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Open Doors English Language Program Welcomes Students

By Esther Racoosin

Open Doors English, the Julie Rudd Coulombe Language Program, is celebrating the beginning of its second year. Liz Susmann, co-director of the program, talks about her school and how it moved rapidly to remote learning at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Listeners will also hear from Jose, a dairy worker from Guatemala, who talks…

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The Cherry Arts Presents the Headphone Walking Play, “Trap Door”

By Esther Racoosin

WRFI Community Radio News contributor Esther Racoosin speaks with Cynthia Henderson and Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon. They are the director and lead writer, respectively, of the Cherry Arts new headphone walking play, “Trap Door”. Participants will be able to contemplate and meditate on the experiences of local African American freedom fighters as they listen to the…

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First-Time Owl Sighting Enchants Neighborhood Residents

By Esther Racoosin

WRFI Contributor Esther Racoosin talks about how she and many other casual birders have developed affection for an Eastern Screech Owl holed up in a dead tree in their neighborhood. (Photo:  courtesy of Esther Racoosin)  

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2021 Virtual Spring Writes Literary Festival Presents Variety of Panels and Workshops

By Esther Racoosin

The 2021 Spring Writes Literary Festival, organized by the Community Arts Partnership (CAP) of Tompkins County, begins Wednesday, May 5th and continues to Sunday, May 16.  Thirteen different writing workshops will be offered to the public starting in late May, continuing into September. Artistic Director Jen Tennant and CAP Program and Grant Director Robin Schwartz…

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