Revealed: The Hunt For bin Laden is the latest exhibition from the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. For the first time, previously sealed evidence and artifacts will be displayed to the public. “We made choices of specific things that were very much tied to a particular moment in the hunt for bin Laden,” said Clifford Chanin, Deputy Director of Programs at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. “For example, the backpack that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed had when he was taken into custody. That’s shown in the

Theater critic Michael Bourne goes Off-Broadway to catch Brian Friel's Molly Sweeney . The play is about consequences and ironies of what happens when a blind woman is able to see and is being performed by Keen Company at Theatre Row, West 42nd Street. Click above to hear Michael's review.

Gladys Barker Grauer passed away on September 5, 2019, but she is still being remembered through film festivals, documentaries and artist workshops. Gladys Barker Grauer’s life ranges from her birth in Chicago, attending the Chicago Art Institute to the Newark socialist left, from opening Newark’s first art gallery, Aard Studio, in 1971. WBGO's Brit Harley had the chance to sit down with Glady's daughter and also found never heard audio of Gladys in her own words. Gladys Barker Grauer’s legacy

The US Census Bureau is hosting community job hiring events as part of its National Recruiting Week, where census officials engage with people interested in positions and the application process. “The bulk of the jobs are going to be available in the field. We’re talking Census takers and enumerators,” said Jennifer Dublin with the New York Regional Census Center. “Those are the people that actually go door to door and ask people their information. Unlike census’ in the past, this time we’re

The Billie Holiday Theatre in Brooklyn presents the world premiere of Reparations , by playwright James Sheldon and directed by Tony Award-nominated Michele Shay. Reparations tells the story of a recently widowed white book editor who invites a younger black writer to her apartment, only to find that a night of tenderness and passion turns into a complex and unforeseen morning-after when he threatens to reveal a dark secret. Sheldon, Shay and cast member Kamal Bolden sat down at The Billie

More than 180,000 New Jersey residents are living with Alzheimer's disease while many others are caring for a family member with Alzheimer's. The Alzheimer's Foundation of America's President and CEO and former New York State Senator Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr. spoke to WBGO's News Director Doug Doyle about the Foundation's upcoming caregiver educational conference at Rutgers University's Busch Student Center in Piscatway on Tuesday, October 29. During his tenure in the State Senate, Fuschillo

Construction to begin by the end of this month on a plant in Linden that will turn treated sewage sludge into biochar. Biochar is a form of charcoal but it’s not used as a fuel. The biochar produced at the Linden plant will be used as a substitute for fly ash in concrete. Biochar can also be made from nut shells, wood chips and landscaping waste. Biochar has environmental value because it sequesters carbon and can filter agricultural chemical before they run-off into lakes and streams. Biochar

In his new play ( A ) loft Modulation , playwright James Jorsling brings to life 821 Sixth Avenue as it was during the 1950s and '60s, a time when musicians and others would be up until the wee hours. Jorsling takes us to a dilapidated five-floor walk-up loft in Manhattan's seedy flower district. It's there where the magic happens. Inspired by true events, ( A ) loft Modulation is directed by Christopher McElroen with this off-Broadway world premiere featuring a live jazz band led by saxophonist

‘WELCOME TO JAZZ: A Swing-Along Celebration of America’s Music’ is authored by educator Carolyn Sloan. The story of three young cats that visit a jazz club in New Orleans. “It’s a little bit of an inside joke since musicians are usually the cats but here, we have cats watching humans. We sort of flipped it on its head there,” Sloan said. The children’s book uses an interactive side panel of sounds to explain concepts in music. “The idea behind the book is taking a kid to a concert and having

As the weather is cooling down, the theatre season is heating up. Theater critic Michael Bourne reviews two new plays on Broadway, The Great Society and The Height of The Storm. Click above to hear both of Michael's reviews.