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Alison Bechdel: Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama
Alison Bechdel: Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama
Alison Bechdel
May 2, 2012
00:45:23
Memoirist and cartoonist Alison Bechdel discusses her new memoir, Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama. Alison Bechdel’s memoir about her father, Fun Home, was a pop culture and literary phenomenon. Now, she presents a second tale of filial sleuthery, this time about her mother.
Creativity and Stress
Creativity and Stress
Debra Wise
April 22, 2012
01:20:30
In Terezin, the concentration camp in which Jewish artists, writers, and musicians were imprisoned, the opportunity to practice art—to draw, to write, to perform—provided a kind of spiritual or emotional sustenance for the prisoners.
An Evening with Irish Tenor Anthony Kearns
An Evening with Irish Tenor Anthony Kearns
Anthony Kearns
March 27, 2012
01:35:20
Renowned Irish Tenor Anthony Kearns presents a special performance and is joined by students from the University of Massachusetts Boston, who read selections from Irish literature.
Renaissance Roots of Modern Science
Renaissance Roots of Modern Science
Toby Lester
March 6, 2012
00:57:40
Toby Lester, author of widely acclaimed books on two of the great achievements during the Renaissance, visits with Science for the Public to discuss important discoveries, and rediscoveries, that brought about the first map to show America (The Fourth Part of the World (2009), and
Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence
Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence
Chuck Berry
February 26, 2012
01:03:32
PEN New England and the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum hosted the 2012 Awards for Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence which were presented to Chuck Berry and Leonard Cohen.
Drive Time Live: "From The Top" Mandolinist Gordon Neidinger Plays Vittorio Monti's "Csardas"
Drive Time Live: "From The Top" Mandolinist Gordon Neidinger Plays Vittorio Monti's "Csardas"
Gordon Neidinger
February 23, 2012
00:05:12
From the Fraser Performance studio at WGBH, Boston, 17-year-old mandolin player Gordon Neidinger from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania joins Classical New England host Cathy Fuller to play the "Csardas" by Vittorio Monti.
Drive Time Live: "From The Top" Pianist Angie Zhang Plays Rodion Shchedrin's "Basso Ostinato"
Drive Time Live: "From The Top" Pianist Angie Zhang Plays Rodion Shchedrin's "Basso Ostinato"
Angie Zhang
February 23, 2012
00:05:11
From the Fraser Performance studio at WGBH, Boston, 15-year-old pianist Angie Zhang, from Princeton Junction, NJ joins Classical New England host Cathy Fuller to play the knuckle-busting "Basso Ostinato" by Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin.
Drive Time Live: Bella Hristova Plays a Bulgarian Ratchenitsa
Drive Time Live: Bella Hristova Plays a Bulgarian Ratchenitsa
Bella Hristova
February 18, 2012
00:03:55
Live in the Fraser Performance Studio at WGBH, Boston, Bulgarian-born violinist Bella Hristova plays the traditional 7/8 folk dance from her homeland called "Ratchenitsa," by Bulgarian composer Parashkev Hadjiev. Cathy Fuller is the host. www.classicalnewengland.org