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Adam Zahler: Theatre director and actor

Jazz New England
Robert Pinskey and Stanley Sagov

POETRY & JAZZ & SAGOV & PINSKY is the moniker of two exceptional music and poetry performances taking place at the Regattabar on Friday, March 5. Pianist/bandleader Stanley Sagov will be joined by world-renowned poet Robert Pinsky. Pinsky will read his poems in tandem with the music of the Remembering The Future Jazz Band, creating a unique combination of jazz and poetry. The Remembering The Future Jazz Band features Stanley Sagov on keyboards, John Lockwood on acoustic bass, Bob Rakalam Moses on drums, Stan Strickland on sax, flute and vocals and Mike Peipman on trumpet.

The Public Eye
David Walker - Comeback America

Guest: David Walker,former Comptroller General of the United States
Title:Comeback America

Inquiry
Mike Jay: THE ATMOSPHERE OF HEAVEN: THE UNNATURAL EXPERIMENTS OF DR. BEDDOES AND HIS SONS OF GENIUS.

Britain at the end of the 18th Century was a volatile political minefield. There was widespread suspicion of the effects the French Revolution would have on British society and this lead to numerous riots and serious government instituted repression. It was during this turmoil that scientist and prolific writer Thomas Beddoes set up his controversial Pneumatic Institute.

Inquiry
John Dervishian: PURIFICATION: CLEANSING OF A CONTAMINATED SOUL

Tonight on Inquiry we welcome poet JOHN DERVISHIAN. One of his latest cycle of poems is titled PURIFICATION: CLEANSING OF A CONTAMINATED SOUL. It is a decades long poetic accounting of John coming to grips with the effects of drugs, alcohol, love, lust, dysfunctional family and most of all himself. John talks about coming out as a poet to his friends and the long process of discovering his artistic talents. John also reads some work from his last two books.

The Public Eye
Joan Waugh - U. S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth (Civil War America)

From Publishers Weekly
How does national memory determine national heroes? Waugh, a UCLA
history professor, probes the subject in an engaging study of the
making of Ulysses S. Grant's reputation. At the time of his death in
1885, he was perceived as on a level with George Washington by former
Unionists and Confederates alike. His memoirs were a bestseller. His
image combined the honorable soldier and the generous victor: a heroic
war leader who believed in the ideal of national reconciliation in both

Audrey
Looking at Worcester Episode 3

Tune in Sunday 3/6/10 at 7:30 a.m. for Looking at Worcester. City Manager Micheal O’Brien talks with Audrey Hall about his proposal to the city council for saving 14 million dollars in Worcester’s budget in light of imminent state funding reductions; AND the proposed CSX rail infrastructure changes which will impact jobs, transportation, development and the local economy. That’s Sunday at 7:30 a.m.

The Business Beat
Carol Donnelly, interim director of the Worcester Center for Crafts

This was the lead of the story in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette on January 6, 2009:
The Worcester Center for Crafts, one of the city’s oldest cultural institutions, has suspended daily operations and may have to close permanently if it cannot raise $1 million by the
end of the month.
And this was the headline of the story in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette more than 11 months later on November 25, 2009: Craft Center comeback: With help from WSC, staff and volunteers, Festival of Crafts returns for 40th year.

Inquiry
Bruce deGraaf: AVIAN AWAKENING : DISCOVERING THE BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND

Inquiry welcomes photographer BRUCE deGRAAF. Bruce has been passionate about the wildlife of New England for some time and has finally assembled some of his finest shots in a book titled AVIAN AWAKENING : DISCOVERING THE BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND. This sumptuous volume traces Bruce’s exploration of the world of birds beginning in his backyard and ending up in such well-known avian hotspots as Plum Island and South Beach.

The Public Eye
Phil Pomper - "Lenins Brother"

Guest:Philip Pomper, Wesleyan University History Professor and Author.
Date; Sunday February 28