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Puppets

It's human nature to use our imagination. From a very young age weBuild little worlds in sand on the beach, and put the staplers next to eachOther so they can go to sleep at night. We can pick...

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It's A Bird, It's A Cloud....

null Watch a quick film of the 'cloud' over ManhattanVisit 'Creative Time' web pageListen in Real Audio

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Choreographer Elizabeth Streb

From crashing into mats to diving through glass, choreographer Elizabeth Streb aims to expose the body's vulnerability and its durability in her dances. 

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Tied

Two artists bind themselves together for a whole year, then spend the next twenty getting over it.

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Dutch Still Life

To take another artist's masterpiece as your text ought to demand that you observe it closely and pick it apart. Suzanne Bocanegra has been doing that steadily for years now: the New York painter...

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Tied

Two artists bind themselves together for a whole year, then spend the next twenty getting over it. Produced by Tara Geer.

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Cutting Arts Education

Visual Thinking Strategies is an innovative method for teaching art that students and teachers love. It's designed to flourish in poorly funded schools, but it isn't immune to the cutbacks. Produced...

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Cutting Arts Ed

Visual Thinking Strategies is an innovative method for teaching art that students and teachers love. It’s designed to flourish in poorly funded schools, but it isn’t immune to the cutbacks. Produced by...

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Tied

Back in 1982, two artists: Teching Hsieh and Linda Montano bound themselves together — with a piece of rope — for a whole year. They were seasoned performance artists, but nothing could have prepared...

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Drawing and Doubting

A spell at the MacDowell Colony is one of the best perks an artist can get. Tara Geer, a visual artist, went twice to work on her drawings. She also interviewed a MacDowell legend, lunch delivery man...

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Drawing and Doubting

A spell at the MacDowell Colony is one of the best perks an artist can get. Tara Geer, a visual artist, went twice to work on her drawings. She also interviewed a MacDowell legend, lunch delivery man...

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Holocaust Remembrance Day

It is April 19th, 1944. Thousands of mourners silently march from a service at the Warsaw synagogue on Rivington Street to City Hall.  A few carry signs: "Save Those Jews in Poland Who Can Yet Be...

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In Wartime '40s, America's First Taste of Rationing

During World War II, rationing became not only accepted, but a symbol of patriotism for most Americans. Listen to Oscar Brand in this never-broadcast documentary on how the government —and WNYC— helped...

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The day they dropped an A-bomb on the Bronx

We celebrate the end of the Cold War 25 years ago this year with Oscar Brand giving us a taste of 1950s civilian defense.This show, which never aired, was originally produced in the 2000s, using...

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