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Links in the Time of Corona (Week of April 27)

April 27, 2020 by Anne Maguire

Hello all. Here are our picks for you this week. Stay home and stay safe!

Opera:

Puccini’s Madama Butterfly from New York’s Metropolitan Opera

Multimedia Storytelling:

SEV7NTH CIRCLE is a feminist scifi webseries about a secret society of women trying to rescue the forgotten, lost, and erased women of history. Season 1 was Women of Science. Currently running is Season 2 – Women of Art. You can follow on Instagram @sev7nthcircle or catch up on YouTube

Remember the forgotten. Find the lost. Save the erased. Remove the guilty.

Sev7nth Circle

Theater:

World Premiere

Access the play for free on Wednesday, April 29 at 7:30PM EST
The Public Theater YouTube Channel or Website

WHAT DO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT? will feature the return of the original Apple Family performing from their homes including Jon DeVries (Benjamin), Stephen Kunken (Tim), Sally Murphy (Jane), Maryann Plunkett (Barbara), Laila Robins (Marian), and Jay O. Sanders (Richard).

For the past 10 years, The Public has been presenting Richard Nelson’s minimalist epic, The Rhinebeck Panorama, which includes The Apple Family Plays, The Gabriels, and The Michaels. Now, in the midst of our unsettled world, The Apple Family, last seen in 2014, return, though not over the dinner table, but via Zoom. This hour-long play picks up with them during their now suspended and quarantined lives. They talk about grocery shopping, friends lost, new ventures on a hoped-for horizon—all at a time when human conversation (and theater) may be more needed than ever before.

Humor: Three Songs in the Time of Corono

The Teacher

https://twitter.com/MommaUnfiltered/status/1251855748876898306?s=20

The British Patriots

The Irishman

CALA Recommends: Binge-worthy Podcasts

April 17, 2020 by Cayla Delardi

Many of us who find ourselves firmly in the double-digit days of quarantine are searching for ways to spend our extra free time indoors that don’t involve reorganizing everything in our homes or obsessively tracking the latest dismal COVID-19 news. We’ll be posting a bi-weekly roundup of media and entertainment sources recommended by our CALA staff to provide a welcome distraction from the world.

Even without our daily commutes, podcasts remain a great source of entertainment, news, and escapism during isolation—especially for those of us who are trying to reduce our screen time. We’ve compiled a list of our favorites below. We’d love to hear yours in the comments!

Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet

Sibling duo Christine and Alex Schiefer host this comedy podcast featuring dramatic readings of one-star reviews of businesses and attractions all across the country. Each week features a different US city and category—from Walmarts in Sioux Falls, SD to Psychics in Albuquerque, NM. My favorite episode, though, is #35: Souvenir Shops in Atlantic City, NJ. Bonus: Christine also hosts a paranormal/true-crime podcast called And That’s Why We Drink! – Cayla Delardi

Levar Burton Reads

When I grew up I wanted to be Levar Burton. To travel anywhere and find an apposite book there. This podcast is Reading Rainbow for grownups with selections from contemporary fiction. The bonus episodes, especially the conversation with Lesley Nneka Arimah, are likewise excellent. Bonus listen: “The Doors” sing the Reading Rainbow theme song. – Annelise Finegan Wasmoen

Lexicon Valley

Lexicon Valley with Columbia University’s John McWhorter is great for word nerds, as are Lingthusiasm and The Endless Knot. – Jenny McPhee

Reply All

Hosts PJ Vogt and Alex Goldman discuss the weirdest and most buzzworthy stories in internet culture and explore how technology shapes our lives. If you’re not sure where to start, check out fan favorite, “The Case of the Missing Hit.” It’s an incredible journey with an extremely satisfying ending. – Cayla Delardi

Scene on Radio

A podcast from the Center of Documentary Studies at Duke University, is revolutionary in its way of analyzing history and social justice in the United States and beyond. Series 2, entitled “Seeing White” changed my entire view of humanity, showing how our history and definition as Americans has been distorted to devastating effect. The present season, season four, entitled “The Land That Never Has Been” is about democracy in America from the founding fathers to right now. It couldn’t be more relevant to where we are as a people and a country. The podcast’s storytelling is as compelling as The Wire, its reporting as deep-digging in trying to unearth the truth as Studs Turkle, worthy of James Baldwin in its message and heart. – Jenny McPhee

Stuff You Missed in History Class

As the name implies, this HowStuffWorks podcast hosted by Holly Frey and Tracy Wilson explores the greatest lesser-told stories throughout history, like. Other podcasts on the HSW network include Stuff You Should Know, Ridiculous History, and Stuff Mom Never Told You. – Cayla Delardi

Carrier

It seems kind of quaint now with the coronavirus pandemic in our midst, but this is a solid scifi podcast starring the incredible Cynthia Erivo (of Outsider), who seems capable of doing anything. This podcast will certainly be a welcome, tame distraction from what’s going on out there in the real world. – Jenny McPhee

#NYUTogether—A Gathering for Strength and Hope on 4/20 at 5:30 pm

April 17, 2020 by Cayla Delardi

This Monday, April 20, from 5:30-6:00 p.m. EST, NYU is holding an all-University event called #NYUTogether: A Gathering for Strength and Hope. Speakers—including students, mindfulness experts, and chaplains—will offer tools and inspiration to help us all navigate these uncertain times, and express gratitude for the many NYU essential staff members fighting to keep us safe and well.

Links in the Time of Corona (Week of April 6)

April 6, 2020 by Anne Maguire

Hello all. Here are our picks for you this week. Stay home and stay safe!

For Children: Check out the American Museum of Natural History’s Kid’s Page: https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology

Adults and Children – Chill out: “Be delighted by the antics of our sea otters or mellow out to the hypnotic drifting of our jellies. With ten live cams to choose from, you can experience the wonder of the ocean no matter where you are.” I’ve looked at many of these and love the jellyfish. Thank you Monterey Bay Aquarium! Aquarium Live Feeds

Games: Online Jigsaw Puzzles from National Geographic! You don’t need to subscribe – just click on a picture and start!

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/games/photo-puzzle-jigsaw/

Exercise: On Thursdays you can learn to dance with The Rockettes on Instagram! The lessons will happen on their Instagram Live at noon every Thursday, led by a different Rockette–so if you don’t already know each of them personally, you can meet them one by one!

During the classes, you’ll learn their world-famous precision choreography (jump, shuffle, leap, toe!) and truly test how high you can kick without hitting your apartment ceiling.

Click here: Rockettes Instagram

Art: Step Inside Warhol from the Tate

“Before the gallery closed, we filmed some of our favorite parts of the exhibition to share with you. Get ready to escape to another decade and step into the world of this pop art superstar. You’ll also hear fresh takes on Warhol’s life and work from our two curators, as they explore themes of queerness, religion and death. We’re excited to share a special way to experience Andy Warhol at home!” https://bit.ly/3bZR5b5

Opera: The Met Opera is offering nightly opera streams. Click https://www.metopera.org/ for details.

CALA Recommends: Quarantine TV

April 3, 2020 by Cayla Delardi

Whether you’re looking for a thought-provoking docuseries or the reprieve of a lighthearted sitcom, we’ve got all of your television quaran-streaming needs covered this week. Check out the list below and recommend your own recent favorites in the comments!

Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness

Watch it on: Netflix

Netflix’s newest true-crime docuseries charts the downfall of Joe Exotic, an eccentric zookeeper and big cat breeder convicted of the murder-for-hire of animal rights activist Carole Baskin—a dubious character in her own right. Aptly described by critics as a cross between Making a Murderer and Eastbound and Down, this story has it all: exotic animals, murder, a Shaq cameo, drug kingpins, polygamist cults, country music, a presidential campaign, and one serious bleach blonde mullet. – Cayla Delardi

The Good Wife

Watch it on: Amazon Prime

I’d love to offer something meaningful but I’m so not there at the moment. The Good Wife has many seasons and is a binge-worthy, mid-brow, sometimes trashy political legal drama set in Chicago. Starring, among others, Archie Panjabi (the most ridiculous, badly-dressed seductress of anything that moves that I feel sorry for her), Martha Plimpton (what’s not to love), Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife herself), Audra McDonald, Parker Posey, Mike Colter (deliciously well-dressed charming and terrifying drug lord), Alan Cumming (that charmer), and a whole host of Hollywood and Broadway stars who play various judges, lawyers, criminals, and politicians. Gets my late-night vote for adapting to the coronavirus lock-down. – Anne Maguire

Hilda

Watch it on: Netflix

Released in 2018, Hilda is a series based on graphic novels about a blue-haired girl with a knack for befriending spirits and animals. The show follows Hilda and her mother from their home in the woods to the city of Trolberg, where Hilda goes on adventures with her human friends, an invisible elf, and a deerfox named Twig. Great for kids and complex and visually interesting enough to engage parents. I recommend the books, too. – Eve Mayer

Gentefied

Watch it on: Netflix

I don’t love every episode or character in this series, but on the whole this is a great story of a family forced by their rapidly gentrifying neighborhood to make some hard choices: either change (and risk selling out their community) or don’t (and risk losing their family restaurant). I especially love the episode about Ana Morales’s (Karrie Martin) mother, Beatriz, starring Laura Patalano. – Andrew Dicus

Money Heist (Casa de Papel)

Watch it on: Netflix

The fourth season of this totally addictive Spanish thriller series is about to begin on Netflix on April 4. This show is so much fun, a whole new take on the Robin Hood, Bonnie and Clyde, critique-of-capitalism genre that has all the flair and style of an Almodovar film, suspense to honor and rival Hitchcock, and a Patricia Highsmith level of exquisite storytelling. – Jenny McPhee

The Office

Watch it on: Netflix, comedycentral.com

Comedy about people working together in an office. The manager, Michael Scott is so wrong on many levels. The Office never gets old and I still LOL watching most episodes. – Ken French

The Inn at Little Washington

Watch it on: PBS

An inspirational documentary, with a historical perspective. – Suzanne Kaplan-Fonseca

The Expanse

Watch it on: Amazon Prime

The Expanse is a science fiction drama set hundreds of years in our future, where space exploration has caused humanity to separate into three factions: “Earthers”, “Martians”, and “Belters”. The discovery of a potentially life changing alien lifeform, within our solar system, increases tensions between these three factions as they all fight to get their hands on it. – Jervon Mercier

Arrested Development (and other “comfort viewing” favorites)

Watch them on: Netflix

I’ve been strictly “comfort viewing” random episodes of shows that I know will make me laugh and that I’ve seen so many times there is no suspense factor. Arrested Development, The Office, Spaced, and Supernatural. That said, I have plans to start the 3rd season of Ozark this weekend. – Kristine Kerr

Links in the Time of Corona (Week of March 30th)

April 1, 2020 by Anne Maguire

Here are the Links in the Time of Corona that we’ve put together for you this week:

APRIL 1st is Census Day! Don’t Forget to Complete and Submit.

The Promise and Perils of Democracy – The Census

A song for our instructors for boldly going where most instructors have never gone before…

VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family’s history that began before he was born — a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam — and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation.

Click here to join

LIVE EVENT: Friday, April 3 at 5 PM – A Conversation with Rome Film Festival Director Antonio Monda

“Tutti a Casa! Live Chats About All Things Italian is the new radio-style, web-based talk show that Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò and the Department of Italian Studies at NYU are launching to bring into your homes the voices and flavors of live and entertaining talks around Italian matters that really matter: arts, movies, literature, politics, and a lot more.

This is our way to keep our community connected and continue to learn new things together in these times of challenge and pain, but also of opportunity. A new way to be together, and engaged on a common track of learning and discovery.” To hear the first conversation, click: Films for the Recluse

Humor: Living in close proximity…

Take care and keep in touch.

Links in the Time of Corona (Week of March 23)

March 27, 2020 by Anne Maguire

We don’t know about you, but we’ve been getting links to all kinds of everything since the COVID-19 struck and we retreated to various states of quarantine and social isolation. While it’s great to get all of these suggestions, it’s a bit of a chore to wade through the content and actually chose something to listen to, watch, or explore. So, we’re going to make this easy – by picking a few for you. We plan on doing this weekly. Here goes for our first Links in the Time of Corona!

Classical Music: Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon in virus-hit Spain, has sent over a video she and her locked-down colleagues have made of the finale of Beethoven’s 9th symphony:

Art: Short video on the Whitney’s current Mexican murals exhibition Vida Americana

Humor: Cabin Fever….do you just want to go to the pub? So does this six-year-old girl:

https://bit.ly/3dpoKfY

Podcast: Thursday 19th March 2020 was intended to be a special evening with Jenny Offill and Joe Dunthorne at the Octagon in Norwich, discussing Jenny’s latest book Weather. Instead, Jenny was forced to cancel her UK book tour due to the arrival of coronavirus but the interview went ahead: Listen here

Joe’s Pub: Saturday at 8 PM

Somewhere between The Ed Sullivan Show, VH1’s ‘Storytellers’, Leonard Bernstein’s musicology lectures, and a whiskey fueled jam session, Thurber Theater is a musical variety show that features artists from different musical backgrounds. Hosted and curated by Michael Thurber, the show flows seamlessly from guest to guest, hopping through centuries of musical styles in an explosion of entertainment, musical virtuosity, and happy vibes. Tune it at 8 PM Watch here

Exercise: GET UP AND DANCE!

Poetry:

If you have a Twitter account check out Patrick Stewart reading a Sonnet a Day. Follow him at @SirPatStew

Hang in there, everyone. If you have a link to share, please post it in the comment section below.

Register for CALA’s Spring 2020 After Effects II Course, Starting Tuesday!

March 27, 2020 by Cayla Delardi

CALA’s After Effects Level 2 course, with instructor Kalika Kharkar Sharma, is a great way to step up your motion design skills in a dramatic way and create material for your video demo reel, web portfolio or social media feed. Intended for students with basic to intermediate skills in Adobe After Effects, we begin by exploring creative transitions between video or animated scenes using the Effects that the software is famous for. Then we move on to creating a short shape-morph or explainer animation, starting the process with storyboards, working on overall timing/editing with keyframes and the Graph Editors and ending with a completed video with music, sound effects and/or voiceover. Finally, we create a text animation/lyric video, where we dive into 3D layers and innovative ways of having text appear onscreen to spoken word or song lyrics. To watch examples of student work, check out our Vimeo Gallery! https://vimeopro.com/antidotefx/nyu-after-effects-2-examples

The Spring session of After Effects II starts on Tuesday, March 31st. Sign up on our website today: https://www.sps.nyu.edu/professional-pathways/courses/VFXX1-CE9256-after-effects-ii.html

Happy St Patrick’s Day!

March 17, 2020 by Anne Maguire

Old Irish saying,

“As you slide down the banister of life,

May the splinters never point the wrong way.”

Take care of yourselves, from all at CALA

Writing Parenthood Student Nir Eyal Publishes NYT Article: Home-Schooling Tweens and Teens During Coronavirus Closings

March 13, 2020 by Cayla Delardi

Nir Eyal, a student in Estelle Erasmus’ Writing Parenthood course this Spring, recently published an article in The New York Times providing tips for parents across the country to better navigate school closures as a result of the coronavirus. Eyal emphasizes the importance of maintaining a routine for school-aged kids and suggests that, with some creative planning, the cancellations provide an opportunity for new kinds of self-regulated education.

For parents juggling their kids’ schooling with their own remote work schedules, technology can be utilized to supplement parent-taught instruction. Eyal writes, “Enrico Bertini, an associate professor of computer science and engineering at New York University, relies on technology to help home-school his 12-year-old son.” He continues, “Dr. Bertini uses a mix of free and paid sites like Outschool.com, ProdigyGame.com and KhanAcademy.org to give his son a full roster of classes. While many traditional schools provide students with access to online education during a shutdown, supplementing with other tools can help kids explore interests they don’t have time for during the school year.” Social media sites and online games, when monitored and limited appropriately, can also keep students socially active while they’re away from their friends in the classroom.

Read the full article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/well/family/coronavirus-school-closings-homeschooling-tweens-teens.html

Sign up for one of our Writing courses this summer: https://www.sps.nyu.edu/professional-pathways/topics.html#PS0297

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Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness

The Good Wife

Hilda

Gentefied

Money Heist (Casa de Papel)

The Office

The Inn at Little Washington

The Expanse

Arrested Development (and other “comfort viewing” favorites)

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