Programs For Kids In The Criminal Justice System; The Art Of "New York in the Eighties"; Geeta Gandbhir's 'The Perfect Neighbor'; The Sewards In NY
A new series from the Ear Hustle team called "The Loop," focuses on New York City programs aimed at helping kids caught in the criminal justice system, including a drama club and a unique program at the Children's Museum of Manhattan. Hosts Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods join to discuss.
A new Lévy Gorvy Dayan exhibition "Downtown/Uptown: New York in the Eighties" features artists Jean-Michel Basquiat, Francesco Clemente, Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman, and others. Art dealer Mary Boone and the gallery's co-founder Brett Gorvy, who both worked on the exhibition, talk about the show which is on display through Saturday, Dec. 13.
The Winner of the Sundance Award for Best Directing, "The Perfect Neighbor" tells the true story of a neighborly dispute in Florida which turned violent. Depicted in a large part through police bodycam footage, the documentary shows the disintegrating relationship between a white woman and her predominantly Black neighbors. We speak to director Geeta Gandbhir about the film which debuts on Netflix October 17.
William H. Seward is an important figure in the history of New York State. Seward was Governor of New York, and served as Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of State during the Civil War. Thomas P. Slaughter is professor emeritus of history at the University of Rochester, and for over 12 years he and his students digitized and archived 25,000 pages of Seward’s papers recently discovered in baskets and trunks. The result of that project in part is a new book about Seward told through the lens of his family life at home in Auburn, New York. Slaughter discusses what he uncovered in The Sewards of New York: A Biography of a Leading American Political Family.
