Podcasts about city lit

If you've been through fertility treatments like IVF or IUI and ended your journey without the baby you dreamed of, you might be waiting for the day you finally feel “healed.” But what if healing isn't something you ever fully complete? What if infertility isn't a finish line—but a beginning? In this episode of The “So Now What?” Podcast, you'll discover that you don't have to be completely healed to start feeling proud of who you are becoming. You'll explore how to notice your growth, even on the hard days, and how small steps forward are worth celebrating—even if no one else sees them. I'll also be sharing details about a few special public events coming up, including a reading from Chapter 11 of my book, So Now What?, titled “Who Are You Now? Who Do You Want to Become?” This question is at the heart of reclaiming your life after infertility, and I hope it inspires you the way it inspired me. ✨ Upcoming Events (All Open to the Public):

Phaneroo 502 | A Strong City Lit By God | Apostle Grace Lubega

Phaneroo 502 | A Strong City Lit By God | Apostle Grace Lubega

Welcome to episode 164 with Ian Tucknott who is a creative coach, arts educator and the curator of the Mental Wealth Festival which is hosted by City Lit. The festival is an annual event that provides a forum for informative, challenging and inspiring discussion through workshops, talks, exhibitions, and other activities. In this episode I chat to Ian about the festival, the incredible work that they do and how it has evolved over the years. We talk about Ian's own mental health challenges and how a mixture of art, creativity and a men's retreat helped him to overcome them. We also talk about the importance of having any sort of creative outlet and how being creative can help us to understand and express ourselves and understand the world around us. I met Ian last year as part of the Mental Wealth Festival and knew straight away that he would make a brilliant guest.  It was absolutely wonderful to chat to him and explore his ideas around art and everything else. Follow Ian @iantucknott @mentalwealthfestival @citylit Find out more about the festival here:  Mental Wealth Festival 2023 | City Lit If you would like to watch this episode or any of the others, you can do so by joining the Patreon community at www.patreon.com/propermentalpodcast.  For £5 a month you'll get early access to any and all episodes that aren't available to watch anywhere else and help to support the show and keep it fully independent and ad free You can connect with me on social media @propermentalpodcast or via www.propermentalpodcast.com. Another great way to support the show and spread the word is to rate, review and subscribe on whatever platform you get your podcasts from. If you or anyone you know needs to find support in your local area, please go to www.hubofhope.co.uk Thanks for listening!

Welcome to this bonus episode which was recorded live at this year's Mental Wealth Festival in October 2023. The Mental Wealth Festival is an annual event, hosted by City Lit, and offers free or low-fee events, including in person and online workshops, talks, discussions, exhibitions, and other activities. I was honoured to be asked to join a panel for experts and campaigners to chat about men's mental health in contemporary society, the possible factors that impact men's wellbeing, and explore the ways in which authentic social connection and creative activity can support psychological health and healing. The event was hosted by Ian Tucknott, who is an educator, cultural theorist, creative practitioner, and trainee art psychotherapist, with 15 years' experience of teaching & managing in the areas of contemporary art, critical & cultural theory, and art history. Joining me as part of the panel were Yashoda Rodgers, who is Public Programmes Manager at 64 Million Artists and they work to explore the impact of how our individual and collective creativity can make positive change in our lives and the world around us Jon Salmon, an award-winning video producer, a digital pioneer and Co-CEO of the Speakers Collective who are challenging stigma and facilitating important conversations with lived experience speakers. Stu Mills is Founder and Director of The Noisy Brain, a global Social Enterprise that aims to help people with mental health issues and up-and-coming musicians through lyrics, music and social connection. Luke Ambler who is a former professional rugby player, dad, storyteller, the founder of ANDYSMANCLUB, 3 x Ironman, and an award-winning mental health campaigner. This bonus episode is the audio from the evening that was recorded live over Zoom.  You can watch the video recording by joining the Patreon community. It's £5 a month for early access to episodes as soon as the recording is finished, a monthly Zoom hangout and loads of other behind the scenes updates and everything goes towards keeping the show independent and ad free. Sign up here: Proper Mental Podcast | Normalising open and honest conversations about mental health! | Patreon You can connect with me on social media @propermentalpodcast or via www.propermentalpodcast.com. Another great way to support the show and spread the word is to rate, review and subscribe on whatever platform you get your podcasts from. If you or anyone you know needs to find support in your local area, please go to www.hubofhope.co.uk Thanks for listening!

Kath and Jan are joined by old theatre pals and long-time married couple, Michael Shepperd and Hutchins Foster. We reminisce about the old days in Chicago when Kath, Jan and Michael were in “The Good Times are Killing Me” at City Lit, which was supposed to run for 6 weeks and ended up running for over a year, and is considered by all of us to be a true career highlight. Jan speaks of a very dark time in her life and how Michael managed to shine a little light on her to help her. We talk about Michael and Hutch's meet-cute at that infamous seedy bar in Brooklyn. We plug their various projects, including their YouTube channel @boozinwithgays4123 (can also be found on Facebook facebook.com/boozinwithgays) and how sometimes the demon gin can cause their own broadcast to devolve into fighting. We plug Michael's latest show Blood at the Root at Open Fist (www.openfist.org). Michael recalls his beloved mom Choice and how by the time Michael was of age, she was kind of over cooking, since she had six children, but many decades apart. Hutch remembers a series of Salvadoran housekeepers who had to do all the cooking under the tutelage of Sally, his glamorous mom. Kath tells the story of how she begged Hutch for five years to get his family's famous eggnog recipe – which she finally did. Michael tells Jan how to properly cook a pork chop. We talk about who cooks in the marriage (Hutch) and how their kids feel about food. It was so great to catch up with old friends who we don't get to see that much, even though we live in the same damn city, but that's LA for you. A terrific conversation – listen in!

Jasmin Thien is a fully blind, Bruneian born Chinese actor, writer, spoken word artist and stand up comedian who's fully accessible one-woman show ‘I Dream In Colour' is being presented by Extant at The Bloomsbury Festival On Sunday 15 October 2023 at 4pm at the John Lyon's Theatre, City Lit, London. ‘I Dream in Colour' is a sort of autobiographical show which combines the power of storytelling, poetry and comedy to explore memory, loss, and the intersection between disability and immigrant culture. RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey recently caught up with Jasmin to find out more about ‘I Dream In Colour' and how the show has developed since a 20 minute work in progress section of the show was presented as part of an Extant double bill at the Sprint Festival in Camden earlier this spring and how Jasmin's recent eye operation has also given her a new perspective and view point on the show. More details about ‘I Dream In Colour' by Jasmin Thien at the Bloomsbury Festival can be found on the following pages of the Extant website - https://extant.org.uk/productions/i-dream-in-colour/ Image shows the promo picture for 'I Dream In Colour', a close up of half a face illuminated by small filtered lights

LoveBabz LoveTalk with Babz Rawls-Ivy: Elm City Lit Fest & Yale Black Romance Conference by WNHH Community Radio

LoveBabz LoveTalk with Babz Rawls-Ivy: Katrina Jackson (Elm City Lit Fest Romance Authors) by WNHH Community Radio

Today's episodes is about one of my most favourite cities in the world – Sarajevo. Bosnian history is really fascinating, heartbreaking and complex, but gives us so much to learn from, reflect on and truly understand about the world and communities. In this episode, I'm talking to Priscilla Morris about her debut novel, Black Butterflies, which is set in 1992 in Sarajevo, at the beginning of the Siege of Sarajevo, which was initially believed to last just a few days, but continued for four years.  Born to a Yugoslav mother and English father, Priscilla wrote her debut novel Black Butterflies to understand the siege that devastated her mother's hometown of Sarajevo from 1992-1996. It has been shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, the RSL Ondaatje Prize, the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award and longlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize. It was chosen as Indie Fiction Book of the Month in May 2022. It is currently being translated into Bosnian, Italian and Catalan.She lectures in creative writing at University College Dublin and has taught at the University of East Anglia, Kingston University and City Lit. She haa an MA with Distinction and a PhD in Creative Writing from UEA. She read Italian, Spanish and Social Anthropology at Cambridge University.  I'm so glad she's my guest today. Buy Black Butterflies here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/5890/9780715654590If you enjoyed this episode, please do consider rating and leaving a review. Also, I'd really love to hear from you so please do connect with me on social media.www.instagram.com/readwithsamiawww.instagram.com/thediversebookshelfpod Support the show

We begin in an asylum for the criminally insane.  A man in a straitjacket is hauled into the facility and thrown into a padded cell.  Visited by a psychiatrist, the man begins telling his story, while acknowledging that something awful is happening in the outside world.  We flash back: renowned horror writer Sutter Cane has disappeared.  Seeking to locate Cane, and collect his new novel, In the Mouth of Madness, the head of Arcane publishing, Jackson Harglow, hires crack Insurance investigator John Trent – a man with a nose for frauds and whose skepticism seemingly knows no bounds.  Trent has already run into a spot of trouble – after reading a couple chapters of Cane's latest, Cane's agent becomes an axe-wielding maniac, crashing through the window of a local café where Trent is dining.  The why, for now, is left unexplained, but as we learn, Cane's novels have a strange, disorienting effect on its ‘less stable' readers.  Trent and Cane's editor, Linda Styles, head to Hobb's End, New Hampshire, where they believe Cane is living.  Trent and Styles discover a place that seems almost too quaint to be real, and almost immediately, a terrible secret that upends Trent's life as he knows it, and has major repercussions for Sutter Cane fans worldwide. Intro, Math Club, and Debate Society (spoiler-free) 00:00-32:15Honor Roll and Detention (spoiler-heavy) 32:16-1:07:24Superlatives (so. many. spoilers.) 1:07:25-1:25:20 Director John CarpenterScreenplay Michael De LucaFeaturing Frances Bay, Julie Carmen, John Glover, Charlton Heston, Sam Neill, Jürgen Prochnow, Wilhelm von Homburg, David Warner Mary Wild is a 'Freudian Cinephile' and pop psychoanalyst, creating content related to cinema, philosophy, and the modern cultural landscape.  She is the founder of the Projections lecture series at Freud Museum London, applying psychoanalysis to film interpretation, which has been running since 2012. She teaches film at City Lit and Picturehouse Cinemas, and has produced events for London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Picturehouse Cinemas, White Cube Gallery, and Morbid Anatomy. She also co-hosts Projections Podcast, contributes to The Evolution of Horror Podcast, and posts exclusive content on Patreon. Our theme music is by Sir Cubworth, with embellishments by Edward Elgar.  Music from “In the Mouth of Madness” by John Carpenter & Jim Lang. For more information on this film, the pod, essays from your hosts, and other assorted bric-a-brac, visit our website, ⁠scareupod.com⁠. Please subscribe to this podcast via Apple or Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.  If you like what you hear, please leave us a 5-star rating.   Join our ⁠Facebook⁠ group. Follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠.

It was an honor to sit down and learn more about the up and coming Phoenix legend @602byron. The boy came into the scene in full force and continues to connect, inspire and put on for the city. He is a true testament to the city of Phoenix and what it represents. No breaks or timeouts here. Tap in and see why Byron got the city lit!

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Arts Respond with Lucy Gellman: Elm City LIT Fest by WNHH Community Radio

I've wanted to have a big juicy chat with someone who has transitioned gender for a while now. My two sons talk very openly about gender, and about people they know that don't feel right in their skin.... whereas this was never talked about when I was young. I wanted to talk to someone who would talk honestly about what this experience is like - and Jo Sutherland absolutely doesn't disappoint on this front. Jo first had surgery to transition from male to female in her early 20s – the story she tells of growing up as a boy is so insightful, so touching, so honest and, at times, heartbreaking. She takes pains to point out that self-acceptance doesn't magically happen when you transition, even if it's absolutely the right thing to do for you. And even if it isn't totally botched up, as hers sadly was. As she says, we are all works in progress. In fact I soon realised that – while I wanted to learn about gender – talking to Jo ended up being so relevant to my own situation because it's about being human… about seeking and finding and evolving your identity. It's just a bit more challenging if that identity doesn't feel right in the skin you're born in. It helps that Jo is also an endlessly fascinating character who has constantly reinvented herself, from hairdresser to prison worker to engineer to lawyer to actor and back to hairdresser! She even wrote a script about her life in lockdown. If anyone can talk authoritatively about finding your voice and the roles we play, it's her. For more about Jo: Twitter Jo Sutherland @JoSutherland13 https://www.instagram.com › jo_sut...Jo Sutherland - Instagram Organisations she supports: Mermaids, assisting gender divers children and families https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/   Awkward branch Productions: http://Www.awkwardbproductions.com City Lit (she thoroughly recommends their range of creative courses): Ad·https://www.citylit.ac.uk/browse/coursesCity Lit Courses - Weekday & Weekend Courses Royal Central School of Speech and Drama https://www.cssd.ac.uk/ To follow Big Juicy Creative for loads of inspiration on living creatively, see: Instagram: @bigjuicycreativeliving Facebook @bigjuicycreativeliving LinkedIn: @suzybashford Twitter: @suzybashford  contact Suzy: suzy@bigjuicycreative.co.uk Big Juicy Creative podcast is available on all major platforms, such as Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or directly from my website: https://www.bigjuicycreative.co.uk/podcast

On episode 124, we welcome philosopher Andy West to discuss teaching philosophy in prisons, how the prisoners initially surprised him with their insights, Sisyphean freedom and how we can become free in rebelling against authority, the juxtaposition of the prisoners' beliefs in free will and determinism, living in the moment vs continuing to hope for a better future, the Ring of Gyges and what the prisoners believed were the foundations of morality, and the significance of cultivating more nuanced perspectives of prisoners. Andy West has been teaching Philosophy courses at City Lit since 2018, covering topics that include happiness, guilt, love, sex and art. Andy West also teaches philosophy in prisons. He has conversations with people inside about their lives, discusses their ideas and feelings and listens as the men and women he works with explore new ways to think about their situation. Andy West's new book, out now, is called The Life Inside: A Memoir of Prison, Family and Philosophy.  | Andy West | ► Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/thephilosophyfoundation/ ► Twitter | https://twitter.com/andywphilosophy ► The Life Inside Book Link | https://amzn.to/3wh6gdr Where you can find us: | Seize The Moment Podcast | ► Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/SeizeTheMoment ► Twitter | https://twitter.com/seize_podcast  ► Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/seizethemoment ► TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@seizethemomentpodcast ► Patreon | https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32208666  

Today, it's Midday on the Arts.   A little later in the show, Tom speaks with the actor Kiefer Sutherland. In addition to his work on television and in film, he's an accomplished singer-songwriter. He's playing some tunes from his latest album tomorrow night in Annapolis, and he'll join us to talk about it today on Midday.  But we begin with the powerful and acclaimed African American writer, Kiese Laymon. He's published a novel, Long Division, a collection of essays called How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in Americaand a best-selling memoir, Heavy,which chronicles his childhood in Mississippi, his struggles growing up, and his complicated relationship with his brilliant and demanding mother. Laymon is a professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Mississippi. He'll be offering a workshop for writers Tuesday night (3/15) as one of the featured artists at this year's CityLit Festival. (Follow the link to register for his Master Class event.) Kiese Laymon joins us on Zoom from Virginia. ______________________________________________ The 19th Annual CityLit Festival continues on March 29 with a program called How We Break Free: The Birth of Promise at the Motor House and on April 1, a program called Killing Rage: A Festival of Poets at Busboys and Poets in Baltimore.  Follow the links for more info. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What goes on inside a great narrator to make them great? This ground-breaking work answers this question by exploring the psychophysical aspect of voiceover. The reader is given a bird's-eye view of the professional narrator's mental, physical, and vocal ”machinery” as well as an in-depth look at the underlying currents that power it: energy, intention, emotion, connection, and flow. Ideal for all-from novice to seasoned voiceover pro-Voiceover Narration inspires the reader to gain a deeper understanding of the nuances of voiceover performance within each narration subgenre, including audiobooks, corporate films, documentaries, e-learning, and explainer videos.With wisdom, humor, and personal anecdotes, Dian Perry shares everything she has learned about narration from decades as a voice actor and teacher. Her advice is supplemented by graphics, worksheets, and a variety of sample text for practice. Voiceover Narration is a much-needed handbook that guides voice actors in creating and delivering more intuitive voiceover performances. Thanks for stopping by! I'm a US voice actor, teacher, and voiceover coach based in London. I've worked as a professional voice actor since early 1998 and a character voice teacher and voiceover coach since 2006. In addition to voicing in studios across London and the UK, I'm able to work with clients all over the world from my studio in East London, lovingly nicknamed ‘The Shed' as the voice booth is made from a custom-built garden shed. I'm not going to ramble too much here about every project I've worked on over the years and everything I could do for you to bring your project to life. I'll let my demos, client roster and testimonials speak for themselves. So have a look/listen and a little poke around, then just get in touch if you have any questions. My business model is simple: to provide a first class, professional voiceover service that will breathe life into your projectto deliver high quality audio to your specs and deadlineto make the whole process as painless and fun as possible Enjoy, and I look forward to working with you soon! DianLeah Marks - Voice Artist (www.leahmarks.co.uk) "I attended one of Dian's character voice courses because I needed to learn how to identify the processes involved in developing characters and practice them near someone who knew what they were talking about. Dian gave me so much thoughtful encouragement and insightful feedback during class, and I hugely enjoyed the course. When I went on to record my character demo she was kind enough to listen to a first draft, and her input made an enormous difference to the quality of the end result. Dian seriously knows her stuff, and I am privileged to have worked with her."Emma White - Actor & Voice Artist, London "Dian is a first class voiceover coach. From the minute you meet her, you know you are in good hands: she exudes warmth, positivity and buckets of character. She has so much experience and knowledge to impart that you learn and grow as an artist with every session. Not only do you find your voice but you find direction and a path to follow to help you get to where you want to be. Her knowledge of the business is second to none and with her coaching and guidance she has helped me not only to record my demo but to set up my own recording facilities too."Tanya Smith - Voiceover Student, London "She shares her obvious knowledge and experience in sessions....  I enjoy every one and come away buzzing with new ideas and enthusiasm!”Bruce Duncan - Voice Artist, London "...THANK YOU SO MUCH!  The animation course I've just attended at City Lit was superb, crammed full with so many nuggets and has succeeded in dragging me out of my comfort zone, where I was stagnating."Steph Brooks, former student - Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts "...a truly fascinating and fun workshop I believe every actor should experience."Elizabeth Ollier - Voice Artist, London ...

The Lock AsylumA radio drama by Cara Jennings and Sophie TrottThis compelling and visceral new drama takes inspiration from real histories of ‘fallen women' in 1787, as they enter The Lock Asylum, a new institution that aimed to morally reform them following treatment for syphilis with mercury. Sophie Trott stars as Ruth Plym, a real patient, who, pregnant and desperate, deals with the restrictive conditions she finds herself in. She tries to bond with Martha, Mary and Sarah, her traumatised and volatile fellow inmates - young adults, trying follow their dreams in London town, the richest city in the world. They've been chewed up and spat out by a society where life is cheap and options limited, if you are female and poor. Will they take up this second chance to become devout Christian servants or wives? Or will they stick two fingers up at the proto prison, and go back to a life of freedom and risk? Will anyone survive beyond the age of 25?Credits:Anna-Kate Golding - Martha ThreadgillJenny Gordon - Mrs BakerRosie May Jones - Mary CarterJonathan Kemp - Reverend ScottSophie Trott - Ruth PlymReuben Williams - Mr FisherCharmaine Wombwell - Sarah DownesAll the other parts were played by the cast.Studio Manager - Camilo SalazarHistorical Consultant - Professor Patrick WallisDirector - Beckie MillsProducers - Beckie Mills, Cara Jennings and Sophie Trott.Produced in association with LSE department of Economic History, Morley Radio, and Positive Cynic AudioThanks to Esther Baker at Synergy Theatre Project, Dorian Ford, Mandy Gordon, Sean Grundy, Lizzie Knight, Ray Malone, Father Damien Mason at St Mary Brookfield, Kevin Sienna, John Styles, Simon Szreta, the participants from our workshops at Dunraven 6th form, Morley College, City Lit, Totteridge Academy, Drama Studio London, The Mollies at St Margaret's House; the department of Economic History at LSE, and its students, and Morley Radio.

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This week, Paul goes behind the curtain with two new theatrical productions about to open in the area. First, the world premiere adaptation drama “Thirteen Days,” based on the book by Robert F. Kennedy. It addresses the Cuban Missile Crisis from the perspective of the players involved. It was a time when the world held […]

Young people are being thrown into a labour market which is constantly changing. But how do they keep up? In this episode I talk to Mark Malcolmson, who is one of the leading authorities and practitioners of continuing education: head of the City Lit in London, the biggest adult learning institution in the country. To find out more about Vince, go to www.vincecable.org Follow him on Twitter: @vincecable Produced by Podcast.co

It's our birthday! In this episode, we reflect on the first year of EcoCast, and then hear 25 environmentally-themed Quick Fictions. You can find bios of all the contributors below, in alphabetical order by first name. If you have an idea for an episode, please submit your proposal here: https://forms.gle/Y1S1eP9yXxcNkgWHA   Twitter: @ASLE_EcoCast Jemma: @Geowrites Brandon: @BeGalm If you're enjoying the show, please consider subscribing, sharing, and writing reviews on your favorite podcast platform(s)! CC BY-NC-ND 4.0   QUICK FICTION AUTHOR BIOS (alphabetical order by first name): Abi Curtis is Professor of Creative Writing at York St John University where she runs the MA and MFA programmes. She is the author of two poetry collections, Unexpected Weatherand The Glass Delusion, and a speculative flood novel Water & Glass. She is currently completing a novel set on the Kent coast featuring an alien, and writing a co-authored New Critical Idiom book Speculative Fiction. She is on the editorial board for Gold SF, an imprint for feminist science fiction from Goldsmiths Press. Andrew Hadfield is Professor of English at the University of Sussex. His most recent book is John Donne: In the Shadow of Religion (2021). Ashwarya Samkaria, a Masters in English Literature (University of Delhi) and a Masters in Performance Studies (Ambedkar University Delhi) is currently working as an independent researcher whose publications in journals on Ecocriticism in Indian Fiction and on Body and Performance are forthcoming. She is also trained in the (neo)classical dance form Odissi and has performed extensively in India and abroad. Her areas of interest are performance studies, ecocriticism, postcolonialism, gender studies, and creative writing. Barbara Krystal is a Marine Biologist and Author. She is writing a dissertation questioning the traits we use to define the human when we come into contact with marine invertebrates.  Basak Almaz is a graduate of English Language and Literature and a grad student of American Culture and Literature at Hacettepe University, Turkey. She is a research assistant at Istanbul Aydin University and writing her MA thesis on the relation between climate change and neoliberalism through sci-fi novels of Kim Stanley Robinson. Christopher Collier is an educator and ecological advocate, working at the intersection of art and cultural ecology. With a background in academia and community art, he currently teaches at Anglia Ruskin University, and City Lit college in London, England, as well as regularly facilitating workshops in a variety of contexts. He is a volunteer Ranger with the London National Park City organisation. Erik Lauks is a writer living in Munich. Currently occupied by consciousness. Huiying Ng works to expand the possibility of agroecological landscapes in Southeast Asia - she is a doctoral researcher at the Rachel Carson Centre for Environment and Society at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich, and an occasional-editor of Foodscape Pages, a journa-zine dedicated to food, community and inspiration in Southeast Asia. She has performed and created installations in group residencies with soft/WALL/studs (Yogyakarta) and Heroines' Wave (Bangkok), and will have a speculative fiction piece in print in Antennae's next issue, Uncontainable Natures. She also writes a Substack on food, commons and ag! Find her on Twitter / Instagram @fuiin. Jada Ach is a lecturer for the Leadership and Integrative Studies Program at Arizona State University where she teaches classes in interdisciplinary and liberal studies. She is the author of Sand, Water, Salt: Managing the Elements in Literature of the American West, 1880-1925 (Texas Tech UP, in press) and coeditor of Reading Aridity in Western American Literature (Lexington Books, 2020). Her poetry has appeared in New South, The Dalhousie Review, and elsewhere. James Burt is a writer and computer programmer.  Kate Wright works at the interface of community-based social and environmental activism and environmental humanities research. She is currently completing her second book – an experimental environmental history of the Armidale Aboriginal Community Garden, co-authored with Anaiwan Elder Steve Widders, and is an Affiliated Researcher with the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität in Munich. Maggie Light is Assistant Professor at Otis College of Art & Design. She teaches storytelling as a means to process the effects of the climate crisis. Her work is published in CleaverMagazine, Furious Gazelle, and The Free State Review, and she's represented by Bridget Smith at JABberwocky Literary Agency. Maggie is currently writing a YA cli-fi rom com.  Marula Tsagkari is a PhD candidate at the University of Barcelona, Spain. Her research focuses on energy transition and degrowth. Meenu Akbar Ali works as a Lecturer of English for HED Punjab, Pakistan. Her Masters was in English Literature from NUML, Islamabad. She was also a Research Scholar at The University of North Texas, Denton, USA. Her interests include Ecocriticism, Feminism and Postcolonialism. Michael Hewson is an environmental geographer at Central Queensland University (Australia). Michael's research interests include the spatial analysis of the atmosphere. A motivation for Michael's creative writing is to influence public policy with strategic storytelling.  Naomi Booth is a fiction writer and academic. She is the author of The Lost Art of Sinking, Sealed and Exit Management and her short fiction has been longlisted for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award and anthologised in Best British Short Stories 2019. Her debut collection of short stories, Animals at Night, will be published in 2022. She lives in Yorkshire and is Assistant Professor in English Studies at Durham University. Nicholas Royle is Professor of English at the University of Sussex. His books include Telepathy and Literature (1991), Jacques Derrida (2003), The Uncanny (2003), Quilt (2010), Veering: A Theory of Literature (2011), An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory (with Andrew Bennett, 5th edition, 2016), An English Guide to Birdwatching (2017),Hélène Cixous: Dreamer, Realist, Analyst, Writing (2020), and Mother: A Memoir (2020). Current projects include a collaboration with Timothy Morton on Covid-19, and a new ‘comic history of England' focusing on David Bowie and Enid Blyton.  Patrycja Austin is a mother and an Assistant Professor at the Institute of English Studies, University of Rzeszów where she teaches literature and researches the way mosses, fungi and lichens feature in contemporary fiction.  Peter Boxall is Professor of English at the University of Sussex. He has written a number of books on the novel, and is currently writing a book on the precarious state of contemporary democracy entitled Fictions of the West. Scott T. Starbuck's book of climate poems Hawk on Wire was a July 2017 "Editor's Pick" at Newpages.com and selected from over 1,500 books as a 2018 Montaigne Medal Finalist at Eric Hoffer Awards for "the most thought-provoking books." His book My Bridge at the End of the World was a 2020 Finalist for the Blue Light Press Book Award. Starbuck taught ecopoetry workshops the past two years at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in UC San Diego Masters of Advanced Studies Program in Climate Science and Policy. His Trees, Fish, and Dreams Climateblog at riverseek.blogspot.com has readers in 110 countries. Sonakshi Srivastava is an MPhil candidate at Indraprastha University, Delhi. Her works have appeared in Rhodora Magazine, OddMagazine, Feminism in India. She has been the recipient of the national story writing competition, “MyStory Contest” organized by TATA LitLive, the international literature festival of Mumbai thrice. Her short stories have also been anthologized, and at the moment she is one of the current recipients of South Asia Speaks mentorship programme. Thea Verdak is a writer and minimalist.  Yazeed Dezele is a writer of Africanfuturism, published in sub-Saharan, omenana and lawino.

Natasha Sattler, author of "Shit Adults Never Taught Us" joins Page Love this week to talk about her new book and how she became a first time author. Page Love is a weekly book review podcast to help your reading list grow. Natasha wrote this book to provide practical life advice that we all feel like we missed out o learning earlier in our lives. She covers money, relationships, career and all the other parts of life where we often can be left feeling alone. Visit Natasha's site shitadultsnevertaughtus.com to buy a copy of her book! And when you're ready to add even more to your reading list, visit the Page Love Bookshop bookshop.org/shop/pagelovepod. As a thank your for you purchase, you can complete this form forms.gle/dnD7uiCEheZwLmxx8 and receive a set of three Page Love bookmarks! If you’re ever in Chicago, check out City Lit: www.citylitbooks.com Please review our show and share this episode or any of your favorite episodes with your friends to help our audience grow. Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod and visit our website www.pagelovepod.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

1. Dolla The Dog, Spotted Running On Lake Shore Drive And Missing For Days, Reunited With Alabama Owner Thanks to a network of dog spotters and South Side construction workers, Dolla’s home safe. “I have a whole different outlook on people in the world, period, and especially Chicago.” 2. Wrongly Convicted Of Murder, Juan Rivera Uses Settlement […]

#35. SOHO shuf - An Original New York City Lit Art Short Story Featuring Peanuts Characters of Charles Schulz & Special Shoutout To Comme Des Garçons * * * baldino.blog superstrings.substack.com twitter.com/b10nd7n

“You are delivered to the most magnificent view you could ever imagine” This podcast episode is part of a digital storytelling project with English as a second language learners, created in collaboration with the City Lit, Boldface and traditional storyteller Ariane Hadjilias in partnership with the GLA. Eva's story was produced by Boldface, and is part of a growing collection of footwear and stories hosted by the Empathy Museum's A Mile in My Shoes exhibition. If you would like to respond to this story, please click the link to complete our feedback survey:https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/P53K92VMore about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“You should not loose your self confidence, this is my message for young people” This podcast episode is part of a digital storytelling project with English as a second language learners, created in collaboration with the City Lit, Boldface and traditional storyteller Ariane Hadjilias in partnership with the GLA. Abdul's story was produced by Boldface, and is part of a growing collection of footwear and stories hosted by the Empathy Museum's A Mile in My Shoes exhibition. If you would like to respond to this story, please click the link to complete our feedback survey:https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/P53K92VMore about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“When talking to my family not the phone, I had to pretend that everything was fine” This podcast episode is part of a digital storytelling project with English as a second language learners, created in collaboration with the City Lit, Boldface and traditional storyteller Ariane Hadjilias in partnership with the GLA. Felipe's story was produced by Boldface, and is part of a growing collection of footwear and stories hosted by the Empathy Museum's A Mile in My Shoes exhibition. If you would like to respond to this story, please click the link to complete our feedback survey:https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/P53K92VMore about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“This trip was my last coach trip to London, it was the beginning of a new life abroad” This podcast episode is part of a digital storytelling project with English as a second language learners, created in collaboration with the City Lit, Boldface and traditional storyteller Ariane Hadjilias in partnership with the GLA. Emeline's story was produced by Boldface, and is part of a growing collection of footwear and stories hosted by the Empathy Museum's A Mile in My Shoes exhibition. If you would like to respond to this story, please click the link to complete our feedback survey:https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/P53K92VMore about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“We used to say that the sea was angry” This podcast episode is part of a digital storytelling project with English as a second language learners, created in collaboration with the City Lit, Boldface and traditional storyteller Ariane Hadjilias in partnership with the GLA. Anitas's story was produced by Boldface, and is part of a growing collection of footwear and stories hosted by the Empathy Museum's A Mile in My Shoes exhibition. If you would like to respond to this story, please click the link to complete our feedback survey:https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/P53K92VMore about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Slowly slowly I began to rebuild my career” This podcast episode is part of a digital storytelling project with English as a second language learners, created in collaboration with the City Lit, Boldface and traditional storyteller Ariane Hadjilias in partnership with the GLA. Morena's story was produced by Boldface, and is part of a growing collection of footwear and stories hosted by the Empathy Museum's A Mile in My Shoes exhibition. If you would like to respond to this story, please click the link to complete our feedback survey:https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/P53K92VMore about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"It looked like one of those comedy movies where someone wants to catch a wild pig”This podcast episode is part of a digital storytelling project with English as a second language learners, created in collaboration with the City Lit, Boldface and traditional storyteller Ariane Hadjilias in partnership with the GLA. Leticia's story was produced by Boldface, and is part of a growing collection of footwear and stories hosted by the Empathy Museum's A Mile in My Shoes exhibition. If you would like to respond to this story, please click the link to complete our feedback survey:https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/P53K92VMore about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“Only god could hold & comfort me in the middle of the chaos of my life”This podcast episode is part of a digital storytelling project with English as a second language learners, created in collaboration with the City Lit, Boldface and traditional storyteller Ariane Hadjilias in partnership with the GLA. Elena's story was produced by Boldface, and is part of a growing collection of footwear and stories hosted by the Empathy Museum's A Mile in My Shoes exhibition. If you would like to respond to this story, please click the link to complete our feedback survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/P53K92VMore about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“You can walk in the street and you can meet the world”This podcast episode is part of a digital storytelling project with English as a second language learners, created in collaboration with the City Lit, Boldface and traditional storyteller Ariane Hadjilias in partnership with the GLA. Rosalba's story was produced by Boldface, and is part of a growing collection of footwear and stories hosted by the Empathy Museum's A Mile in My Shoes exhibition. If you would like to respond to this story, please click the link to complete our feedback survey:https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/P53K92VMore about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“All the colours of Mexico are here inside my heart” This podcast episode is part of a digital storytelling project with English as a second language learners, created in collaboration with the City Lit, Boldface and traditional storyteller Ariane Hadjilias in partnership with the GLA. Jorge's story was produced by Boldface, and is part of a growing collection of footwear and stories hosted by the Empathy Museum's A Mile in My Shoes exhibition. If you would like to respond to this story, please click the link to complete our feedback survey:https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/P53K92VMore about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"If we were to roar our pain, the world would break"This podcast episode is part of a digital storytelling project with English as a second language learners, created in collaboration with the City Lit, Boldface and traditional storyteller Ariane Hadjilias in partnership with the GLA. Eva's story was produced by Boldface, and is part of a growing collection of footwear and stories hosted by the Empathy Museum's A Mile in My Shoes exhibition. If you would like to respond to this story, please click the link to complete our feedback survey:https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/P53K92VMore about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“I'm not staying in this country anymore, I don't want to die” This podcast episode is part of a digital storytelling project with English as a second language learners, created in collaboration with the City Lit, Boldface and traditional storyteller Ariane Hadjilias in partnership with the GLA. Naba's story was produced by Boldface, and is part of a growing collection of footwear and stories hosted by the Empathy Museum's A Mile in My Shoes exhibition. If you would like to respond to this story, please click the link to complete our feedback survey:https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/P53K92VMore about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“She fought bravely for two years against the disease” This podcast episode is part of a digital storytelling project with English as a second language learners, created in collaboration with the City Lit, Boldface and traditional storyteller Ariane Hadjilias in partnership with the GLA. Raquel's story was produced by Boldface, and is part of a growing collection of footwear and stories hosted by the Empathy Museum's A Mile in My Shoes exhibition. If you would like to respond to this story, please click the link to complete our feedback survey:https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/P53K92VMore about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

LoveBabz LoveTalk With Babz Rawls - Ivy - Elm City LIT Fest by WNHH Community Radio

Juliet Jacques is a writer and filmmaker. She has published two books Rayner Heppenstall: A Critical Study and Trans; A memoir. Trans: a memoir is a log of her experiences as a person growing up in a time and society that was hostile to even to question ones's gender that is assigned at birth and her gender change surgery. This was made into a landmark series in the Guardian called ‘A transgender journey' from 2010 to 2012. the column was longlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2011. Juliet also writes short fiction, essays and critical appraisals on literature, film, art, music, politics, gender, sexuality and football. She has given reviews on the London Review of Books, Frieze, Art Review, New York Times, The Washington Post among the many publications. She was included in the Independent's Pink List for many years and is a regular contributor to the New Statesman. She has made two films – Approach/Withdraw, co-directed with artist Ker Wallwork in (2016), and You Will Be Free in (2017) and has also directed a documentary entitled Revivification: Art, Activism and Politics in Ukraine (2018), as part of a residency there. She has also founded and co-hosted Suite (212) on fm radio– a radio programme that looked at the arts in their social, cultural, political and historical contexts, running from 2017 to 2019. She has recently relaunched the show as a podcast. Juliet has taught at the City Lit institute in London in 2019, and on the Contemporary Art Practice course at the Royal College of Art. As well as giving guest lectures and workshops at various art institutions, Juliet has presented her work in many countries across the world and has been nominated for numerous awards for her writing. She has completed her PhD in Creative & Critical Writing at the University of Sussex in 2019.

Latest archive session on Spoken Label dating back to November 2019 features the wonderful Linda Quinn Linda Quinn grew up in a caravan in West Country fields and byways. Training at East 15, she worked for 15 years as an actress in theatre, tv and film, later creating and directing performances for Manumission Club in Ibiza. Completing an MA in Creative Writing at Birkbeck in London, her filmscripts have attracted A-lister attention. She lives and works in London, teaching Creative Writing at City Lit, Greek Street and Pikes Ibiza. She is now completing her first novel, and a series of short stories. She is a co-founder of Pikes Ibiza Literary Festival. More information on Linda be seen at: @ikanto on Instagram @ikanto121 on Twitter thewordfactory.tv/writer/linda-quinn/ Read latest work on thewordfactory.tv/story/what-the-eyes-dont-see/ Her agent is : Julia Silk: julia.silk@kingsfordcampbell.com The extract is from 'Toffee man'.

John Reen talks to local Writer Emma Pitt about her writing career in film and TV and the release of her award winning film "The Ballard of a Haunted Man." Emma Pitt was born in Oxfordshire and grew up in the Somerset village of Stogumber where her parents still live. From there, she moved to South East London to study for a Communications and Sociology degree at Goldsmiths University and has lived there ever since. Her work mentor once asked her ‘what do you really want to do?' so with that in mind she enrolled on a TV Script Writing Course at City Lit in Central London. She'd done Script Writing as part of her first degree and often thought about being a writer. Jim Hill taught the course. Jim has a lengthy TV career; he created Boon and directed Lovejoy, Casualty and Minder. 5 minutes into that class, Emma knew this was for her. Jim encouraged her to enrol onto the TV Script Writing MA, which he ran, at De Montfort University in Leicester. It was a 2-year part time course so she moved into a part time role in the Regulatory Performance Team at Kings: a job she is still in.   She achieved a Distinction in the MA and won the Media Film and Journalism Prize for Best Project. She then secured an agent, Rebecca Watson at Valerie Hoskins Associates and has since been commissioned to write for Jed Mercurio's ‘Critical' on Sky 1 and has had projects in development with a number of TV companies including Red Productions and ITV. She's also won a number of short play competitions, and one of these plays was a short horror called ‘The Ballad of a Haunted Man'.   Emma met TV cameraman Dan Shoring during her MA. In 2017 they decided to turn ‘The Ballad of a Haunted Man' into a short film. Dan organised the crew and Emma assembled the cast: she already knew Helen Lederer, Emma's husband suggested Shane Attwooll, who he knew from the local music scene – Shane had just played George Cornell opposite Tom Hardy in Legend. Helen suggested Eliza Leonard to play her daughter. Thankfully they all loved the script. The film was made with no budget and a lot of good will. Emma also directed and co-produced with Dan. It's now screened at festivals across the world and won a number of awards, including Best Actor for Shane at The Twin Tiers International Film Festival in New York, Best Horror Film at The Mediterranean Film Festival in Cannes and Best Woman Filmmaker for Emma at the Los Angeles Independent Film Awards. In total it's received 3 Best Actor awards, 7 Seven Best Actor nominations, 5 Best Film awards and 17 Best Film nominations. It was released online on Sat 7th March after a 2-year festival run. Her new short film, The Boy Who Thought He Could Fly is just starting on the festival circuit. It stars Shane Attwooll, Jenna Russell and Archie Sanders, and is focused around the themes of grief, loss and of how important it is to talk and to listen. It's already won the Silver Spotlight Award for Best film at Spotlight Film Awards in Atlanta and Best Actor Under 18 at the monthly Gold Film Awards in London for Archie.   Emma had a one act play, Invisible String, staged last year at an Off West End Theatre by Get Over It Productions who also staged her short play Ever Changing Skyline at the Chiswick Playhouse earlier this year. Ever Changing Skyline has just been selected by Kibo Productions to be staged as part of their new showcase at the Omnibus theatre in Clapham. She is also developing her own TV project with BBC Drama. Emma is married to Americana/Country singer Dave Sutherland whose music you can hear on both films. The Ballard of a Haunted man has now bee released on Youtube and can be found on the links below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ma19wOk3-o www.maritimeradio.co.uk    

The Masterminds were a writing group formed out of a course Sophia ran with Keren David at City Lit in 2016. They have been meeting ever since, occasionally mentored by Sophia, to workshop new work and support each other through the prepublished years. It was a pleasure to get four of them together for this episode, to talk about the group and what it means to them.

Dr Richard Graham is in discussion with Edward Breen, a musicologist from City Lit. One of the many side-effects of isolation is a compulsion to self-improve, such as learning a language or new skill. It can become relentless. Musicologist, Edward Breen suggests another path, and one less driven. If we can stop, and allow for some space in our lives, we can rediscover and find things of value, such as a deep listening to music.

Kyle Beachy (author of The Slide and many, many essays about skateboarding) puts me through my paces about Soviet Stamps, art, writing, making a living, and much else at Logan Square's City Lit Books.

Andy and Tommy talk to Ben Hicks from The City Lit about the Mental Wealth Festival which runs from the 8th to 12th of October in London. He also shares with us his own personal journey through mental health and his thoughts on some current issues and also his love of the actor Andrew Scott! https://www.citylit.ac.uk/mwf

Ten years ago, Amber Hikes started a queer nightlife production company. Today, she’s the Executive Director of the Office of LGBT Affairs in Philadelphia. She’s on the front lines, fighting racism and discriminatory practices in the Philadelphia’s gay neighborhood. Join us as we take a walk through the Gayborhood, down the streets between Chestnut and Pine, Broad and 11th and into Philadelphia’s City Hall.   Philadelphia Office of LGBT Affairs on Instagram Amber Hikes Instagram @dapper_Stemme Community Conversations Initiative   MAP: The Gayborhood   iCandy owner Video:https://youtu.be/A3hOVbKGpfs Apology Video: https://youtu.be/5SiCwvm3zi4   Articles about Philadelphia's Gay Neighborhood: Philly Mag, “Racism in the Gayborhood: A Progress Report” Philly Voice “Exclusive iCandy owner breaks silence on video that launched racial firestorm in Gayborhood” Philly Mag “Video iCandy Darryl Depriano N Word” Philly.com “He paid for his mistakes” Philly Voice “One Year Later Strides Made Gayborhood Racism Work Still to be Done” Mic “Philadelphia’s Queer People of Color have Fought Racism for Years, Now the City is Paying Attention” More Color More Pride Flag Press: More Color, More Pride Website Hello Tierney Design Yes Magazine “Why Philly’s New Pride Flag has Black and Brown Stripes” Vox “Gay Pride Flag Philadelphia Fight Explained” Medium “We Don’t Need a New Pride Flag” Time “Lena Waithe Rainbow Pride Flag Met Gala”   Wait… Another New Pride Flag?   Listen to Music from the episode: Shi Da Buzzard: "Keep pushing" “City Lit”  “For the block” on Spotify and Instagram SuperKnova: “City Glow” on Spotify and  Instagram Elle de Luna “Gaslight” on Instagram   Keep Queer Public Alive: Visit our Patreon page and become a sustaining member today. You can gain access to our secret behind the scenes Instagram account, prizes and so much more. Become part of the QP family.   Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Sign up for our mailing list and find transcripts of our episodes at queerpublic.org

City Lit Theater in Chicago endstheir 39th theatrical season with “Two Days in Court: A Double-Header of Classic One Acts." “The Devil and Daniel Webster” by Stephen Vincent Benet, and the farcical Gilbert & Sullivan operetta “Trial by Jury.” Listen to a description and of these interesting plays and a review by Reno Lovison. Photo by Steve Graue

Calling all avid readers, accomplished writers, or those aspiring to be: we talk to the director of the City Lit festival director, Carla Du Pree, about festival highlights and hear about her goals for the daylong event. Plus, we meet podcaster Eliza Romero, to hear her thoughts on changes to required high school reading.

This episode features a live recording with Josiah Hesse, author of the Carnality series, as well as readings by Alessandra Ragusin & Ryan Connell. Josiah Hesse is an author and journalist, and author of the Carnality series. The first two books in this six book series are available now from Suspect Press. Part historical fiction, part psychological horror, Carnality: Dancing on Red Lake is the first of a six-part series chronicling the malicious mavens and pop-profiteers of America’s Evangelical movement, as remembered by a mentally ill boy who was once the biggest child star of the scene. Alessandra Ragusin comes from a long line of Southern Assemblies of God pastors, but was raised as one of God’s “Frozen Chosen”. From 1st grade through her first semester in college she attended evangelical schools. She was a regular at youth group retreats, the 30-hour Famine, international mission trips, small groups, and taught at kids’ Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, and church sports and arts camps. The proud wearer of a purity ring throughout her teen years, Alessandra has since left the faith and is an out-and-proud queer poet and essayist traveling and writing on feminism, philosophy, nature, and her favorite side-project: the Devil. Read more at: greenworldwriting.com Ryan Connell is the homeschooled son of a Pentecostal pastor. He was a kid’s church puppeteer, a Junior Bible Quiz champion, a door-to-door evangelizer, a mission trip globetrotter, a tongues talking, spirit catching, fire and brimstone preacher of the word. He was an award-winning demon in the fear based evangelical outreach that was chronicled in the 2001 George Ratliff documentary Hell House (and had the funniest scene if he does say so himself). He is now a full-time vagabond writer, proud heretic, and burgeoning mystic. His life’s ambition is to be the bearded sage on top of a mountain that people seek out to find the meaning of life. Read more at: theholyapostate.com

Interview with City Lit Project executive director Carla DuPree gives festival highlights and keynote speaker New Yorker staff writer Philip Gourevitch talks about his upcoming book.

Meet Bec! Bec Willett is an Australian, Chicago-based director, designer, and writer. She has worked on projects with an array of Chicago theatre companies, including 20% Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, City Lit, Dandelion Theatre, Actors’ Gymnasium, MMPACT Solo Jams, Prologue Theatre, Three Cat Productions, The Residents, and Waltzing Mechanics. She is alumni of Directors Lab West and critic for Perform.ink. To find out more about her work and upcoming projects, please visit becwillett.com. click here for iTunes episode

01:21 - "Bad Date" at Leapfest with Stage Left Theatre. http://stagelefttheatre.com 07:46 - Another role of Shariba's, Mother Wit, in "Insurrection." http://stagelefttheatre.com/season-35/season-36/ 10:17 - What it's like to be an Instructional Coach at Betty Shabazz International Charter Schools. 15:17 - An amazing lesson plan witnessed by Shariba. 18:44 - About Betty Shabazz International Charter Schools. http://www.bsics.org 23:41 - There are stupid questions. 28:15 - Being a casting director with MPAACT. http://www.mpaact.org 37:00 - How does being a director affect Shariba as an actress? 41:39 - Shariba has a lot coming up: Understudying Lady Capulet with "Romeo and Juliet" with Chicago Shakespeare w/Shakespeare in the Park She will be going up on August 19th at Ridge Park https://www.chicagoshakes.com Chicago Theatre Marathon "Long Canoe" https://www.chicagotheatremarathon.com Erasing the Distance "Breathe With Me." in September http://erasingthedistance.org "Starting Over" at Governor's State http://www.mpaact.org MPAACT at October 21st and 22nd, 2017 City Lit http://www.citylit.org J.B. in Fall 2017 "Insurrection: Holding History" with Stage Left - Winter 2017/2018. http://stagelefttheatre.com/season-35/season-36/ "Dontrell Who Kissed the Sea" directed by Chika Ike with First Floor Theater - Spring 2018 http://www.firstfloortheater.com (re)discover theatre http://www.rediscovertheatre.com "For One" A Series of plays built for an audience of one Aug. 30th - Sept. 30th Black Lives, Black Words https://www.facebook.com/blklivesblkwrd/ "Our America Project" Aug. 14th, 21st and 22nd "Black Lives, Black Words" was founded by previous podcast guest, Reggie Edmund. http://areyoufamousyet.libsyn.com/webpage/entreponegroes-blaculas-and-the-mind-of-reginald-edmund-episode-92 Follow us on Twitter or Facebook Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz

We continue the Bond talk this week as we bring you the lecture Keith Eyles gave at City Lit about the history of Bond and Spectre. Keith uses clips from the films, but because of copyright reasons we can't include them in this podcast, but you can find them for yourselves. The clips used in the lecture are: the opening to THUNDERBALL (including the title sequnece), the opening FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, the opening of NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN and the scene where Bond meets Q in NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN. Movie Heaven Movie Hell is a show where filmmakers Simon Aitken (BLOOD + ROSES, POST-ITS, MODERN LOVE) and Keith Eyles (FEAR VIEW, DRIVEN INSANE, CROSSED LINES) go through the A-Z of directors. Simon and Keith talk about their favourite and least favourite film from that director's body of work. Like our Facebook Fanpage at https://www.facebook.com/MovieHeavenMovieHell You can follow Movie Heaven Movie Hell on Twitter at @MovieHeavenHell You can find Simon Aitken's work at http://www.independentrunnings.com You can find Keith Eyles' work at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ4up3c883irE6oA2Vk0T7w

The Dueling Critics disagree about Coraline, based on Neil Gaiman's children's-book-or-is-it: children's theater, or is it?

‘General Darcy & The Girl’ and more at the 7th International Solo Festival until 27th July at Lord Stanley Pub, Park Road until 27th July. Rob Da Bank play at the launch of ‘The Art of Dressing Up’ at Proud Camden; Try for Tuesday cheap night at the Tricycle for ‘The Colby Sisters of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania – 020 7328 1000; Leon Rosselson performs at launch of Nigel Smith’s ‘A Collection of Ranter Writings’ and Sir Stephen Sedley asks the questions at LRB Bookshop. Taste almost anything at City Lit or take a longer summer course; Read by: Tanya Geddes, Sarah O’Brien, Marian Larragy, Freddy Chick & Daniel Mears Script: Marian Larragy Solo Fesitval :: General Darcy and The Girl :: Rob-Da-Bank at Proud :: Colby Sisters at Tricycle :: London Review Bookshop Events :: City Lit Adult Learning tasters :: Back to Camden Commuity Radio :: Follow Camden Community Radio on Twitter :: File Download (5:07 min / 5 MB)

Jonathan and Kelly duel over a world premiere about grief, adolescent angst and making a movie, present by Jackalope Theatre. Then, Jonathan recommends A Crime in the Neighborhood, a page-to-stage adaptation at City Lit.

On this episode of the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast we talk with Terry McCabe, the Artisitc Director of City Lit Theater Company. He talks about their current show The Body Snatchers as well as their upcoming season.

This week’s podcast features an interview with Heather Reyes, co-founder of Oxygen Books, and co-editor of the latest addition to their City-Lit series, which appropriately enough in the week which marks the twentieth anniversary of the Berlin Wall coming down, paints a portrait in words of Berlin. Although there are plenty of old favourites such as Christopher Isherwood, Alfred Döblin and Len Deighton, the emphasis of the book is on unexpected vantage points and new, less familiar voices. So there is no dutiful trot through the city’s history “from earliest times to the present day”, but instead themed sections which try to get under the skin of the city. Off the beaten track, some of the highlights of the book for me were: Rolf Schneider on the disappearing Berlin pub or Kneipe (it used to be said that every street crossing in Berlin had four corners and five corner pubs – but not any more); Dutch novelist Cees Nooteboom‘s reflections on a city every inch of which is “steeped in history”, from the opening of …