Greg Smith has a full hour of good conversation about Nan Rubin and her many and important contributions to community radio, her own art collecting, and her upcoming move to Boston. Guests also include Irene Oliver-Lewis joining in to share some of her experiences working with Nan along with Chris Bardey and Chris Preciado-Shelton sharing information about International Print Day coming up in May. We will miss Nan, but we are left with the strong legacy that she has built here.
Today, with Jack Turney and Zane Chaffee, we explore some of the ways humans have long related to and honored the arrival of Spring. We also look into some of the many stories of virgin birth, death, and resurrection - including and preceding the biblical account of the virgin birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus. A whole lotta' nuanced ground to cover. We get to touch on some of it.
Stuart Kelter interviews Karen Valby, a culture writer whose work has appeared in Vanity Fair, the New York Times, O Magazine, Glamour, Fast Company, and EW. She is also the author of two books. The first, Welcome to Utopia: Notes from a Small Town, was published in 2010. Her soon-to-be-released book, The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History, is the subject of today’s interview.
A film festival is a little bit like a film itself, in that the first thing to get our attention is usually the stars.
Ron Pearlman, who I remember for his role as the crusty but wiley leader of an outlaw biker gang in the series “Sons of Anarchy,” will be the star of the Las Cruces International Film Festival this year. He will be screening his movie “Hellboy.” Carol Edmunds, a homeowner near the proposed county park on Shalem Colony Trail north of Las Cruces, discusses her opposition to those plans.
Dylan McDonald of the NMSU Library and former Sun-News cartoonist Bob Diven discuss this year’s event for Sunshine Week, which will focus on newspaper opinion pages. Walt will also be part of that panel discussion set for Thursday afternoon.
Las Cruces City Council member Cassie McClure will discuss the search for a new city manager and other issues from her first months in office.
During "Women's History Month" and "Holy Week" we explore with Jack Turney - the story of the female Christian and Catholic Saints. From the martyred North African saints, St's. Felicity and Perpetua, to St. Joan of Arc, to early American female Saints like St. Frances Cabrini, St. Elizabeth Ann Sexton, St. Katharine Drexel, and modern-day saints like Mother Theresa of Calcutta, the conversation addresses questions of the roles of women, martyrs, and saints in the Catholic Church. We touch on the requirements and the process for achieving sainthood; who's a saint and why. We talk about those who were martyred, those who were of astounding selfless service to others, the women saints who were "Doctors of The Church" and more. Naturally the conversation also peeks into the gender-fixed roles in the Catholic Church. A rich and fascinating study. Below are links to sites that offer extensive information on a few of the female Saints.
Female Catholic Saints Black American Catholic Saints Sts.Perpetua and Felicity (Christian Martyrs) St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta St. Frances Cabrini Movie "Cabrini" St. Elizabeth Ann Seton St. Katharine Drexel Lisa Lucca talks with teacher and author Bridey Thelen-Heidel about her journey from traumatic childhood to successful teacher, speaker, and the author of her upcoming memoir, Bright Eyes. |
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