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Irina Werning’s “Back to the Future” takes old snapshots and re-creates them—painstakingly, with stunning fidelity—in the present day. You’ll see the same people, wearing the same clothes and striking the same... More

The lonely crowd

Every Chinese New Year, 130 million workers turn off the factory lights and ride, trek, or pedal back to their home villages: Their annual exodus is the largest internal migration in the world—and the subject of More

Live from Jersey City

Every year at around this time, the members of Yo La Tengo drive over to Jersey City, set up shop in WFMU’s studios, and spend three hours taking any and all listener requests. The performance is part of WFMU’s annual fundraising... More

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