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.
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