Podcasts about manhattan's lower east side

In this episode of People's Party, Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh sit down with stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and Saturday Night Live star Michael Che. The result is a hilarious, yet insightful conversation. Topics include Michael growing up in Manhattan's Lower East Side, the gentrification of Brooklyn, his father naming him after revolutionary Che Guevara, how Michael approaches politics in his comedy from a know-nothing perspective, and sticking to facts in comedy while maintaining artistic freedom. Che also goes into his time spent at LaGuardia High School, comedy not being on his radar until later, and he details his biggest takeaways and life-lessons learned there.

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer is joined by Eric Adjepong, chef/co-founder of Pinch & Plate; and On the Double, a new restaurant showcasing the African diaspora soon to open in Washington D.C.’s Union Market. Eric was a finalist on Bravo's Top Chef – Season 16, where he earned consistent acclaim, introducing viewers to traditional Ghanaian cuisine; and recently returned as a contestant on Top Chef – All Stars/Season 17.  As a first-generation Ghanaian-American born, who was born and raised in New York City, Eric sources the flavors and influences in his cooking from many of the West African dishes he grew up eating. Eric has cooked in several Michelin-starred restaurants in New York. He has degrees in Culinary Arts and Culinary Nutrition (BS) from Johnson & Wales, and International Public Health Nutrition (MPH) from the University of Westminster in London. Today's show also features Shari's PR tip to speak your truth; Industry News discussion, including COVID-19 and Solo Dining/Takeout experience from Chefs Jeremiah Stone and Fabian von Hauske's Contrair in Manhattan's Lower East Side. Listen at Heritage Radio Network; subscribe/rate/review our show at iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify. Follow us @allindustry. Thanks for being a part of All in the Industry®. Stay safe and well. In March, HRN began producing all of our 35 weekly shows from our homes all around the country. It was hard work stepping away from our little recording studio, but we know that you rely on HRN to share resources and important stories from the world of food each week. It’s been a tough year for all of us, but right now HRN is asking for your help. Every dollar that listeners give to HRN provides essential support to keep our mics on. We've got some fresh new thank you gifts available, like our limited edition bandanas.Keep All in the Industry on the air: become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate. Image courtesy of Eric Adjepong.All in the Industry is powered by Simplecast.  

In this interview, you'll hear about Coss's journey as a former cocaine dealing kingpin in Manhattan's Lower East Side who, while incarcerated, received a proverbial death sentence when doctors told him that he had only 5 years to live if he didn't lose weight. Today, Coss hustles prison-style bootcamps, employs only formerly incarcerated personal trainers, and has served up fitness and wellness classes to more than 25,000 clients worldwide.After his book reading, Coss and I discuss his story, his writing journey to become an author, and much more:What are some of the obstacles that formerly incarcerated people deal with when they're released from prison?Do you ever get tired of telling the story of your past?What was it like to develop a fitness program in solitary confinement?Coss Marte has been featured in over 200 major media outlets such as NBC, CNN, The New York Times, TED Talks, and Men’s Fitness. He has also won major pitch competitions including Tom’s Shoes’ "Pitch for Good”, and the YPO shark tank competition, which raised a combined quarter-million dollars for his social enterprise.A big thanks to Coss for joining us in this interview of Written, Spoken!Please rate our show and leave a review to help others find us. In your review, tell us which authors you would most love to hear on a future episode of the podcast. Thank you for listening!The author's book, ConBody: The Revolutionary Bodyweight Prison Boot Camp, Born from an Extraordinary Story of Hope,ConBody.com: Take fitness classes online with Coss during the COVID-19 pandemicNonprofit orgs helping formerly incarcerated people: Defy Ventures, Thrive for Life, and Fortune SocietyCoss's brother, Christopher Marte, who is running for City Council in New York CityVisit Dave at DaveUrsillo.com and follow him on InstagramSubscribe to Dave's newsletter, Chronicles of a Self-Storied LifeExplore Dave's life coaching, The Unavoidable Life, and writing coaching, Writer's Group of Two, for unparalleled support and guidance in your journeyThanks to Rokkwood Audio for composing our theme song

The folks at Economy Candy are, in one word, happy! Perhaps it's because they are surrounded by sugar all day, but still, they never seem to crash from the sugar rush. This small family runs the famous candy store located on Manhattan's Lower East Side. They enjoy their work, their time together and are successful in doing what they love.

Food poisoning call. Kenny and Lohs call in. Lohs PSA. Mimi Sings. Trump watches Blue Room. The Leader in Fake News. Conspiracy Comedy. Alternative Content. The Politically Incorrect Drunk Show. Broadcasting LIVE from Manhattan's Lower East Side every Friday at 8PM EST. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://blueroom.ecwid.com/

Brooks Headley fell in love with music while listening to Dr. Demento on his grandmother’s radio. He’s also had a lifetime obsession with food, leading to a career working in--and eventually owning-- restaurants. He talks to Joe about: having pragmatic dreams; being raised by an incredible, single mom; drumming for bands such as Universal Order of Armageddon, Born Against, Skull Kontrol, and (Young) Pioneers; cooking for the 1% at high-end restaurants; and how his love of fine food and punk rock converged to inform the creation of Superiority Burger, his vegan restaurant on Manhattan's Lower East Side.

Al Simpson is one half of @realNYfood on Instagram and a native son of Manhattan's Lower East Side and all its gritty, punk rock glory. Al joins the pod to discuss how this vibrant neighborhood is changing (3:51), neighborhood eats that remind him of the good ol' days (10:23), and the cheapest, greatest, places to start a night out in the area (18:40).

At the age of just nineteen, Coss found himself to be a drug kingpin in Manhattan's Lower East Side. At the age of twenty-three, Coss got caught up in the law and was sentenced to seven years in prison. At the time of his sentencing, he weighed 230 pounds and was given the prognosis that he may die before his release date. In a nine by six jail cell Coss began his weight loss journey. In creating a routine of simple bodyweight only movements Coss managed to lose seventy pounds over six months. During his time in prison, he also helped other inmates lose weight as well. By the time he was released Now that he's out of prison, Coss Marte is still working out, only not alone. He is the founder of Coss Athletics, an exercise program he markets as "prison style." With his studio ConBody based in the same New York neighborhood he grew up, Coss has taken his training program to new heights. Also, Coss has a new book of the same name where you can learn his no BS fitness method. The only thing you need: sheer will. Things You Will Learn 1.) A Regime That Doesn't Discriminate A big reason why the ConBody method has experienced so much success is that it can be done by anybody. Regardless of current physical ability or economic status, the ConBody Method is as clean cut of an approach as you can get. Hear more about what Coss has to say about his own journey to fitness. 2.) Sticking With The Essentials In all honesty, fitness has become a bit complicated. With advice ranging from working out at specific times, eating specific things, sleeping a specific amount. It's become a little...much. However, stories like Coss' have proven that sometimes you don't need all the bells and whistles. Sometimes you just need your body and the will to change it. Learn about what keeps Coss motivation up and how he turned it into an empire. 3.) Keepin' It Simple In terms of keeping it simple, the ConBody method could not be more to the point. Find out how you can transform your body with no equipment and see results. Enjoy! Full show notes are — as always — available on our website at 20minute.fitness!

With Passover around the corner, this week on IsraelCast we welcome Jennifer Abadi - a researcher, developer, and preserver of Sephardic and Judeo-Arabic recipes and food customs. A culinary expert in the Jewish communities of the Middle East, Mediterranean, Central Asia, and North Africa, Jennifer teaches cooking at the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) and at the Jewish Community Center Manhattan (JCC). She also offers private lessons and works for a variety of clients in the New York City area as a personal chef. In addition, Jennifer provides Jewish food and culture tours on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Her first cookbook-memoir, A Fistful of Lentils: Syrian-Jewish Recipes From Grandma Fritzie's Kitchen, is a collection of recipe and stores from her family. Too Good To Passover: Sephardic & Judeo-Arabic Seder Menus and Memories from Africa, Asia and Europe, her second cookbook released this January 2018,  specializes in traditional Sephardic, Judeo-Arabic, and Central Asian recipes and customs (covering both pre- and post-Passover rituals) appealing to Sephardic, Mizrahic, and Ashkenazic individuals who are interested in incorporating something traditional yet new into their Seders.

The world is chock full of hidden attractions, cool sights and unusual things, and if you know where to look, you'll find some of those wondrous discoveries in New York City. On this week's Cityscape, we'll pay a visit to a venue in the Nolita neighborhood of Manhattan that takes a page from ancient European catacombs. We'll also visit a cabinet of curiosities on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Obscura Antiques and Oddities at 207 Avenue A sells a wide variety of weird wares.

Food poisoning call. Kenny and Lohs call in. Lohs PSA. Mimi Sings.  Trump watches Blue Room. The Leader in Fake News. Conspiracy Comedy. Alternative Content. The Politically Incorrect Drunk Show. Broadcasting LIVE from Manhattan's Lower East Side every Friday at 8PM EST. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://blueroom.ecwid.com/   

We're introducing a new feature for the ninth episode of "In Other Words", a one-on-one interview with a person who has taken an unusual approach to making their way in the art world— someone who has taken the road less travelled. Joining us this week, Joel Mesler tells us why he recently left Manhattan's Lower East Side to open an art gallery in East Hampton, Rental Gallery. Joel, who is an artist as well as a dealer, talks to us about what it takes to survive in the industry. "In Other Words" is a presentation of AAP and Sotheby's, produced by Audiation.fm. For a full transcript, click here: http://www.artagencypartners.com/episode-9-the-road-less-travelled-with-joel-mesler/

This week, we present two stories of how memory impacts our lives, our families, and the way we see ourselves. Part 1: When Jirard Khalil is twelve years old, his mother suddenly starts to change. Part 2: A teacher’s social experiment lands fifth-grade Ben Lillie in an ethical dilemma. Jirard Khalil is a YouTuber, actor, writer, and performer. You can find him online at @JKCompletesIt on Twitter, and That One Video Gamer on YouTube. Ben Lillie, co-founder of The Story Collider, is a high-energy particle physicist who left the ivory tower for the wilds of New York's theater district. His current project is Caveat, an event space for entertaining talks and conversations opening September 5th on Manhattan's Lower East Side. He is also is a Moth StorySLAM champion, and was a writer and contributing editor for TED.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Savino a.k.a. Tall Tall Trees has a quick beer with me at The Magician in Manhattan's Lower East Side before his show at Rockwood Music Hall. Savino tells how he originally went to school to be a doctor before dropping out to pursue his true passion. He also explains why and how he built his trademark "Banjotron 5000," a Swiss Army knife of an instrument that allows him to create sounds you never thought you'd hear coming from a banjo. Having recording his first two albums as a band, Mike describes what it was like to write and record his third LP, Freedays, as a solo project. talltalltrees.com drypaintsigns.com

Low Profile @ Soho House in The Vinyl Room on June 6 2016 | Act II with Qool DJ Marv and Kevin Leonard (Life Walks) Blessed - Jill Scott Memory Lane - Will Sessions Jazz We Got – A Tribe Called Quest It was A Good Day – Ice Cube Brown Sugar – D’Angelo Devotion – Earth, Wind & Fire Intimate Friends – Eddie Kendricks Footsteps in the Dark – The Isley Brothers The Vibe - Zhane Generation Five – Dave Gerrard Summertime – Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince One Thing - Amerie It Ain't Nothing Like (featuring the Pharcyde + Kriminul from the Jigmastas) - Rae & Christian Genesis – Will Sessions Fool's Paradise - Me'Lisa Morgan Bon Bon Vie - TS Monk Love Will Bring Us Back Together - Roy Ayers I Wanna Thank You – Alicia Meyers Give me your love - Sylvia Striplin Techno Disco - Kerrier District + Luke Vibert I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Whitney Houston Thinking About Your Love – Skipworth & Turner’ Put Your Body In It - Stephanie Mills I Feel For You - Prince Do It - Soultronic + KiuD Living In Ecstacy - Bonetti New Position - Aaliyah Music's Hypnotizing - O&O Music Lettin Go! - Janelle Monáe https://www.sohohouseny.com/house/vinyl-room The party called Low Profile, started by DJ Qool Marv in 1996 at Ludlow Bar on Manhattan's Lower East Side, was a Monday night party where people blended to musical vibes from Marv and a small rotation of guest DJs in a basement room full of folks of all kinds having a great time dancing, making friends and playing it cool shooting pool. It was called Low Profile because there are people who don't need much more than great music and a room full of creative and open minded people, and there are people who are totally fabulous and maybe even famous who just want to be in an atmosphere where they need not care about who they are because they are having so much fun blending in to where they are. Low Profile was originally hosted and promoted by DeShawn, Myorr and Mark. That feeling of we're all in this together in a place where cool came easy could be felt by the warmth in the music. Many styles and genres are flowed through throughout the evening and all the music was conscientiously selected and woven to be that blanket of rhythm that mostly made you smile and want to dance. Joy and laughter were constants. Dub Reggae, that Jazzy 90s Hip Hop, sensual Deep House, eclectic Electronica, and Funk/Soul sensations all night led to many 4am lights on sing-a-longs to Stevie Wonder's "As". The 2nd chapter of Low Profile is set at the trailblazing Meatpacking District venue APT where the room was prettier and the sound was louder and crisper. The party had graduated to a larger and more stylish venue, however, because of APT's nondescript entrance, their embracing of the music format and their welcoming the Low Profile faithful, our party felt the same except with more space to dance and frolic.  In 2015, Soho House (New York) opened a brand new club/event space called Vinyl. Considering that 2 of the best DJs of New York's Soho House are at home at the House weekly (with one of those DJs, Kevin, being a resident for more than 10 years) we are ecstatic that Soho House is inviting us to rekindle the vibe of Low Profile once more...on a Monday night, just like before. https://www.facebook.com/QoolMarv/ http://djqoolmarvsounds.podomatic.com/

We're bringing together a professional vegetarian and a professional carnivore. And not just any vegetarian—Amanda Cohen is the chef-owner of the celebrated restaurant Dirt Candy on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Without braising a single pork belly since it opened in 2008, Dirt Candy remains one of New York's hottest restaurants. Our other guest, Adam Danforth, isn't your everyday carnivore. A butcher by trade, Adam has written a James Beard Award-winning guide to meat cutting and worked at New York culinary temples Marlow & Daughters and Blue Hill. Despite his food's popularity, he's the butcher who thinks we should all be eating less meat. Plus: Smoothies! Reality TV! Pig tails!

with Qool DJ Marv and Kevin Leonard Stratus – Billy Cobham Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz The Fire – The Roots Prototype – BJ Smith Come With Me – Maya Azucena Stop On By - Louie Vega, Lisa Fischer, Cindy Mizelle First Night Symphony – Sunner Soul Sticky Party - Fabiolous Barker Moment Of Love – Mary J Blige Love Story Intro – Mr. Given Raw Mysterious Vibe – Ash Reynolds If You Give – Shaka Loves You feat Dave Towers Love Ballad – George Benson This Beat Is Mine – Vicky D Having Our Fun – Focus Falling In Love – Surface Twinkle Twinkle – Tom Misch Spinnin' - Bernard Wright Something In The Way – 4Hero I Want Your Love (Todd Terje Edit) - Chic No One Can Love Me (Quite The Way You Do) – Unlimited Touch Take A Chance – Pleasure Give It Up – Per Qx & Zoo Brazil Yo Baby – Sharam Jey & Frey All I Do Is Think Of You – Tammi Terrell Rock With You – Michael Jackson I Like It – Debarge 1999 – Prince 909s & Herb – Michael the Lion feat Sammy Bananas Love Hangover – Diana Ross Baby, I'm Scared Of You – DJs At Work https://www.sohohouseny.com/house/vinyl-room The party called Low Profile, started by DJ Qool Marv in 1996 at Ludlow Bar on Manhattan's Lower East Side, was a Monday night party where people blended to musical vibes from Marv and a small rotation of guest DJs in a basement room full of folks of all kinds having a great time dancing, making friends and playing it cool shooting pool. It was called Low Profile because there are people who don't need much more than great music and a room full of creative and open minded people, and there are people who are totally fabulous and maybe even famous who just want to be in an atmosphere where they need not care about who they are because they are having so much fun blending in to where they are. Low Profile was originally hosted and promoted by DeShawn, Myorr and Mark. That feeling of we're all in this together in a place where cool came easy could be felt by the warmth in the music. Many styles and genres are flowed through throughout the evening and all the music was conscientiously selected and woven to be that blanket of rhythm that mostly made you smile and want to dance. Joy and laughter were constants. Dub Reggae, that Jazzy 90s Hip Hop, sensual Deep House, eclectic Electronica, and Funk/Soul sensations all night led to many 4am lights on sing-a-longs to Stevie Wonder's "As". The 2nd chapter of Low Profile is set at the trailblazing Meatpacking District venue APT where the room was prettier and the sound was louder and crisper. The party had graduated to a larger and more stylish venue, however, because of APT's nondescript entrance, their embracing of the music format and their welcoming the Low Profile faithful, our party felt the same except with more space to dance and frolic.  In 2015, Soho House (New York) opened a brand new club/event space called Vinyl. Considering that 2 of the best DJs of New York's Soho House are at home at the House weekly (with one of those DJs, Kevin, being a resident for more than 10 years) we are ecstatic that Soho House is inviting us to rekindle the vibe of Low Profile once more...on a Monday night, just like before.

This episode of podmissum features Judy Glantzman ’74 who lives and works in New York City. She has exhibited her work in numerous solo and group exhibitions in the United States and abroad. A 1978 graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, Judy was active in the East Village art scene in the 1980s. After receiving a number of grant and awards, including the Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation Grant in 1997 and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in 2001, Judy held a thirty-year retrospective of her work in 2009 with Dactyl Foundation. For Judy the artistic process reveals as well as obfuscates—she has defined art as a dialogue that goes back and forth, a “paradoxical dynamic” like ying and yang—a spiritual principle that she enjoys lending to her work.   The podcast took place at Judy's most recent show in October 2015, at Betty Cuningham Gallery on Manhattan's Lower East Side. In the course of the conversation three of the works in her show are discussed. The first is rather large with sixteen separate framed and mounted works of acrylic and paper hung next to each other to create a group of separated panels. Each panel is approximately one foot square and may have a representational image, such as a depiction of the earth, or may be nearly abstract with few recognizable images. The other works that are discussed are groups of small portraits. Some of the portraits are Judy’s interpretations of works by other artists, such as Winslow Homer, while other portraits depict the actor Peter Falk, perhaps best known for his role as television’s Columbo. To see some of the works in the show please visit: http://www.bettycuninghamgallery.com/artists/judy-glantzman   To listen to this episode Click on the "pod" icon in the upper left, to the left of the episode title. Click on the hyperlink below, to the right of the text "Direct Download." You may follow Podmissum On iTunes By clicking on the RSS icon at the bottom of the right column, below the word Syndication. iOS and Android App Purchase the app for iOS (download Podcast Box and purchase Podmissum in-app). Purchase the app for Android that you may download to your device.

When you think of cats in New York City – what comes to mind? For some people, it might the Broadway show Cats. But, the Big Apple is home to a lot of real-life felines. According the New York City Economic Development Corporation, 500,000 cats live in the city as pets. On this week's Cityscape, we're talking all about cats.  Our guests include the creator of the Felines of New York blog;a co-founder of a so-called cat cafe on Manhattan's Lower East Side known as Meow Parlour; and someone who knows all about the big cats at the Bronx Zoo.

New York-style pizza tops “best of” lists across the web. A google search turns up images of mostly big, hearty cheese slices.  The kind of photos that make your mouth water.  Pizza has a long history in the Big Apple.  In fact, Lombardi's in Manhattan is said to be the first pizzeria in America.  Brooklyn resident Scott Weiner is an expert on all things pizza.  He turned his love for the food into a career. Scott runs tours of significant pizzerias in New York City.  We recently visited with him at his apartment in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, where he keeps a super large collection of pizza boxes.  You'll hear that interview on this week's Cityscape.  Also on this week's show, we'll visit a pizza school on Manhattan's Lower East Side, and talk with a co-owner of a Staten Island pizza joint that's been around since 1937.

In New York City everything is at your finger tips. With so many options for food, music, and culture, it can sometimes feel overwhelming. But instead of taking the classic New Yorker approach by kvetching, this week, we’re settling down to dig into a classic Yiddish tradition: the knish.  Our guest is Laura Silver, author of Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food. We'll also pay a visit to the famed Yonah Schimmel Knish Bakery on Manhattan's Lower East Side.

When you think of a monk, you might picture a quiet man tucked away in the isolated wilderness, shrouded in mystery.  But on this week's Cityscape, we’re bringing you the "Urban Monk," whose monastery on Manhattan's Lower East Side is anything but secluded.  Gadadhara Pandit Dasa joins us to talk about his new book Urban Monk: Exploring Karma, Consciousness and the Divine.

Every week WFUV's Cityscape brings you stories about the people, places, and spirit of New York. It's our own weekly love letter to this great city.  In conjunction with WFUV's Spring membership drive, we’ve prepared some of our favorite segments about the fascinating places we’ve explored and interesting characters we’ve met along the way, from the woman who runs a troll museum on Manhattan's Lower East Side to the volunteers who ring the bells in the tower of Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan.

Each week Cityscape explores the people, places and spirit of New York City in new and unique ways. We journey to fascinating places and meet interesting people, but we wouldn’t be able to do that without support from listeners who appreciate this kind of programming. On this week's edition of Cityscape, we're revisiting some of our favorite segments while asking for your support. Segments include an interview with the woman who runs the troll museum on Manhattan's Lower East Side, an in-studio performance from The New York Holiday Singers, and a look into the city's beer history and culture. **DISCLAIMER** This show was recorded to air on December 15, 2012, but in light of the deadly shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, our fund drive was postponed.

Alan Jules Weberman (born May 26, 1945), better known as A. J. Weberman, is an American writer, political activist/gadfly, and popularizer of the terms garbology and "Dylanology." He is best known for his controversial personal confrontations with the musician Bob Dylan and for his 30-year involvement with the Yippies, a counterculture movement of the 1960s. He was also an activist in the Jewish Defense Organization, said by the Anti-Defamation League to be a militant Revisionist Zionist organization regarded as a branch of Kahanism, but which professes to be a Jabotinskyite organization.A.J. Weberman has written on the life and works of Bob Dylan, leaving college to focus on creating what he calls a word concordance of Dylan's lyrics. Although a strong advocate of Dylan's importance as an artist, he is less supportive of Dylan the man.Weberman's literary analysis of Dylan's work, which he has termed "Dylanology," is centered around Weberman's assertion that, to Dylan, many words have lesser-used meanings differing, sometimes greatly, from their common definitions. According to Weberman, "Rain", for instance, often means "hatred" in a Dylan song. Dylan wrote, "Father of love / Father of rain" in a song where opposites are contrasted.Rolling Stone magazine has called Weberman "the king of all Dylan nuts." They report an incident where Dylan, annoyed by Weberman and his associates who were constantly digging through his garbage, assaulted Weberman outside Dylan's apartment. In a different article, Rolling Stone reports that Weberman, "a man that terrorized Bob Dylan during the '60s," had now "returned to hassle his son," Jakob Dylan. Weberman claimed that the younger Dylan was a heroin addict.Weberman later applied his unusual research methods to Richard Nixon, Norman Mailer, and other celebrities, coining the term "garbology" to describe his methods and writing the book My Life in Garbology. Cultural anthropology anthropologists such as Dr. William A. Rathje of the University of Arizona conduct expeditions analyzing garbage to understand culture.Weberman attempted to expand his "Dylan Liberation Front" into a "Rock Liberation Front", intended to pressure pop musicians into greater political activity.Weberman, along with the Jewish Defense Organization, and JDO chief Mordechai Levy, were successfully sued for libel to the tune of $850,000 by Steven Paul Rombom, a PI arrested for impersonating an FBI Agent. Weberman has also studied the 1963 assassination of US President John F. Kennedy and was employed by the late Congressman Henry Gonzalez of Texas and Senator Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania.[citation needed] Weberman's book on the subject, Coup D’Etat In America, postulates the assassination as part of a coup d'etat led by rogue CIA agents Howard Hunt, Frank Sturgis (a contract agent) and David Christ, Head of the TSD of the CIA, angered by Kennedy's failure to remove Fidel Castro from power. The book includes transparent overlays, as in an anatomy textbook, so that the reader can compare the faces of the tramps briefly arrested in Dallas with photos of E. Howard Hunt and Frank Sturgis. Weberman's assertion that Hunt was involved in this action led Hunt to initiate a lawsuit, later dropped. Before his death in 2005, Hunt told his son that he had been involved in the JFK assassination. In 2005, Weberman and other well-known Yippies, including Dana Beal and Pie Man (Aron Kay), joined forces to turn the long-time Yippie headquarters at 9 Bleecker Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side into a counterculture museum. As of 2006, renovation of the building has been partially completed, and a charter from the New York State Board of Regents has been granted. Weberman, who is a member of the Yippie Museum's board of trustees, announced in early 2006, in a typical display of Yippie spoofery, that the museum would house an Institute for the Study of Advanced Political Protest.Recordings of telephone conve

For some people New Year's Day is all about tradition, like eating a particular meal for good luck.  On this week's Cityscape, we're delving into New Year's traditions in New York City, including a birding expedition in Central Park, the Coney Island Polar Bear Club's New Year's Day plunge and a poetry reading marathon on Manhattan's Lower East Side. 

Over the years, Manhattan's Lower East Side has produced a number of famous artists, including Luther Vandross.  But, little is heard about those who made it only to the fringe of success. Benny Bell grew up on the Lower East Side and dreamed of being the next Irving Berlin. He wrote and sung hundreds of songs, many of them double entendre novelty tunes.  But, his music career never fully took off.  On this edition of Cityscape, Bell's grandson, Joel Samberg, shares his granddad's story.