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Spotlight on Arts & Culture with David Green In the next Spotlight on Arts & Culture we examine the power of creative expression as a means of coping and healing in the context of the current state of our world. Our guests are: Dianne Niklaus, a Creative Wellness coach and our guide through this landscape Darcy Hicks, visual artist and co-director of education at The Norwalk Art Space Felicity Kostakis, artist and art teacher Tatiana Mori, Director of the Greenwich Arts Council (which is presenting Healing Voices, a series of concert/lectures in collaboration with The Yale Voice Center at Greenwich Hospital) ...

Spotlight on Arts & Culture with David Green We consider “Arts & Social Justice” through the eyes of two Bridgeport-based Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County member organizations: the Center for Family Justice and LifeBridge. Hear from Debra Greenwood, Edith Boyle, and artist Alicia Cobb. Monday, March 13 at 12:00 noon. Writer’s Voice with Francesca Rheannon We talk with historian Felicia Kornbluh about her book, “A Woman’s Life Is a Human Life: My Mother, Our Neighbor, and the Journey from Reproductive Rights to Reproductive Justice.” Then we re-air a clip from our conversation with Dolen Perkins-Valdez about the famous reproductive ...

Spotlight on Arts & Culture Spotlight On the Arts & Culture presents The Meaning of Black History Month, a discussion with Pam Lewis, Executive Director, Connect-Us and Maisa Tisdale, President & CEO, Mary & Eliza Freeman Center. Monday, February 13 at 12:00 Noon. Writer’s Voice with Francesca Rheannon We talk with V, formerly known as Eve Ensler about her collection of essays and poems, “Reckoning.” Then in honor of Black History Month, we listen back to my 2019 interview with DaMaris Hill about her narrative in verse, “A Bound Woman Is A Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration Of African-American Women ...

Spotlight on Arts & Culture with David Green In the next Spotlight on Arts & Culture we have invited artists from the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County to talk about the highlights of their work in 2022 and what they are most looking forward to in 2023. Hear from: Alicia Cobb (Bridgeport), Joseph Dermody (Stamford), Afsaneh Djabbari-Aslani (New Canaan), Jahmane (Norwalk), Jana Ireijo (Westport), Felicity Kostakis (Greenwich), Shanna Melton (Bridgeport), Jill Nichols (Shelton), Rick Shaefer (Fairfield), Alissa Siegal (Stamford) and Brian Whelan (Wilton). Monday, January 9 at 12:00 noon. Writer’s Voice with Francesca Rheannon Why is it so hard ...

Spotlight on Arts & Culture from The Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County"What Paier College is Bringing to Bridgeport Arts & Culture" with guests: Jospeh Bierbaum, Paier College President, Khanlar Gasimov, the new director of the Schelfhaudt Gallery, and Ian McDonald, Technical Director & Event Coordinator of Mertens Theater.Monday, September 12 at Noon. Writer’s Voice with Francesca RheannonWe talk with the great climate activist and writer Bill McKibben about his terrific new book, "The Flag, The Cross And The Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What The Hell Happened."Then, a brilliant coming-of-age novel that treats the ...

Spotlight on Arts and Culture  The Norwalk Arts Space. We will have two guests in the studio: Duvian Montoya (artist and TNAS Artistic Director) and Lorena Sferlazza (one of last year’s resident artists and also Education Manager at The Aldrich). President and co-founder Robin Panovka will be joining us by phone from New York. Broadcast Monday, June 13 at 12:00 noon and anytime in the archive. Digging in the Dirt with Kevin Gallagher Long-time WPKN friend Paul Winter talks about his new album "Concert in the Barn" and this year's upcoming Summer Solstice concert. Monday, June 13 at 4:00 PM. Kevin ...

Spotlight on Arts and Culture This month on Spotlight on Arts and Culture: Richard Klein, an artist himself, is retiring from his post as executive director at the Aldrich Museum. Hear how he and The Aldrich have evolved over the 30 years of his tenure, since the day he was first involved when Larry Aldrich created his museum of contemporary art. Hear about some of the most outstanding and controversial of the 100 exhibits Richard has curated and co-curated at the Aldrich, and what exciting projects he has up his sleeve for his next phase. Monday, May 9 at 12:00 noon. ...

Spotlight on Arts & Culture with David Green On this week’s Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County Spotlight on Arts & Culture: “Fairfield’s Community Theatre Coming Back to Life” with guests Mark Barnhart, Community and Economic Development Director, Fairfield; Bill Harris, Sacred Heart University; and Evan Kleban, Kleban Properties. Monday, August 9 at Noon. Digging in the Dirt with Kevin Gallagher Kevin Gallagher’s guest on Digging in the Dirt is author, educator, designer and grower Zach Loeks, who specializes in edible ecosystems around the world. He is also the director of the Ecosystem Solution Institute and author of the book “The ...

Spotlight on Arts & Culture with David Green The Fairfield County Cultural Alliance Spotlight on Arts & Culture for this week will focus on “Our Fairfield County Theatres: Coming Out of COVID.” Our guests: from Curtain Call, Lou Ursone; from Downtown Cabaret Theatre, Hugh Hallinan; from Greenwich Theatre, Stephanie Hazard and Andrea Lynn Gree; from New Paradigm Theatre, Kristin Huffman; and from Westport Country Playhouse, Michael Barker. Monday, July 12 at 12:00 noon. Digging in the Dirt with Kevin Gallagher Kevin Gallagher interviews author Jesse Frost on his new book, The Living Soil Handbook: The No-Till Grower’s Guide to Ecological Market Gardening. Farmer Jesse is ...