This edition: Celebrating Education, Culture, and NYC Holiday Magic
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Original tape date: November 15, 2024. First aired: December 12, 2024.We close 2024 with stories that celebrate creativity and culture across the City University of New York—from Latin America's cassette tape culture to a new biography on Billie Holiday. Plus, a look at how CUNY students help shape history as curators, a photographer capturing a lost world in Lower Manhattan, and a student journalist’s story about the Winter Village at Bryant Park—a seasonal NYC tradition filled with holiday magic. All that and more, tune in to Urban U!
Guest List
Paul Alexander Adjunct Lecturer, Hunter College
Alyssa Alpine Director, CUNY Dance Initiative
Agustina Checa Assistant Professor of Music, Lehman College
Marcy Littlefield Student, Masters of Arts in Museum Studies
Sekou McMiller Resident Artist, CUNY Dance Initiative
Barbara Mensch Alum, Hunter College
Valerie Paley Senior Vice President , New York Historical Society
Ron Smith Student, Lehman College
Adam Thompson Student, Masters of Arts in Museum Studies
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