This Week's Program Highlights

Wednesday, March 3 - Sunday, March 14, 2010

Wednesday 3/3

4:30-5:00 PM
Ears On Art ... Hosts Crissa Hewitt and Steven DeLuque return to Studios On The Park in Paso Robles to visit with Heidi Franscioni to talk about her work in the medium of encaustic. This is an ancient process using beeswax and pigments. Heidi fills us in on the basics as well as how she uses the medium with her photography. To see her work or learn about her workshops visit her WEB site at <www.HeidiFranscioni.com>.

6:30-7:00 PM
An Evening With ... CARD - and the Credit Card Act of 2009: The rules of credit card transactions have changed. As of last week, consumers are protected against unreasonable penalties, inconsistent interest rates, and confusing billing statements. But the rules are not perfect according to Demos Vice President of Policy and Programs, Tamara Draut, and the Director of Demos' Washington office.

Thursday 3/4

4:00-5:00 PM
New Dimensions Radio ... Listening to Your Wise and Beautiful Heart: Dr. Judith Orloff comes from a long line of intuitive healers, and she's been working with her own intuition since she was a young child. Through her personal experience and her work as an intuitive psychiatrist, she's acquired a wealth of knowledge that will helps her patients learn to recognize, and make wise use of their own intuition. Dr. Orloff is assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA.

Friday 3/5

11:00-NOON
McPartland's Piano Jazz ... Remembering Rowles: Trumpeter, flugelhorn player, and vocalist Stacy Rowles was a fixture on the Los Angeles jazz scene and played regularly in all-female jazz groups the Jazz Birds and Maiden Voyage. This program from 2001 is presented as a tribute to Rowles, who passed away last year. Rowles talks about working with her father, pianist and composer Jimmy Rowles. She brings along bass player Todd Warrington and joins Marian McPartland for trio renditions of "Emily," "Prelude To A Kiss," and "Time After Time."

7:00-8:00 PM
the Club McKenzie ... Lonnie: If it wasn't for winning a St. Louis blues contest, Alonso Johnson would easily have been known as one of the finest jazz guitarists. He's quoted as saying, "I would have don't anything to get recorded. It just happened to be a blues contest." His early success includes sessions with Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrongs Hot Five.

Sunday 3/7

11:00-NOON
This American Life ... Scenes From A Recession: This week is an updated show from a year ago, when the program highlighted some of the unusual circumstances our economic drought had left us in, and the newly-hatched plans being made to survive it.

6:00-7:00 PM
Selected Shorts ... Mysterious Circumstances: You'll hear "Double Check" by Thomas Walsh, read by James Naughton, and, "False Alarm" by Dave Barry, read by Larry Keith.

Monday 3/8

4:00-5:00 PM
Second Monday at Four ... Meet San Luis Obispo's new city manager, on the premier of KCBX's "Second Monday at Four," hosted by Larry Rutter. This is a live-call in program. "Second Monday at Four" is a monthly show of interviews with leaders and doers of the Central Coast.

Wednesday 3/10

4:00-5:00 PM
Issues and Ideas ... Today's show focuses on the events of the San Luis Obispo Library Association, and the controversial release of Carl Jung's Red Book. It's become known as the Holy Grail of the "Collective Unconscious".

4:30-5:00 PM
Ears on Art ... Today's guests are Roberta Foster and Kay Thorne (thorn) of the Central Coast Weavers Guild. The Guild is presenting an exhibit at the SLO County Library on the history of spinning and weaving that will be on display during March. Books, photographs, and tools will give a glimpse into this rich story.

6:30-7:00 PM
An Evening With ... Re-Framing the Conflict: Anthropology professor, Jeff Halper, debunks Israeli mythology and clarifies its ultimate goals, in his recently updated book, Obstacles to Peace. Considered a leading Israeli peace activist, he is an opponent of Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory, and is currently the president of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolition's. Halper is a guest speaker at Cal Poly next week.

Thursday 3/11

4:00-5:00 PM
New Dimensions Radio ... A Brain That Knows How to be Happy: Current events, from earthquakes to economic downturns, keep our minds in a constant state of arousal. As a result, our consciousness, happiness, and physical health pay a price. According to Dr. Rick Hanson, we have enormous power not only to change our frame of mind, but to physically alter our body and even the structure of our brain by taking charge of our thoughts.

Friday 3/12

11:00-NOON
McPartland's Piano Jazz ... Remembering Stach Rowles: Trumpeter, flugelhorn player, and vocalist Stacy Rowles was a fixture on the Los Angeles jazz scene and played regularly in all-female jazz groups the Jazz Birds and Maiden Voyage. This program from 2001 is presented as a tribute to Rowles, who passed away last year. Rowles talks about working with her father, pianist and composer Jimmy Rowles. She brings along bass player Todd Warrington and joins Marian McPartland for trio renditions of "Emily," "Prelude To A Kiss," and "Time After Time."

6:30-7:00 PM
the Club McKenzie ... Masters of the 88: Tonight's show is a potpourri of keyboard artist who were instrumental in forming and molding the earliest examples of jazz: James P. Johnson, Eubie Blake, and Jelly Roll Morton were among the pioneers of a new art form.

Sunday 3/14

11:00-NOON
This American Life ... Tough Guy: Sometimes the way to get things done is to use some muscle. This week, stories about proving - or finding out - what you're made of, including one man's renegade mission to rescue two kids who were kidnapped by alleged murderers and taken to Mexico.

6:00-7:00 PM
Selected Shorts ... Creatures of the Night: You'll hear "Night Calls," by Lisa Fugard, read by Lisa Fugard, and, "Popsy" by Stephen King, read by Michael Imperioli.