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Carolina Valentine
Friday, February 03 2012
by Frank Stasio and Susan Davis
Photo by Bernard Thomas
Jeffrey Beam is a well known poet around the Triangle and for 35 years he was a librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His love for the people of that institution and its campus is reflected in his work. Beam retired from the university in November. On Thursday, February 9th, he will give a special reading called “Carolina Valentine” at Historic Playmakers Theater on the campus of UNC. Beam joins host Frank Stasio in the studio today to talk about his career and how he plans to keep himself busy in retirement.
Cymbeline
Friday, February 03 2012
by Frank Stasio and Susan Davis
“Cymbeline” is unanimously considered Shakespeare’s most difficult play to stage. That might be because it’s incredibly hard to follow on the page, even with the help of color-coded flow charts. The play includes a war, a decapitated head, poison, mistaken identity, the appearance of a Roman god and an ending scene with 17 revelations in a row. The Fiasco Theater Company of New York has fearlessly staged “Cymbeline” to rave reviews. The six-member ensemble brings their production to the campus of Duke University this weekend. Jessie Austrian, Noah Brody and Ben Steinfeld are co-artistic directors and founders of Fiasco Theater Company. They join host Frank Stasio to talk about one of the Bard’s wackier works.
Sea Cow
Friday, February 03 2012
by Frank Stasio and Susan Davis
The Durham-based band Sea Cow describes their sound as, “rocked out pop” or “pop with an edge.” They say they love to harmonize vocally. They love loud guitars. And, according to them, “their songs tend to have a sardonic, occasionally humorous touch, mixed with neurosis and self loathing.” They join host Frank Stasio today to play from their new CD called, “Tell Me Where it Hurts."
Prophets of Funk
Thursday, February 02 2012
by Alex Granados and Frank Stasio
Prophets of Funk
Choreographer David Dorfman had never seen anything like Sly & the Family Stone when he attended the band’s concert as a college freshman in 1973. The psychedelic funk/soul group with hits like “Everyday People” and “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” was the first commercially successful American rock band to be both racially and gender integrated. This weekend, Dorfman’s company will perform “Prophets of Funk,” a dance homage to the music of Sly & the Family Stone, at Stewart Theater at North Carolina State University. First, Dorfman joins host Frank Stasio to talk about being inspired to “Dance to the Music.”
Learning with the Lights Off
Thursday, February 02 2012
by Alex Granados and Frank Stasio
Collection of essays by Devin and Marsha Orgeron
The art of filmmaking has long been used to entertain visitors to the big screen, but its influence on the classroom is often overlooked. The 20th century was rife with educational films designed to teach students about such topics as lunchroom behavior, sex education, race relations and various types of disease. Many of these films have been relegated to the dustbins of education history, but some fans are trying to preserve their legacy. Devin and Marsha Orgeron are associate professors in the Film Studies Program at North Carolina State University. They’ve just published a collection of essays, along with Dan Streible, called, “Learning with the Lights Off: Educational Film in the United States” (Oxford University Press/2012). Host Frank Stasio talks to them and to Skip Elsheimer, creator of A/V Geeks, about educational film in the United States.
Jade City Pharaoh - Beautiful Melancholy
Thursday, February 02 2012
by Frank Stasio and Lindsay Thomas
Herald falls for a woman with sad eyes
Malik Fraser, the alter ego of superhero Herald M.F. Jones, reveals romantic feelings for a well-read, sad-eyed beauty named Belinda Goodall. But when he discovers the dark secret behind the sadness in her green eyes, can he help her?
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