Behind the Scenes at a WQXR Live Broadcast
Whether it’s outside of the Carnegie Hall recording studio or in the control room of the Greene Space, I find what happens behind the scenes of a live broadcast can be just as thrilling as what goes...
View ArticleThe Luyas: CMJ In The Greene Space
The Luyas' hazy pop songs marry vintage keyboards with French horn and other orchestral flourishes, all built around the breathy coo of Jessie Stein. With its latest album, Animator, the Montreal-based...
View ArticleStudio 360 & The Story Collider: Memory
Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen and The Story Collider partner up for a special night of true, personal stories about science.At this live event taped for national broadcast, you’ll hear stories on the...
View ArticleActor Brian Cox Stars as Scrooge in 'A Christmas Carol: A Radio Drama' with...
Gather 'round The Greene Space with the hosts of WQXR and WNYC for our annual reading of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol: A Radio Drama."The beloved holiday tradition returned with the help of Emmy...
View Article"And weighing in at 160 pounds... ." Leonard Lopate welcomes Tony Shalhoub...
WNYC host Leonard Lopate and stars of Lincoln Center Theater's "Golden Boy" gave us an Inside Look at the Broadway revival that's being hailed a "knock-out."Set in the vivid world of prizefighting's...
View ArticleA Look Back: 2012 in The Greene Space
Take a look back at a year of music, performance and conversation in The Greene Space. From a tribute to Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston to WQXR's Beethoven String Quartets Marathon to...
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EMANCIPATION 150: Note From Executive Producer
In 1863, during the deadliest conflict on American soil, the first Southern reading of President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation took place under the shade of an old oak tree in Hampton,...
View ArticleEMANCIPATION 150: A Timeline
Since its launch in April 2009, The Greene Space has presented events and conversations that highlight the cultural richness of New York City, and the world. With EMANCIPATION 150, we take a look at...
View ArticleThe Relatives give Soundcheck a preview of their first recording in over 30...
In the early 1970's, veteran Dallas gospel singer Rev. Gean West and his brother Tommie formed The Relatives, a band that pulled together traditional gospel and soul with psychedelia and funk and...
View ArticleSoundcheck: José James previews his new album, 'No Beginning No End,' live in...
José James is a singer and songwriter best known for the way he blends jazz with hip-hop, R&B and electronica. His debut on Blue Note Records, called "No Beginning No End," is out later this month...
View ArticleAnd the 2013 Battle of the Boroughs Contestants Are...
The Battle of the Boroughs is back for its fourth year! We put out the call for our citywide talent quest and hundreds of New York City's best emerging artists answered — bands and ensembles of all...
View ArticleLaurie Metcalf, Daniel Stern and Playwright Sharr White take us behind the...
WQXR's Elliott Forrest took us behind the curtain of the new Broadway play "The Other Place," sitting down with the stars of the Manhattan Theatre Club production on January 17.Joining us in The Greene...
View ArticleEmmy winner Holland Taylor on playing Ann Richards, studying with Stella...
Actress Holland Taylor remembers when she'd heard the news that the legendary late governor of Texas, Ann Richards, died in 2006. "I was swept up...with a really consuming mourning that was completely...
View ArticleHistorian Eric Foner, journalist Isabel Wilkerson, singer Kevin Maynor and...
To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, The Greene Space launched EMANCIPATION 150 on January 8, 2013 — a multi-platform series exploring the state of emancipation for...
View ArticleSnapshots of "Women Box: Olympic Boxing is No Longer A Man’s Sport" Event
Women Box explores why women fight and why we expect them not to. Are high heels and a deadly left hook contradictory? Are muscles masculine? Should women embrace a sport that some view as a...
View ArticleCommunity Voices: The Rock Ballerina, Kimberly Nichole
Known as “The Rock Ballerina,” singer and songwriter, Kimberly Nichole fuses gospel/soul music with grunge/and alternative sound. In this video, Nichole performs “All Your Love I Miss Loving” in...
View ArticleEMANCIPATION 150 - The Rhythm of Freedom: Watch Savion Glover's tap...
Tony Award-winning tap dancer and choreographer Savion Glover joined us in The Greene Space to talk tap, dance and "The Rhythm of Freedom" — part of our ongoing EMANCIPATION 150 series.During their...
View ArticleAugust Wilson's American Century Cycle at The Greene Space
August Wilson's celebrated 10-play cycle captures 100 years of African American life during each decade of the 20th century. Join us for an historic series in The Greene Space as an extraordinary cast...
View ArticleKeep The Dialogue Going
In recent weeks as our nation watched the George Zimmerman trial unfold and the Supreme Court rule on the Voting Rights Act, issues of race in modern American society and stark reminders of what it...
View ArticleAugust Wilson American Century Cycle: Talk Series
The August Wilson American Century Cycle readings kicked off on August 26th with Ma Rainey’s Black bottom. The series brings together many longtime Wilson collaborators and interpreters, including the...
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