Day: May 7, 2025

Shock Funding Cuts Hit Local Arts Scene: NEA Pulls Grants from Farm Arts Collective and NACL

This past weekend, an unexpected email from the National Endowment for the Arts landed like a bang at two local theatre companies: Farm Arts Collective in Damascus, Pennsylvania, and NACL in Highland Lake, NY. Farm Arts was informed that its $10,000 federal arts grant, already awarded and in use for their 2025 production, was being […]

New York’s Native American Mascot Ban Under Federal Probe, As Activists and Academics Highlight Harm

The battle over Native American mascots as logos for schools sports teams in New York has taken a turn, as President Donald Trump has directed the U.S. Department of Education to investigate the state over its 2023 mascot ban. John Kane is a Mohawk activist and radio host living on Seneca territory. His time as […]

Science Stories with Joe Johnson

Joe Johnson is our resident science guy who brings us science stories that caught his eye this week. From Soviet spacecraft hurtling back toward Earth—and even a controversial signal of life from a distant exoplanet—to carnivorous caterpillars in Hawaiian spider webs, it’s weird, it’s fascinating, and it’s all real science. Image: A “bone collector” caterpillar […]

NRDC: NY HEAT Act Can Save Billions on Increasingly Obsolete Infrastructure

Rising utility bills and affordability are top of mind for many New Yorkers. But what if those high bills aren’t just a result of market prices or bad weather, but actually baked into the system by outdated laws? Right now, utilities across the state are required to spend billions maintaining and expanding fossil gas infrastructure—even […]

NY Lawmakers Aim to Block Elon Musk’s Attempt to turn X into a Venmo, Zelle Competitor

New York could be a stumbling block for billionaire Elon Musk’s attempts to launch a person-to-person payment system on his platform X. Two state lawmakers from Manhattan sent a letter this week urging the state’s Department of Financial Services not to issue a money-transmitter license to X Corp., which is seeking authorization from all 50 […]

Radio Catskill Request for Proposal

Radio Catskill (WJFF) Equipment Upgrade and Infrastructure Substitution I. Introduction Radio Catskill (WJFF) is seeking proposals from qualified vendors to provide equipment, installation, and integration services for a system-wide upgrade of its studio-to-transmitter links, disaster recovery studio connectivity, program distribution, and RF transmission infrastructure. This project aims to enhance signal reliability, redundancy, and operational flexibility […]

Calling All Creatives: Radio Catskill Launches 35th Anniversary T-Shirt Design Contest

Radio Catskill is celebrating 35 years of public radio with a creative call-to-action: we’re inviting artists, illustrators, and designers across our listening region to submit original artwork for our 35th Anniversary T-Shirt Design Contest. This is your chance to have your work showcased on T-shirts worn by listeners, supporters, and fellow public radio lovers. The […]