http://www.thirteen.org Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:36:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en http://feeds.thirteen.org/~r/Thirteen-local/~3/325216099/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/heart-of-darfur/darfuri-refugee-rebuilds-his-life-in-brooklyn/1435/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:27:46 +0000 Edgerton http://www.thirteen.org/?p=989 Hamza Ibrahim is a refugee from Darfur who now lives in the Kensington neighborhood of Brooklyn. He told WIDE ANGLE about growing up in Darfur, driving a taxi in New York City, and collecting clothes and school supplies to send to people living in refugee camps back home. See story...<img src="http://feeds.thirteen.org/~r/Thirteen-local/~4/325216099" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/heart-of-darfur/darfuri-refugee-rebuilds-his-life-in-brooklyn/1435/feed http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/heart-of-darfur/darfuri-refugee-rebuilds-his-life-in-brooklyn/1435/ http://feeds.thirteen.org/~r/Thirteen-local/~3/325937827/103 http://www.thirteen.org/sundayarts/playing-the-building/103#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:54:38 +0000 rossd http://www.thirteen.org/?p=996 Byrne discusses his 9,000-square-foot, interactive, site-specific installation that transforms the interior of the Battery Maritime Building at the tip of Manhattan into a massive sound sculpture that all visitors are invited to sit and “play.” <a href="http://www.thirteen.org/sundayarts/playing-the-building/103">Watch the interview...</a><img src="http://feeds.thirteen.org/~r/Thirteen-local/~4/325937827" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thirteen.org/sundayarts/playing-the-building/103/feed http://www.thirteen.org/sundayarts/playing-the-building/103 http://feeds.thirteen.org/~r/Thirteen-local/~3/325108641/106 http://www.thirteen.org/sundayarts/a-map-of-public-art-in-nyc/106#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:01:41 +0000 rossd http://www.thirteen.org/?p=984 Tune in to see "The Waterfalls: Making Public Art" tonight at 8pm on Thirteen, but also visit our new site all about Public Art. Read more....<img src="http://feeds.thirteen.org/~r/Thirteen-local/~4/325108641" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thirteen.org/sundayarts/a-map-of-public-art-in-nyc/106/feed http://www.thirteen.org/sundayarts/a-map-of-public-art-in-nyc/106 http://feeds.thirteen.org/~r/Thirteen-local/~3/325194971/new-early-skin-cancer-detection-system-debuts-in-nj http://www.thirteen.org/local/new-early-skin-cancer-detection-system-debuts-in-nj#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:57:24 +0000 Edgerton http://www.thirteen.org/?p=988 Called, 'MoleSafe', it was developed in New Zealand to detect melanoma early. But the first U.S. clinic to adopt the technology is in northern NJ. Watch the story...<img src="http://feeds.thirteen.org/~r/Thirteen-local/~4/325194971" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thirteen.org/local/new-early-skin-cancer-detection-system-debuts-in-nj/feed http://www.thirteen.org/local/new-early-skin-cancer-detection-system-debuts-in-nj http://feeds.thirteen.org/~r/Thirteen-local/~3/324232392/clay-felker-magazine-editor-1925-2008 http://www.thirteen.org/local/clay-felker-magazine-editor-1925-2008#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:09:13 +0000 rossd http://www.thirteen.org/?p=977 Clay Felker, the prolific magazine editor and founder of New York Magazine, died today, July 1, 2008, at his home in Manhattan. He was 82. In April of 1995, he was interviewed by Charlie Rose.<img src="http://feeds.thirteen.org/~r/Thirteen-local/~4/324232392" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thirteen.org/local/clay-felker-magazine-editor-1925-2008/feed http://www.thirteen.org/local/clay-felker-magazine-editor-1925-2008 http://feeds.thirteen.org/~r/Thirteen-local/~3/324232393/the-waterfalls-making-public-art http://www.thirteen.org/artsandculture/the-waterfalls-making-public-art#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:02:15 +0000 rossd http://www.thirteen.org/?p=973 From "The Gates" in Central Park to "Tribute in Light" at the World Trade Center site, public art has provoked a variety of intense reactions from New Yorkers and brought millions of visitors to the city. Watch a video about NYC's latest public art project: Olafur Eliasson's "The Waterfalls."<img src="http://feeds.thirteen.org/~r/Thirteen-local/~4/324232393" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thirteen.org/artsandculture/the-waterfalls-making-public-art/feed http://www.thirteen.org/artsandculture/the-waterfalls-making-public-art http://feeds.thirteen.org/~r/Thirteen-local/~3/324072744/orientalisms-influence-on-modernism-in-nyc-architecture http://www.thirteen.org/artsandculture/orientalisms-influence-on-modernism-in-nyc-architecture#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:12:07 +0000 Edgerton http://www.thirteen.org/?p=971 The 19th century had a love affair with the Arabic Middle East. But "Orientalism" in architecture, when processed by creative Western designers, also served as a root of modern design. Watch lecture by historian Barry Lewis.<img src="http://feeds.thirteen.org/~r/Thirteen-local/~4/324072744" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thirteen.org/artsandculture/orientalisms-influence-on-modernism-in-nyc-architecture/feed http://www.thirteen.org/artsandculture/orientalisms-influence-on-modernism-in-nyc-architecture http://feeds.thirteen.org/~r/Thirteen-local/~3/323575627/interview-olafur-eliasson http://www.thirteen.org/artsandculture/interview-olafur-eliasson#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:44:13 +0000 Edgerton http://www.thirteen.org/?p=970 Eliasson talks about the Waterfalls project, how the placement of the falls reflects NYC as a whole, and more about the construction and conceptualization of the project. The interview took place on May 21, 2008 for the documentary The Waterfalls: Making Public Art, watchable in it's entirety online.<img src="http://feeds.thirteen.org/~r/Thirteen-local/~4/323575627" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thirteen.org/artsandculture/interview-olafur-eliasson/feed http://www.thirteen.org/artsandculture/interview-olafur-eliasson http://feeds.thirteen.org/~r/Thirteen-local/~3/321634654/reel-new-york-film-festival-2008 http://www.thirteen.org/artsandculture/reel-new-york-film-festival-2008#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:30:18 +0000 rossd http://www.thirteen.org/?p=958 The festival with films about New York begins today, June 27th and lasts through August 1st. Thirteen will air a new film each Friday night at 12:30am.<img src="http://feeds.thirteen.org/~r/Thirteen-local/~4/321634654" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thirteen.org/artsandculture/reel-new-york-film-festival-2008/feed http://www.thirteen.org/artsandculture/reel-new-york-film-festival-2008 http://feeds.thirteen.org/~r/Thirteen-local/~3/320702275/hiv-screening-for-all-adults-in-the-bronx http://www.thirteen.org/local/hiv-screening-for-all-adults-in-the-bronx#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:03:53 +0000 rossd http://www.thirteen.org/?p=946 The New York City Department of Health announced an initiative to administer HIV tests to the estimated 250,000 untested 18- to 64-year-olds in The Bronx over the next three years.<img src="http://feeds.thirteen.org/~r/Thirteen-local/~4/320702275" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thirteen.org/local/hiv-screening-for-all-adults-in-the-bronx/feed http://www.thirteen.org/local/hiv-screening-for-all-adults-in-the-bronx