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• CUNY’s Career and Work Centers

  09 Nov 2018 by journalism / No Comments

  By Marcus Ayala

  On Thursday, the New York City Council held a hearing with representatives from CUNY on Career Services and Job Placements.

  The hearing started with Christopher Rosa, who is the Interim CUNY’s Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs.

  

  JROTC Color Guard performing the posting of the colors at the Veteran’s Day Observance Ceremony. Credit: Oscar Montenegro

  He believes that CUNY is still the best choice for low-income youngsters and first-generation college students. “CUNY has 27 career centers on 24 campuses,” Rosa said.

  Baruch has the most centers, with four, and the other campuses have only one. According to Rosa, each CUNY college president has the ultimate say in how funding the college receives.

  Another speaker was Zina Richardson, who is CUNY’s Director of Career Services & Professional Development.

  Richardson believes, “No career center is successful without key partnerships.” CUNY partners with the colleges and employers to provide valuable information and resources for all CUNY students.

  The centers offer individualized career training through networking and mock interviews, as well as the posting of information about thousands of jobs and internships.

  The CUNY centers have an average of four full-time staff members, with students being able to use resources also from other campuses.

  In the 2017-2018 academic year, for the senior colleges, there were 2,083 internships. For the community colleges there were 312.

  

  Veterans from the Vietnam War.
  Credit: Oscar Montenegro

  Lisanette Rosario, Director of Career Services at Hostos Community College, believes that community colleges are more hands-on in dealing with referrals, even though senior colleges have over 4,000 job postings compared with 1,000-plus at the two-year colleges.

  The last speaker was Angie Kamath, who is the University’s Dean for Continuing Education and Workforce Development. She believes internships are very helpful in gaining employment. “We hope we can work together to help more and more New Yorkers,” she said.

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• In Calling Press ‘Enemy of the People,’ Trump Revisits McCarthy Era, Says Marvin Kalb in New Book

  08 Nov 2018 by journalism / No Comments

  “Carnegie Council holds book discussion on Marvin Kalb’s ‘Enemy of the People: Trump’s War on the Press, the New McCarthyism, and the Threat to American Democracy.'” Credit: Billy Pickett

  

  By Michelle Ayr

   

  On Thursday, the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs held a book discussion with Marvin Kalb. The Brookings Institution Foreign Policy Program Non-Resident Senior Fellow reflected on his most recent book: “Enemy of the People:  Trump’s War on the Press, the New McCarthyism, and the Threat to American Democracy.”

  “This is a book that I did not want to write,” said the veteran chief diplomatic correspondent for CBS and NBC News, adding, “I did not want to write it because I didn’t ever want to frankly be crowded into believing that a fundamental pillar of American democracy was simply being threatened. That simply didn’t enter my mind.”

  In his book, Kalb argues that the phrase, “enemy of the people,” is used by Trump wrongfully. The free press, Kalb said, has a natural justification. It is democracy’s insurance policy. Even so, it has suffered damage, as under President Richard Nixon several decades ago, and as under President Donald Trump today.

  “I believe firmly that President Trump has no idea what the historical origin of the phrase, ‘enemy of the people’ is,” said Kalb. Trump has no idea because he has no grounding in history, he said. “He does not read history books, he does not read books. In fact, he has stated that he does not read books, and, that every now and then, he will read a chapter of the book that is brought to his attention as something you have to read,” said the former moderator of Meet the Press, adding. “I’m not even sure of that.”

  In his new book Kalb touches on the background to the animosity Trump shows the press today. “The network anchors and newspaper columnists themselves had become part of the elite,” he writes, and they thus became targets of angry outlier politicians, chief among them today being Trump.

  During a discussion with those at Thursday’s event, Kalb talked about the disagreements between radical right-wing anti-Communist Senator Joseph McCarthy and President Dwight D. Eisenhower, during the late 1950s. Kalb pointed out that McCarthy “was the most popular Republican in the country.” He added that the Senator from Wisconsin was a bridge to President Trump.

  The press today is playing the role of victim, Kalb suggested. “He (Trump) uses the press constantly,” said Kalb, adding, “He has the press in his grip, and he is using it now very effectively in terms of building, maintaining and solidifying his support in the entire right wing of the American politics.”

  Kalb said he believes the autocratic ways of Trump could be on their way out. The recent election shows the country “is breaking free of Trumpian fantasia and nuttiness,” he said, “and I think that right now the entire American political structure is, sort of, moving away from Trump. That middle ground is moving away, but we’re not quite there yet.”

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  Tech Ambition: Making Children Love the Sounds of Reading

  01 Nov 2018 by journalism / No Comments

  Tina McIntyre readers to child at Tech Expo. Credit: Benjamin Rubin.

   

  By Dakota O’Brien and Benjamin Rubin

   

  Child’s Play Communications, a public relations company dedicated to promoting products created to improve the lives of children and their parents, held its third annual Kids and Family Tech Expo in midtown Manhattan on Thursday morning. The expo prides itself on being the only media event to feature exclusively tech products for kids and families.

  This year, much of the excitement regarding the event was because of Child’s Play’s new StemStation, which features products dedicated to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields. This was true despite the fact that a number of other companies managed to wow attendees with non-STEM products, one of them being an app called Novel Effect.

  Novel Effect, a free app that presents sound effects with lines read aloud from children’s books, provides an exciting reading experience for children. Featuring more than 200 books, parents can choose what to read to their children and let the app play a curated list of sounds fitting in with the spoken words.

  “We don’t want this to be the focus,” Tina McIntyre said, as she waved her phone around. “We want the books to be the focus.”

  The aim of the company is to keep children engaged as their parents read to them, and, ideally, to make every parent and educator, a “master storyteller.” The app uses smart voice recognition to make the storyteller’s voice “stay in sync” with the sound effects chosen for the book, Novel Effect says on its website.

  Each book has its own sound file, allowing for each book to have a unique audible spirit. Embedded are animal sounds, characters’ voices and good old fashioned music. Most of the sounds are created by composers out of the Seattle area.

  McIntyre chose to demonstrate the product using the book Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton. “Twirl with the pig if you know how,” she read, as an “oink” echoed from the Bluetooth speaker connected to her phone. Seconds later, a banjo played a short melody.

  The current focus of the company is to foster a love for reading in children. Hoping to have a deeper impact, the company commissioned a study conducted by Anne Cunningham, a professor of Learning Sciences and Human Development at U.C. Berkeley, to explore the potential academic benefits of the app.

  The app is currently only available in the Apple app store, but Novel Effect hopes it will be available for androids next year. The Novel Effect also expects that by 2020 the app will be available for use by Amazon Alexa, and other smart home speakers, and will feature 300 more books.

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  Congressman Arranges Free Flu Shots for His District

  01 Nov 2018 by journalism / No Comments

  Free shots being administered at Taino Towers in upper Manhattan. Credit  Marcus Ayala.

  By Dakota O’Brien and Marcus Ayala

   

  On Thursday morning, a flu shot clinic was held at the Taino Towers on Second Avenue in upper Manhattan, free for the residents of New York’s Thirteenth Congressional District, which covers upper Manhattan and the western section of the Bronx. The shots were provided and administered by the Mount Sinai Health Care system.

  “Mount Sinai has a robust community health program, including flu vaccinations with requests from community officials,” said Brad Korn, Director of community and government affairs of Mount Sinai.

  Congressman Adriano Espaillat’s office organized the clinic but he did not attend, although his office said he would be stopping by future clinics planned for the district.

  “As an elected official, Congressman Espaillat is deeply committed to using his power of office to bring preventative health clinics to the community,” said Laurie Tobias-Cohen, a community affairs representative for the congressman.

  No reason was given for the congressman not being there.

  Health care has been an issue Espaillat has held in high regard during his tenure as a congressman, as he supported the Affordable Care Act and currently endorses H.R. 676, the Medicare for All Act, which would establish a single-payer health care system in the United States, Tobias-Cohen said.

  This initiative taken by the Congressman was because of the large number of people who became sick and had not been vaccinated in the last flu season. “The 2017–18 influenza season was a high severity season,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “The 2017–18 season is the third overall high severity season since 2003–04 and the first classified as high severity for all age groups.”

  Officials present at the clinic said they were disappointed with the low turnout, and are hoping to see more residents of the district take advantage of the free flu shot clinics that will be offered throughout November and December.

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  Mass Incarceration, Seen in Data – and in Trauma

  26 Oct 2018 by journalism / No Comments

   

   

  Photo of the OrangeU Event. Credit: Dakota O’Brien

   

  By Dakota O’Brien

   

  On Thursday morning, OrangeU Going held a discussion at Berkeley College in Manhattan titled “Data and Policy: Solutions to Youth Criminalization.” Panelists discussed the problems associated with mass incarceration of youth, cash bail, and systemic racism within the justice system. OrangeU Going is an organization aimed at creating a public, online calendar of events held in New York City, where “socially minded professionals,” as founder Samantha Diliberti puts it, can connect over shared passions and networking.

  Thursday’s discussion was moderated by an investigative journalist, Frank Runyeon, and it featured two panels of experts on the subjects of mass incarceration and juvenile justice. The panelists’ professions ranged from researchers to attorneys, and also featured activists who have been formerly incarcerated.

  In a city like New York, where practices like ‘Stop and Frisk’ have disproportionately affected black and Latino residents, issues like racism in the justice system are taken very seriously, especially when teenagers are involved.

  Statistics show that one third of black boys, and one sixth of Latino boys, are expected to go to prison in their lifetime, compared to only one seventeenth of white boys, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.

  For youngsters of color, there is an overwhelming tendency in the justice system to presume guilt rather than innocence and to police neighborhoods with a majority of people of color more heavily. “The people who are in jails are not necessarily the people who are committing crimes,” Nicole Triplett of Policy Council for the New York Civil Liberties Union.

  “They’re the people who are being policed – those are two different things.”

  While much of the discussion was centered on the data regarding juvenile justice, there was also much debate about whether all data can be taken at face value.

  “Data is not politically neutral,” said Katie Schaffer, an organizer from JustLeadershipUSA.

  Groups like Court Watch NYC seek to tackle this issue by encouraging New Yorkers to attend court proceedings and report on what they see.

  In addition to letting panelists offer their thoughts, there was also a conserted effort to allow the voices of those actually affected by the system to be heard. Vidal Guzman, a Community Organizer for JustLeadershipUSA, and also a man who was incarcerated at the age of 16 years old, spoke about the faults of the cash bail system. He talked also about the biases that perpetuate the mass incarceration epidemic. “Criminalizing doesn’t start with laws, it starts with how we mentally judge people,” he said.

  Giovannie Hernandez, another panelist and Client Operations Associate for the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund, spoke about his experience while incarcerated at Rikers Island for 26 months, from the age of 16 to 18, held there only because he was unable to make his bail set at $1 million. While the expertise of other panelists was rooted in their research experiences, Hernandez’ could be found in his unfortunate intimacy with the system. “Data is important but there’s certain things you can’t quantify, like trauma,” he said.

  “My trauma still is with me to this day.”

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  Girls for Gender Equity Demand Safer Environment in City Schools

  25 Oct 2018 by journalism / No Comments

  photo by Michelle Ayr

   

   

  By: Michelle Ayr

   

  Girls for Gender Equity (GGE) commenced a campaign earlier today on the steps of City Hall to discuss racial and gender equity in school across New York City. Many of the speakers approached the ongoing dilemma that many of us are hearing about today: Safety for girls in public schools.

  “As the largest school district in the nation, we’re looking to New York City to pave the way for cis and trans girls across the country,” said Andrea Gonzalez, member of the Young Women’s Advisory Council for Girls for Gender Equity.

  GGE introduced “The School Girls Deserve” campaign, which is an intergenerational movement that focuses on requiring the Department of Education to create a safer and all-embracing learning environment for the city’s 1.1 million public school students by raising the finances and investments of the Title IX resources. The campaign also demanded that the city’s Department of Education look into establishment of a dress code that would embrace New York City’s diverse, racial, religious and gender-expressive public school community.

  As a freshman at CUNY’s Baruch College, Gonzalez said, she believes that girls of color are hyper-sexualized and are often the first to get called into school offices for dress-code violations, explaining that that was what happened to her in high school. “Being judged every day by what I wore led me to feel unsafe and uncomfortable in school, especially in warmer weather,” said Gonzalez, adding, “Girls should not have to change the way they look just because teachers or other students might get distracted. The teachers should change, not me.”

  She added, “I am speaking today because I share experiences with almost every young woman of color and gender non-conforming youth of color that attend schools here in New York City.”

  Meredith Mascara, CEO of The Girl Scouts of Greater New York, believes sexual harassment and the lack of dress code policies are concerns that are heard from many girls attending public schools in New York City over and over again. “How can our girls and gender non-conforming youth focus on their studies when they are repeatedly told that the clothes they wear or the jewelry they feel most comfortable in is inappropriate or a distraction?” said the mother of five daughters, who all attend public schools in New York City.

  “We cannot expect them to focus on their studies when the constant threat of sexual, religious or gender harassment is not just a threat for many girls, but a reality.”

  One of the girls told Mascara that her principal asked her to remove her headdress because it was unprofessional, and, during a camp session, two of the girls discussed how dress codes impact their lives, calling them sexist because girls’ clothing is considered to be a distraction and boys’ clothing is not. “The double standard of our dress code is what is distracting and makes these detrimental impacts on these girls,” said Mascara, adding, “Today, I stand here proudly, side by side with each of you, and pledge to work to create a school environment that girls deserve – safe, supportive and understanding, and take their concerns about sexual harassment seriously.”

  With there being multiple accusations of professors sexually harassing students in the CUNY school system, many of Thursday’s speakers said they “are afraid.”

  “Three and half years ago, I went through a nightmare that I could never wake up from,” said Melissa Jean-Baptiste, a survivor of sexual harassment and rape, who came to the City Hall steps to share her story and let those listening know that it is possible to overcome trauma. Jean-Baptiste became a victim of rape by another student. “When my story was reported to the school officials and the police, nobody believed me, and students would humiliate and terrorize me when I came back to school almost more than two weeks later,” said the 18-year-old through tears. The student had one message to all of the women listening: “You are not alone.”

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  A ‘Day of Action’ to Get Cuomo and Legislators to Fix MTA

  25 Oct 2018 by journalism / No Comments

  Caption: Activist Glen Baksh speaks with subway rider. Credit for photos: Benjamin Rubin

   

   

  By Oscar Montenegro and Benjamin Rubin

   

  Rebecca Bailin, a political director for the Riders Alliance, best summarized what her organization’s day of action was meant to achieve: “Legislators will be hearing from rider after rider after rider.”

  At a news conference Thursday morning in front of the Barclays Center subway station, members of the Riders Alliance urged New York City riders to demand that Gov. Cuomo fix the crumbling train system, which Cuomo declared was in a “state of emergency” in June 2017.

  “Never before have riders been called upon to make sure their legislators and Governor Cuomo be held accountable, at this scale,” Bailin said.

  The Alliance wants New Yorkers to call their local representatives and the offices of Cuomo and demand they pass legislation regarding congestion pricing in the upcoming budget cycle. Congestion pricing is viewed as a way of helping to fund repairs of the subway system.

  “We hoped they’re annoyed,” Bailin said, referring to government officials, “and we hope they’re annoyed into action.”

  When the rally ended, the participants entered the Barclays Center subway station and began interacting with passersby and urging them to get involved and call up their representatives. Many of the participants were holding signs saying, “Too Crowded,” “#Cuomo’sMTA,” and “Congestion Pricing Now!”

  Congestion pricing is a plan that could generate upwards of $1.1 billion annually for transit investment while combating congestion in the city.

  One person with the Riders Alliance is Glen Baksh, a semi-retired man who said the quality of the transit system is going down, declared he wants to get it “back on track.”

  “Nothing gets done by pointing fingers,” Baksh said, referencing the ongoing political bickering between Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio, who blame each other for the problems with the MTA.

  A man named John Lee, a Harlem resident, spoke with Brooklyn News Service and said he doesn’t even bother taking the trains because “they are always breaking down.” Instead, he rides the bus, and it’s difficult because he has to use a walker with a seat. He plans to call on Cuomo to make the trains easier for riders with disabilities to use.

  In grim news about the public transit system, MTA chairman Joe Lhota said the agency’s finances are “abysmal” and that the system needs more revenue to avoid a fare hike in March of 2019. If the MTA decides to raise the fares once again, it’ll be the fifth hike in nine years, and riders could be paying $3 per swipe on their MetroCards.

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  Gillibrand vs Farley: Who’s really for New York?

  25 Oct 2018 by journalism / No Comments

  By Marcus Ayala

  With midterm elections coming on Nov. 6, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and challenger Chele Farley debated at ABC’s studio on Lincoln Square. Gillibrand, the Democrat, is facing an opponent who accused the incumbent of being more concerned about seeking the presidency in two years.

  Both candidates say they want what’s best for New York, but the similarities end there.

  When asked about the recent spate of explosive devices, called domestic terrorism by many, the candidate revealed their different political perspectives. Gillibrand said, “We have to hold the terrorists accountable.”

  She also said that using ICE (the federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency) is not a proper way to handle terrorism. She and other Democrats have criticized President Donald Trump for what they call abuse of undocumented immigrants, using ICE as a weapon. Some Progressive Democrats have demanded a dismantling of ICE.

  Farley said she wants to keep ICE, believing that it’s been effective in cracking down on MS-13, a Central American gang that has members in some U.S. communities. “We can’t allow open borders,” Farley said. “I support the President when his policies are good for New York,” she said regarding Trump and his especially tough approach to dealing with undocumented immigrants.

  Gillibrand said she believes Trump’s approach to immigration – like his talk about tightening the border with Mexico – is harmful to New Yorkers. “We are a country founded by immigrants,” she said. “Separating parents and their kids at the border is heinous.”

  Regarding the issue of Social Security and Medicaid – of importance to large numbers of Americans – Gillibrand said, “Health care should be a human right and not a privilege.”

  Farley expressed the opinion that health care as backed by many Democrats is too expensive. “Taxes will double under Democrats health care plan.” She said free health care would make it more difficult to be seen by doctors.

  A hot topic was Brett Kavanaugh. Farley said she supported his approval as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. She repeated Trump’s contention that, regarding the sex assault allegations against him when he was a high school student, a person should be considered innocent until proven guilty. Gillibrand, like other Democrats, opposed Kavanaugh.

  Both candidates said they believe in climate change and global warming. Gillibrand said, “We need to take climate change seriously.” Farley, for her part, refused to place blame for climate change on Americans. “It’s not the U.S.,” she said, maintain China is far more guilty in polluting the environment.

  In getting in her final words, Farley repeated her contention that Gillibrand is mostly concerned about running for president in the future. “I want to be the senator that puts New York first,’’ Farley said.

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  After Four Deaths in Two Months, a Vigil for the Murdered Iraqi Women

  25 Oct 2018 by journalism / No Comments

  Caption: Amani Aruri, speaking at vigil

   

  Caption: Flowers on streets of vigil, representing Women Activists Murdered in Iraq

   

  By Dvorah Nelson

   

  A small crowd gathered outside the UN Thursday morning, showing solidarity with women in Iraq who were targeted and killed for their activism. A moment of silence was held and women from around the world shared stories of abuse and condemned gender-based violence.

  “These unfortunate killings do nothing but remind us as youth, that if we didn’t have the courage to make change happen, we or our children will face the same fate,” said Amani Aruri, a Palestinian advocate of women’s rights and a member of the Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counseling. “Each one of those (murdered) women represented a different form of freedom that is slowly and gradually being looked up to by youth,” Aruri said.

  The latest Iraqi victim, Tara al-Fares, was a model and popular poster of photos on Instagram, who has over 2 million followers on the popular network. Al-Fares was shot in public through her car window in Baghdad. Su’ad al- Ali, a prominent activist, was assassinated on the street two days before Al-Fares.

  Their deaths followed those of Dr. Rafif Yasiri and Rasha al-Hassan, both cosmetic surgeons,   who were killed under suspicious circumstances in their respective homes.

  The four high profile Iraqi women shared an outspokenness and their lifestyles challenged the conservative norms of the country.  They had been advocates for progressive change in the Middle East.

  Their deaths have sparked fear and has caused many women with public profiles to talk of fleeing the country. Former Miss Iraqi, Shimaa Qasim, has received text messages saying “you’re next” as well as Instagram comments saying “you will die.” She has shared social media photos of herself in attire some Muslim conservatives might consider revealing. She does not wear a hijab. In a recent Instagram video, she broke down in tears over the recent killings and she praised Al-Fares as a martyr.

  A teenager suspected of being gay was also killed recently. His death was filmed as he was beaten to death by his peers.

  While violence against women and LGBTQ people is not new in Iraq, the country has been slowly pushing towards more freedom following the starkly intolerant regimes of the past. But changes have been slow and the recent events have made many women and LGBTQ Iraqis more fearful.  Comments hostile to progressive female and LGBTQ Iraqis are still scattered across social media. In a now deleted tweet, a journalist for the state even wrote, “It’s just a whore that got killed.”

  While the news outlet later condemned his tweet, some believe the incident revealed the feelings of many in Iraq.  Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has suggested that a group may be behind the recent killings, ordering an investigation into the deaths.

  Thursday’s vigil was marked with a wreath on an easel with the tag “we will not be silenced.”

  A speaker who identified herself as a representative of Oxfam, an organization that supports international human rights, said. “Even though it is so dangerous [to speak out], it is so important to keep talking. We are here to say this isn’t okay. We are here to protect people and we are here to empower people.”

  Groups organizing the Thursday vigil include included Oxfam, the Iraqi Women’s Network, and the High Council for Women’s Affair in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. They want the UN to pressure the Iraqi government to properly investigate the deaths and protect victimized groups.

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  Two Centuries Later, Frankenstein Lives – at the Morgan Library & Museum

  21 Oct 2018 by journalism / No Comments

  Photo: “It’s Alive! Frankenstein at 200,” the exhibit at the Morgan Library & Museum. Credit: Oscar Montenegro.

  By Oscar Montenegro

   

  An exhibit at The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates the 200th birthday of a frightening man named Frankenstein.

  “It’s Alive! Frankenstein at 200” puts on display the history of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.” The book today is a staple for middle and high school students.

  The novel is about a young scientist named Victor Frankenstein, who created a horrifying creature in a scientific experiment. The creature itself wasn’t named Frankenstein, but that quickly became its name for countless future readers. At its publishing in 1818, the book sold 500 copies. Those who have read about Frankenstein today number in the millions.

  The exhibition is divided into two separate galleries. The first focuses on the inspiration and historical influences of the novel, as well as on Shelley’s life, while the second focuses on the adaptations that followed the release of the novel, such as films, books, comic books, plays and paintings.

  Elizabeth Campbell Denlinger, a curator at The New York Public Library and author of a book accompanying the exhibit, begins the tour with a discussion on how Mary Shelley was surrounded by gothic art when she was growing up. Denlinger said, “You can see the effects of gothic art in ‘Frankenstein.” Science is also a major component in ‘Frankenstein,’ as the creature, or Frankenstein, is created in a method consisting of chemistry and alchemy.”

  Among the items on display are tools that may have been used to create the creature, such as a surgeon’s kit. Also, visitors can see very first pages of Shelley’s original book. Shelley had intentions of making a second edition of her novel. But the story soon took on a life of its own.

  John Bidwell, a curator at the museum, took visitors to the second gallery. It features some of the first adaptations of “Frankenstein.”

  “In 1823, the first musical adaptation had very little to do with the novel, but it was supremely scary and very successful,” Bidwell said. Bidwell added that Shelley saw one of the musical adaptations and said, “Oh my goodness, I’m famous!”

  The signature image of the exhibit, the Barry Moser portrait of “Frankenstein,” is a perfect expression of the now-iconic character, Bidwell asserted.

  “Yes, it’s scary,” he said, “but also you can see sympathy for the creature (Frankenstein). You can see compassion on the part of the artist.”

  “It’s Alive! Frankenstein at 200’ is open to the public until Jan. 27, 2019.

   

   

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