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Professor Jonathan Boyarin about Technologies of Memory-September 27th 2016

By WRFI News Staff

Professor Jonathan Boyarin of Cornell Jewish Studies talks about the fall lecture and arts series, “Technologies of Memory”.  He describes how the series is meant to help the public understand the ways that humans process and preserve memories.  Listeners are also introduced to the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive. For more information, go to:…

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Judy’s Day at Cornell Plantations

By WRFI News Staff

Esther Racoosin speaks with Diane Miske, Visitor Services Coordinator at Cornell Plantations, about the upcoming festival, Judy’s Day.  This year the festival theme is “Food Plants of the Americas”.  Miske speaks about the various foods, games, stories and events that will be featured.  For more information, Click Here. This interview aired on the September 22nd edition…

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The Cyber Drive is Here!!

By Felix Teitelbaum

WRFI’s annual fund drive is scheduled for October 14 through 23. Our goal is to raise $25,000 in ten days. Try as we always do to make our Fund Drives FUN drives, we know many of our listeners and supporters would really rather just get back to our regularly scheduled programming. This year, we’re offering you…

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Speaking About "Storm Country," a Headphone Play

By WRFI News Staff

Samuel Buggeln, artistic director for the Cherry Arts Artspace, talks with Lori Sonken about the Ithaca production, Storm Country, running September 9-11 and September 16-18, 2016. This interview aired on September 13, 2016.

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