If These Knishes Could Talk

Get Your Tickets Here!

Heather — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:54:52 +0000

Get your tickets for the Knish screening here! $25 will get you a DVD copy, $15 for General Admission. All proceeds go toward funding a feature-length version of the film.

Help Fund Knishes!

Heather — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 23:56:19 +0000

Knishes don’t come cheap these days. So help a gal out with a few bucks, and make her NY accent dreams come true. You’ll be glad ya did! In exchange, you’ll be mentioned in the credits, I’ll keep you posted on progress, and who knows? You might even get in the film. Oh, and you’ll have my eternal t’anks!

NY Accent in Sign Language

Heather — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:59:50 +0000

Theatre producer Sam Caraballo shows how deaf New Yorkers sign differently from other deaf Americans. (Signs NSFW :)

Fundraiser/Screening for If These Knishes Could Talk

Heather — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:31:33 +0000

Save the date, February 9th! We’ll be screening Knishes at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema at 70 Henry St. Buy tickets at knishes.eventbrite.com. $25 gets you a copy of the film, and $15 for general admission. Plus, there will be knishes, Knish celebrities, and other goodies I haven’t thought up yet. Hope to see youse there!!!

Korean-Italian New York Accent

Heather — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:59:43 +0000

Ben Lee talks about growing up on Staten Island in the 1970s, and what it was like being Korean with an Italian New York accent.

Accents on the Street

Heather — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:00:36 +0000

Do you have a New York accent? Many New Yorkers swear they don’t. It’s just that everyone else does.

The MTA’s New York Accent

Heather — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:00:06 +0000

While in Williamsburg with a camera, I couldn’t help but talk to MTA guys laying cable.

Thank you!

Heather — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:11:07 +0000

Knishes are talking thanks to these generous people:

Rachel Alemany
Max Alvarez
Mark Aronstein
Joe Bacal
Baker & Hill
Donna Mileti Benenson
Doug Biviano
Dorothy Blyskal
Joanna Burgess
Michelle Tupper Butler
Jodi Chen
Ken and Catherine Christman
Susan Christman
Moira Clunie
Esther Cohen
Dan Creel
Debi
Denise DeGiaimo
Brian Donnelly
Dan Filbin
Mike Flaherty
Blair Frank
Candice Gallagher
Ellen Gavin
Georgia
Frances Gilbert
Gary Greco
Sheila Kelly Green
Jude Griffin
Jeffrey Guarino
Mia H.
Judy Hunt
Neorkeo
Diana Hayworth
Marie Hodge
William Hodge
Bob Holman
Darren Horne
Jack Huber
Victoria Irwin
Mary Kalamaras
Peter Kaufman
Jessica Kender
Michael Kunitzky
William Lee
LuLu LoLo
Rolando Perez Lorenzo
Joan Maguire
Janie Marshall
Ann-Marie McGowan
Kianna McRae-Stephen
John Melia
Kristen Mitchem
Rita Mullin
William Mullin
Christine Parise
Lawrence Paskowitz
Marissa Piesman
William Quinlan
Kate Rados
John Romeo
Doug Roos
Nick Scalera
Jason Shaltz
Michael Showalter
Mark and Jean Siegmann
Lyn Silarski
John Son
Linda Steiniger
Aaron Suggs
Robert Sutton
Adam T.
Alan Taplow
Issy Tavares
Greg Trupiano
Hilary Walker
Carol Whittington
Yaffa

And also a huge thanks to the Brooklyn Heights Blog and most especially, Mom & Ken.

How to Lose a New York Accent

Heather — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:08:28 +0000

Bronx native and MLB scoreboard gal Tara Cannistraci Googled herself and discovered that even New Yorkers think her accent is a little rough on the ears. So she’s taking an accent reduction class with dialect coach Patricia Fletcher.

Staten Island: Tottenville

Heather — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:53:35 +0000

Writer-at-large Mike Flaherty talks about the Forgotten Borough, his friends Dancing Ralphie and Ginsu Mullins, and why having a New York accent can be a lot more fun in London than back home. He believes he’s shed most of his; I’m not entirely sure. But have a listen and decide for yourself!