Recorded in March 2014 as part of a media training by Small World News in Cairo, Egypt. Download Audio N is from a city in Sudan. I met her during our training course in Cairo. N was a media student for two weeks and I had to opportunity to know her well. In Sudan, N has a reputation […]
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Recorded in March 2014 as part of a media training by Small World News in Cairo, Egypt. Download Audio M is a Sudanese activist living in Cairo. As a young man in Sudan M was kidnapped, forced to join the military, and punished for refusing to learn bomb-making tactics. Years later M was released and […]
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I find Monty Q’s on Montague Street a perfectly serviceable, generally pleasant, and thoroughly convenient eatery. I truly do. …
April 19, 2014Long Island Bar and Restaurant owner Emma Montero Sullivan spoke with NYC Media’s Neighborhood Slice recently. She discusses how she came to own the bar, how she met her husband (both served as bartenders) and eventually why she made the decision to rent it out to Toby Cecchini, and partner Joel Tompkins who have kept […]
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Women’s anger is an uncertain thing. It’s deserved, but sometimes we hold back from expressing it. Nora Eldridge, the…
April 18, 2014Listen to Episode 32: A Series Of Firsts Download From iTunes Here In this Episode: Evan Davis recalls the first time he did comedy, had sex, and got drunk. This did not all happen in one night. Coree Spencer tells us about the first time she moved out of her house due to impossible circumstances, and found […]
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Pity poor Charlie Martens. Since his parents died without making adequate provision for him, Charlie bounced from relative to…
April 12, 2014Recently, a rather stunning headline in the sports pages caught my eye: “Aroldis Chapman Has a Head Full of…
April 9, 2014The New York Daily News covers the Brooklyn Heights Cinema’s successful Indiegogo campaign to raise funds for digital projection. Owner Kenn Lowy addresses the question on everyone’s mind – will the theater have to move soon as its landlord is looking to sell (for $7.5 million) or lease (for $30K/month) the building. NYDN: The theater […]
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Just in time for Opening Day, Yankee fans from Brooklyn Heights and beyond wax poetic about Captain Derek Jeter in a revamped version of Walt Whitman’s “O Captain! My Captain!” directed by BHB’s Heather Quinlan. (Who would like it to be known that she is a Mets fan.) Featuring scenes from Brooklyn Bridge Park, Grace […]
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