New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

⁴ᴷ Walking Tour of The New York Public Library Main Branch (Stephen A. Schwarzman Building)

I complete a walk through most of the publicly accessible areas of The New York Public Library Main Branch (Stephen A. Schwarzman Building) in Manhattan during a busy spring day in June 2018.

From Wikipedia:
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building of the New York Public Library, originally called the Central Building and more widely known as the Main Branch or as the New York Public Library, is the flagship building in the New York Public Library system and a prominent historic landmark in Midtown Manhattan. The branch, opened in 1911, is one of four research libraries in the library system. It currently contains area of 646,680 square feet (60,079 m2) and four stories open to public. The main entrance steps are on Fifth Avenue opposite East 41st Street.

The Library's famous Rose Main Reading Room (Room 315) is a majestic 78 by 297 feet (24 by 91 m), with 52-foot (16 m)-high ceilings. The room is lined with thousands of reference works on open shelves along the floor level and along the balcony, lit by massive windows and grand chandeliers, and furnished with sturdy wood tables, comfortable chairs, and brass lamps. It is also equipped with computers providing access to library collections and the Internet as well as docking facilities for laptops. Readers study books brought to them from the library's closed stacks. There are special rooms named for notable authors and scholars, many of whom have done important research and writing at the Library. But the Library has always been about more than scholars; during the Great Depression, many members of the general public, out of work, used the Library to improve their lot in life, as they still do.

The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966, and designated a New York City Landmark in 1967. It was renamed in 2008 after businessman Stephen A. Schwarzman, who donated a large sum of money for the refurbishment of the building.

Filmed June 9, 2018

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The magnificent building of NEW YORK'S PUBLIC LIBRARY, NEW YORK CITY

SUBSCRIBE: - New York Public Library, New York City. Vic Stefanu, vstefanu@yahoo.com. The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City. With nearly 53 million items and 92 locations, the New York Public Library is the second largest public library in the United States (behind the Library of Congress) and the third largest in the world. It is a private, non-governmental, independently managed, nonprofit corporation operating with both private and public financing.
New York City comprises 5 boroughs sitting where the Hudson River meets the Atlantic Ocean. At its core is Manhattan, a densely populated borough that’s among the world’s major commercial, financial and cultural centers. Its iconic sites include skyscrapers such as the Empire State Building and sprawling Central Park. Broadway theater is staged in neon-lit Times Square.
The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.

New York City, United States city tour

There are slides of Times Square, Statue of Liberty, Manhattan Skyline, Brooklyn Bridge, One World Trade Center, Central Park, Headquarters of the United Nations, Grand Central Station, New York Public Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art, etc.

New York City is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York metropolitan area, the premier gateway for legal immigration to the United States and one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. A global power city, New York exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment, its fast pace defining the term New York minute. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world.
Situated on one of the world's largest natural harbors, New York City consists of five boroughs, each of which is a separate county of New York State. The five boroughs – Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island – were consolidated into a single city in 1898. New York is the most densely populated major city in the United States. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world.
New York City traces its roots to its 1624 founding as a trading post by colonists of the Dutch Republic and was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664. New York served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790. It has been the country's largest city since 1790. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to the Americas by ship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is a globally recognized symbol of the United States and its democracy.
Many districts and landmarks in New York City have become well known, and the city received a record 56 million tourists in 2014, hosting three of the world's ten most visited tourist attractions in 2013. Several sources have ranked New York the most photographed city in the world. Times Square, iconic as the world's heart[51] and its Crossroads, is the brightly illuminated hub of the Broadway Theater District, one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections, and a major center of the world's entertainment industry. The names of many of the city's bridges, skyscrapers, and parks are known around the world. Anchored by Wall Street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City has been called both the most economically powerful city and the leading financial center of the world. Manhattan's Chinatown incorporates the highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere, with multiple signature Chinatowns developing across the city. Providing continuous 24/7 service, the New York City Subway is one of the most extensive metro systems worldwide, with 469 stations in operation. New York City's higher education network comprises over 120 colleges and universities, including Columbia University, New York University, and Rockefeller University, which have been ranked among the top 35 in the world.

New York City 4K - Main Street Broadway - USA

Driving Downtown - New York City New York USA - Episode 46.
Starting Point: Broadway - . End Point: . Most of Route - Broadway.
Broadway is the oldest north–south main thoroughfare in New York City, dating to the first New Amsterdam settlement.
The City of New York, often called New York City, New York, or simply The City, is the most populous city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of the state of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. With an estimated 2015 population of 8.5 million, New York is also the most densely populated major city in the United States. A global power city, New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment, its fast pace defining the term New York minute. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world.

Economy
New York is a global hub of international business and commerce. The city is a major center for banking and finance, retailing, world trade, transportation, tourism, real estate, new media, traditional media, advertising, legal services, accountancy, insurance, theater, fashion, and the arts in the United States; while Silicon Alley, metonymous for New York's broad-spectrum high technology sphere, continues to expand.

Race and Ethnicity
Approximately 37% of the city's population is foreign born. In New York, no single country or region of origin dominates. The ten largest sources of foreign-born individuals in the city as of 2011 were the Dominican Republic, China, Mexico, Guyana, Jamaica, Ecuador, Haiti, India, Russia, and Trinidad and Tobago, while the Bangladeshi immigrant population has since become one of the fastest growing in the city, counting over 74,000 by 2013.

Tourism
Tourism is a vital industry for New York City, which has witnessed a growing combined volume of international and domestic tourists, receiving a sixth consecutive record of nearly 60 million visitors in 2015. Tourism had generated an all-time high US$61.3 billion in overall economic impact for New York City in 2014, pending 2015 statistics. Approximately 12 million visitors to New York City were from outside the United States, with the highest numbers from the United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, and China. According to the website reuters.com, New York City tourism climb[ed] record high in 2015 for [the] sixth year.

Sports
Sports in New York City have a long and distinguished history. New York City is home to the headquarters of the National Football League, the National Hockey League, the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer. The New York metropolitan area hosts the most sports teams in these five professional leagues. Four of the ten most expensive stadiums ever built worldwide (MetLife Stadium, the new Yankee Stadium, Madison Square Garden, and Citi Field) are located in the New York metropolitan area.

Architecture
Manhattan's skyline, with its many skyscrapers, is universally recognized, and the city has been home to several of the tallest buildings in the world. As of 2011, New York City had 5,937 high-rise buildings, of which 550 completed structures were at least 330 feet (100 m) high, both second in the world after Hong Kong, with over 50 completed skyscrapers taller than 656 feet (200 m).

Transportation
Rail
The iconic New York City Subway system is the largest rapid transit system in the world when measured by stations in operation, with 469, and by length of routes. Nearly all of New York's subway system is open 24 hours a day, in contrast to the overnight shutdown common to systems in most cities, including Hong Kong, London, Paris, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Aviation
New York's airspace is the busiest in the United States and one of the world's busiest air transportation corridors. The three busiest airports in the New York metropolitan area include John F. Kennedy International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, and LaGuardia Airport.

Buses
New York City's public bus fleet is the largest in North America.

Taxis
Other features of the city's transportation infrastructure encompass more than 12,000 yellow taxicabs.





Top Attractions:
Central Park
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Top of the Rock Observation Deck
Manhattan Skyline
The High Line
Broadway
Grand Central Terminal
Empire State Building
Statue of Liberty
One World Observatory - World Trade Center
Radio City Music Hall
Rockefeller Center
New York Public Library
Madison Square Garden
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Times Square

Philip Levine reads his poem They Feed They Lion | LIVE from the NYPL

Recorded on June 4th, 2013 at the New York Public Library

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To coincide with The New York Public Library's exhibition “Back Tomorrow: Federico Garcia Lorca / Poet in New York,” this special installment of LIVE from the NYPL celebrates Lorca's life and legacy with performances and readings. Participants include John Giorno, Will Keen and Maria Fernandez Ache, Philip Levine, Christopher Maurer, Paul Muldoon, Patti Smith, and Tracy K. Smith.
Written while Federico García Lorca was a student at Columbia University in 1929-30, Poet in New York is arguably one of the poet’s most important works, and a powerful testament to New York City as seen through the eyes of one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. The book was published posthumously in 1940, but the manuscript mysteriously disappeared, lost to scholars for decades.

The Fundación Federico García Lorca in Madrid and The New York Public Library exhibit it now for the first time, together with drawings, photographs, letters, and mementos. Join LIVE for a celebration of this homecoming.

PHILIP LEVINE
Philip Levine is a large, ironic Whitman of the industrial heartland who, according to Edward Hirsch in the New York Times Book Review, should be considered one of [America's]...quintessentially urban poets. He was born in 1928 to Russian-Jewish immigrants, in Detroit, a city that inspired much of his writing. The author of twenty collections of poetry, including the most recent, News Of The World (Knopf, 2009), the 1995 Pulitzer Prize-winning The Simple Truth, and What Work Is, which won the National Book Award in 1991. Levine is known as the poet of the working class, and he remains dedicated to writing poetry for people for whom there is no poetry.” He was the eighteenth United States Poet Laureate for 2011-2012.

New York, New York

Columbia University Commencement 2008

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Transport from JKF Airport
- Just take A train to go to Downtown.

Tips :-
- 1 Day New York Day pass where you get to visit the Must see buildings & island.
- Train System is very convenient and easy to go around.
- You can basically walk instead of taking the train in the city center or take Citi Bike.

Where to eat and must try Food :-
- Shanghai Dumpling in China Town - Noodle and Dumpling was delicious.
- Goemon Curry & Cocoron they are next to each other. Japanese food.
- Shake Shack - Burger & Milkshake.
- Dig Inn
- Le Pain Quotidien
- Sylvia's - Southern Comfort food since 1962
- Guy's American Kitchen & Bar
- Carmine's Italian Restaurant - Times Square
- Peter Luger Steak House, Broadway, Brooklyn, NY, USA
- Bagels - Must eat !!

Interesting place to visit:-
- Far Rock Away - Beach that is very happening during summer. Ferry available during summer from Manhattan else you will have to take A train. About 45 to 1 hour ride.
- Astoria Park

Upper Manhattan
- Riverside Park
- The Cathedral Church of St John the Divine
- Columbia University
- The Riverside Church - To check out the Cherry Blossom.
- Harlem Walking tour - Mural
- Apollo Theater

Midtown Manhattan -Walking Distance
- NY Central Park - Stroll around the park. It looks different in every season.
- American Museum of Natural History - Pay as you wish
- Trump Tower

Around this Area
- Time Square - Full of tourist. Do check out the Disney Store.
- Bryant Park
- New York Public Library - Stephen A. Schwarzman Building - Must drop by to check out the architecture (Next to Bryant Park)
- Grand Central Terminal- A world-famous landmark in Midtown Manhattan is not simply a transportation hub - it's also a shopping, dining, and cultural destination.
- Macy's Department Store - Christmas Deco and Windows display.
- Empire State Building
- Rockefeller Center - New York City's historic landmark for dining and shopping in the heart of Midtown Manhattan
- Top of the Rock - Ascend 70th Floor, 360 view of Manhattan )- Amazing Sunset & night View.
- MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art
- Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue ( Opposite of Rockefeller )
- Madison Square Park
- Flatiron Building - is a triangular 22-story, 285-foot (86.9 m) tall steel-framed landmark building located at 175 Fifth Avenue

Around this area
- Lincoln Center for the Performing Art
- Columbus Circle - Near Central Park
- High Line - 1.45-mile-long elevated linear park, greenway and rail trail created on a former New York Central Railroad spur on the west side of Manhattan in New York City.

Around this area
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade -Nice to stroll around with the Manhattan View
- Dumbo
- Jane's Carousel at the Main Street Park
- The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City. It connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn.
- City Hall Park

Around this area
- Washington Square Park - Is near NYU and Walking distance to SOHO
- SOHO - World famous shopping paradise and artist district
- China Town & Little Italy are next to each other.
- Chelsea Market

Lower Manhattan
- NY Stock Exchange - Wall Street
- Charging Bull &Girl Statue
- Staten Island Ferry
- Trinity Church
- Liberty Park
- World Trade Center
- One World Trade Center
- Brookfield Place

Off the island
- Statue of Liberty National Monument
- Ellis Island
- Governors Island - Only open during summer. Nice place for family Picnic. A lot of activities during summer

New York Up State
- Brooklyn Cider House - Apple picking, Cider tasting, best wood-fired pizza.
- Lake Minnewaska Awosting Falls - beautiful scenery day trip NY state fall foliage. It is a 1 mile moderately trafficked loop trail located near Wawarsing, New York that features a waterfall and is good for all skill levels.
- Camp Smith - Hiking Trail

NY Public Library Naturalization Ceremony

NY Public Library Naturalization Ceremony: An incredible ceremony with nearly 200 people swearing in as official US citizens just days before July 4th, 2017, at the iconic New York Public Library.

Viaje cultural o de graduación a NYC

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The Little Free Library in Albany, New York, USA

Albany Tulip Festival in the capital city of Albany, New York, USA,

The Tulip Festival is Albany’s signature spring event. Featuring annual traditions rooted in the city’s rich Dutch heritage, nearly one hundred artisans selling their handmade crafts, a fine arts show, delicious food, the KidZone family fun destination, two stages of world-class live entertainment and more than 140,000 tulips in 150 different varieties, the Tulip Festival is a sparkling showcase of local culture and business. It all takes place in historic Washington Park, the 81-acre “crown jewel” of the City.

Mayor Erastus Corning 2nd declared the tulip as Albany's official flower on July 1, 1948, there has been a Tulip Festival every year since.

On July 11, 1948 Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands selected the Orange Wonder, an 18-inch tall tulip that is orange-shaded with a scarlet toward the center as Albany's tulip.

The first Tulip Fest was celebrated the next year on May 14, 1949 with opening ceremonies still carried on today as tradition, such as the sweeping of State Street and the crowning of a Tulip Queen.

In 1997 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the festival the state of New York designated Albany as the I Love New York Spring Destination

For the 50th anniversary a descendant variety of the Wonder Orange tulip was found in the Netherlands, and the new variety was named City of Albany

Albany Tulip Festival is FREE & open to the public

Albany Tulip Festival
Mother's Day Weekend

The 68th Annual Albany Tulip Festival was held on
May 7 & 8, 2016
Washington Park, Albany, NY 12224

Albany is the capital of the U.S. state of New York and is roughly 150 miles from New York City.

The New York State Capitol Building is located in The Empire State Plaza

New York State symbols:
State Bush - Lilac
State Flower - Rose
State Fruit - Apple
State Motto - Excelsior
State Nickname - The Empire State
State Slogan - I Love NY
State Tree - Sugar Maple
State Bird - Eastern Bluebird
State Animal - Beaver
State Gem - Garnet


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Oliver Stone and Tariq Ali: On History | 1-19-2012 | LIVE from the NYPL

LIVE from the NYPL | Recorded live at the New York Public Library, Celeste Bartos Forum, on January 19, 2012.

Pakistani writer and filmmaker TARIQ ALI and film director OLIVER STONE will continue their ongoing discourse about forgotten--or deliberately buried--episodes from American history from the US intervention against the Russian Revolution to the ongoing interference of the United States in Pakistani political affairs. In their recent public dialogue, On History, Oliver Stone asks, according to Jon Wiener, smart questions about the rise and fall of the United States and its empire in the 20th century. In this conversation, the tables are turned as we ask Tariq Ali to kick off with some questions for Oliver Stone, leading into a conversation between them on politics, film, and the untold history of the nation.

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Van Cliburn | LIVE from the NYPL

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TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012, 7 P.M.

Van Cliburn in 7 Words*:
Hallelujah. Great Music. Wonderful Parents. Marvelous Friends.

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Van Cliburn, one of the world's great pianists -- once dubbed The Texan Who Conquered Russia by Time magazine -- will reflect on the trajectory of his own career, from piano lessons with his mother, Rildia Bee, to performances at the White House for every President of the United States since Harry Truman.

Van Cliburn was propelled to fame in 1958 following his historic victory at the first international Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Embraced by the Soviet Union at the height of the cold war, this Texan became America's most persuasive cultural ambassador, creating chinks in the iron curtain long before glasnost and perestroika. His recording of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto was the first classical recording ever to sell a million copies and since has gone triple platinum, Van Cliburn remains to this day one of America's most beloved musicians.

In a wide-ranging conversation with Paul Holdengräber, Van Cliburn will also discuss his extensive collection of English furniture, Russian art, silver and jewels, to be auctioned off at Christie's on May 17.

An honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music in London, Van Cliburn is the recipient of more than twenty honorary doctorate degrees. He has performed for every President of the United States since Harry Truman and received Kennedy Center Honors, as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In a 2004 Kremlin ceremony Van Cliburn received the Order of Friendship from President Vladimir Putin. In 2003 President George W. Bush bestowed upon him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and President Barack Obama honored Van Cliburn with the National Medal of Arts at The White House in 2011.

Bryant Park - New York City, New York, United States

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Travel blogs from Bryant Park:
- ... So we headed out to the morning previews in Bryant Park, not far from the Hotel ...
- ... So, we all end up waking up, eating dinner at a cute Italian restaurant, and heading over to Bryant Park with our skates ...
- ... D's then went up to top of empire state building at sunset so got to see it in day light and night time was amazing, went sat in Bryant park then walked up to see times square at night, finished day off by trip to Rockefeller centre, then back to hostel ...
- ... Whilst wandering around, we stumbled upon Bryant Park with free ice skating??! Oh yes!! It was a little busy with children at that time, so guess how ...
- ... Starting with the bright lights at Times Square, Photo shoots at Bryant Park and people constantly moving ...
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- Empire State building (from Bryant Park) by Jimmy-ellen from a blog titled The city that never sleeps...
- Ice-skating is possible at bryant park by Niko_on_tour
- Broadway previews at Bryant Park by Jeroenandlinda from a blog titled Broadway and a Movie in with a view
- Performance art in Bryant park by Katecolleary from a blog titled Week 2 in NYC - Kate and Sam paaartaaaay
- Night view from bryant park by Nik-mitchell from a blog titled Lots to do in NYC in 1 day
- Ice-skating at bryant park by Niko_on_tour
- Bryant Park + Empire State by Cascaderoadtrip from a blog titled New York City and Armelles 21st!!
- The pond at bryant park by Niko_on_tour
- Lunch in Bryant Park by Rbartorillo from a blog titled A quick look around NYC before our ATW Trip.
- NYC Bryant Park Hotel by Erriuc from a blog titled New York City
- NYC Bryant Park 2 by Erriuc from a blog titled New York City
- NYC Bryant Park by Erriuc from a blog titled New York City
- Bryant park by Niko_on_tour

Manhattan Midtown Avenues: 5th, 6th, Park, Mad, Lex, New York

:58 Bryant Park
2:32 6th Ave
3:22 Rockefeller Center
5:47 5th Ave
7:38 Grand Central
11:42 Madison
15:08 Park Ave
16:27 Lexington
Walking up 6th Avenue, down 5th, we will take a look at Madison, Park Avenue – a grand boulevard stroll with many urban highlights, like ice skating at Rockefeller Center, and the tall, huge office buildings of that complex. We're starting at Bryant Park and walking north, then south, then north again through the big Avenues of Manhattan.
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Find someplace to eat, have a walk through Grand Central and admire the modern architecture of Midtown, and be amazed by some huge public artworks.
Midtown has a tremendous density of places, people, attractions and landmarks which await your discovery and the best way to experience it of course is on foot. You'll never run out of interesting sites. And while you're strolling along, enamored by the famous avenues, don't just walk past the side streets. They have got some fascinating things to check out such as West 46th Street, packed with restaurants, bars and stores. You'll get souvenirs cheaper than at Times Square.
Fifth Avenue's commercial heartland is one of the world's great urban vistas, always packed with pedestrians and lined with exclusive department stores and boutiques, too numerous to fully mention.
Continuing back down Fifth we turn on 42nd Street, to reach Grand Central Terminal, one of the great railway stations of the world and perhaps New York's most famous interior space.
We are plunging into a very worthwhile twenty blocks which can be nicely enjoyed along Madison Avenue with serious window-shopping, people watching and looking up at the buildings peaks. The shops and sights along the way will keep you thoroughly entertained.
You've heard about the New York minute? It's like a split second in which a lot of things get done. New York is quick. In fact, when you're walking, be sure not to take up the entire sidewalk because you're going to be blocking some speeding New Yorker coming up behind you.
We reach the Upper Eastside, with that rarefied atmosphere of the blueblood territory. The multimillion mansions and the nice side streets. Be sure to have a look as you walk along Madison and the other avenues down the side streets and see where the superrich live.
Lexington is one of the most interesting of New York avenues. It still retains a lot of its earlier character and quality, not quite so yuppiefied and gentrified as the other avenues that we been walking on, all of what you been lovely, but Lexington is especially nitty-gritty and a fine place to end our walking tour of New York's grand avenues.

Newsies Strike of 1899 Documentary - State Finalist Version!

Version III of my 2017 National History Day (NHD) project on the Newsies Strike of 1899. This project was used at Colorado State National History Day 2017.

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All images from Library of Congress (loc.gov) and the New York Public Library Digital Collections (digital collections.nypl.org)

All images from Library of Congress were taken by Lewis W. Hine.

Music used:
NEWSIES: THE BROADWAY MUSICAL
Newsies Overture
NEWSIES: THE DISNEY FILM
Carrying the Banner
The Fighting Irish: Strike Action
High Times, Hard Times
Carrying the Banner (Finale)
King of New York

All dolls used in this are products of AMERICAN GIRL®, which in turn is a company from Mattel®.

Thank you to everyone who helped me along the way.

Special shoutout to the real superstars of the show- the eleven beautiful dolls belonging to me and my little sister!

Dolls used:
Kit
Ruthie
Molly
Emily
Lakota (Kaya doll)
Josefina
Anna Rose (Grace doll)
Abby (Truly Me #58)
September Rey (Truly Me #55)

God's sign to assassinate Yitzhak Rabin, Ephron, Updike & Ira Glass | LIVE from the NYPL

Nancy Updike | Dan Ephron | Ira Glass: Why the Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin Still Divides Israelis 20 Years Later
Recorded on November 4th, 2015 at the New York Public Library

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On the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Ira Glass speaks with longtime This American Life producer Nancy Updike and her husband Dan Ephron, former Jerusalem bureau chief for Newsweek. Both have covered Israel for years; Ephron was at the rally where Rabin was killed and has written a new book about the murder called Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel, while Updike is creating an episode about the assassination. Incorporating historical footage from the time of the murder and audio from Updike’s program, Glass will lead a discussion about why the assassination still spawns conspiracy theories, public shouting matches, and fierce political divisions.


NANCY UPDIKE is one of the founding producers of This American Life. She has reported from Iraq, Egypt, Israel, the West Bank, Gaza and the United States. Her Iraq reporting won a Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and a Murrow Award. She was executive producer of This American Life’s second television season, which won the Emmy for Outstanding Nonfiction Series.

An award-winning writer, DAN EPHRON has served as the Jerusalem bureau chief for Newsweek and The Daily Beast and now lives in New York City.

IRA GLASS is the host and creator of the public radio show This American Life. The show is heard each week on over 500 public radio stations by 2.2 million people, plus the CBC in Canada and the ABC in Australia. Most weeks the podcast of the program is the most popular podcast on iTunes, with another 1.6 million downloading.

More New York State from Above - Our Best Sights from Hyde Park Mansion to NYC (HD)

The next Episode from the amazing state of New York! Let us know what you think of the place...

This time we travel the Hudson River & see Hyde Park Mansion. Then on to West Point Military Academy, and Sing Sing Correctional Facility.

We then fly to Sleepy Hollow, inspiration for the famous Irving story, and the Tim Burton / Johnny Depp 1999 horror movie. We end our journey in the iconic NYC.

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A.B. Yehoshua | LIVE from the NYPL

The author of nine novels, three short-story collections, four plays, and four books of essays, A.B. Yehoshua has been described as one of Israel's world-class writers by Saul Bellow.

In a far-ranging conversation with Paul Holdengräber, A.B. Yehoshua looks back on his career, with a particular emphasis on a superb collection of literary essays entitled The Terrible Power of a Minor Guilt. Yehoshua explains why we must pay close attention to the moral and ethical aspects of written texts, why in his view Literature MUST take back the authority of Morality it has forsaken, as well as addressing issues pertaining to Zionism, Diaspora, and Jewish Identity. Yehoshua will also discuss the recent adaptation of his novel the A Woman in Jerusalem just released in the United States as a feature film and entitled The Human Resources Manager.

Director and Editor: Jared Keane Feldman
Camera Operation: Jared Keane Feldman, Preston Hart, Mariah Rehmet
Lighting & Sound: Park Boulevard Productions
Additional Music: Preston Hart (prestonhart.com)

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Producer: Meg Stemmler
Director: Paul Holdengräber
Office Coordinator: Farah Fields
Intern Support: Anthony Audi, Sara Schwartz, Annie Moret

New York City - December 2012 | Traveling Robert

We spend Christmas in New York, visit the 911 memorial, and drive around the city and parts of New Jersey.
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