Archive for December, 2020

December 25, 2020 (second hour) – With the show falling on Dec 25th this year, this full 2-hour show will be a reflection of that. The show will open with a 20-minute recording of Dylan Thomas reading his A Child’s Christmas in Wales. That will be followed by an 8-minute seasonal reading by show’s host, Bruce Kauffman. That then followed by an 82-minute audio performance of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol – an elaborate production done by Studio Severn. The link here includes full credits, so please check it out at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtwzKxrHr5k

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December 25, 2020 (first hour) – With the show falling on Dec 25th this year, this full 2-hour show will be a reflection of that. The show will open with a 20-minute recording of Dylan Thomas reading his A Child’s Christmas in Wales. That will be followed by an 8-minute seasonal reading by show’s host, Bruce Kauffman. That then followed by an 82-minute audio performance of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol – an elaborate production done by Studio Severn. The link here includes full credits, so please check it out at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtwzKxrHr5k

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December 18, 2020, 5-6pm – second hour of a two hour show featuring, as the second half of the monthly and the journey continues open mic reading series, you’ll hear readings by Chantel Lavoie, Gwen Whitford, Jennifer Verardi, Michael Casteels, Nuard Tadevosyan, and Bruce Kauffman

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December 18, 2020, 4-5pm, first hour of a two hour show featuring as the first half of the monthly and the journey continues open mic reading series, fully presented today as the event itself, you’ll hear readings by Sadiqa de Meijer, David Malone, Gretchen Huntley, Bob MacKenzie, Eric Folsom, Kingston Poet Laureate Jason Heroux, and Bethmarie Michalska.

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December 11, 2020, 5-6pm – second hour of a two hour show in which you’ll hear Leonard Cohen’s beautiful speech of gratitude for having received the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature at that ceremony in 2011. You’ll also hear a recorded segment of Rumi poems, a couple of pieces of music, and bits about the funding drive again this hour.

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December 11, 2020, 4-5pm – first hour of a two hour show featuring and going a bit seasonal, first you’ll hear Dylan Thomas reading ‘A Child’s Christmas in Wales.’ Following that, a reading of O. Henry’s ‘The Gift of the Magi.’ There will also be a couple of pieces of seasonal music and as well, a bit about CFRC’s 15th Annual Funding Drive.

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December 4, 2020, 5-6pm – second hour of a two hour show featuring the audio portion of again two Ted Talks. The first, by teacher, lawyer, writer Michelle Kuo with her talk titled “The Healing Power of Reading”, TedxTaipei2018 held in September 2018 with a video TED link at: https://www.ted.com/talks/mcihelle_kuo_the_healing_power_of_reading . And the second by novelist, storyteller, and women rights activist Elif Shafak with her talk titled ““The Politics of Fiction”, TedGlobal2010 held in July 2010 with the video TET link at: https://www.ted.com/talks/elif_shafak_the_politics_of_fiction And in addition midway through this second hour, you’ll hear Kingston singer/songwriter Michelle Kasaboski with her cover of ‘If I Fell in Love’ off her 2018 ep called “Michelle Kasaboski: The Very Thought of You”.

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December 4, 2020, 4-5pm – first hour of a two hour show featuring the audio portion of two Ted Talks. The first, by spoken word poet Sarah Kay with her talk titled “If I Should Have a Daughter”, Ted2011 held in March 2011 with video TED link at: https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_kay_if_i_should_have_a_daughter . And in the second, novelist Anne Lamott with her talk titled “12 Truths I Learned from Life and Writing”, Ted2017 held in April 2017 with a video TED link at: https://www.ted.com/talks/anne_lamott_12_truths_i_learned_from_life_and_writing . I would encourage you to watch the links as well to these.

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