Archive for February, 2006

Let The Races Begin

Monday, February 20th, 2006

Candidates for elected offices began registering on Feb. 12, with Feb. 28 being the last day to sign up. Most candidates have been fundraising for months, hoping to ease through the May 2nd primary and win election (or re-election) in November. How will scandals surrounding Speaker of the N.C. House Jim Black, the new lottery, and other ethics questions affect who wins various races? And will a new international port ever get built near Wilmington? These questions and others are posed by host David Crabtree to our guests: Laura Leslie, reporter at North Carolina Public Radio; Mark Schreiner, reporter at the Wilmington Star-News; and Mark Johnson, reporter at the Charlotte Observer. Listener Call-In. (40:00)

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Branford Marsalis

Friday, February 17th, 2006

He was born into a New Orleans family whose name is synonymous with jazz. But Branford Marsalis’s saxophone has played pop, funk and even classical music. Now the Durham-based musician is running a record label and spearheading efforts to build homes for musicians displaced by Katrina. Tonight and tomorrow he performs with the North Carolina Symphony. Branford Marsalis catches his breath – and stops by to chat with Host Frank Stasio. Listener Call-In. (59:00) (JB)

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Women In Film

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

As women take on roles behind the camera and in the director’s booth, media images from Hollywood to Bollywood are changing – changing to show how women view themselves and their countries. The 5th Annual Ms. Films Festival is opening in Durham next week and it will showcase more than two dozen films created by women of all ages and backgrounds. So just what effect can a woman’s touch have on the independent film industry, both abroad and at home? Host Frank Stasio talks with the Niku Arbabi, director of the Ms. Films Festival; and Maria Pramaggiore, director of film studies at North Carolina State University. Listener Call-In. (40:00)

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Jesse Kalisher

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

Host Frank Stasio speaks with artist and photographer Jesse Kalisher about taking amateur photographs with a digital camera. (3:00)

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Rosenthal Exhibit

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

When photographer John Rosenthal walks into an art gallery, it’s not just the work on the walls that catches his attention – it’s how patrons respond to the movement and emotion in each piece, and sometimes how they don’t respond, that draws his eye. In his latest exhibit, Rosenthal captures the irony and the beauty in how we experience art, from the bored husband to the child in awe. John Rosenthal takes host Frank Stasio on a tour of his exhibit at the Tyndall Gallery, New Archival Ink Prints. (9:00)

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