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Puppets, Shadows, and Shining Your Light: Conversation and Demo with Jean Marie Keevins | Episode 101

Jean Marie Keevins is a NYC-based, Emmy-nominated puppet supervisor, producer, writer, puppet artist, and owner of Little Shadow Productions. She is currently Puppet Supervisor for Apple TV+ and Sesame Workshop’s Helpsters, which …

Inside Industry
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A Look Back at the Vendy Awards with the Street Vendor Project’s Matt Shapiro | Episode 99

The Vendy Awards were an annual celebration of the best street vendors in New York City hosted by the Street Vendor Project, a project of the Urban Justice Center. It was …

Street Vending
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COVID-19 and Food Access: An Ongoing Crisis | Episode 98

During the pandemic, as many as two million New Yorkers are struggling with food insecurity, a longstanding challenge that has been exacerbated by the crisis. In this virtual program, we …

Public Markets
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PRESS RELEASE: 100 Days, 100 Virtual Tours: How a Small NYC Tour Company Keeps Going During the Pandemic

On Wednesday, June 17, Turnstile Tours will broadcast their 100th “virtual tour” since the New York City lockdown began, a trivia night looking back at the highlights of the last …

Press
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Rocking The Boat: Changing Lives on the Bronx River | Episode 93

The Whitehall skiff, a style of boat developed in New York 200 years ago, has been changing the lives of teens in the Bronx for the last 20 years at …

Virtual Programs
Waterfront

My Wuhan with Gina Gao | Episode 91

Join us for this special virtual program that will share a different side of the historic city of Wuhan through the lens of our staff member Gina Gao, a Queens …

Virtual Programs

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Waterfront Workers: Finding the Harkins Family with Julie Golia | Episode 88

The waterfront has long been the epicenter of Brooklyn’s economic and cultural life, yet the stories of ordinary workers in the once-bustling piers and factories can be difficult to locate. …

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Waterfront

A Rose in Spanish Harlem: Gardening with Urban Garden Center | Episode 86

Join us for a gardening demonstration and conversation with Dimitri Gatanas of the Urban Garden Center at La Marqueta, a third generation family-owned business in East Harlem. We’ll hear the …

Public Markets
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Flash and Clang: Aids to Navigation with the Historic Lighthouse Tender Lilac | Episode 85

Unlock the mystery of maritime navigation with Mary Habstritt of the Lilac Preservation Project. At night many of our waterways become constellations of flashing lights. These Aids to Navigation (or …

Virtual Programs
Waterfront

Virtual Accessibility: Challenges and Opportunities | Episode 84

During the pandemic, our daily routines have largely shifted from the physical world to virtual platforms, from school and work to social gatherings and religious ceremonies. This virtual program will …

Virtual Programs

Struggle and Resilience on Manhattan’s Lower East Side | Episode 83

In celebration of Lower East Side History Month, this virtual program will explore how the neighborhood has weathered difficult times, including stories of mutual aid, charity, and resilience shared from …

Public Markets
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The Saga of Salty Sam, Navy Mascot | Episode 82

In 1953, the USS Wrangell was sailing off the coast of Portugal when it encountered a fishing boat adrift; on board was just a lone fisherman, dead, a dog, barely …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
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Vaux & Olmsted: Public Spaces, Private Lives | Episode 79

Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted are best known for designing landmark landscapes in New York City and across the country, most notably Prospect Park and Central Park. Both men …

Prospect Park
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Exploring the Erie Canal with Will Van Dorp | Episode 78

Two hundred years ago New York State was in the midst of digging a canal to connect the Hudson River with Lake Erie, a civil engineering project that would transform …

Virtual Programs
Waterfront

Eating In Translation with Dave Cook | Episode 77

Many fairs, festivals, and food bazaars, rooted in culinary traditions from all over the world, have been postponed or cancelled this spring. New York-based photojournalist Dave Cook will lead a virtual tour …

Street Vending
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Voices of Essex Market with Feed Me A Story | Episode 75

In celebration of Lower East Side History Month, join us for a conversation with Theresa Loong, Laura Nova, and Sarah Kramer about Feed Me A Story’s video and audio documentation …

Public Markets
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Tales from the Archives: The Puerto Rican Experience Reflected in Federal Records | Episode 74

Government records are not just the stuff of bureaucratic nightmares. While created to serve agency functions, federal records can also reveal very personal stories. Dennis Riley, an archivist at the …

Virtual Programs

Fleet Week New York, Past and Present | Episode 71

For just the second time in 33 years, Fleet Week New York has been cancelled this year, so instead, we will look back at Fleet Weeks and naval reviews held …

Virtual Programs
Waterfront

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