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WCNY Commemorates Lafayette’s 1825 Visit with New Film and Educational Program

Published - May 19, 2025

WCNY, Central New York’s public communications organization, is proud to announce the premiere of its latest original documentary, “Lafayette: A Hero’s Return,” airing Monday, June 9 at 9 p.m. on WCNY-TV. The broadcast commemorates 200 years to the day since General Lafayette visited Syracuse during his farewell tour of the United States, a journey that celebrated one of the last surviving heroes of the American Revolutionary War. Narrated by Julien Icher, historian and founder of the “Follow the Frenchman” YouTube series, the film explores Lafayette’s enduring legacy in both New York and American history. It traces his deep-rooted commitments

WCNY to Premiere ‘Lafayette: A Hero’s Return’ on June 9, 2025, Marking 200 Years Since the Revolutionary War Hero Visited Syracuse

Published - May 19, 2025

WCNY, Central New York’s public communications organization, is proud to announce the premiere of its latest original documentary, “Lafayette: A Hero’s Return,” airing Monday, June 9 at 9 p.m. on WCNY-TV. The broadcast commemorates 200 years to the day since General Lafayette visited Syracuse during his farewell tour of the United States, a journey that celebrated one of the last surviving heroes of the American Revolutionary War. Narrated by Julien Icher, historian and founder of the “Follow the Frenchman” YouTube series, the film explores Lafayette’s enduring legacy in both New York and American history. It traces his deep-rooted commitments to

S09 Ep38: Looking East, Part 5

Published - May 17, 2025

“Music is rhythm of the universe meets rhythm of self.” – Terri Guillemets We continue our global trek with music from the east. Today, music from four composers hailing from South Korea, Japan and China. Looking East, Part 5 Young-ja Lee: Harbor Kyoung Cho, soprano; Se Ryung Woo, piano “Korean Women’s Voices” Centaur 3694 Unsuk Chin: Rocaná Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Kent Nagano, conductor “Unsuk Chin: Rocana/Violin Concerto” Analekta 9944 Yuko Uébayashi: Sonata for Flute and Piano Martha Long, flute; María García, piano “Elevate: All Classical Radio’s RII Vol. 2” Navona 6625 Wang Jie: Sonata for the Other Shore Christopher

Shadow // Yaddo – Scars on the Soul

Published - May 16, 2025

Performance maestro John Kelly and acclaimed author Paul Lisicky on storytelling, subversion, and a voice that still breaks our hearts—Joni Mitchell. Contributing artists: Joseph Keckler, Joni Mitchell, John Kelly.

May 14, 2025: Pianist Sara Davis Buechner, Syracuse Orch.

Published - May 14, 2025

It was a joy to catch up with pianist Sara Davis Buechner in anticipation of this weekend’s concert with the Syracuse Orchestra. Sara is playing the devilish(!) Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1, and talked about the journey we take with this piece. She also gave us some news on performances she has coming up this summer, and how excited she was to hear this performance of Mahler’s Symphony No.1 on this farewell concert for Maestro Lawrence Loh. Information about the Syracuse Orchestra is available here. And learn about Sara Davis Buechner at her website.

May 12, 2025: Attacca Quartet and Linda Chesis, CSMF

Published - May 12, 2025

The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival is just around the corner – and once again Founder and Music Director Linda Chesis has an early concert to enjoy as the festival welcomes Attacca Quartet. We had a chance to talk to Linda and the violist from Attacca, Nathan Schram about the concert, the variety of music they play, and the excitement of winning not one, but two GRAMMY awards. More about the Cooperstown Summer Music Festival is available here. And the Attacca Quartet website can be viewed here.

The Joy of Why: Will AI Ever Understand Language Like Humans?

Published - May 12, 2025

Quanta Magazine’s The Joy of Why is a special addition to WCNY Community FM. It’s hosted by Cornell mathematician Steven Strogatz and senior produced by Genevieve Sponsler (also a producer here at WCNY Community FM). Steve and the show’s co-host — cosmologist and author Janna Levin — take turns interviewing leading researchers about the great scientific and mathematical questions of our time. On this episode: Large language models (LLMs) are becoming increasingly more impressive at creating human-like text and answering questions, but whether they can understand the meaning of the words they generate is a hotly debated issue. A big

Check It Out: A Parade, Summer Reading and More!

Published - May 10, 2025

On this weeks addition of Check It Out, Tom and Maggie talk over a whole host of fun events going on across the Library landscape. From the Light A Candle for Literacy book festival, which has been moved up to June 7th, to their Mets tabling nights, and they take a look at some stuff that’s going to be happening for summer reading. This year‘s theme for summer reading is “Color Our World”!

“The D.O.T. P.O.D.”: The I-81Connect App & Project Update

Published - May 10, 2025

DOT’s projects and initiatives are deeply rooted in our communities. But to truly meet the needs of the people we serve, we’ve got to meet them where they are. On this episode, Project Director for the I-81 Viaduct Project Betsy Parmley, and Community Liaison and Public Information Officer TeNesha Murphy join us to talk about DOT’s groundbreaking I-81 Connect, our first ever app linked to our largest ever project, as well as give an update on this transformative project. The D.O.T. P.O.D. shares stories from the agency that keeps you moving, the New York State Department of Transportation.

S09 Ep37: Looking South, Part 5

Published - May 10, 2025

“Colour is profoundly important to me as a composer, the actual colour of the sound..” – Anne Boyd We continue our global trek with music from the south, specifically from New Zealand and Australia. We’ll hear influences of traditional classical works as well as indigenous music. Looking South, Part 5 Marlene Cummins: Starting Over Ensemble Offspring “Women of Note, Volume 5” ABC Classics 0055 Margaret Sutherland: Concerto for String Orchestra Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Patrick Thomas, conductor “Australian Composers Volume 1: Miriam Hyde & Margaret Sutherland” ABC Classics 4462852 Anne Boyd: Cloudy Mountain Animo “Animo Two” Ravello Records 8079 Elizabeth Younan:

It’s Happening Here Ep. 4 Sean Kirst

Published - May 8, 2025

Columnist Sean Kirst has returned to writing in Syracuse after nearly a decade away. Now the newest member of the Central Current newsroom, the veteran journalist joins hosts Maximilian Eyle and Dr. Rick Wright to discuss the importance of focus and storytelling in how we understand the community we live in. They revisit the tragedy of Pan Am flight 103 which exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1983 and the impact of the coverage that followed. It was carrying 259 passengers – 35 of whom were Syracuse University students. Kirst also explores the importance of creating accessible sources of information, and

Repeating History, Episode 10 – Dr. Adam Laats, Professor of History at Binghamton University

Published - May 7, 2025

On the latest episode of Repeating History, our guest is Dr. Adam Laats. Dr. Laats is the author of Mr. Lancaster’s System: The Failed Reform that Created America’s Public Schools , published in 2024. Professor Laats and Bob discuss the origins of the American public education system in response to the unsuccessful Lancastrian movement Dewitt Clinton imported to New York from Great Britain in the 1820s. From there, the conversation moves on to the evolution of the public school system, education reform, charter schools, and the relationship between public schools and private schools, which has been at the center of many legal and

CNY Latino Podcast, Episode 72 – Latinos in Law

Published - May 5, 2025

(#72, 5/5/25) In this episode of CNY Latino Podcast, we will have two interviews, one with interview with Maximilian Eyle about the event of the Hiscock Legal Aid Society an evening of celebration and community engagement in the famous Salt City Market in downtown Syracuse, and also to talk about him as a local Latino leader. the second interview with both Juan Proaño and Dr. Ray Serrano from LULAC, to talk about How Latinos can save big on health insurance in 2025, and/or any other Health related and Cultural-based topic, and also the many issues going on with the new

Innovate to Educate, Episode 32 – The Communication Arts CTE Pathway at Liverpool High School

Published - May 5, 2025

On this edition of Innovate to Educate, host Jody Manning is joined by two educators, Tim Nicholas and Owen Valentine and two of their students from the Communication Arts CTE Program at Liverpool High School, Alannah Edwards, and Selah Poulsen. The Communication Arts CTE Pathway at Liverpool High School immerses students in the dynamic world of media, offering hands-on experience with professional film and sound equipment as well as industry-standard software.

Plant People: The Periodic Table of Food

Published - May 3, 2025

New to WCNY is Plant People from the New York Botanical Garden. NYBG’s CEO & President, Jennifer Bernstein, connects the dots between nature and humanity through lively conversations with plant scientists and curators, gardeners and naturalists, and other experts. In the second episode of season two, Dr. Alex McAlvay, Assistant Curator at NYBG’s Center for Plants, People, and Culture, and Dr. John de la Parra, Director of the Global Food Portfolio at the Rockefeller Foundation, speak with Jennifer about the problems in modern agriculture (like monocrops) that are threatening our food security worldwide. Together, they’ll share some of the ways

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