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KRCB Live!
| Fine performances by emerging regional talent recorded live in our Rohnert Park studios. Programs feature exciting artists such as Afro-jazz vocalist Meklit Hadero, folk-rock veteran Frebo and Sonoma County favorites Dginn. |
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Another Voice
Susan Swartz is a journalist and author living in Sebastopol. Her commentary can be heard every Friday on KRCB-FM Radio 91.1/90.9 and on www.krcb.org.
She appears every other week in the Sonoma West Times and News, Healdsburg Tribune and Windsor Times. You can also read her at www.juicytomatoes.com |
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North Bay Report
The North Bay Report is a daily in-depth look at an issue, event, person or activity in our region, prepared by KRCB News Director Bruce Robinson, a veteran journalist who has been covering Sonoma County since 1985.
These reports provide another view of news and events in our area, a way to look beyond the headlines and hear directly from the people who are shaping the present and future of Sonoma County and northern California.
Topics recently covered on The North Bay Report include the regional real estate market, offshore oil drilling on the Sonoma Coast, school testing, local theater projects, homelessness, affordable health care, women's history, protecting the Tiger Salamander, and interviews with foreign exchange students, combating invasive weeds, the proposed Living Wage ordinance in Petaluma, grade school gardening projects, quarrels over gravel quarries in the west county, and election season political issues.
The North Bay Report is heard Monday through Friday at 6:06 am and 8:06 am, repeating at 5:30 pm, on KRCB FM, 91.1 and 90.9 FM.
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- Why EV charging stations? - May 22, 2012
Some local businesses - and their customers - are getting a charge out of their latest eco-friendly move.
At some Sonoma County businesses, customers fill up their car
batteries, while also filling their grocery bags. In our continuing
coverage, KRCB’s Danielle Venton looks at why some business are choosing to offer electric vehicle charging stations at their own expense.
Our coverage of this topic continues on the North Bay Report newsblog at KRCB.org. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
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Second Row Center
Cue the music. Hit the lights. With KRCB's early-morning news segment, Second Row Center.
Sonoma County theater critic David Templeton (North Bay Bohemian, Theatre Bay Area Magazine) yanks open the curtain on the best (and worst) of Bay Area theater, giving theater-loving listeners the upbeat lowdown on which plays are happening where, what they're all about and whether they're worth the trip. With unexpected insights, snappy observations, and pithy contextual analysis (yep, sometimes it's even educational!), David's weekly commentary will bring the Bay Area stages right into your car, workplace or living room.
Cue applause.
Subscribe/Listen to Second Row Center's Podcast!
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- May 16, 2012 - Queen of the Fright: SOUVENIR
6th Street Playhouse presents: SOUVENIR
May 11th - 27th - Studio Theatre
For more than half a century the name Florence Foster Jenkins has been guaranteed to produce explosions of derisive laughter. Not unreasonably so, as this wealthy society eccentric suffered under the delusion that she was a great coloratura soprano when she was in fact incapable of producing two consecutive notes in tune. Nevertheless, her annual recitals in the ballroom of the Ritz Carlton hotel brought her extraordinary fame. As news of her terrible singing spread, so did her celebrity. Her growing mob of fans packed her recitals, stuffing handkerchiefs in their mouths to stifle their laughter which Mrs. Jenkins blissfully mistook for cheers. The climax of her career was a single concert at Carnegie Hall in 1944. Famously, it sold out in two hours. SOUVENIR, by turn hilarious and poignant, tells her story through the eyes of her accompanist, Cosme McMoon. Faced with her boundless certainty, Cosme comes to revise his attitude, not only towards her singing but to the very meaning of music itself. As the play ends the audience enters her world completely, finding there the beauty she'd heard in her head all along. SOUVENIR is a musical odd-couple for the ages.
Single Ticket Prices:
- Fri & Sat at 8:00, Sun at 2:00: General $ 25 / Senior (62+) $ 20 / Youth (13-21) $ 20
- Thurs at 8:00, Sat at 2:00: General $ 20 / Senior $ 15 / Youth $ 15
- Purchase tickets online: http://www.6thstreetplayhouse.com/box-office/buy-tickets/
- Email:
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- 24- hour voice mail: (707) 523-4185 ext 1
- Box Office Hours:
Tuesday - Friday: 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Saturday:11:00 - 2:00 pm
6th Street Playhouse - 52 West 6th Street - Santa Rosa, CA 95401
http://www.6thstreetplayhouse.com
(707) 523-4185
6th St. Playhouse is wheelchair accessible.
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Sonoma Spotlight
A daily five-minute interview about events, issues, activities and people in and around Sonoma County. Hosted by Roland Jacopetti at 9:00am Monday through Friday on KRCB-FM 91.1/90.9.
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- Wednesday May 16th, 2012:
14th Annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival
June 1-10 - Healdsburg, CA.
The Healdsburg Jazz Festival will take the wine country by storm for the 14th consecutive year with a power-packed roster of jazz “Roy-alty” -- that's Roy as in Haynes, the legendary drummer and NEA Jazz Master -- and a bevy of veterans and jazz rising stars. The festival is proud to present for the first time, NEA Jazz Master Sheila Jordan, a unique vocal force in the music for over half a century. Healdsburg, which has never compromised its vision of presenting authentic jazz greats, continues this June with a lineup that includes another Jazz Master -- the peerless guitarist Kenny Burrell -- red-hot pianist Vijay Iyer and his trio that's the toast of New York; local jazz mover and shaker Adam Theis' Shotgun Wedding; the dazzling pianist Michele Rosewoman with trombone legend Julian Priester sitting in as special guest; suave, bluesy pianist/singer Freddy Cole; timbales grandmaster Orestes Vilato's brand-new trans-Latin group Azesu, featuring the beguiling Venezuelan singer Maria Marquez; a Dixieland superband led by Mal Sharpe; a Jazz Night at the Movies courtesy of Mark Cantor and his mile-deep cache of rare jazz footage; Northern California soul-jazz guitarist extraordinaire Calvin Keys; and lots more.
As usual, the festival matches the jazz with the area's most beautiful settings, such as Rodney Strong Vineyards, Barndiva restaurant, the Cousteaux Bakery, the town plaza and of course the Raven Performing Arts Theater.
With help from the very prestigious ,000 NEA Jazz Master's Live grant to present Mr. Haynes and Ms. Jordan, the Festival will also be offering a couple of special programs. A Roy-al Family Panel Discussion featuring headliner Roy Haynes and his two sons, cornetist Graham and drummer Craig and other participants, will air out the limitless legacy of a drummer who has played with practically every significant figure in jazz history, from Louis Armstrong to Charlie Parker to John Coltrane to Chick Corea. A Vocal Master Class led by the divine Ms. Jordan, open to singers of all levels, will reveal secrets she has stored since singing with Charlie Parker as a teenager.
Other treats abound at the fest. Try the late-night jams at the Healdsburg Hotel featuring Lorca Hart's juicy trio, or a wine tasting at Seasons of the Vineyard graced by the superlative Benny Barth Trio.
Come to the festival and soak in the magic that has made Healdsburg an annual mecca for jazz pilgrims who crave the real deal.
2012 JAZZ FESTIVAL EVENTS
- Calvin Keys Organ Quartet – June 1
- Dixieland at the Bakery – June 2
- Wine, Jazz & the Benny Barth Trio – June 2
- The Freddy Cole Quartet – June 3
- Kai Devitt-Lee Trio – June 4
- Azesu at the Healdsburg Plaza – June 5
- Vintage Blues on Vinyl – June 5
- Jazz Night at the Movies – June 6
- Shotgun Wedding – June 7
- The Lorca Hart Trio – June 8 & 9
- Music, Wine and Food Hours – June 8 & 9
- The Michele Rosewoman Trio – June 8
- Sheila Jordan Master Vocal Class – June 9
- Roy-al Family Panel Discussion – June 9
- Kenny Burrell in Concert – June 9
- Festival Finale: Haynes, Jordan, Iyer – June 10
Purchase tickets:
- Online: http://www.healdsburgjazzfestival.org/wordpress/buy_tickets/
- Phone: 24/7 ticket hotline (800) 838-3006
- Walk-in: Available NOW at the below locations:
Levin & Cº., 306 Center St., Healdsburg cash/credit card (707) 433-1118
Last Record Store, 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa cash/checks (707) 525-1963
- Tickets are on sale at the venues on the day of the event, subject to availability. All venues are located in Healdsburg, California.
- To purchase ticket for our events, call our offices at (707) 433-4644
www.healdsburgjazzfestival.org
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Chamber Music On Stage
| Chamber music is alive and delicious in Sonoma County, and KRCB is pleased to bring you Season Two of Chamber Music OnStage with 2008-09 season concerts in Occidental, Oakmont, Healdsburg, and Santa Rosa. Our mid-ensemble microphones give you better sound than the best seats in the house.
String quartets -- yes! -- lots of them, including the Hugo Wolf, Rossetti, Alexander, St. Lawrence, Calder and many more -- with music from Joseph Haydn to Bernard Hermann, Beethoven to Bartok and beyond. Piano Trios -- yes, again! including Weiss-Kaplan-Newman, Trio con Brio Copenhagen, and Peabody. Music you know and love, alongside the new and adventurous that tickles your curiosity and brings you back for more chamber music!
Returning as host is Linda McLaughlin, a co-founder of Russian River Chamber Music in 1992. This broadcast series, shared with American Public Media’s Performance Today, is funded by a generous grant from the E. Nakamichi Foundation. |
- Alexander String Quartet #2 - December 10, 2009
ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET - #2 (Program #10)
SRJC Chamber Concerts, October, 2008
- BEETHOVEN - Quartet in F Major Op. 18, No. 1
Russian River Chamber Music, April, 2009
- LOU HARRISON - Quartet Set
- BRAHMS - Quartet No. 2 in A Minor Op. 51/2
- BRAHMS (Encore) Liebeslieder Waltz, Op. 52, No. 6 (arr. String Quartet)
From their Recording:
- BEETHOVEN - Quartet No. 59, No. 2, Finale
Alexander String Quartet, Foghorn Classics CD, 2009
www.asq4.com
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Mouthful
Mouthful, the Wine Country's Most Delicious Hour
Sunday Evening 7 - 8 pm
Host: Michele Anna Jordan
We like to think of Mouthful as a conversation around a dinner table, so pour yourself a glass of wine and join us every Sunday evening. Our discussions with winemakers, farmers, cookbook authors, writers, photographers, filmmakers, nutritionists, chefs, restaurateurs and environmentalists take unexpected, surprising and delicious turns as we explore how we eat, drink, grow and celebrate our food, and feed each other. We take the time to get to know our guests, we go beyond sound bites, and we look at food, wine and agriculture in the larger context of our lives. We're sometimes political, always passionate, often lighthearted and sometimes silly. If you eat, you'll enjoy Mouthful.
Mouthful is a three-time James Beard Award Nominee for Electronic Journalism.
Links:
www.pressdemocrat.com
Click on "food and wine" on the left side of the home page to find Michele’s three columns, Seasonal Pantry, Pairings and Mouthful. You can also search the archives for dozens of her articles and recipes.
www.savorwinecountry.com
Michele is a regular contributor to Savor magazine, currently published quarterly.
www.micheleannajordan.com
All things Michele
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- Sinfully Easy Delicious Desserts - May 20, 2012
Alice Medrich, queen of all things sweet, including chocolate, returns to Mouthful to discuss her latest book, Sinfully Easy Delicious Desserts, written with home cooks in mind. The recipes are accessible, sensible and creative and Alice is as charming and articulate as ever.
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Word By Word
"I like the vitality of in-studio, roundtable interviews," Gil says, "when you have several authors sitting at the same table and focusing on the same theme, you get real conversations. It’s fun, exciting, and often unpredictable."
On the new Word by Word programs, Gil will be inviting a different guest each month to share their unique perspective on a "Great California Writer."
Gil Mansergh should be familiar to many KRCB listeners. His movie review columns appear in four Sonoma County newspapers, and his Cinema Toast radio show has been a Thursday morning staple on KRSH-FM for seven years. Author or Book Doctor of over 50 books, manuals and curriculums, Gil was honored as a Freelance Success by Writers Digest Magazine. He honed his interview skills during five years as Director of the prestigious California Writers Conference at Asilomar. "I’m excited to have this opportunity to share my conversations with authors with KRCB’s listeners," Gil says, "and I appreciate your comments."
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A Novel Idea
Non-fiction to pulp fiction, host Rosemary Manchester and producer Suzanne M. Lang explore the world of books featuring conversations with writers, academics, and readers. It’s a novel idea.
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- May 9, 2012 - Carolyn Burke, Gene Viale
Edith Piaf, perhaps the most beloved singer of all time, comes to life in Carolyn Burke’s just published biography No Regrets, The Life of Edith Piaf. Carolyn and Suzanne talk about Piaf, Carolyn’s journey of discovery, as well as her other biographies Lee Miller, A Life and Becoming Modern, The Life of Mina Loy.
Gene Viale was a white boy singing black gospel music in the sixties and his belting song styling helped popularize gospel music. Viale passed away this past year and in this encore segment, Gene and Rosemary talk about his life and memoir, I Remember Gospel and I Keep on Singing.
Author Barbara Quick brings her review of Yi Yun Li’s Gold Boy, Emerald Girl.
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Word Temple
WordTemple on KRCB features Northern California poet Katherine Hastings in discussion with poets and writers. The program showcases authors by presenting interviews and readings of their work, and exposes the KRCB community of listeners to a wide variety of voices and styles. Reconstructions highlighting the work of poets and writers posthumously will also be featured. From the Beats of San Francisco to Russia's Ratushinskaya, WordTemple will feature some of the most interesting work and stories in the world of literature.
More information at wordtemple.com
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- giovanni singleton and Lorena Papayone Wolfman - May 16th, 2012
WordTemple host Katherine Hastings talks first this month with giovanni singleton about her new book, Ascension. A collection of serial poems written during jazz musician and spiritual leader Alice Coltrane's 49-day transition throught the bardo - and other poems as well - Ascension takes us through a daily practice of meditations on the nature of "self," and longing for less suffering in the world.
Then, Lorena Papayone Wolfman reads from her collection, My Mother's Necklace / El Collar de mi Madre. This collection is bilingual and emerges from a dreamlike ocean of imagery, feeling and sounds. The poems also have their roots in Wolfman's experiences at the IV International Poetry Festival in Granada, Nicaragua, where poetry was celebrated as the conscience of the Earth.
This and more!
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Curtain Call
| Charles Sepos interviews performing, visual, and literary artists. Recent guests include Jeffrey Kahane, David Grisman, Kronos Quartet, Anonymous 4, Michael Brecker, Flora Purim, Malcolm Bilson, John Corigliano, François Girard, Marga Gomez, and Elizabeth Blumenstock. |
- Curtain Call - May 18, 2012
Host Charles Sepos chats first with actress Heather Gordon and director Sheri Lee Miller. They talk about "Born Yesterday,” May 25th through June 10th at Cinnabar Theater.
Next, jazz pianist Eric Muhler previews his Wednesday evening performance at Yoshi’s Jazz Club, San Francisco.
Finally, director Beth Craven and cast members talk about Sam Shepard's play "Fool for Love," May 25th through June 3rd at Main Stage West.
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Fiddling Zone
| The Fiddling Zone is a place where fiddling is permitted. It’s a place where you can hear fiddlers play and talk about what they do and what they like, and what they don’t like. Fiddlers are very iconoclastic people. Actually, that’s not a word most fiddlers would use. But Gus Garelick is not like most fiddlers, and when he gets into the Zone, on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month, he’s likely to play almost anything, from West Virginia campground sessions to the latest Brazilian Choro music. It may not even include a fiddle; it could be an all-accordion program, or all mandolins, or all Italian or all Blues. It’s ALL in the Fiddling Zone. |
- Tom Paley Interview - Oct. 13, 2008
CONFESSIONS OF A RAMBLER is an interview with Tom Paley, founding member of The New Lost City Ramblers, one of the first urban old-time Southern string bands (founded in 1958). Paley was a guest on The Fiddling Zone on October 13, 2008, while he was on tour on the West Coast. He talks about the early days of the Ramblers, his years in Sweden, and his current band in London, England. He also plays some great old time tunes on guitar, banjo and fiddle. Interview by Gus Garelick.
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