Kate Hines (3:10)

She says, I am flying trapeze. Cause she is, in fact, a trapeze. I would say trapeze artist. But she is also going to Fort Tilden to check out some hot ducks, because, as birders know, winter is hot duck season, but ducks tend to leave earlier than other birds. So she's coming in on the tail end of hot ducks.

David Fuerst (3:29)

Okay, that's great. Thank you. And I'm glad to hear about that, Juliana. That sounds very cool. Let's take a call if you want to join this conversation. The number 212-433-9692. What are you doing this weekend? 212-433-WNYC. And let's hear from Hannah in Irvington, New York. What are you doing?

Hannah (3:52)

I am heading up to Belair for Saturday and then hitting Windham on Sunday to go skiing.

David Fuerst (4:01)

Very cool. Do you do that a lot during the winter?

Hannah (4:05)

Yes, I'm a ski instructor, and I work with a wonderful program called Women of Winter.

David Fuerst (4:11)

Wow.

Hannah (4:11)

So we get out and certified to become ski instructors.

David Fuerst (4:16)

How has the skiing been so far this winter?

Hannah (4:19)

This has been definitely a historic year, especially up for our northern friends. There's a lot of snow, the conditions are great, and looks like we're going to have, you know, an extended season. So it's definitely the time to get out. If you don't know how to ski yet or snowboard, it's such a great hobby for the winter, and it's something everyone can do well.

David Fuerst (4:45)

Hannah, thank you for sharing. And let's hear from Monk. Calling in from Brooklyn. Welcome to all of it.

Monk (4:52)

Thank you.

David Fuerst (4:54)

What are you doing?

Monk (4:57)

I have plans to go to the Harlem Fine Arts Festival this weekend in Midtown.

David Fuerst (5:06)

That's a great thank you for letting us know the Harlem Fine Arts Festival happening this weekend. Monk, thank you for joining us. Let's see. Holly, also in Brooklyn joining us right now. What are you doing this weekend?

Hannah (5:21)

Hi. I will be teaching an inversion class in Williamsburg. So if you don't want to be outside and you want to do some yoga and learn how to do a headstand, find me in Williamsburg at Artful Souls and Wellness. Hour and a half long. You will go upside down. It'll be a lot of fun.

David Fuerst (5:40)

Okay, go upside down this weekend. And where is that happening again?

Hannah (5:46)

It's at Artful Souls and Wellness on South 5th Street, 105 S. 5th St. In Williamsburg.

David Fuerst (5:53)

Okay, thank you so much for that. And Kate Hines, I have to mention this one. We have a text saying that this weekend at Joe's Pub, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, it is the Losers Lounge tribute to Yacht Rock. Kate, this sounds like it was written just for you.

Kate Hines (6:14)

Please tell me there are still tickets available.

David Fuerst (6:17)

It says here excited to check out their renditions of the Doobie Brothers, Toto, Kenny Loggins, et cetera. Kate? Yeah, I'm imagining if you're not birding, you would be there.

Kate Hines (6:29)

Yeah, I'm on it looks like there's still tickets for the 9:30 show tomorrow and tickets on Sunday. So my weekend plans are now up in the air completely.

David Fuerst (6:39)

Okay. If you Wanna join this conversation, 2WNYC, something we can do this weekend or just something that you are doing this weekend? 212-433-9692. Let's see another Olivet producer Simon is seeing the Oscar nominated animated short films tonight at bam. He's going in mostly blind, but he is excited for one film called Beautiful Men, about three bald men who go to Istanbul to get hair transplants and find out the only clinic. Find out the clinic that can only accommodate one of them. It sounds like there's a lot of explaining to do with this story, but that is what he's planning on doing at bam. We also let me give the phone number once again. It's 212-433-WNYC. That's 212-433-9692.

Kate Hines (7:35)

Oh, I just wanted to say the caller, Monk, who called in earlier to say that he was going to the Harlem Fine Arts show. I googled it because it sounded really interesting and it's happening now. It's February 21st, 22nd, 23rd. And it celebrates the multifaceted African diaspora by bringing together contemporary artists with a new growing class of collectors. So it looks like a lot of fine art and it looks really beautiful. And the website is hfas.org that sounds very cool.

David Fuerst (8:06)

This one sounds interesting too. Heidi says texting in to say I'm taking students on a walking tour of the Audubon mural project in Hamilton Heights. Sounds very interesting. Our producer Luke planning to fulfill his New Year's resolution by doing some morning yoga, which he wants to do once a month. Maybe he can go upside down and try that out. He'll also be watching. Oh, this one I can relate to. He's going to be watching UConn play St. John's at Madison Square Garden on TV. That's happening on Sunday.

Kate Hines (8:42)

He's already a little hyped in the control room.

David Fuerst (8:44)

I see arms being pumped right now. A massive Big east basketball matchup featuring two budding rivals in the division, two fiery coaches, Dan Hurley and Rick Pitino. St. John's beat UConn in the first matchup this season. Luke is hoping that his Huskies can enact some revenge. Oh, and Luke says he's going to begin season two of severance, says he's still recovering from the season one finale that he watched this week. I can relate to that. He says he'll never go to a break room room in the office ever again.

Kate Hines (9:17)

Well, it's probably a fair fear.

David Fuerst (9:20)

It's a fair fear. Okay, let's take another phone call. If you'd like to join the conversation, we have a time for a couple more calls. 212-433-9692. Let's hear from Raul joining from East Elmhurst. Welcome to all of it.

Monk (9:37)

Hi, how are you guys doing? Thank you so much for taking my call. I'm always, it's always nice to listen to this show and get some ideas. So as I said to the screener, Juilliard, they have an amazing artist. They have young artists. It's really affordable. So what I tend to do either on Saturday and Sunday just go see a recital, you know, and it's, you know, it feels like I'm in New York with the beautiful auditoriums with the pianos with the classical music. So most of the time there's no fee. So it's really affordable.

David Fuerst (10:17)

That sounds like a great idea. Thank you so much for calling in to mention that. And Juliana, our producer saying that Saturday is the pre college recitals. So that sounds interesting as well. We also have a yacht rock texter calling in to talk about that says thank you. The singers and the band will be so happy to hear the plug. I hope everyone has fun. I'm going with my family to the yacht rock tribute Monday evening at City Winery. This is from sue in Queens. Kate, There's a lot of yacht rock happening.

Kate Hines (10:49)

So much yacht rock, so little time. Well, a couple weekends ago I actually, I have a friend who was in the yacht rock Choir of Brooklyn and I went to see her performance which was fantastic and so much fun.

David Fuerst (11:02)

It was fun.

Kate Hines (11:03)

It was fun.

David Fuerst (11:04)

Were you singing along?

Kate Hines (11:05)

I was definitely singing along. And in fact, it's a no audition choir, so in fact, I could sing along if I wanted to.

David Fuerst (11:12)

It was the no audition part that you really Were happy to see if you'd like to join the conversation. We have just a couple minutes left, but Jordan, another Olivet producer, saying on Saturday, tomorrow I plan to go shopping for a bridesmaid dress for my best friend's wedding. The plan is to have the bridesmaids wear green. Does anyone know where to get a nice green dress? Let me know. Okay, well, there's another thing you can let us know if you happen to know.

Kate Hines (11:40)

If you do, if you do, reach out on Instagram oflovnyc. Jordan will see it.

David Fuerst (11:45)

Jordan will see it. Okay, well, thank you for that. As we're crowdsourcing everything today, let's hear from Larry calling in from Manhattan. Welcome to all of it.

Monk (11:55)

Well, thank you very much. I'm very glad to be here. My name is Larry and I'm a costume jewelry artist. And the cast of Wicked is being revolved. They've decided to put in all new people. A new Glinda, new Elphaba, a new Madame Marble. And their body shapes are different, so they've decided they needed new jewelry. For instance, Glinda, who as you may remember, enters the show in a large iron bubble that floats in. Well, the new Glinda is so tall that her tiara was banging against the iron. So she needs a new tr.

David Fuerst (12:34)

Well, there you go. Another weekend planned. Getting a new trip. Getting a new tr. Thank you for sharing that. And we have time for another call. Let's hear from Jeff calling in from Queens. Hello.

Monk (12:47)

Hi, good afternoon. I was just calling to say that there's really no such thing as either bad or too cold weather. There's just, just what's known as bad clothing or bad kit in cycling terms. So I'll be joining my regular sort of crew and we'll be biking from the city up to Nyack both on Saturday as well as Sunday. But I hope to come back a little early on Sunday to watch the Liverpool Man City game in the English Premier League.

David Fuerst (13:14)

Very cool, Jeff. Thank you for sharing. And speaking about going outside, we have a text here saying planning on going on a nine mile walk around Central Park, Morningside park and Riverside park with the Shorewalkers, a non profit group dedicated to keeping our shorelines beautiful. That sounds very cool. Another text. Someone in central New Jersey saying going to see part one of an Oscar best film nominees at a local AMC theater. There's an awesome exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design. It's about Barbie, not the film, but about her being a cultural icon. This person says, must see. And as we're wrapping up here. Oh, do we have time for another call? Let's see, a few seconds left. Oh, gosh. Let's hear from. No. The answer is no. We do not have time for another call. I can tell you, though, very briefly, my weekend plans. Kate, are you ready?

Kate Hines (14:10)

I really am.

David Fuerst (14:11)

They're very excited.

Kate Hines (14:11)

What are you doing? David?

David Fuerst (14:12)

I will be here tomorrow morning hosting a Weekend Edition and I'm going to follow that up on Sunday by hosting Weekend Edition. That is correct.

Kate Hines (14:22)

Tell people what time you have to be here at the station to host.

David Fuerst (14:24)

David, I have to be here at 6am Excellent. It's a wonderful time of day. Thank you for listening. Thank you for all of these great suggestions and my goodness, that is all of it. Everybody have a great weekend. Kate Hines here. I'm David Fuerst. Oh, and the yacht rock is kicking in behind us as we speak. Thank you for listening. Alison will be back in on Monday.