by Elena Popina | May 20, 2013 | - New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013, assignment TWO, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013
Motorgirl – by Elena Popina Martina Milova loves to surprise people. Within one day, you can find her in an haute couture dress on a catwalk and in biker boots and a helmet, smiling to the camera and getting her hands dirty changing oil in her bike. See...
by Sarah Khuwaja | May 20, 2013 | - New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013, 2013 Spring, assignment TWO, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013
Multiple Sclerosis: A Lesson In Relearning – by Sarah Khuwaja Once a New York City tour guide, actor and CPR instructor, Walter Hershman now spends his days relearning how to walk steadily and speak without a slur as a Multiple Sclerosis patient. But Walter...
by meredithrosenberg | May 19, 2013 | - New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013, assignment TWO, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013
http://www.vimeo.com/66838384 For the Love of Cabaret – by Meredith Rosenberg Karen Gross first discovered cabaret at the famed Odette’s in bucolic Bucks County, Pa., where she grew up. She headlined there around 2004, debuting a show she dubbed, “Sex and the...
by craiggiammona | May 19, 2013 | - New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013, 2013 Spring, assignment TWO, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013, S_2013AssignmentONE, Samantha Stark
Hoops and Tough Love with Coach Senior, by Craig Giammona Coach Mike Senior puts his players through the paces during a practice session in Bedford Stuyvesant. A coach for more than 50 years, senior uses a tough love approach to teach hard work and discipline as he...
by Brianne Barry | May 19, 2013 | - New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013, 2013 Spring, assignment TWO, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013, Samantha Stark, Video Storytelling
Forever Lolita – by Brianne Barry For a majority of New Yorkers fashion is the last thing brought to mind when they hear the term Lolita. Imported from Japan and gaining ground in New York City, Lolita is slowly becoming a style mainstay. Yanise Cabrera, 23,...
by Elly W. Yu | Apr 22, 2013 | BobAssignmentOne, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013
The Spin Doctor: DJ Esquire Competes at DMC 2013 – by Elly W. Yu http://www.vimeo.com/63798354 DJ Esquire heads off to Hartford Connecticut to compete for a spot in the U.S. finals. It would be his chance to play on the world stage – a chance to represent the...
by annateregulova | Apr 22, 2013 | BobAssignmentOne, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013
A Second Chance for Life – “by” Anna Teregulova http://www.vimeo.com/63780796 Nikki Romanello is a fine artist, who creates art pieces using science knowledge. Lately she has been working with a Kombuch (tea-mashroom) to create a “living paper.” She believes...
by Sarah Khuwaja | Apr 21, 2013 | 2013 Spring, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013, S_2013AssignmentONE
Bubble Man – by Sarah Khuwaja http://www.vimeo.com/62095226 While it may not be the most conventional career, producing enormous soap bubbles in New York’s Central Park is Stephen Duncan’s passion. See transcript Transcript : I think the thing that...
by meredithrosenberg | Apr 21, 2013 | New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013, SimonAssignmentOne
Handball Against the Odds – by Meredith Rosenberg Handball Against the Odds – final version from Meredith Rosenberg on Vimeo. About seven years ago, Vladimir Geresimosky, 36, left his native Macedonia for New York. He found work as a doorman in midtown,...
by Mikhael Simmonds | Apr 20, 2013 | - New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013, assignment TWO, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013, Where does this go?
478 – By Mikhael Simmonds 478 from Mik Sim on Vimeo. RDACBX is a hip-hop community center focused on training young artists in the Hunts Point, South Bronx. Despite the work done in the community, the group is unsure of their future in one of the country’s...
by Nathan Place | Apr 20, 2013 | - New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013, assignment TWO, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013
Opting Out: The Movement Against High-Stakes Testing, by Nathan Place April was a month of stress for many children and parents in the New York City public school system, as students finally took the new standardized tests they’d been preparing for all year. But one...
by Raed El Rafei | Apr 20, 2013 | BobAssignmentOne, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013
Looking for a Face by Raed Rafei http://www.vimeo.com/64166821 A Greek artist with low-vision makes drawings of landscapes and still lifes. In New York, Fotis Flevotomos finds inspiration to draw his first portrait in years. An iPad drawing application helps him deal...
by Jessica Glazer | Apr 17, 2013 | New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013
Living Like A Tenement Family – by Jessica Glazer Tenement Family from Jessica Glazer on Vimeo. Recipes teach us about culture and society – even if the recipe is from the 1870s. Sarah Lohman digs through old cookbooks and pamphlets to discover how we live...
by Brianne Barry | Apr 16, 2013 | - New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013
Without Brakes by Brianne Barry New York City is known for its high speed lifestyle, its agressive attitude and its jam-packed streets. Many who try to live and work in the city become overwhelmed by the burden of such a stressful environment, but not Omar Montana....
by Nathan Place | Apr 15, 2013 | 2013 Spring, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013, SimonAssignmentOne
The Science of Bubbles – by Nathan Place http://www.vimeo.com/63969802 Stephen Duncan, 28, isn’t just one of those “bubble guys” in Central Park. He’s the original bubble guy in Central Park. See transcript Transcript : I am a performance artist, and wh¬¬¬at I do is I...
