 2014

Samuel Whitehead talks with Danielle Klock, the Executive Director of the Ithaca Festival, about the festival’s history and what’s in store for this year. This interview originally aired on the May 22nd, 2014 broadcast of WRFI Community Radio News.

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Ithaca Freeskool – Lily Gershon – May 16th, 2014

By WRFI News Staff | May 16, 2014

Samuel Whitehead talks with Lily Gershon about the origins of the Ithaca Freeskool and what’s in store for their upcoming semester. This interview originally aired on the May 16th, 2014 broadcast of WRFI Community Radio News.

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Streets Alive! Ithaca – Tom Knipe – May 1st, 2014

By WRFI News Staff | May 1, 2014

Samuel Whitehead talks with Tom Knipe about the origins of Streets Alive! Ithaca and what’s in store for this year’s event. This interview originally aired on the May 1st, 2014 broadcast of WRFI Community Radio News.

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“Switched-On: The Birth of the Moog Synthesizer” – Scott Callan and Catherine Duffy – April 24th, 2014

By WRFI News Staff | April 24, 2014

Samuel Whitehead talks with Scott Callan and Catherine Duffy of the History Center in Tompkins County about the exhibit “Switched-On: The Birth of the Moog Synthesizer.” This interview originally aired on the April 24th, 2014 broadcast of WRFI Community Radio News.

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George Sapio – Ithaca Fringe Festival – April 17th, 2014

By admin | April 17, 2014

Samuel Whitehead talks with George Sapio of the Ithaca Fringe Festival about the event’s inaugural year. This interview originally aired on the April 17th, 2014 broadcast of WRFI Community Radio News.

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Small maple syrup producers and NY’s untapped potential

By WRFI News Staff | April 14, 2014

Josh Dolan, a local maple syrup producer, believes that New York can become king of U.S. maple syrup production, and he’s not alone. This report originally aired on the April 14th, 2014 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.

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