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WBCR-news: March 2007

Elana James and the Continental Two Live in Our Studios

This Friday, March 23rd,  The Splatto Festival welcomes singer and fiddler Elana James and the Continental Two playing live in the studio at 3PM before their gig at Helsinki that night.  James, formerly of The Hot Club of Cowtown and Bob Dylan’s band,  touring to support her brand new solo disk, will be joined by bassist Beau Sample and guitarist Whit Smith.  Willie Nelson says “A beautiful voice, a fantastic musician, with the heart and soul of an angel.” 

Splatto Festival host Paul says “the studio will be swingin’ like a pendulum do.”  Tune in!

→ Posted on Sat. March 17th, 2007 by biotic.

Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace Featured on Across the Borderline

Across the Borderline with host Phil Johnson will feature a special program this Sunday, March 25 at 2 p.m.

Maxine Hong Kingston will be here from the San Francisco Bay Area, participating in the WBCR studio along with other writers of the recently published book Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace (edited by Kingston).  Phil will interview Kingston and writer Fred Marchant of Boston, and they will all read selections from this collection of creative, redemptive storytelling spanning five wars and written by those most profoundly affected by war.

For more than 12 years, National Book Award-winning author Maxine Hong Kingston has led writing-and-meditation workshops for veterans and their families.  The contributors to this volume—combat veterans, medics, and others who served in war as well as draft resisters, deserters, and peace activists—are part of this community of writers working together to heal the trauma of war through art.

Maxine Hong Kingston’s books—The Woman Warrior, China Men, Tripmaster Monkey, The Fifth Book of Peace—have won critical praise and national awards. President Bill Clinton presented her with a National Humanities Medal in 1997.

Fred Marchant enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1968 so that he could go to Viet Nam and be a writer witness to that war.  Two years later, Marchant formally declared his conscientious objection to the war in Viet Nam and to all wars.  He became one of the first Marine officers ever to be discharged as a conscientious objector.  He has since published three books of poetry, and he is a Professor of English at Suffolk University in Boston where he directs the Creative Writing Program and the Poetry Center.

→ Posted on Mon. March 19th, 2007 by biotic.

GB Selectman Peter Fish, Raya Ariella Visit Town Hall 101

Town Hall 101, hosted by I-Bob is a new program on WBCR with an eye on Great Barrington, its history and politics.  Join guest host, Andy Potter on Tuesday, March 20th for a look at an upcoming town meeting warrant that has the Town of Great Barrington join the national Mayor’s Petition in support of the Kyoto Protocol which mandates the reduction of greenhouse gases worldwide. 

Great Barrington Selectman Peter Fish and climate change activist Raya Ariella will be in the studio to discuss this effort.  Raya will also be talking about the upcoming national action day on climate change, Step It Up 2007.

Town Hall 101 is on at 5:00 pm alternating Tuesday’s.

→ Posted on Sat. March 17th, 2007 by biotic.

Housatonic River Initiative’s Tim Gray on Audible Cafe

This week on the Audible Cafe host, Judy Eddy will air her recent interview with Tim Gray, Executive Director of the Housatonic River Initiative and the Housatonic Riverkeeper, discussing the current status of the GE/EPA cleanup of PCB’s in the Housatonic River.

He’s one of the most important players in ongoing effort, and a really dynamic and interesting person. This is extremely timely, as we are in the middle of the public comment period for one of the most important steps in the long EPA process, and the comment period expires at the end of March.

You can hear the interview on Friday, March 16 at noon.

→ Posted on Thu. March 15th, 2007 by biotic.