Morning Brief: May 12
We know WFUV listeners are music fans, so maybe you might want to check out the Queens New Music Festival. It's a chance to see some new acts and maybe even do a little musician discovery. Sounds like a good time.
NEED TO KNOW
Another Earthquake in Nepal [New York Times]
Verizon to Buy AOL [Washington Post]
NY Senate Leader Dean Skelos Leaves Post [New York Times]
Cuomo Calls for Better Sexual Assault Prevention [New York Times]
NYC Public Schools Fund Needs More Donations [New York Times
WEATHER
Partly Cloudy and highs around 88 degrees
SPORTS
Yankees play the Rays at 7:10
The Mets take on the Cubs at 8:05
ON STAGE TONIGHT
Crosby, Stills And Nash @ State Theatre
Todd Rundgren @ the Ridgefield Playhouse
Judy Collins @ Café Carlyle
Bruce Cockburn @ Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne
Laura Cantrell (with a Russell Scholl film presentation) @ Union Hall
“On Your Radar”, hosted by John Platt featuring Sleeping Bee, Meg Braun and (Fred) Gillen And
(Matt) Turk @ Rockwood Music Hall
Otis Taylor @ Iridium
TODAY IN HISTORY
Today in 1965, the Soviet Spacecraft Luna 5 crashes into the moon.