Judith Kampfner appears in the following:
New York Actors at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Monday, September 20, 2004
New York, NY —
New York actors at the Edinburgh Fringe FestivalIt's expensive to take a show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. It also takes guts and gumption to be part of the biggest and oldest fringe festival in the world. This year sixteen off and off- ...
The Theater Art of Paul Davis
Thursday, July 29, 2004
New York, NY —
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Mentally conjure up posters for Broadway musicals and symbolic images come to mind. Little cat's eyes, a half mask, a helicopter. But the theater posters of Paul Davis begin with realistic portraits ...
Coney Island Art Invasion
Saturday, July 17, 2004
Brooklyn, NY —
Since the construction of KeySpan Park for the Brooklyn Cyclones, there have been several plans to draw more visitors to Coney Island. But many of the small family businesses have not had the funds to refresh or upgrade their properties - until a public art scheme ...Governor's Island Open to Public
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
New York, NY —
After years of being off-limits, Governor's Island is now open to the public. However, the city and state have not decided what to do with the island that sits a half mile from Manhattan and Brooklyn at the entrance to New York Harbor.WNYC's Judith ...
Korean Sharing House
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
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Cecilia Heejong Kim: I found myself interested in this issue – probably the most important issue that happened in Korean women’s history.
Kampfner: An instrumental elegy recently had its world premiere in the main concert hall in Seoul. ...
Cecilia Heejong Kim: I found myself interested in this issue – probably the most important issue that happened in Korean women’s history.
Kampfner: An instrumental elegy recently had its world premiere in the main concert hall in Seoul. ...
Gilbert & George
Saturday, May 15, 2004
Britain’s most enigmatic artistic duo met at art school in 1967 and have been together ever since. They live and work in London's East End, named their house "Art for All," and declared themselves "living sculptures." In their large colorful multi-panel pictures they either wear spotless business suits or they ...
Clock Watching Artists
Saturday, February 21, 2004
Many writers, musicians, and artists got their start in the office — the British novelist Anthony Trollope worked for the postal service and composer Charles Ives was a full-time insurance agent. Judith Kampfner looked into the workaday lives of some of these artists and how it fuels their creativity ...
Artist Couples
Friday, February 13, 2004
New York, NY —
Lovers who live and work together - that is common in New York City where many people meet through work. Such relationships have unique bonds as well as conflicts. With artists who live and work in the same space and who create side by side ...
George Balanchine Centennial
Thursday, January 22, 2004
New York, NY —
Choreographer George Balanchine was born 100 years ago today. Judith Kampfner looks at the working methods of one of the great artists of twentieth century America.Music
Kampfner: He had worked with Diaghilev, Chagall, Satie, Kurt Weill. He had already attracted attention with ballets which fused ...
Films about Indigenous People Grab Spotlight
Friday, January 16, 2004
New York, NY —
Feature films about indigenous people have been winning awards at film festivals over the last five years and are starting to become box office successes. The most recent of these was Whale Rider from New Zealand and Rabbit Proof Fence from Australia. Now there's a ...Mermaid
Saturday, January 03, 2004
Surrealist painter Paul Delvaux painted his own beach fantasy in 1942. It's called the Village of the Mermaids. The foreground tells one story, and in the distance there's a surprise. Judith Kampfner went into the vaults of the Art Institute of Chicago to see Delvaux's painting with curator Stephanie D'Alessandro.
Dusting Off The Menorah
Tuesday, December 23, 2003
New York, NY —
Preparing for the holidays means opening up cupboards, unearthing boxes from the basement and dusting off once a year decorations and family heirlooms. The menorah is one of these seasonal decorative objects. Judith Kampfner reports.Kampfner: Oded Halahmy, an Iraqi Jewish sculptor likes to put an ...
Dutch Still Life
Thursday, November 20, 2003
New York, NY —
Visit Old Amsterdam/New Amsterdam at WNYC
The Dutch word for still life is "stilleven" which means arrested life - as if captured in a photograph. And in fact, modern food photography owes a great deal to the techniques pioneered by the Dutch oil painters of ...
Poetry's Rock Star: Dylan Thomas
Friday, November 07, 2003
New York, NY —
Listen to Dylan Thomas reading "On The Marriage of a Virgin"
He had an appetite for women and drink but he said his chief love affair was with language. Described as the most musical poet of the twentieth century, the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas came ...
Russia Engages the World
Tuesday, October 14, 2003
New York, NY —
The New York Public Library has one of the largest collections of Russian books, prints, maps and journals outside of Russia. Recently it opened a display of 230 written works they are complimented by paintings and artifacts. Judith Kampfner reports on the impact of an ...Tony Kushner's "Caroline, or Change" Coming Soon
Monday, October 06, 2003
New York, NY —
Lead: A new musical with story and book by Tony Kushner called "Caroline, or Change" opens later in the month. It's the first time that Kushner has worked with director George C Wolfe since "Angels in America." WNYC's Judith Kampfner snuck along to the Public ...Afrobeat Music Gains New Audience
Friday, September 19, 2003
New York, NY —
Nigerian Afrobeat music from the 1970's is gaining a brand new audience in New York. There are now a dozen young Afrobeat bands around town. Its creator Fela Kuti died in 1997. Judith Kampfner reports on the evolution of a new cultural icon.Kampfner: Vivien Goldman ...
Cricket: The (Caribbean) American Pastime
Monday, September 01, 2003
New York, NY —
John Adams once said that if president was a good enough title for the head of a cricket club, it was good enough for the leader of a country.Cricket has been around in America since the Founding Fathers. The USA - Canada annual cricket match ...
