Archives - September 2011

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Latina book dealer seeks to fill void in El Barrio

September 28, 2011
By Dervedia Thomas
Aurora Anaya-Cerda is hoping that donations will bring a Hispanic-themed bookstore to the neighborhood.
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Manhattan’s last parking meter is history

September 21, 2011
By Nathaniel Herz
Transportation officials plucked out the final single-space machine in the borough, ushering in the era of the solar powered "muni meters."
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Queens Mamas: A blog and a business model

September 20, 2011
By Adam McCauley

A local mom’s “creative endeavor” wins entrepreneurial accolades in hard-hit borough.

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Grand opening, Brooklyn beginning for theater

September 16, 2011
By Paul Grossinger
The Roulette Theater has been reborn in a new home for experimental music.

A living language

  • Yiddish

    Yiddish in New York City is more than just ordering a bagel with a shmear and kvetching about traffic.

Lucha Libre NYC

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    The moves in Mexican-style professional wrestling are high-flying and death-defying. And the masks are cool, too.

Delivery City

  • Cycle
    Inside the world of New York City's bicycle delivery workers and the policy debate swirling around them.

Right now on Uptown Radio

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    Gorging on grasshoppers, and other dishes, on the latest broadcast 

The Obama Agenda

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    An examination of various aspects of  the president's major policies

Vibrations
The Changing Languages of Deafness in the Age of the Cochlear Implant

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    A Digital Media master's project explores how cochlear implants continue to change what it means to be deaf.