Alicia Zuckerman appears in the following:
TAT's Cru
Saturday, May 08, 2004
Back in the early 1980s, Wilfredo Feliciano and Sotero Ortiz became two of the best graffiti artists in the Bronx, illegally painting countless city walls and subway cars. The two are still at it today, but they’ve gone legit, and they’re teaching their kids about an energetic artistic sensibility born ...
Graffiti: All Grown Up
Friday, May 07, 2004
Two of most prolific teenage graffiti artists of the eighties are all grown up now, raising kids, making money, and still painting the streets of New York.
Circus Tells Tales with Opera
Thursday, April 29, 2004
New York, NY —
Cirque Boom, a two-year-old circus company in Brooklyn, calls what it does circus that matters and theater that amazes. Tonight in DUMBO Cirque Boom is adding opera to the mix, using acrobats and professional opera singers in The Hoffmann Circus, a re-telling of Jacques Offenbach's ...Janney's Sonic Forest Gets Second Chance
Friday, April 23, 2004
New York, NY —
People walking through the Lincoln Center Plaza one day last summer encountered some exotic sounds. Sonic Forest, a temporary electronic installation by the interactive artist Christopher went up on August fourteenth. So hours after the project opened, it fell silent, as the blackout of 2003 ...Bronx Charter School for the Arts
Saturday, March 27, 2004
A few months ago, we introduced you to the Bronx Charter School for the Arts — a new public elementary school in an economically struggling section of New York City. Alicia Zuckerman caught up with the students and teachers backstage before their first public performance.
First Performance At Bronx Arts
Monday, March 22, 2004
New York, NY —
The Bronx Charter School for the Arts is a public and privately funded free elementary school in Hunts Point. Since it opened in September, WNYC's Alicia Zuckerman has been checking in on its progress. She was there for the school's first public performance.Sullivan: ...
Voters In New York City Decided Between 'Two Johns'
Tuesday, March 02, 2004
New York, NY —
There were nine names on the Super Tuesday ballot, and four candidates still in the race. WNYC's Alicia Zuckerman visited polling places across New York City today and found that for many voters, the race came down to deciding between the two Johns.Thompson: I ...
Voters In Bushwick
Monday, February 23, 2004
Bushwick, Brooklyn —
One week from tomorrow, New York State Democrats will go to the polls to vote in the presidential primary. In the next installment in an ongoing series about voters in the Metropolitan area, WNYC's Alicia Zuckerman spoke with residents in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn.ZUCKERMAN: ...
International Artists Face hurdles to Perform Here
Friday, January 09, 2004
New York, NY —
Emiline Michele is one of sixteen artists appearing at Global Fest, a marathon showcase of international music at the Public Theater. But as the popularity of international music grows, so do the hassles international artists have to face to perform here. WNYC's Alicia Zuckerman has ...Now Playing: Bronx Charter School for the Arts
Saturday, December 20, 2003
An innovative primary school in one of New York City’s poorest neighborhoods just opened this fall. Its students learn the basics — math, reading, history, and science — but all through the prism of art, music, literature, and performance. Studio 360 asked Alicia Zuckerman to pay regular visits to the ...
Tickling The Keys From Brooklyn To Cuba
Friday, December 12, 2003
New York, NY —
A boat full of pianos bound for Cuba ships out from Canada today. The journey began one week ago in Brooklyn. WNYC's Alicia Zuckerman was there.AZ: It is a chilly morning at Moishe's warehouse in Williamsburg. A piano and a few assistants are loading ...
The Bronx Charter School for the Arts
Monday, December 08, 2003
Bronx New York —
City public schools are trying to raise scores with a new curriculum. Charter schools operate free from the regular school system. One in Hunts Point is using the arts to change elementary education. In the first of a series of reports about the Bronx Charter ...NYPIRG Turns 30
Friday, November 07, 2003
New York, NY —
The Freedom of Information Act, passed in 1974, makes official state government records available to the public. It's one of the 150 state and city laws that the New York Public Interest Research Group, better known as NYPIRG, has helped pass. Tomorrow NYPIRG celebrates its ...Indian Diaspora Film Festival
Wednesday, November 05, 2003
New York, NY —
India is well-known for its movie industry. And as the Indian population in North America has doubled over the past decade, Indian-American filmmakers are making and showing more films here. Starting tonight at the Walter Reade Theater, the Third Annual Indian Diaspora Film Festival will ...
Merce Cunningham on the New Season
Wednesday, October 15, 2003
New York, NY —
On October 14th, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company began a four-performance run at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. It's the end of the Fiftieth Anniversary season for an artist who began as a tap and ballroom dancer in Centralia, Washington. As Cunningham was preparing to ...Zankel Halls Opens
Friday, September 12, 2003
New York, NY —
One hundred and twelve years ago, the first notes of a piano recital rang out from Carnegie Hall - not from the main auditorium - but from a subterranean concert space, below West 57th Street. Tonight, after many different incarnations and renovations, a new performance ...Insurance Industry Continures to Feel Sting of 9/11
Tuesday, September 09, 2003
New York, NY —
The attacks of September 11th dealt the largest blow to the insurance industry in history, forcing insurers to pay out forty billion dollars in claims and changing the way they do business. Two years later, many businesses continue to feel the sting. WNYC's Alicia Zuckerman ...Mostly Mozart's New Music Director
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
New York, NY —
The Mostly Mozart Festival opens at Lincoln Center this week. This time last year it was an unfortunate scene. The festival orchestra went on strike after a bitter dispute with Lincoln Center management over hiring practices. Three-quarters of the concerts were cancelled, leaving audiences confused ...Carnegie Hall & New York Philharmonic To Merge
Tuesday, June 03, 2003
New York, NY —
Soon it might take more than practice to get to Carnegie Hall. Yesterday it was announced by the boards of the NY Philharmonic and Carnegie Hall that the 2 institutions have agreed to merge. Not only will the orchestra make the Hall its new home, ...Daughter of a Pacifist Soldier
Wednesday, April 23, 2003
New York, NY —
Daughter of a Pacifist Soldier premiered last year, but doing the piece now, amid the backdrop of the war in Iraq, is a very different experience, says choreographer and director Tamar Rogoff.TAMAR: I'm really interested in understanding war. I mean if there's any chance ...
