Monthly Archives: February, 2024

Checkup From the Neck-Up, Episode 15 – Quitting: Healthy Growth; Will to Quit; Changing Health Behavior

Published - February 29, 2024

The will to quit! How do we change that habit? Dr. Neck-up, psychologist Rich O’Neill, talks with Dr. Susan Sperry, co-director of the MINDonline program – Motivational Interviewing for Nicotine Dependence. Participants partner online with a clinician in developing a personalized plan for nicotine-free living. Four weeks of twice-a-week, 30-minute meetings on moving from thinking about it to doing it, once and for all. And they talk about keeping our kids from starting! Click Here to Scan for more information on the MINDonline program MINDonline flyer    

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Innovate to Educate, Episode 18 – WCNY Entertainment Academy

Published - February 29, 2024

In 2023, WCNY launched an innovative program designed to recruit and train diverse groups of people to be successful in Central New York’s booming film and video technology trades. The WCNY Entertainment Academy is now working with its second group of students, who are completing the 14-week program en route to job placement through partners I.A.T.S.E. Local 52 and Motion Picture Studio Mechanics. In this Innovate to Educate, host Jody Manning talks about the program with Head Instructor Mac Cushing, WCNY Human Resources VP Carol Opee-Stelios, and program graduate Sharonda Barnwell.    

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‘WCNY Community Connect’ Premieres March 3 on WCNY-TV

Published - February 28, 2024

A new, occasional series called “WCNY Community Connect” will premiere on March 3 at 2 p.m. on WCNY-TV. It will feature coverage of events that reflect the hearts and souls of the communities that we serve in Central New York and the Mohawk Valley. The series will kick off with an episode that captures a recent Faiths United for Peace gathering organized by InterFaith Works and hosted at Onondaga Community College. The group brought together a cross-denominational coalition of faith leaders who united in song and prayer to inspire hope for the Middle East, Ukraine, Sudan, and Congo. We reside

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CNY Heroes, Episode 17 – Vietnam Veteran Blaine Fleming, Part 2

Published - February 28, 2024

This month, host Dan Cummings continues his conversation with retired Army Colonel Blaine Fleming, who served as a helicopter pilot and operations officer in Vietnam. Fleming talks more about his your of duty, and what life was like following the war. Col. Fleming’s unit participated in a major battle that became the subject of the 1992 book, “We Were Soldiers Once and Young,” adapted 10 years later into a major motion picture starring Mel Gibson.  

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Science Today with Dr. Rich Kopecky – Episode 21

Published - February 28, 2024

Another remarkable breakthrough in genetic therapy is featured in this month’s Science Today. From the worldwide science journals, Dr. Rich Kopecky tells us how a new drug can alter the gene responsible for severely high cholesterol in some people. Plus, astronomers tell us about findings from two new telescopes, including one that rides on a balloon. And hope for women suffering from serious morning sickness…a hormone can be the key to new treatments.    

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WCNY’s ‘Ivory Tower’ Hits the Road to Visit College Campuses this Spring

Published - February 27, 2024

WCNY, Central New York’s public communications organization, is thrilled to announce that Central New York’s favorite public affairs program, “Ivory Tower,” will be visiting college campuses this spring to record live-to-tape shows, which will be open to students and the public. Hosted by David Chanatry, these hour-long live-to-tape episodes will showcase six panelists engaging in discussions on pertinent current events and local issues. Barbara Fought will moderate questions from the live audience. Each episode will air on WCNY-TV the following Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 5:30 p.m. “Ivory Tower’ is going on the road to give fans the

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Our New Neighbors, Episode 16 – Beatrice Faida

Published - February 27, 2024

Beatrice Faida was born in a refugee camp in Tanzania, East Africa. In 2007, at age 12, she and her family migrated to the United States, re-settling in Central New York. Today, Beatrice is a small business facilitator for the Northeast Hawley Development Association and is on the board of the New Americans Forum, where she aids and advocates for others who are re-settling here. Beatrice tells her story to hosts Maryna Bagovska and Ibrahaim Mohamed, in this edition of Our New Neighbors.

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Applications Now Open for WCNY’s Entertainment Academy!

Published - February 26, 2024

WCNY, Central New York’s public communications organization, is excited to announce that applications are now open for the spring session of WCNY’s Entertainment Academy, with classes scheduled to start on May 2. Three times a year, WCNY’s Entertainment Academy offers a fourteen-week training program in the TV and film production trades. The Academy provides training for the next generation of television and film production engineers, electricians, set designers, sound mixers, and camera operators to help support the growing entertainment industry in Central New York. The program also creates a pathway for job placements through local unions, including I.A.T.S.E. Local 52

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Funky Foodies Episode 207: The Funkies and the Bake Sale Blunder

Published - February 24, 2024

Glow lets the Funkies use the Greasy Spoon’s kitchen to make cookies for a bake sale to raise money to buy the vacant lot that means so much to Dr. Beaker, but a few uninvited visitors eat away at their plans. Kid-friendly recipe: Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies. Funky Foodies is a podcast for kids, and it’s produced right here in Central New York. Tween foodies Frankie, Fern, and Zara share a passion for food and its impacts on the environment. Adventures follow after they form an alliance called Funky Foodies, Inc., pledging to, “Save the Planet, One Veggie Burger at

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S08 Ep26: One Life – Margaret Bonds

Published - February 24, 2024

“Music has to be human, and people have to like it; it has to move them spiritually and intellectually.”  – Margaret Bonds   Composer Margaret Bonds was an influential African American woman in the music world – and you probably don’t know her name.  On this episode, we look at the life and music of this talented Chicago native.   “One Life – Margaret Bonds”   Minstrel Man and Dream Variation, from Three Dream Portraits Text by Langston Hughes Icy Rene Simpson, soprano Artina McCain, piano “I, too” Longhorn Music Troubled Water Althea Waite, piano “Black Diamonds” Cambria 1097 Songs of

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Central Current Radio – ACR Health

Published - February 22, 2024

In this edition of Central Current Radio, host Rick Wright talks with Katherine Lowe, Director of Development and Community Engagement for ACR Health. They discuss the organization’s start as AIDS Community Resources, a local volunteer group formed to address the AIDS crisis of the early 1980s. Today, ACR Health is a non-profit employing 120 people, providing a wide range of critical health services across a nine-county region.  

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Feb. 21, 2024: Michelle Di Russo & Sarah Chandler, CCO Ithaca

Published - February 21, 2024

  The search continues for the new Music Director for the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra!  We spoke to another finalist, Michelle Russo, about her background, the sense of home and community she has found in Central New York, and gave us insight into the music on this weekend’s concert.  We were also joined by CCO Managing Director Sarah Chandler, who told us how the search is going – and what a difficult decision this will be!  Take a listen to get to know more about Michelle.   More information is available on the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra website.

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Built: Landmark Theatre

Published - February 19, 2024

Built is a podcast all about special spaces where we gather, and this season they visited a stadium in Atlanta, a music venue in Chicago, and our very own Landmark Theatre. It’s produced by Fidelity National Financial and PRX.

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