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Talked with Lauren Perry, Associate Vice President of Marketing & Cultural Tourism, Cultural Council for Palm Beach County.  Every May, the Cultural Council puts together, MOSAIC. MOSAIC stands for Month of Shows, Art, Ideas and Culture.  There's a month-long celebration for residents to enjoy. As part of that, the Cultural Council gathered over 30 limited time offers throughout Palm Beach County.  Some of them are: BOGO admission to the Boca Raton Museum of Art and the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, discounts on shows from the Kravis Center including Cimafunk on May 23 and "Ain't Too Proud" coming in June, plus discounts at Palm Beach Zoo, COX Science Center, Yesteryear Village Living History Park at the South Florida Fairgrounds, Scavenger hunt at Resource Depot, and discounts at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. Listeners can interact with artists and check out their work during Open Studio on May 17/18. For locations and more info, listeners can go to MOSAICPBC.com.  For info on the Cultural Council, listeners can visit www.palmbeachculture.com

Susan Shapiro Barash, author of Estranged: How Strained Female Friendships are Ended or Mended, joins me to explore the emotional landscape of female friendships—why they matter so much, and what happens when they start to fall apart.We talk about the subtle signs of strain, the unspoken expectations women often carry in friendships, and how life transitions—from motherhood to midlife reinventions—can reshape who we connect with and how.Susan shares insights from her research and interviews with women across the country, including what it takes to repair a broken friendship—and how to know when it's healthier to let go.Whether you're grieving a friendship, hoping to mend one, or learning how to create new ones in this season of life, this conversation will help you reflect with more compassion and clarity.Susan Shapiro Barash has written over a dozen non-fiction books including Tripping the Prom Queen, Toxic Friends and You're Grounded Forever, but First Let's Go Shopping. For more than twenty years she taught gender studies and Marymount Manhattan College and has guest taught creative nonfiction at the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College. Her fiction is published under her pen name, Susannah Marren.  She has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Elle, Marie Claire, and has appeared on national television including the Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS, CNN, and MSNBC. Barash has been a guest on national radio including NPR and Sirius Radio. Speaking appearances include Credit Suisse, Bayer Diagnostics, UBS, United Way, Kravis Center and the Society of the Four Arts. Several of her titles have been optioned by Lifetime and HBO.www.susanshapirobarash.comTune in each week for practical, relatable advice that helps you feel your best and unlock your full potential. If you're ready to prioritize your health and level up every area of your life, you'll find the tools, insights, and inspiration right here. Buy Esther's Book: To Your Health - https://a.co/d/iDG68qUFollow Esther on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@estheravantFollow Esther on IG - https://www.instagram.com/esther.avantLearn more about booking Esther to speak: https://www.estheravant.comLearn more about working with Esther: https://www.madebymecoaching.com/services

Escucha aquí la entrevista que le realizamos donde nos cuenta sobre sus colaboraciones con grandes de la música como JuanesAlejandro Sanz, CeeLoGreen, Fonseca, George Clinton, Jon Batiste, entre muchos otros, hasta la colaboración con la leyenda Emilio Estefan en su nuevo albur musical.Con su inconfundible sabor afrocubano, su energía y su dinamismo en elescenario, CIMAFUNK llega a la sala Dreyfoos del Kravis Center de West Palm Beach para una presentación exclusiva e imperdible, el viernes 23 de mayo de 2025 a las 8 p.m. CIMAFUNK, pasó de estudiar medicina a ser un destacado cantante, compositor y productor al que muchos califican como el nuevo embajador global de la música cubana. Su energía arrolladora en el escenario y estilo innovador lo han llevado a ser reconocido como “una fuerza funkadelica a tener en cuenta” según GRAMMY.com.Escucha aquí la entrevista completa: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1148891/episodes/17145549

The stupendous publication of Edna Ferber's Giant in 1952 set off a storm of protest over the novel's portrayal of Texas manners, money and mores with oil-rich Texans threatening to shoot, lynch or ban Ferber from ever entering the state again.In Giant Love, Julie Gilbert writes of the internationally best-selling Ferber, one of the most widely read writers in the first half of the 20th Century – her evolution from mid-west maverick girl-reporter to Pulitzer Prize winning, beloved American novelist, from her want-to-be actress days to becoming Broadway's acclaimed prize-winning playwright whose collaborators – George S. Kauffman and Moss Hart, among them, were, along with Ferber, herself, the most successful playwrights of their time.bout the AuthorJULIE GILBERT was born in New York City and was educated at Boston University. She is the author of four books, among them a biography of her great aunt, Edna Ferber, Edna Ferber and Her Circle and Opposite Attraction: The Lives of Erich Maria Remarque and Paulette Goddard, Gilbert is a member of The Dramatists Guild, The Writers Guild of America, East, The Authors Guild, Actors' Equity, and League of Professional Theater Women. She has taught Creative Writing at New York University's School of Continuing Education and currently heads The Writers Academy at The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida where she lives part time, as well as in New York City.For more info on the book click HERE

Talked with Oscar Quesada and Julie Gilbert, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. Julie Gilbert is a Pulitzer Prize - nominated biographer, novelist, playwright and the teacher for the Kravis Center's Writer's Academy.  She's doing a book launch on February 19th for her novel "Giant Love".  Giant Love: Edna Ferber, Her best selling novel of Texas and the making of a classic American film.  She'll be having a conversation with Hap Erstein about the book and her writing program which is celebrating it's 20th Anniversary.  Then on Februrary 20th, the next 6 session class for Writer's Launch starts at 1:30pm.  The public is invited to sign up for the writing class at www.kravis.org. The Kravis has a wide variety of shows this season.  Wrapping up this weekend is Peter Pan The Musical (family fare and Kravis on Broadway) and 19th African American Film Festival. Coming up is The Book of Mormon, Moulin Rouge, CLUE, Les Miserables, 54 Belowat the Rinker: Mauricia Martinez, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations, An Evening with Isaac Mizrahi, Trailblazing Women of Country lunch and learn series, The Beach Boys, Peter Bence, Old Crow Medicine Show, Acoustic Evening with Rick Springfield & Richard Marx, Blippi: Join the Band Tour, Gospel Gala: Kierra Sheard-Kelly rescheduled to 2/28/25.  They are adding additional shows this season.  Listeners can sign up for the Kravis Newsletter at Kravis.org and find out about the announcements they'll be releasing on Tuesday.  They can also call 561-262-SHOW.

On this week's episode of You Are What You Read, we are sitting down with bestselling author Julie Gilbert for a conversation about her beloved aunt, Edna Ferber. Julie writes about her Edna Ferber in the biography, Edna Ferber and Her Circle, and in her latest book, Giant Love: Edna Ferber, Her Best-selling Novel of Texas, and the Making of a Classic American Film. Julie has taught Creative Writing at New York University's School of Continuing Education and currently heads The Writers Academy at The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida. In this episode, Julie walks us through the Golden Age of Hollywood from the writer's desk of her aunt Edna Ferber, the Pulitizer Prize-winning novelist, short story writer and playwright.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Send us a textIf you would like to SUPPORT the podcast, JOIN our Patreon page.https://www.patreon.com/RiffsnRhythmsPodcastJoin hosts Kevin McLaughlin and Paul Robertson as they dive into the Noxx and Dunn Riffs and Rhythms Festival aftermath, filled with epic performances, behind-the-scenes laughs, and a toast to local music legends.In this episode:A heartfelt shoutout to Russ from Moment of Violence and his journey as a vocalist.A warm welcome to special guest Bill Bedwell, a multi-talented musician with tales of unforgettable gigs, from the U.S. Army Band to sharing the stage with icons.Upcoming recording project Bill is working on with Ada-Nicole Sanger, who played Donna Lamonsoff in the "Grown Ups" movie. A toast to the Old St. Pete Distillery, featuring their signature bourbon and rum, sparking stories of adventure and mischief.Tales from the road, including an epic stage dive moment dubbed The Biff Incident!

Send us a textIf you would like to SUPPORT the podcast, JOIN our Patreon page.https://www.patreon.com/RiffsnRhythmsPodcastThis is the Noxx & Dunn Riffs N Rhythms Music Fest aftermath episode. Our title sponsor Chris Hall from Noxx & Dunn is back with us as well as performer Brad Brock to recap our first music festival.Also Chris shares a straight, "you know you are in Florida" story about a stay at a motel in Holliday, Florida. We review Branford Highway's song "Boots on the Ground"  to see if it's the Riffs or Rhythm that makes the song. https://youtu.be/WwDSvii7zUE?si=n_Jxdu-C735c-t_bCheck out the upcoming shows:- The Kevin McLoughlin Band performing at the Heard Opera House on 11/30/24- The Drum Revue at the Kravis Center, West Palm Beach, FL on 12/6/24SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for weekly content.FOLLOW us for daily content on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. @riffsnrhythmsVISIT our websites:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2BvkTUfaxnVnv6SDCUFDDW?si=dd8a234fc5624752/https://riffsnrhythms.com/https://www.kevinmcloughlinband.com/https://www.drumsandrums.com/https://www.jamsncocktails.com/https://www.youtube.com/@ghostontheauxpodcastCHECK out Noxx & Dunn's links:https://noxxanddunn.com/.https://www.facebook.com/NoxxandDunn/https://www.instagram.com/noxxanddunn/

Kim Kerr, Founder and President of Women in the Window International joins Mornings with Eric and Brigitte on Friday to talk about their upcoming Savor International Tea and Luncheon, to be held on Friday, November 15, 2024 at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. WITW has been serving women in the most challenging regions of the world, replacing poverty and injustice with dignity and purpose in Christ for over 10 years. In addition to being an informative event, you will also get to partake in a silent auction, enjoy a delicious lunch and share in a special international teatime. Savor International Tea and Luncheon - Women in the Window Int'l - Nov. 15See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Talked with Phala and Oscar about the upcoming season at the Kravis Center.  They have "something for everyone" this year.  Lots of family fare, peak series shows, adults at leisure program, lunch and learn series, the writers academy with Julie Gilbert.  Their Kravis on Broadway series includes: Mrs. Doubtfire, The Cher Show, Cleveland Union Depot, Peter Pan, The Book of Mormon, Moulin Rouge. Les Mis, and Mystic Pizza.  They also have a fantastic line up of Classical music, dance, comedians and magicians.  For more information, listeners can go to www.kravis.org

Send us a textn this episode recap of Drums and Rums, Paul reviews two major events: the Drum Revue in West Palm Beach and the Key West Rum Fest. The Drum Revue, organized by Todd Dalstrom, took place at the Kravis Center and showcased a theatrical drumming performance with a mix of percussion styles. Highlights included a drumline battle, a high school marching band, and creative performances using unconventional instruments like pots and pans. The show's atmosphere was compared to Stomp and Blue Man Group, providing a high-energy and engaging experience for both musicians and attendees.Paul also recapped the Key West Rum Fest, a multi-day event celebrating rum through tastings, cocktail contests, and live music. Organized by Neil Lindley, the fest featured events like sandbar trips, sponsored rum cruises, and beach cleanups. The grand tasting on Saturday was the main attraction, featuring over 30 rum brands. Paul noted how this event allowed him to connect with various rum creators and fellow enthusiasts, fostering community and fun in the vibrant setting of Key West.HELP SUPPORT the podcast.Drums and Rums | creating podcasts and music | Patreonhttps://cash.app/$drumsandrumsWant to Support the Show.

Send us a textDon't miss the upcoming show "Drum Revue" at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, FL on September 7th (see link below for more info)We got on this podcast Todd Dahlstrom, the creator of "Drum Revue." Todd discusses his background in drumming, his musical journey, and the development of the "Drum Revue" show, which is described as a high-energy, live, drum-centric performance. The show features various percussive styles and aims to highlight drummers and percussionists, offering a unique variety show experience.Todd shares how his love for drums began in his childhood and evolved through participation in concert bands, marching bands, and eventually college punk bands. Despite not pursuing music professionally initially, Todd's passion for drumming led him to create the "Drum Revue," inspired by other performance art groups like Blue Man Group and Stomp but with a focus solely on drums.The podcast touches on the growth of the "Drum Revue," which has had successful performances in West Palm Beach, Florida, and is set to expand regionally. Todd emphasizes the community involvement aspect of the show, with efforts to give back through performances at hospitals and other local institutions. The episode also includes discussions about the technical aspects of the show, audience engagement, and the challenges of putting together such a production.We also put him through, In Four Beats or Less:1. Who's on your Mt Rushmore of drummers?2. What would be your other instrument if not drums?3. Which drummer dead or alive you want to be part of "Drum Revue"4. Favorite drum movie?Check out Drum Revue links:https://www.drumrevue.com/https://my.kravis.org/26988/26989 Use Promo Code "Revue25" to save $10 off your ticketHELP SUPPORT the podcast.Drums and Rums | creating podcasts and music | Patreonhttps://cash.app/$drumsandrumsWant to Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.A topic that has been taboo, A Passion for More gives us a first-hand account of the extramarital affairs of women. Author Susan Shapiro Barash has interviewed thousands of women and explored the behind the scene events of female infidelity. Listen to this episode and learn some of reasons "why", what we can do/learn from their experiences, and the aftermath of these experiences.  Traditionally, infidelity has been most associated with men but with a changing landscape in the workplace, within the home, and greater access in general, this conversation has evolved over the years.  Susan Shapiro Barash has written over a dozen nonfiction books, including Tripping the Prom Queen, You're Grounded Forever, But First Let's Go Shopping and A Passion for More: Affairs that Make or Break Us. For more than twenty years she taught gender studies in the Writing Department at Marymount Manhattan College and has guest taught creative nonfiction at the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College. For her fiction, Between the Tides, A Palm Beach Wife, A Palm Beach Scandal, and Maribelle's Shadow, she writes as Susannah Marren.She has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Elle, Marie Claire, and has appeared on national television including the Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS, CNN, and MSNBC. Barash has been a guest on national radio including NPR and Sirius Radio. Speaking appearances include Credit Suisse, Bayer Diagnostics, UBS, United Way, Kravis Center and the Society of the Four Arts. Several of her titles have been optioned by Lifetime and HBO.She has served as a literary panelist for the New York State Council on the Arts, as a judge for the International Emmys, and as Vice Chair of the Mentoring Committee of the Women's Leadership Board at the JFK School of Government, Harvard.Don't forget to subscribe to the Untherapeutic Podcast on your favorite streaming platform and get one of Susan's many great Books!!!! 

Tuesday on Mornings with Eric and Brigitte, Kristen Vencel, Artistic Director for the Demetrius Klein Dance Company joins us to talk about their upcoming event on Saturday, May 4 at 7 p.m. at The Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. The Company will perform The Infinite and The Everlasting: Two Sacred Dances as well as presenting excerpts from audience favorite, Messiah, and also perform Prayer Cycle, originally choreographed by Mr. Klein in 2002. The Demetrius Klein Dance Company-THE INFINITE AND THE EVERLASTING: TWO SACRED DANCES See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Talked with Dana Munson, Marketing Dir., Kravis Center and Elizabeth Dashiell about the upcoming 18th African American Film Festival that happening at the Rinker Playhouse from February 15-18. The whole 6 show series is $70 (a savings of $30). The theme this year is Inventing Beauty, curated by Terri Francis and all films have a panel discussion following the screening. "Dr. Francis and her special guests will take you on a cinematic journey through the social, historical and personal dynamics of how we learn and question what and who we (should) find beautiful in the context of ground-breakingand gorgeous African American films." They will be showing Losing Ground/short An Ecstatic Experience, Bright Road/Short Seventh Grade, Island in the Sun, Ruby Bridges, Daughters of the Dust/short When Angels Speak of Love and Black Barbie. For more information about the film festival and to get tickets, listeners can go to www.kravis.org.

Escucha esta conversación con el pianista y compositor cubano Alfredo Rodríguez, ganador del Grammy y mundialmente reconocido, donde conocerás un poso sobre su obra y su presentación en el Kravis Center en Palm Beach County.Escucha la entrevista completa aquí:

Talked with Elizabeth Dashiell, Elizabeth@dashiellcommunications.com about all the holiday/new year events around Palm Beach and the Treasure coast including: Kravis Center, upcoming shows, Mounts Botanical - origami in the garden, LakeWorth Playhouse, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, The Flagler Museum and their exhibitions, The Wick, Armory Art Center, Lighthouse Center for the Arts, Cox Science Center and their Titanic Exhibit, Ballet Palm Beach, M&M Theatre Productions, Smithsonian Marine Station - Aquarium After Dark, The Norton museum's upcoming photography exhibits and their fun Art After Dark Series every Friday night and Culture and Cocktails upcoming season at The Ben -www.palmbeachculture.com. We also discussed Palm Beach Shakespeare's upcoming season and how listeners can audition. PBShakespeare.org.

We are Back! It's be a short while since we've both been able to get into the K2 Studios to record a new podcast episode. As Kris celebrates his birthday week, we return again from being out of town. Staying in Surf City USA at the Shorebreak Hotel of Huntington Beach, CA https://www.shorebreakhotel.com/ Later we are joined by Susannah Marren. She has written over a dozen nonfiction books, including Tripping the Prom Queen, You're Grounded Forever, But First Let's Go Shopping and A Passion for More: Affairs that Make or Break Us. For more than twenty years she taught gender studies in the Writing Department at Marymount Manhattan College and has guest taught creative nonfiction at the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College. For her fiction, Between the Tides, A Palm Beach Wife, A Palm Beach Scandal, and Maribelle's Shadow, she writes as Susannah Marren. She has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Elle, Marie Claire, and has appeared on national television including the Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS, CNN, and MSNBC. Barash has been a guest on national radio including NPR and Sirius Radio. Speaking appearances include Credit Suisse, Bayer Diagnostics, UBS, United Way, Kravis Center and the Society of the Four Arts. Several of her titles have been optioned by Lifetime and HBO. She has served as a literary panelist for the New York State Council on the Arts, as a judge for the International Emmys, and as Vice Chair of the Mentoring Committee of the Women's Leadership Board at the JFK School of Government, Harvard. http://www.susanshapirobarash.com/ https://amzn.to/3Bfu9Dw https://www.facebook.com/SusanShapiroBarashasSusannahMarren https://www.instagram.com/susanshapirobarash/ https://twitter.com/susansbarash ***** The Kris and Kristine Show ***** http://www.krisandkristineshow.com https://www.kristinesmithdesigns.com K2 RADIO: https://live365.com/station/K2-RADIO-a04551 Email: krisandkristinepodcast@gmail.com Voice Mail: https://www.speakpipe.com/KrisandKristineShow Twitter: https://twitter.com/k2showsandiego Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thek2showsandiego/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/k2showsandiego Patreon: www.patreon.com/thekrisandkristineshow

Talked with Colleen Smith, Founding Artistic and Executive Director of Ballet Palm Beach and Elizabeth Dashiell, PalmBeachPR about their 2023-2024 season. They are currently in rehearsals for their upcoming show at the Kravis Block Party on October 14th. It's free and open to everyone. They'll be performing Don Quixote, The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet as well as Peter Pan & Tinkerbell this season at the Kravis Center. Listeners can get tickets at balletpalmbeach.org or kravis.org. Ballet Palm Beach is the only professional ballet company in Palm Beach County and offers a variety of programs including, "Ballet in the Balcony", "Ballet by the Book" as well as "Ballet Ambassadors". Listeners can find out more about the academy, programs, performances, buy tickets, make donations at. www.balletpalmbeach.org.

Talked with Phala, Oscar and Charlotte from the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. They have a great 2023-2024 season lined up. Kravis on Broadway includes Chicago, Mean Girls, Beetlejuice, To Kill a Mockingbird, Six, and Hamilton is returning for a two week run. They also have the fun crowd pleaser, Mamma Mia in the Summer of 2024. There will be celebrity shows such as Candace Bushnell author of Sex and the City, Mandy Patinkin, and Chazz Palminteri with his one man show, A Bronx Tale. For the dance lovers, they have Ballet Hispanico, Hideaway Circus: Beyond Babel, MOMIX/Alice, Step Africa, Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance, and Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. Lots of comedy this season including Fortune Feimster on New Years Eve. They've updated the classical series into evenings and matinees and are featuring the debut of Vienna Philharmonic and patrons can enjoy the return of Itzhak Perlan with "In The Fiddler's House" Klezmer band. Music from The Commodores kicks off the season. The Kravis a great family fare line up including sensory friendly shows. Listeners can get more info/tix at www.kravis.org

This week Trey and Patrick Franklin talked with Diana Quinn Executive Director of the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. They discuss how the theater works the community, myths about the theater, how it plans to invite audiences who don't regularly attend plays, and upcoming plays at the Kravis Center. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week Trey and Patrick Franklin talked with Diana Quinn Executive Director of the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. They discuss how the theater works the community, myths about the theater, how it plans to invite audiences who don't regularly attend plays, and upcoming plays at the Kravis Center.

Talked with Shawn Berry and Holly Stewart from Young Singers of the Palm Beaches. Their mission is to "transform the lives of young singers in our community by: breaking down social barriers, developing life skills, providing an outlet for creativity, and fostering good citizenship." Young Singers of the Palm Beaches (YSPB) is "Palm Beach County's award-winning community-based children's choir. They teach life skills through music by giving children an atmosphere of artistic excellence in which they develop teamwork and leadership skills, form supportive friendships, and serve as ambassadors in their community." The singers range from 2nd grade to Seniors in Highschool. The performance choirs rehearse and perform at the Kravis Center. They also have a Choir in the Glades elementary and middle school choirs and yspb produces after-school choirs at Title 1 elementary schools with funding from Prime Time Palm Beach County, Inc., which receives funding from Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County. YSPB offers summer camp, south county choir and music lessons (a PrimeTime resource). YSPB does two big performances at the Kravis Center, Winter Tapestry and Spring Concert. Students will be working with opera and older students taking a trip to perform in Carnegie Hall in 2024. They are always looking for volunteers and donations. Students who are interested need to audition and can sign up at www.yspb.org

We were lucky to catch Emily Bufferd while she had a minute of downtime.  A sought after teacher, and a regular at BDC and Steps, we hope you enjoy our conversation with this amazing educator.“Emily Bufferd continues to impact the New York dance scene.” – Examiner.com Emily Bufferd is the Producer of The Young Choreographer's Festival, an annual NYC event presenting the most up-and-coming 18-25yr old choreographers, described by Dance Spirit Magazine as, ”The perfect way to get inspired.”. An Educator in NYC at Steps on Broadway, Broadway Dance Center, and Steps Youth Programs, she has taught at The Ailey Extension, Peridance, World Dance Movement in Switzerland, The University of Alabama, Jazz on Tap – Atlanta, The Eglevsky Ballet, First-Act/Paris, Dance Centre Orebro/Sweden, Aurora Dance School/Malaysia, Google Headquarters, 360 Dance Festival, Joffrey Ballet School, The Annual Teacher Workshop, and more. Emily has been featured by Dance Magazine, Dance Teacher, Dance Spirit, Dance Informa, Dance Mogul, Dance Studio Life, The Dance Podcast, the television show Inside NYC Dance, and has been a contributing writer for Discount Dance Supply's Blog, DanceLife, and Apolla Performance's Blog, The Muse. As the Choreographer for “Made to Dance in Burning Buildings' presented by The Public Theater at Joe's Pub, OnStageBlog.com, “The show was choreographed brilliantly...”. Emily's concert choreography (BEings) has been presented at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Joyce SoHo, Symphony Space, the 92nd St. Y, New York Moves, The Giving Tree Benefit Shows,The Elan Summer Dance Festival, and Boston Contemporary Dance Festival, among others. Described as, “technically superb and amazingly emotive.” -Examiner.com, and “a display of versatility...” -The DancEnthusiast. Her award winning work continues to be commissioned by dance companies and private studios around the country and abroad. Emily has served as a curator for Dumbo Dance Festival/Wave Rising Series/SoloDuo Festival (2010-2021), guest host for Hatch Presenting Series at The Works Studio, and is the former Co-Producer of APAP at Peridance. She was the Production Coordinator for Director Wes Veldink for Aimee G. Spring Line, and Assistant Choreographer to Pascal Rekoert for Berenik's Fashion Week presentation. Emily has performed at Teatro Galileo(Spain), Carnegie Hall, The Kravis Center, Lincoln Center, and was featured in the documentary ‘The 20Something Project', among others. www.EmilyBufferd.com. IG @ebufferd Thank you for listening Jam Fam! Make sure you follow us across social media and don't forget to like and subscribe anywhere you listen to your favorite podcasts!Facebook: JAM Joe and Michelle's Dance PodcastInstagram: jam_dance_podcastTwitter: @jamdancepodcastEmail: jamdancepodcast@gmail.com

Today we're joined by Diane Bergner, a Florida-based author and Vice President of Development at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. Bergner, a former attorney, shares the parallels between her career journey and the intriguing lead character of her book, "The Royal Coconut Beach Lunch Club." We explore the glamorous and gritty world of non-profit work, reflecting the layered narrative of Bergner's writing. She walks us through her transition from law to philanthropy, her engaging introduction to the world of writing, and the dynamic interactions with wealthy individuals that fuel her characters. Bergner's deep dive into the art of storytelling reveals the motivations behind her book, providing more than just a "beach read" experience. We also discuss the Kravis Center's future plans and Bergner's early-morning writing routine. I also offer my perspective on public transportation issues in Denver, CO and Greenville, SC. You won't want to miss this episode - it's a compelling blend of literary insight and real-world reflections. For a full review of Bergner's book, don't forget to visit our website after tuning in to this enlightening conversation. _ Produced by Podcast Studio X. Find my book reviews on ViewsOnBooks.com.

My very special guest today is world-renowned jazz vocalist Nicole Henry! Since her first release in 2004, Nicole Henry has established herself among the jazz world's most acclaimed performers, possessing a potent combination of dynamic vocal abilities, impeccable phrasing, and powerful emotional resonance.  Nicole has toured in 20 countries, headlining at such venues as Blue Note; Jazz at Lincoln Center; Blues Alley; The Smith Center; Kravis Center; Jazz St. Louis; Feinstein's; Madrid Jazz Festival; and more.   She earned a Soul Train Award for “Best Traditional Jazz Performance” as well as four TOP 10 albums on Billboard, JazzWeek, HMV Japan & UK Sweet Rhythms charts. Her soulful interpretations have become a favorite with worldwide audiences and critics alike.  Stephen Holden of The New York Times raved, “Every gesture and inflection conveyed confidence and mastery…time and again she invested familiar songs with an extra fillip of conviction and made you reconsider the words.”  BroadwayWorld says, “So powerful is her charisma, so unique is her personality, so rich is her music, so abandoned is her joy…” On her 8th career release - TIME TO LOVE AGAIN, released in late 2021, HENRY performs an eclectic mix of jazz standards and reimagined pop tunes by a diverse group of iconic composers including Anthony Newley, James Taylor, Rodgers & Hart, Buffy St. Marie, Ned Washington, Stevie Wonder, and Joan Armatrading. It reached #4 on the U.S. JazzWeek chart, remained in the TOP 10 for 10 weeks & ultimately was the 7th most-played U.S. vocal jazz CD of 2022. TIME TO LOVE AGAIN also reached #6 on UK's Sweet Rhythms chart and enjoyed worldwide play on both Sirius XM Real Jazz & Watercolors stations. Find & Listen to Nicole Henry! On Instagram - nicolehenrymusic www.nicolehenry.com

One of the jazz world's most acclaimed performers, possessing a potent combination of dynamic vocal abilities, impeccable phrasing, and powerful emotional resonance. Nicole's passionate, soulful voice and heartfelt charisma have earned her a Soul Train Award for “Best Traditional Jazz Performance," and four Top-10 jazz albums on U.S. Billboard, JazzWeek, HMV Japan and UK Sweet Rhythms charts. Heralded by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Japan Times, El Pais, Jazz Times, Essence, and more, Nicole tells real stories through peerless interpretations of repertoire from the American Songbook, classic and contemporary jazz, popular standards, blues, and originals. She has captivated audiences in 20 countries, headlining at venues in cities including New York, Tokyo, Madrid, Moscow, Paris, Shanghai, Los Angeles, Chicago, Las Vegas, Boston, San Francisco, and Miami at such venues as Blue Note; Jazz at Lincoln Center; Blues, Alley, The Smith Center; Kravis Center; Jazz St. Louis, Feinstein's; Madrid Jazz Festival; and more. Nicole has also recorded with some of today's musical greats including Kirk Whalum, Julian Lage, John Clayton, and Gerald Clayton and has performed with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra, Pasadena Pops and Michael Feinstein. In late 2019, she returned to the theatrical stage and garnered critical praise in the musical version of The Bodyguard; in Dec. 2021, she starred in the new musical A Wonderful World, based on the life of Louis Armstrong; and in 2022, she portrayed ‘Brenda' in Smokey Joe's Cafe.

Talked with Marti LaTour, 2023 Honorary Chair of Women in Leadership Award Luncheon (WILA) and Katie Klause-Newitt, President, Executive Women of the Palm Beachs Foundation (EWPBF). Their mission is empowering women to succeed and lead. And their vision is, "To be the voice that inspires integrity, equality and leadership in the workplace and our community." They are celebrating the 40th anniversary and will be holding their annual Cynthia Allen Gracey Women in Leardership Awards (WILA) Luncheon April 19th at the Kravis Center. Tickets are availabe at www.ewpb.org. "EWPBF strives to further the interests of and opportunities for executive and professional women to excel by providing opportunities for networking and collaboration, educational programs that address timely issues, mentorship, and the development of leadership and advocacy skills. In addition, membership offers professional and volunteer expertise to numerous nonprofit organizations in our area." To become a member, you must live and/or work in Palm Beach County, own a business or hold an executive level position and demonstrate philanthropic work. For more details on how to join or get tickets to this year's WILA, listeners can go to www.ewpb.org.

Wednesday on Mornings with Eric and Brigitte, Kristen Vencel, Associate Artistic and Rehearsal Director for the Demetrius Klein Dance Company joins us to talk about the 37th annual performance of Handel's Messiah on Saturday, April 8 at 7 p.m. at The Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. The Demetrius Klein Dance Company is the oldest Modern Dance company in Florida, and they love creating, educating, and collaborating within the South Florida Community. For Tickets and More Info - April 8 Performance at Kravis CenterSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

More and more women are having affairs. Today's guest interviewed thousands of them. Then she wrote a book about it. Ever wonder the real reasons a married woman takes a lover?Join me as I interview Susan Shapiro Barash on the decades of research she has conducted on marriage. Her latest book, A Passion for More, reveals intriguing information about why women have affairs and how they feel about it.Who is Susan Shapiro Barash?Susan is a best-selling author and researcher. Her books focus on the gender divide, how women are positioned in our society and their innermost feelings about themselves as daughters, mothers, sisters, friends, wives, mothers-in-law, daughters-in-law, rivals, colleagues, and lovers. Susan has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The New York Post, The Chicago Tribune, Elle, ‘O', and Marie Claire. She has appeared on national television including The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS, CNN, and MSNBC. She has been a guest on NPR and Sirius Radio and speaking appearances include Credit Suisse, Bayer Diagnostics, UBS, United Way, Kravis Center for the Arts and the Society of the Four Arts. Several of her titles have been optioned by Lifetime and HBO.Check out Susan's websiteBuy the book HereFree Guides:FREE Masterclass: 5 Ways to Deepen the Connection with Your Partner21 Questions That Will Bring You and Your Partner Closer Than Ever!4-Step Guide To Self-Empowerment, Better Communication and Deeper Intimacy With Your PartnerIG: @partnershipalignedElana@partnershipaligned.comBook your free consult and start improving your relationship today!

Talked with Phala and Oscar from The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. They are celebrating their 30th season. This years line up include a wide variety of artists, comedians, broadway plays, classical music, Nat'l Geographic, Adults at Leisure, Julie Gilbert's writing workshops as well as lots of PEAK performances in the Rinker playhouse. The Broadway series includes: Aladdin, On Your Feet, Wicked, Pretty Woman, Hadestown, Ain't Too Proud, and Tootsie. Listeners can sign up for the Kravis newsletter, follow them on Facebook, Instagram, or twitter. Listeners can also go to www.Kravis.org and get tickets, sign up to be a member, donate, sign up to be a volunteer and also check out their digital brochure of this seasons shows.

If These Walls Could Talk with Wendy Stuart & Tym MossHosts: WENDY STUART & TYM MOSSSpecial guest: JAMES GAVINWednesday, January 26th2pm EST LIVE from PANGEA Restaurant, NYCWatch LIVE on YouTube at Wendy Stuart TVManhattan-born and a graduate of Fordham University, Gavin is a much-published freelance journalist. Aside from the New York Times, he has written for Vanity Fair, Time Out New York, the Daily Beast, and JazzTimes. His subjects have included Annie Lennox, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, John Legend, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Miriam Makeba, Marilyn Monroe, Mae West, Ned Rorem, Edith Piaf, Karen Carpenter, and Jacques Brel. Gavin's 2015 feature for JazzTimes, “The Gates of the Underworld: Inside Slugs' Saloon, Jazz's Most Notorious Nightclub," earned him his second ASCAP Deems Taylor-Virgil Thomson Award. He has contributed liner notes to over 500 CDs; his essay for the GRP box set Ella Fitzgerald – The Legendary Decca Recordings was nominated for a Grammy Award. In 2016, the Metropolitan Room in New York honored Gavin for his contributions to cabaret at an evening programmed by the writer himself. In 2018, the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC) gave him its Board of Directors Award.Gavin has appeared in several documentaries, including an E! True Hollywood Story on Doris Day and Anita O'Day: The Life and Times of a Jazz Singer. He wrote and narrated a French TV documentary, Chet by Claxton, on legendary jazz photographer William Claxton and his muse, Chet Baker. Gavin has made hundreds of radio appearances, including multiple interviews on NPR, the BBC, and Australia's ABC Network; he has been seen on the Today show, Good Morning America, and PBS NewsHour. From 2011 through 2017, Gavin toured as narrator, host, and author of Stormy Weather: The Life and Music of Lena Horne, a show that starred former Supreme Mary Wilson. Aside from his Stormy Weather show, he has created and hosted shows based on all his other books, featuring Blossom Dearie, Nellie McKay, Jane Monheit, Mark Murphy, Andy Bey, Mx. Justin Vivian Bond and Kenny Mellman (Kiki & Herb), Spider Saloff, Oscar Brown, Jr., The New Standards, Catherine Russell, Jonatha Brooke, and others. These evenings have been presented at such venues as the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (West Palm Beach, FL), the Miller Outdoor Theater (Houston, TX), the Castro Theater (San Francisco, CA), the Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis, MN), and Joe's Pub (NYC).Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style, of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstories of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing their audience along for a fantastic ride.Wendy Stuart is an author, celebrity interviewer, model, filmmaker and hosts “Pandemic Cooking With Wendy,” a popular Youtube comedic cooking show born in the era of Covid-19, and TriVersity Talk, a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and pressing issues in the LGBTQ Community.Tym Moss is a popular NYC singer, actor, and radio/tv host who recently starred in the hit indie film “JUNK” to critical acclaim.

Sean is currently a choreographer for the Miami Heat dancers, a judge for the Miami Dolphins cheerleaders, and founder of the Out of the Box dance intensives in West Palm Beach. Sean's Dance Factory has produced world known industry professionals. Chris Grant, choreographer for Beyoncé, Keisha Cole, J-Lo and Brandy, started with SDF when he was 14 years old. Mikey Pesante, dancer for Brittney Spears, Rhianna, Camila Cabello and Kendrick Lamar, started with SDF when he was 16 years old. The SDF dancers have been featured in Chris Brown music videos, on stage with Justin Bieber and on stage at the Kravis Center for their 15 year running Big Bang Show production. Most recently they were crowned winners of the World of Dance competition in New York in December 2017. The principles that characterize its design, build a foundation of character and self-esteem that will allow each child to rise to the top. Enabling children to see a greater vision in life is one of the first steps in helping them achieve their dreams. Sean's Dance Factory seeks to level the playing field by providing scholarships to underprivileged children Are your testosterone levels falling? Use MSCS to get 30% off your at-home test and find out: https://trylgc.com/MSCS Thank you to LetsGetChecked for sponsoring this video. See if any of your passwords have been compromised. Try 14 days for free: https://aura.com/MSCS Thank you to Aura for sponsoring this video Unleash The Beast With Monster Energy: https://www.monsterenergy.com/us/mscs Checkout Sean Green. Upcoming event KAVIS CENTER get your tickets now! https://www.kravis.org/ Website: https://seansdancefactory.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/seangreensdf https://www.instagram.com/seangreenentertainment/

Episode 37 takes us back to the cultutal arts in Palm Beach County. One of the most versatile venues for culture in our county is the Kravis Center which first opened in 1992. Raymond F. Kravis was a prominent geologist and philanthropist from Tulsa, OK, who wintered in Palm Beach for more than 35 years. In 1985, a consortium of his friends donated more than $7 million to name the facility for Mr. Kravis. Today, under the leadership of its new CEO, Diane Quinn, the Kravis is offering an array of programs from Kravis on Braodway, to Art Smart (a series of educational classes, workshops and lectures that take art lovers behind the curtain). There is also a vibrant outreach program to area students to develop their appreciation for art in the next generation. Listen to Ms. Quinn speak of her vision for our community.

“Sparkling” mezzo-soprano Madison Marie McIntosh has been praised for her “wondrouslyflexible voice,” “prodigious vocal skills,” and “richly textured and strong lower register” (Vocedi Meche). OperaWire has praised her “vocal power,” “enchanting voice,” “velvety mezzosoprano,”and “abundant vocal and dramatic technique, with no shortage of soaring high notesand flexible roulades.” She won The American Prize in Vocal Performance in 2020 and thenperformed a benefit concert for The American Prize that featured world premieres of works by eight composers. Madison has performed Ernesta (Un avvertimento ai gelosi) at Caramoor, Delia (Il viaggio a Reims) with the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, and Alto Soloist (Messiah) with New Amsterdam Opera. In 2022, she performed in concerts with Gulfshore Opera and will sing the title role in La Cenerentola with Fargo Moorhead Opera, the title role in Giulio Cesare with Connecticut Lyric Opera, and Francesca Da Ponte in the premiere of Da Ponte, by composer Roger Neill and librettist Neil Cohen. In 2021, she sang Beppe in Teatro Grattacielo's production of L'amico Fritz at the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, the Domme in Three Way with Fargo Moorhead Opera, Melissa in La liberazione di Ruggiero with Connecticut Lyric Opera, Ruggiero in Alter Ego Chamber Opera's production of Alcina REVAMPED at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, and Lola Lowell in the virtual premiere of Theodore Christman's opera The Impresario and the Dueling Divas with Mo. Eve Queler. Madison has also performed Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), the title role in Carmen, Isabella (L'Italiana in Algeri), Angelina (La Cenerentola), Cesare (Giulio Cesare in Egitto), Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), Dido (Dido and Aeneas), Sara (Roberto Devereux), Giovanna Seymour (Anna Bolena), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), and lead roles in the world premieres of six operas. She has premiered song cycles and other works by composers such as Peter Breiner, Paula Kimper, Roger Neill, Amy Scurria, Jeff Shankley, Myron Silberstein, Webster Young, and Paul Ayres. In 2019, she joined Eve Queler as a soloist in her 25th annual Bel Canto Opera Concert. She has been featured as a soloist in venues such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, the DiMenna Center, and the Teatro Rossini. She covered the title role in Tancredi and sang the Eco in the inaugural season of Will Crutchfield's Teatro Nuovo. In 2019, she performed the role of Prinz Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus) at the Wiener Kammeroper as a result of winning First Prize in the Vienna Summer Music Festival Competition. She worked with the late Mo. Alberto Zedda as a young artist of the Accademia Rossiniana in 2014 and was an Apprentice Artist of Sarasota Opera in 2018. Last season, she was presented in a solo virtual concert in the Kravis Center's series Kravis @ Home. “Sparkling” mezzo-soprano Madison Marie McIntosh has been praised for her “wondrously flexible voice,” “prodigious vocal skills,” and “richly textured and strong lower register” (Voce di Meche). OperaWire has praised her “vocal power,” “enchanting voice,” “velvety mezzosoprano,”and “abundant vocal and dramatic technique, with no shortage of soaring high notesand flexible roulades.” She won The American Prize in Vocal Performance in 2020 and thenperformed a benefit concert for The American Prize that featured world premieres of works by eight composers. Madison has performed Ernesta (Un avvertimento ai gelosi) at Caramoor, Delia (Il viaggio a Reims) with the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, and Alto Soloist (Messiah) with New Amsterdam Opera. In 2022, she performed in concerts with Gulfshore Opera and will sing the title role in La Cenerentola with Fargo Moorhead Opera, the title role in Giulio Cesare with Connecticut Lyric Opera, and Francesca Da Ponte in the premiere of Da Ponte, by composer Roger Neill and librettist Neil Cohen. In 2021, she sang Beppe in Teatro Grattacielo's production of L'amico Fritz at the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, the Domme in Three Way with Fargo Moorhead Opera, Melissa in La liberazione di Ruggiero with Connecticut Lyric Opera, Ruggiero in Alter Ego Chamber Opera's production of Alcina REVAMPED at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, anLola Lowell in the virtual premiere of Theodore Christman's opera The Impresario and theDueling Divas with Mo. Eve Queler. Madison has also performed Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), the title role in Carmen, Isabella (L'Italiana in Algeri), Angelina (La Cenerentola), Cesare (Giulio Cesare in Egitto), Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), Dido (Dido and Aeneas), Sara (Roberto Devereux), Giovanna Seymour (Anna Bolena), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), and lead roles in the world premieres of six operas. S has premiered song cycles and other works by composers such as Peter Breiner, Paula Kimper, Roger Neill, Amy Scurria, Jeff Shankley, Myron Silberstein, Webster Young, and Paul Ayres. In 2019, she joined Eve Queler as a soloist in her 25th annual Bel Canto Opera Concert. She has been featured as a soloist in venues such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, the DiMenna Center, and the Teatro Rossini. She covered the title role in Tancredi and sang the Eco in the inaugural season of Will Crutchfield's Teatro Nuovo. In 2019, she performed the role of Prinz Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus) at the Wiener Kammeroper as a result of winning First Prize in the Vienna Summer Music Festival Competition. She worked with the late Mo. Alberto Zedda as a young artist of the Accademia Rossiniana in 2014 and was an Apprentice Artist of Sarasota Opera in 2018. Last season, she was presented in a solo virtual concert in the Kravis Center's series Kravis @ Home. She also sang in virtual events presented by Fort Worth Opera, Maryland Opera, and the Art Song Preservation Society of New York. She performed one of the 22 ariette by Vaccai in Will Crutchfield's video “Bel Canto in Thirty Minutes,” which also includes singers such as Lawrence Brownlee, Jennifer Rowley, Lisette Oropesa, Angela Meade, and Tamara Mumford. She later collaborated with Mo. Crutchfield on a recording for Teatro Nuovo's Bel Canto Collection. She performed one of the 22 ariette by Vaccai in Will Crutchfield's video “Bel Canto in Thirty Minutes,” which also includes singers such as Lawrence Brownlee, Jennifer Rowley, Lisette Oropesa, Angela Meade, and Tamara Mumford. She later collaborated with Mo. Crutchfield on a recording for Teatro Nuovo's Bel Canto Collection.

Friday on Mornings with Eric and Brigitte, Kristen Vencel, Rehearsal Director for the Demetrius Klein Dance Company joins us to talk about their upcoming performance of Handel's Messiah on Saturday, April 9 at 7 p.m. at Kravis Center's Persson Hall in West Palm Beach. The Demetrius Klein Dance Company is the oldest Modern Dance company in Florida, and they love creating, educating, and collaborating within the South Florida Community. Tickets are on sale for the April performance at 561-832-7469. Messiah 2022 - Demetrius Klein Dance Company See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marmo talks about the show and Lenny Bruce, a highly controversial entertainer in the 1960s. The show runs Feb. 18 - 20.

Talked with Linda and Paula from the Kravis Center. They have a great season lined up including Kravis on Broadway, Regional Arts Classical Concert Series, Lunch and Learn, their Gala featuring artists Steve Martin and Martin Short just to name a few. Listeners can go to Kravis.org and see complete listings, sign up to be a volunteer, become a member, buy tickets and check out the latest safety updates. Listeners can also call 561-832-Show for more info.

Talked with Elizabeth Dashiell about upcoming events including: Kravis Center shows, Treasure Coast libraries, Mandel Public Library, and the Palm Beach Poetry Festival. The 18th Annual Poetry Festival is 100 % virtual and will offer free and ticketed events via Zoom. Special Guest Poet Yusef Komunyakaa and Poet at Large, Aimee Nezhukumatathil will both be presenting. For the complete line up, listeners can go to www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.com.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/ABpQmmDcSfU AVERY SOMMERS is an award-winning actress, singer, and director whose voice has been described as a “powerhouse” by The New York Times. Avery appeared on Broadway in Ain't Misbehavin', Show Boat, and Chicago. She delighted audiences in the national tour of Chicago with Chita Rivera and Joel Grey. Her portrayal of Matron Momma Morton garnered her the L.A Ovation Award for that production of Chicago. She performed the role of Jewel in the first national tour of The Best Little Whore House in Texas with Ann-Margaret. Avery made her debut in Carnegie Hall as the narrator in Christmastime in the City produced by the Continuo Arts Foundation. IN 2016, she sold out her show For Sentimental Reasons in Persson Hall, both the Kravis Center. Also in 2018, Aver was the guest soloist with the Palm Beach Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Conductor Ramon Tabor at the Meyer Amphitheater. Avery was nominated for a Carbonell Award, which honors the finest in South Florida Theatre, for her portrayal of Bessie Smith in The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith. She was presented with the Silver Palm Award for Outstanding Contribution to the South Florida Theatre Community for this role. Avery performed her cabaret shows For Sentimental Reasons and Love. . . It's Magic to sold–out houses - all at Arts Garage. Avery has a loyal following amongst South Florida audiences who never miss an opportunity to see her perform. She has been nominated multiple times for The Carbonell Award. She won the award for her one-woman show But Not for Me at The Coldwell Theatre.   

Dr. Jeffrey Mechanik, the man who literally wrote two books on molecular nutrition, joins Marcus Antebi in a follow up to episode #61 with Gary Taubes. In episode #61 Gary and Marcus get "heated" with each other over the KETO diet. (Marcus is an outspoken opponent of the KETO diet.) Gary Taubs is a huge proponent of this dietary pattern and author of several books on the subject. Episode #62, Dr. Mechanick clarifies and illuminates Marcus' objections to this DIET pattern. Both episodes are great fun!   Dr. Mechanick is Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of the Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health at Mount Sinai Heart, and in the Cardiovascular Institute and Division of Cardiology, and Director of Metabolic Support in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. 

An incredibly stupid Florida man tries to outsmart law enforcement by staging a missing person's case in the Keys when he really shot his second wife in the back of the head in Jacksonville. Oh, and his first wife was found dead too. Plus, Karen tries to crack the greatest art heist of all time.

Our thirteenth official episode of Meet Me At Mill Mountain: The Podcast features Michelle LoRicco, Theatre Director at Patrick Henry High School. Host Ginger Poole (MMT Producing Artistic Director) hears about being a well-rounded Theatre artist.Michelle LoRicco is a passionate educator, director, and playwright who loves to create and tell stories on stage and in the classroom with people of all ages. Ms. LoRicco is Director of the Theatre program at Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, VA. Michelle graduated from the University of Central Florida with her MFA, specializing in Theatre for Young Audiences, and she received her Bachelor’s in Theatre, specializing in Musical Theatre, at Palm Beach Atlantic University. She has developed curriculum and worked in the education departments at the American Repertory Theatre, The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Christ Fellowship, and Children’s Impact Network. MichelleLoRicco.com Mill Mountain Theatre strives to inspire, entertain, enrich, educate, and challenge audiences of Southwest Virginia through high-quality, professional theatrical productions and experiences. Meet Me At Mill Mountain: The Podcast explores all of the buzz words in Mill Mountain Theatre's mission statement.

In this episode, Judy and Lou discuss the accuracy of our narrative in schools around Mt. Rushmore and Abraham Lincoln, two monuments for whom Lou has a very deep connection.Actor, singer and storyteller Lou Del Bianco has been working with children of all ages since 1982. According to the New York Times, Lou’s dramatic approach to storytelling “puts pow into passivity!” The Parents Choice foundation states that “few performers excel as both storyteller and musician, but Lou Del Bianco is one who does.” Lou’s 6 recordings have garnered high praise from Billboard Magazine, Parent’s Choice, NAPPA, BOOKLIST, CHILD Magazine, Family Fun and a slew of others!Lou has performed all over the country, from the Tastes of Chicago to the Kravis Center to Carnegie Hall. His music video, “A Little Bit Clumsy”, is presently playing on the Learning Channel. He has traveled the Northeast as an artist in residence for 17 years; performed in San Diego at the International Reading Association’s annual convention; served as keynote speaker on arts / character education from North Carolina to Massachusetts.On an educational level, Lou has been an artist-in-residence since 1987 and has worked in many schools alongside teachers to help improve literacy in the classroom. His Kinderart residency (created with his wife, Camille) was honored by New York State as a model program, and his Story Theater residency, Around the World and Make a Good Choice! one man shows have reached thousands of elementary children all over the tri-state area.Lou’s portrayal of Abraham Lincoln has been endorsed by the Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. His grandfather, Luigi, chief carver on Mount Rushmore was recently honored by TLC’s CAKE BOSS with a remarkably life like cake of the American icon. Lou’s one man show about his grandfather has received rave reviews from schools, libraries and historical groups.

Powerhouse performer Donna Singer has wowed jazz lovers around the world through her recordings and live performances at festivals, concert halls and jazz clubs. Her European concerts include dates in Paris, Switzerland, Ireland, Italy and Wales. She has performed at the Metropolitan Opera Guild Recital Hall in Lincoln Center, Central Park’s Naumburg Bandshell and The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach and Carnegie Hall.She has engaged audiences in many U.S. cities including Phoenix, Miami and Nashville. Her U.S. festival appearances include the Nebraska International Jazz Festival, Bethany College Jazz Festival in Kansas and the Saratoga Arts Festival in New York. Whether performing in an intimate gathering with her trio, with an 18- piece jazz orchestra, or with the 90-piece Gold Coast Concert Band, she’s sure to wow audiences.Learn more:http://donna-singer.com/bioSource: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/donna-singer-jazz-star-featured-in-expert-profiles-volume-11-new-cd-released

Powerhouse performer Donna Singer has wowed jazz lovers around the world through her recordings and live performances at festivals, concert halls and jazz clubs. Her European concerts include dates in Paris, Switzerland, Ireland, Italy and Wales. She has performed at the Metropolitan Opera Guild Recital Hall in Lincoln Center, Central Park’s Naumburg Bandshell and The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach and Carnegie Hall.She has engaged audiences in many U.S. cities including Phoenix, Miami and Nashville. Her U.S. festival appearances include the Nebraska International Jazz Festival, Bethany College Jazz Festival in Kansas and the Saratoga Arts Festival in New York. Whether performing in an intimate gathering with her trio, with an 18- piece jazz orchestra, or with the 90-piece Gold Coast Concert Band, she’s sure to wow audiences.Learn more:http://donna-singer.com/bioSource: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/donna-singer-jazz-star-featured-in-expert-profiles-volume-11-new-cd-released

Avery Sommers is thrilled to be part of The Mabel Mercer Foundation 30th New York Cabaret Convention. Her other favorite concert appearances include Carnegie Hall, The Palm Beach Symphony Orchestra, and the Kravis Center. Avery is an award-winning actress/singer whose voice has been called a powerhouse by the New York Times. She was honored to replace Nell Carter on Broadway in Ain't Misbehavin'. On National Tour, she delighted audiences as Matron Mama Morton in Chicago (with Chita Rivera and Joel Grey) and charmed them as Jewel in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (with Ann-Margret).  averysommers.com wijsf.org

Powerhouse performer Donna Singer has wowed jazz lovers around the world through her recordings and live performances at festivals, concert halls and jazz clubs. Her European concerts include dates in Paris, Switzerland, Ireland, Italy and Wales. She has performed at the Metropolitan Opera Guild Recital Hall in Lincoln Center, Central Park’s Naumburg Bandshell and The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach and Carnegie Hall.She has engaged audiences in many U.S. cities including Phoenix, Miami and Nashville. Her U.S. festival appearances include the Nebraska International Jazz Festival, Bethany College Jazz Festival in Kansas and the Saratoga Arts Festival in New York. Whether performing in an intimate gathering with her trio, with an 18- piece jazz orchestra, or with the 90-piece Gold Coast Concert Band, she’s sure to wow audiences.Learn more:http://donna-singer.com/bio

Powerhouse performer Donna Singer has wowed jazz lovers around the world through her recordings and live performances at festivals, concert halls and jazz clubs. Her European concerts include dates in Paris, Switzerland, Ireland, Italy and Wales. She has performed at the Metropolitan Opera Guild Recital Hall in Lincoln Center, Central Park’s Naumburg Bandshell and The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach and Carnegie Hall.She has engaged audiences in many U.S. cities including Phoenix, Miami and Nashville. Her U.S. festival appearances include the Nebraska International Jazz Festival, Bethany College Jazz Festival in Kansas and the Saratoga Arts Festival in New York. Whether performing in an intimate gathering with her trio, with an 18- piece jazz orchestra, or with the 90-piece Gold Coast Concert Band, she’s sure to wow audiences.Learn more:http://donna-singer.com/bio

It is getting closer to Chanuka and Christmas and people are running all over shopping and going to parties, and the social aspect is in high gear. It will only escalate after the holidays. There are plenty of shows worth going out of your way to attend. We will keep it brief this week. The 9 days of Supercar starts early in January, and the big day on the waterfront is January 12th, it is our 10th Anniversary, so get ready for a big fun day on the West Palm Beach Waterfront. The Isley Brothers are music icons and will be at The Kravis Center, in Aventura the funny one man show, 'my son the waiter; A Jewish Tragedy", West Palm Beach celebrates Georgia O'Keefe's "Live Modern". in Delray Beach a Tribute to Nat King Cole & Friends happens December 27th, Ft. Lauderdale welcomes "Christmas Wonderland Holiday Spectacular" na coming up fast is Ann Hampton Callaway's performance of the Linda Ronstadt Songbook December 18th and lastly for fashion minded people like me Boca Raton will welcome Lagerfeld: The Chanel Shows" until January 25th. All details are on www.ByrdmansPalmBeach.com. We thank you for all your support and being a reader, listener, follower, fan and friend to us at Palm Beach Live Work Play/PalmBeachlwp.com and ByrdmansPalmBeach.com, it means the world to us to have your kind support and interest. Starting in January we will be welcoming Palm Beach Illustrated Magazine to our family as they become the Official Magazine of Palm Beach Live Work Play and Byrdman's Palm Beach. We are excited by the collaboration. We will be featured in the Agenda section of Palm Beach Illustrated and Art & Culture. The new year will start with a fresh new BANG! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/byrdmans-palm-beach/message

It is getting closer to Chanuka and Christmas and people are running all over shopping and going to parties, and the social aspect is in high gear. It will only escalate after the holidays. There are plenty of shows worth going out of your way to attend. We will keep it brief this week. The 9 days of Supercar starts early in January, and the big day on the waterfront is January 12th, it is our 10th Anniversary, so get ready for a big fun day on the West Palm Beach Waterfront.The Isley Brothers are music icons and will be at The Kravis Center, in Aventura the funny one man show, 'my son the waiter; A Jewish Tragedy", West Palm Beach celebrates Georgia O'Keefe's "Live Modern". in Delray Beach a Tribute to Nat King Cole & Friends happens December 27th, Ft. Lauderdale welcomes "Christmas Wonderland Holiday Spectacular" na coming up fast is Ann Hampton Callaway's performance of the Linda Ronstadt Songbook December 18th and lastly for fashion minded people like me Boca Raton will welcome Lagerfeld: The Chanel Shows" until January 25th. All details are on www.ByrdmansPalmBeach.com.We thank you for all your support and being a reader, listener, follower, fan and friend to us at Palm Beach Live Work Play/PalmBeachlwp.com and ByrdmansPalmBeach.com, it means the world to us to have your kind support and interest.Starting in January we will be welcoming Palm Beach Illustrated Magazine to our family as they become the Official Magazine of Palm Beach Live Work Play and Byrdman's Palm Beach. We are excited by the collaboration. We will be featured in the Agenda section of Palm Beach Illustrated and Art & Culture. The new year will start with a fresh new BANG! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Talked w Linda Birdsey and Ashley Douglass, from the Kravis Center. They are starting their 2019/2020 season with lots of great shows including Fiddler on the Roof, Come From Away, Hamilton, Dave Koz, Roger Waters, A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum, The Play that goes Wrong, and Gilberto Santa Rosa Amor de Los Amores Tour. Their mission is to provide enrichment through arts to the community. They have multiple venues: Perrson Hall, Rinker and Dreyfus. Listeners can find all the shows listed online and lots of video clips of upcoming shows. They are also on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. They are also in the middle of an expansion, Kravis 20/20 the Future is Now, kravis2020@kravis.org. Tonight is their opening of the newly remodeled Lobby area. Kravis is also looking for volunteers and they have a sign up tab on the website. For more info listeners can go to www.Kravis.org

It can be hard to find a truly quiet place in the Lake Worth, Florida-based Guatemalan-Maya Center. Just inside one door, case workers and other staff answer phones and talk clients through paperwork, immigration processes and other services. A long, narrow room on the ground floor has chairs along one wall that are often filled with people waiting for help.Other activities, like planning for cultural events and staging for projects and donations, spill over to the spaces in between.Related: In this California classroom, students teach each other their home languages — and learn acceptanceBut at least one afternoon a week, a group of high school girls carve out some space in the quietest area they can find to huddle around a laptop.They call themselves the Mayan Girls. The Mayan Girls, dressed in the traditional outfits they wore to pitch to Philanthropy Tank, stand with their adviser, social worker Daniel Morgan. Credit: Courtesy of the Mayan Girls  Listen to WLRN's story:  The 'trusted translators' The girls, all students at nearby Lake Worth Community High School, began coming to the center to complete community service hours for school. They started out translating on the spot between the center’s clients and its caseworkers.Like many of the center’s clients, they’re of Guatemalan-Mayan descent. Most of them speak Spanish, English and also a Mayan language.Related: Mexico wants to run a tourist train through its Mayan heartland — should it?Mayan languages are an entirely separate language family from Spanish or English. For someone who speaks only Q’anjob’al, Mam or K'iche', Spanish would make about as much sense as Arabic does to an English-only speaker. And a good portion of the center’s Indigenous clients speak only a Mayan language.“I have tons of information, but I can’t get it to them, because I don’t personally speak a Mayan language.”Daniel Morgan, Mayan Girls’ adviser, social worker“I have tons of information, but I can’t get it to them, because I don’t personally speak a Mayan language,” said Daniel Morgan, a social worker at the center who’s also served as the Mayan Girls’ adviser.When Morgan sits down with a client who doesn’t understand Spanish or English, he says he’ll turn first to other clients in the waiting room with more proficiency to help him get information across. If there’s no one there who can help, he calls up “one of my trusted translators.”Related: Guatemalan women transform their town one brushstroke at a timeThe high school girls started out among those trusted translators. But high school classes meant they weren’t available during most of the center’s weekday hours.Morgan suggested they start recording some general information.That’s what led them to hunt for quiet spaces at the center to gather around their computer.Q’anjob’al on demandThe girls mostly speak Q’anjob’al, which is also the most prevalent Mayan language among Palm Beach County’s Indigenous population. (Read more about Q'anjob'al and other Mayan languages here.)Ramona Francisco, a high school junior, is the voice of the Mayan Girls on most of their recordings.She and the others start with a piece of information that needs translating — sometimes a flyer from the local health clinic or the Department of Children and Families, sometimes information passed to them by other county agencies looking to reach more Guatemalan immigrants — and talk through it.Related: This interpreter is helping get justice for Indigenous women raped and tortured in Guatemala’s civil warThey’ll usually read through it in Spanish or English, then bounce ideas off each other about how to express it in Q’anjob’al.The girls aren’t professional translators — they’re teenagers. Translating a tricky concept isn’t as simple as plugging it in to Google Translate, so sometimes they have to talk their way around more complex ideas like “domestic violence” or “average.”As Francisco talks her way through it, the other girls will chime in with “no, that’s not how you say it” or “yes.”Once they’ve run through the information a couple times and agreed on how to phrase it, Francisco can usually record a clean version in just a few attempts. She leans into a microphone plugged into the computer’s USB port and spills out the Q’anjob’al translation, glancing down every few paragraphs at the Spanish version in front of her.Bigger dreams, and bigger fundsThat was the Mayan Girls’ system for recording over their first few months — laptop, microphone, free online recording software.Then, last March, they pitched their project at a “Shark Tank”-style event run by Philanthropy Tank, a startup incubator for teen-run community service projects.  Video of Philanthropy Tank Live Pitch Event, Kravis Center, West Palm Beach, FL  “Hello, good afternoon, we are the Mayan Girls,” teenager Lorena Felipe Sebastian called out from a stage at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts last March. She and four others stood clad in traditional skirts and embroidered blouses.She and Daniella Domingo, another Mayan Girl, outlined their project. They were asking for $15,000 to fund equipment, outreach and supplies for monthly community events.They received the money — and a giant novelty check that sits in the Guatemalan-Maya Center.They’ve already used some of the funds. They held a back-to-school event in early August to introduce themselves to the community and pass out school supplies. They bought a laptop and are stocking it with audio- and video-editing software. The Mayan Girls' novelty $15,000 check sits on a cabinet at the Guatemalan-Maya Center.  Credit: Madeline Fox/WLRN A camera and additional microphone will, they hope, allow them to flesh out their simple audio recordings with skits demonstrating the spoken information.Guatemala has one of the lowest literacy rates in the Western Hemisphere, and it’s particularly low in Indigenous communities.Audio has been a useful medium, since it allows Mayan-language speakers who can’t read the language to understand the information. The girls hope recording in which they act the information out, as well, will reinforce what they’re saying.A legacy of translationThe Mayan Girls are far from the first to reach out to their community in Mayan languages.Poli Gaspar Xuncax, the Guatemalan-Maya Center’s co-founder who died of cancer in May, started out as a translator for new arrivals fleeing the Guatemalan civil war. She bridged the language gap between refugees and the immigration attorneys helping them build their legal cases.Later, when Indigenous women were giving birth to babies with higher-than-usual numbers of complications, Gaspar Xuncax and other Q’anjob’al speakers helped coax them into doctors’ offices to make sure they were getting necessary prenatal care.“The women believed them, and trusted them, because they spoke a Mayan language,” said Morgan, the social worker.Felipe Sebastian saw the power of communicating with people in their native language when she first started volunteering at the center.“They would seem frustrated that they don’t understand. But when we’re there, they feel more relieved that we’re there to help them and have a better understanding of what others are trying to tell them.”Felipe Sebastian, volunteer“They would seem frustrated that they don’t understand,” she said. “But when we’re there, they feel more relieved that we’re there to help them and have a better understanding of what others are trying to tell them.”Felipe Sebastian herself didn't grow up speaking Q'anjob'al. She started learning three or four years ago when her mom's comadre, a family friend, moved to South Florida speaking no Spanish or English. Over time, Felipe Sebastian honed her Q'anjob'al, and the other woman developed Spanish skills.Now, Felipe Sebastian serves as her family's translator, in addition to her work with clients and recordings at the center. She interprets official forms that arrive in the mail and travels to courthouses, hospitals and health clinics to help members of her extended family get the services they need. The Mayan Girls are adding technology to their community's translation legacy. Over time, they’re hoping to be able to provide that same reassurance of familiar language on-demand, with audio and video recordings that will help guide their community through common issues.'Press four for Q’anjob’al'Felipe Sebastian is also thinking big, in the long term.In the same way that many local agencies, doctor’s offices and customer service lines allow callers to “press two for Spanish” and often another number for Kreyol, she said she thinks “it would be awesome if you press four for Q’anjob’al, or a Mayan language.”Morgan would love to see the girls take their language skills into social work, like Gaspar Xuncax.“They’ll be the future social workers, and community leaders,” he said.Like most teenagers, though, the girls have their own dreams for the future.“Mm, for me, I want to work with the center,” said Sebastian, “but later on, in my future, I want to be a boss in construction and roofing.”A changing populationThough Q’anjob’al remains dominant in Palm Beach County’s Mayan population, new immigration is bringing more people, and different Mayan languages, to Palm Beach County.Despite the federal immigration crackdown, new people are still arriving from Guatemala. They are fleeing violence and food insecurity in their home country.Duke University professor Sarah Bermeo, who has studied migration from Central America, said that while Guatemala may trail El Salvador and Honduras in its rate of violent crime, there’s still a high level of violence — and, with crimes going unpunished at rates as high as 95% at points in the past several years, little deterrence or chance for justice.Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua also have a “dry corridor” that’s seen a multiyear drought linked to climate change. Bermeo says 16% of Guatemala’s population is chronically food insecure, and another 22% is moderately food insecure.“People really don’t know how they’re going to keep feeding their families if they remain where they are,” she said.Among the broader Guatemalan population, Indigenous communities are particularly at risk. Targeted violence during the civil war forced many to flee to the country’s highlands, where they don’t always have documented rights to the land where they’re living. As a result, the land can be taken from them, and they can’t borrow against it to keep their families afloat.“When the overall situation in Guatemala deteriorates, it hurts the marginalized the hardest. It's a poor country, but this is an exceptionally poor group and large group within that country.”Sarah Bermeo, Duke University, professor“When the overall situation in Guatemala deteriorates, it hurts the marginalized the hardest,” said Bermeo. “It's a poor country, but this is an exceptionally poor group and large group within that country.”With an established Guatemalan community already present in Palm Beach County, many who have fled to the US have settled in Lake Worth and Jupiter. Some speak Q’anjob’al, but others are bringing Mam, K'iche', Awakateko and other languages within the Mayan family.“When I go to my classes, it’s always that I hear a person speaking a Mayan language,” said Felipe Sebastian. “So, I know that there’s a big majority of them.”She and the other Mayan Girls have turned some of their attention to recruiting new members who can bring in other Mayan languages. Though the information they’ve distributed so far is in Q’anjob’al, they’re seeing the need for everything from storm warnings to measles vaccine information in other Mayan languages — and that’s a gap they hope to fill in the years to come.This story originally appeared on WLRN. 

It can be hard to find a truly quiet place in the Lake Worth, Florida-based Guatemalan-Maya Center. Just inside one door, case workers and other staff answer phones and talk clients through paperwork, immigration processes and other services. A long, narrow room on the ground floor has chairs along one wall that are often filled with people waiting for help.Other activities, like planning for cultural events and staging for projects and donations, spill over to the spaces in between.Related: In this California classroom, students teach each other their home languages — and learn acceptanceBut at least one afternoon a week, a group of high school girls carve out some space in the quietest area they can find to huddle around a laptop.They call themselves the Mayan Girls. The Mayan Girls, dressed in the traditional outfits they wore to pitch to Philanthropy Tank, stand with their adviser, social worker Daniel Morgan. Credit: Courtesy of the Mayan Girls  Listen to WLRN's story:  The 'trusted translators' The girls, all students at nearby Lake Worth Community High School, began coming to the center to complete community service hours for school. They started out translating on the spot between the center's clients and its caseworkers.Like many of the center's clients, they're of Guatemalan-Mayan descent. Most of them speak Spanish, English and also a Mayan language.Related: Mexico wants to run a tourist train through its Mayan heartland — should it?Mayan languages are an entirely separate language family from Spanish or English. For someone who speaks only Q'anjob'al, Mam or K'iche', Spanish would make about as much sense as Arabic does to an English-only speaker. And a good portion of the center's Indigenous clients speak only a Mayan language.“I have tons of information, but I can't get it to them, because I don't personally speak a Mayan language.”Daniel Morgan, Mayan Girls' adviser, social worker“I have tons of information, but I can't get it to them, because I don't personally speak a Mayan language,” said Daniel Morgan, a social worker at the center who's also served as the Mayan Girls' adviser.When Morgan sits down with a client who doesn't understand Spanish or English, he says he'll turn first to other clients in the waiting room with more proficiency to help him get information across. If there's no one there who can help, he calls up “one of my trusted translators.”Related: Guatemalan women transform their town one brushstroke at a timeThe high school girls started out among those trusted translators. But high school classes meant they weren't available during most of the center's weekday hours.Morgan suggested they start recording some general information.That's what led them to hunt for quiet spaces at the center to gather around their computer.Q'anjob'al on demandThe girls mostly speak Q'anjob'al, which is also the most prevalent Mayan language among Palm Beach County's Indigenous population. (Read more about Q'anjob'al and other Mayan languages here.)Ramona Francisco, a high school junior, is the voice of the Mayan Girls on most of their recordings.She and the others start with a piece of information that needs translating — sometimes a flyer from the local health clinic or the Department of Children and Families, sometimes information passed to them by other county agencies looking to reach more Guatemalan immigrants — and talk through it.Related: This interpreter is helping get justice for Indigenous women raped and tortured in Guatemala's civil warThey'll usually read through it in Spanish or English, then bounce ideas off each other about how to express it in Q'anjob'al.The girls aren't professional translators — they're teenagers. Translating a tricky concept isn't as simple as plugging it in to Google Translate, so sometimes they have to talk their way around more complex ideas like “domestic violence” or “average.”As Francisco talks her way through it, the other girls will chime in with “no, that's not how you say it” or “yes.”Once they've run through the information a couple times and agreed on how to phrase it, Francisco can usually record a clean version in just a few attempts. She leans into a microphone plugged into the computer's USB port and spills out the Q'anjob'al translation, glancing down every few paragraphs at the Spanish version in front of her.Bigger dreams, and bigger fundsThat was the Mayan Girls' system for recording over their first few months — laptop, microphone, free online recording software.Then, last March, they pitched their project at a “Shark Tank”-style event run by Philanthropy Tank, a startup incubator for teen-run community service projects.  Video of Philanthropy Tank Live Pitch Event, Kravis Center, West Palm Beach, FL  “Hello, good afternoon, we are the Mayan Girls,” teenager Lorena Felipe Sebastian called out from a stage at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts last March. She and four others stood clad in traditional skirts and embroidered blouses.She and Daniella Domingo, another Mayan Girl, outlined their project. They were asking for $15,000 to fund equipment, outreach and supplies for monthly community events.They received the money — and a giant novelty check that sits in the Guatemalan-Maya Center.They've already used some of the funds. They held a back-to-school event in early August to introduce themselves to the community and pass out school supplies. They bought a laptop and are stocking it with audio- and video-editing software. The Mayan Girls' novelty $15,000 check sits on a cabinet at the Guatemalan-Maya Center.  Credit: Madeline Fox/WLRN A camera and additional microphone will, they hope, allow them to flesh out their simple audio recordings with skits demonstrating the spoken information.Guatemala has one of the lowest literacy rates in the Western Hemisphere, and it's particularly low in Indigenous communities.Audio has been a useful medium, since it allows Mayan-language speakers who can't read the language to understand the information. The girls hope recording in which they act the information out, as well, will reinforce what they're saying.A legacy of translationThe Mayan Girls are far from the first to reach out to their community in Mayan languages.Poli Gaspar Xuncax, the Guatemalan-Maya Center's co-founder who died of cancer in May, started out as a translator for new arrivals fleeing the Guatemalan civil war. She bridged the language gap between refugees and the immigration attorneys helping them build their legal cases.Later, when Indigenous women were giving birth to babies with higher-than-usual numbers of complications, Gaspar Xuncax and other Q'anjob'al speakers helped coax them into doctors' offices to make sure they were getting necessary prenatal care.“The women believed them, and trusted them, because they spoke a Mayan language,” said Morgan, the social worker.Felipe Sebastian saw the power of communicating with people in their native language when she first started volunteering at the center.“They would seem frustrated that they don't understand. But when we're there, they feel more relieved that we're there to help them and have a better understanding of what others are trying to tell them.”Felipe Sebastian, volunteer“They would seem frustrated that they don't understand,” she said. “But when we're there, they feel more relieved that we're there to help them and have a better understanding of what others are trying to tell them.”Felipe Sebastian herself didn't grow up speaking Q'anjob'al. She started learning three or four years ago when her mom's comadre, a family friend, moved to South Florida speaking no Spanish or English. Over time, Felipe Sebastian honed her Q'anjob'al, and the other woman developed Spanish skills.Now, Felipe Sebastian serves as her family's translator, in addition to her work with clients and recordings at the center. She interprets official forms that arrive in the mail and travels to courthouses, hospitals and health clinics to help members of her extended family get the services they need. The Mayan Girls are adding technology to their community's translation legacy. Over time, they're hoping to be able to provide that same reassurance of familiar language on-demand, with audio and video recordings that will help guide their community through common issues.'Press four for Q'anjob'al'Felipe Sebastian is also thinking big, in the long term.In the same way that many local agencies, doctor's offices and customer service lines allow callers to “press two for Spanish” and often another number for Kreyol, she said she thinks “it would be awesome if you press four for Q'anjob'al, or a Mayan language.”Morgan would love to see the girls take their language skills into social work, like Gaspar Xuncax.“They'll be the future social workers, and community leaders,” he said.Like most teenagers, though, the girls have their own dreams for the future.“Mm, for me, I want to work with the center,” said Sebastian, “but later on, in my future, I want to be a boss in construction and roofing.”A changing populationThough Q'anjob'al remains dominant in Palm Beach County's Mayan population, new immigration is bringing more people, and different Mayan languages, to Palm Beach County.Despite the federal immigration crackdown, new people are still arriving from Guatemala. They are fleeing violence and food insecurity in their home country.Duke University professor Sarah Bermeo, who has studied migration from Central America, said that while Guatemala may trail El Salvador and Honduras in its rate of violent crime, there's still a high level of violence — and, with crimes going unpunished at rates as high as 95% at points in the past several years, little deterrence or chance for justice.Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua also have a “dry corridor” that's seen a multiyear drought linked to climate change. Bermeo says 16% of Guatemala's population is chronically food insecure, and another 22% is moderately food insecure.“People really don't know how they're going to keep feeding their families if they remain where they are,” she said.Among the broader Guatemalan population, Indigenous communities are particularly at risk. Targeted violence during the civil war forced many to flee to the country's highlands, where they don't always have documented rights to the land where they're living. As a result, the land can be taken from them, and they can't borrow against it to keep their families afloat.“When the overall situation in Guatemala deteriorates, it hurts the marginalized the hardest. It's a poor country, but this is an exceptionally poor group and large group within that country.”Sarah Bermeo, Duke University, professor“When the overall situation in Guatemala deteriorates, it hurts the marginalized the hardest,” said Bermeo. “It's a poor country, but this is an exceptionally poor group and large group within that country.”With an established Guatemalan community already present in Palm Beach County, many who have fled to the US have settled in Lake Worth and Jupiter. Some speak Q'anjob'al, but others are bringing Mam, K'iche', Awakateko and other languages within the Mayan family.“When I go to my classes, it's always that I hear a person speaking a Mayan language,” said Felipe Sebastian. “So, I know that there's a big majority of them.”She and the other Mayan Girls have turned some of their attention to recruiting new members who can bring in other Mayan languages. Though the information they've distributed so far is in Q'anjob'al, they're seeing the need for everything from storm warnings to measles vaccine information in other Mayan languages — and that's a gap they hope to fill in the years to come.This story originally appeared on WLRN. 

The team from the Kravis Center joins us in studio to reveal their new show lineup! And Who were these hecklers at the debate last night and what were they saying? Here's a hint, they were yelling at De Blasio.

Jackie and Jason Gillman, Founders of The Broadway Artists Intensive at the Kravis Center. The Kravis center offers a variety of arts education programs. Since 1992, 2.5 million schoolchildren from Palm Beach, Broward, Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee counties have visited the Kravis Center, by attending performances through eh S*T*A*R* Series or participating in one of their educational programs. Jackie and Jason created several of their educational programs. The Broadway Artist Intensive Junior (1 week during the summer age 9-13) and The Broadway Artists Intensive (3 weeks during the summer). The Junior session is from June 24-28 and no audition is required. The Intensive is 3 weeks from July 8-27 age 14-21, Auditions are required (video auditions are okay). Both sessions are taught by Broadway Actors, Choreographers, Directors, etc. For more info listeners can to to thebroadwayartistintensive.com or call Alison and 561-651-4376. The Kravis also has a summer Arts Camp where kids (age 9-11 No Audition), learn how to create a show from the idea to final product. www.Kravis.org or email Keena and gumbinner@kravis.org

Hello and welcome to the Community Time from the Loomis Chaffee Pelican Scoop. Our Community Time series consists of short episodes where we get to hear from Loomis Chaffee community members about their experiences outside the classroom. Today, we hear from Sara Deveaux, the Director of the Henry R. Kravis '63 Center for Excellence in Teaching. Sarah tells us about some of the more common conversations she has about teaching with other faculty on campus, and how the center strives to cultivate a community of inquisitive, innovative, and collaborative teachers. This has been a Pelican Scoop Community Time. New episodes are released on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month. Long-form episodes about life at Loomis Chaffee also appear in this feed, and are released roughly once a month. Thank you for listening.

Talked with Jennifer Kryshka, Interim Executive Director, Jewish Women's Foundation of the Greater Palm Beaches. Their vision is a world where gender is not a barrier to safety or success and women and girls have equal social, political, economic, and religious opportunities. They are working toward that goal with grant making, advocacy, leadership training and educational seminars in the community. They are having their "Imagine the Possiblities" luncheon this Wednesday at the Kravis Center honoring founding trustee, Paula Lustbader. On December 17th the Young Leaders Society Celebratory Happy Hour will be at West Palm Brewery & Wine Vault ta 5:30pm. Listeners can go to www.jwfpalmbeach.org to find out about making donations, volunteer opportunities, local programs, teen programs, leadership programs and more.

This week we get closer to Elton John in concert in Sunrise, in Jupiter Disney Beauty & The Beast, In Delray Beach Ingrid Robinson's Art is displayed at Arts Garage, West Palm Beach the Kravis Center welcomes Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, in Ft. Lauderdale see The King & I, in West Palm Beach the Photographic Centre presents Laurence Gartel: Digital Titan until January, these are just some of the many entertainment & cultural choices this week. Thanks for listening and reading our weekly podcast, please listen, like, share and subscribe! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Talked with Marcie Gorman and Emily Tarallo from MNM Theatre Company formerly MNM Productions. MNM is now a 501c3 and they are committed to producing wonderful live theatre using local actors/muscians. They are wrapping up their season with a co-production with the Kravis Center of Grease. It will be running in the Rinker Playhouse November 15th- Dec2. They already have some sold out shows so for dates/tickets availability, listeners can go to www.kravis.org. Grease is set in Rydell High School in 1959 with the "Burger Palace Boys" and "Pink Ladies" and features lots of great pop hits such as Greased Lightnin' and Summer Loving. To find out more about being a volunteer, sponsor or to make donations, listeners can go to www.mnmtheatre.org

Our Community Time series consists short episodes in which we hear from Loomis Chaffee community members. Today, we hear from Sara Deveaux about her new role as Director of the Kravis Center for Excellence in teaching. This has been a Pelican Scoop Community Time. New episodes are released on the first and third Thursday of each month. Long-form episodes about life at Loomis Chaffee also appear in this feed, and are released roughly once a month. Thank you for listening.

Talked with Jay Zeager and Sarah Turner, Co-Chairs, Association of Fundraising Professionals Palm Beach County. They are co-hosting this year's AFP National Philanthropy Day Awards Luncheon. It's happening on Friday, November 16th at the Cohen Pavilion at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. It's from 11:30am-1:30pm. Proceeds from the event benefit training and scholarships for individuals and organizations serving non-profits in the community. The Association of Fundraising Professionals is about connecting community to philanthropy. They work to advance philanthropy through advocacy, research, education and certification programs. For more information, to apply for a scholarship, become a volunteer or a member, listeners can go to www.afppbc.org

Talked w Linda Birdsey and Ashley Douglass, from the Kravis Center. They are starting their 27th season with lots of great shows. Their mission is to provide enrichment through arts to the community. They have multiple venues: Perrson Hall, Rinker and Dreyfus. Listeners can find all the shows listed online and lots of video clips of upcoming shows. They are also on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. They have several fundraisers including the Gala, kravis.org/gala and Palm Beach Wine Auction, www.palmbeachwineauction.org. They are also in the middle of an expansion, Kravis 20/20 the Future is Now, kravis2020@kravis.org. Kravis is also looking for volunteers and they have a sign up tab on the website. For more info listeners can go to www.Kravis.org

Young Singers of the Palm Beaches is Palm Beach County's award winning community-based children's choir. We are an inclusive, multi-cultural arts education organization based centrally in West Palm Beach at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. Our enrollment is comprised of singers in grades 2-12 from all parts of Palm Beach County's diverse racial, ethnic, geographic, and socio-economic communities. Beth Clark, Young Singers of the Palm Beaches CEO Mrs. Clark moved to South Florida in 1995 with Dan, her husband of 41 years, and daughter Lauren. In 2005 she came to the Young Singers of the Palm Beaches as the Office Assistant and in 2007 became Executive Director. Under her leadership, Young Singers of the Palm Beaches has grown from around 100 singers to 350, has toured nationally, and is an annual performer on the main stage of the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. Mrs. Clark is a State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs panelist for music grants, and serves as a Palm Beach County grant panelist. Mrs. Clark is the recipient of the 2010 Cultural Council of the Palm Beaches Muse Award for Cultural Leader of the Year. www.yspb.org/

Dennis talks with us about his upcoming show at the Kravis and reminisces about his days on SNL.

Today we are speaking with Scott MacClintic and Jen Solomon, Director and Associate Director of Innovation respectively, about the Pearse Hub for Innovation, the PHI, which is currently under construction as part of Loomis Chaffee’s new campus center. Scott is a member of the class of ’82, a long-time teacher in the Science Department, and is currently Director of the Kravis Center for Excellence in Teaching. Jen is new to the Island this year. She teaches biology and physics and lives in the dormitory Richmond Hall.

Welcome to Byrdman's Palm Beach, the original digital entertainment podcast for the Palm Beaches and South Florida. Hear the week's top entertainment choices with links to tickets in under 5 minutes. Hosted by world renown radio personality Tim Byrd "The Byrdman".1 In Boca Raton February 17th Ann Hampton Callaway Presents The Streisand Songbook at the WOLD Performing Arts Center at Lynn University, for tickets go to lynn.edu2 In Jupiter on Valentine’s Eve February 14th the Carlin Park After Dark Concert Series happens 7-9pm at the Seabreeze Amphitheater, it’s Solid Brass, a Chicago Tribute band, byo lawn chairs for more go to pbcamphitheaters.com3 In Delray Beach February 16-25th tennis fans, it’s the Delray Beach Open at the stadium and tennis center, for seats go to yellowtennisball.com4 In Boca Raton February 16th see The Lovin’ Spoonful at the Carole and Barry Kaye Arts Auditorium at FAU for tickets go to fauevents.com5 In West Palm Beach our own Franco Corso Presents That’s Amore on the 18th at Rinker Playhouse for tickets go to kravis,org6 In Jupiter the Maltz Jupiter TheatrePresents The Children of Willesden Lane February 21st get tickets at jupitertheatre.org7 In Lake Worth don’t miss Motown legend Mary Wilson former member of th Supremes, as she appears at The Duncan Theatre for tickets go to duncantheatre.org8 In West Palm Beach on February 16th at the Kravis Center, see the legendary Beach Boys, don’t miss this show, go to kravis.org for seats9 In Palm Beach Gardens Ballet Palm Beach Presents Gatsby at the Benjamin School February 24-25th for tickets go to balletpalmbeach.org10 In West Palm Beach at Dreyfoos Hall on February 17th, don’t miss George Benson, for tickets go to kravis.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

1 In Jupiter the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, see An Inspector Calls, February 4-18, get tickets at jupitertheatre.org 2 In Palm Beach Gardens on February 11th the Indian River Pops Orchestra Presents “Copeland Davis with the Pops” at the Eissey Campus Theatre, for tickets go to eisseycampustheatre.com3 In West Palm Beacon February 12th don’t miss comedy legend Jackie Mason at the Kravis Center get tickets at kravis.org4 In Boca Raton on February 17th Ann Hampton Callaway Presents “The Streisand Songbook” at the WOLD Performing Arts Center at Lynn University, to get tickets go to lynn.eduIn Delray Beach February 9, The Cornell Art Museum at Old School Square Presents Art on the Square for more info go to oldschoolsquare.org5 In Delray Beach February 16th-25th tennis fans will experience the Delray Beach Open at the Stadium and Tennis Center, get tickets at yellowtennisball.com6 In West Palm Beach on February 16th at the Kravis Center, see the legendary Beach Boys, don’t miss this show, go to kravis.org for seats7 In Boca Raton February 16th 60’s Hit Group The Lovin’ Spoonful perform at the Carole & Barry Kaye Arts Auditorium at FAU, for tickets go to fauevents.com8 In West Palm Beach February 18th our own Franco Corso presents “That’s Amore” at Rinker Playhouse, for tickets go to kravis.org9 In West Palm Beach on February 9-10 at the Kravis Center inside Helen K. Persson Hall don’t miss Avery Sommers perform For Sentimental Reasons: The Songs of Love, good seats available at kravis.org10 Also in West Palm Beach Sunday on the Waterfront Presents “Nuthin’ Fancy” a Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Band for more info go to wpb.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Talked with Ashley Douglass, Kravis Center and Elizabeth Dashiell, Public Relations Coor. It's the 26th season for the Kravis Center and they have a great line up of shows. And it's the 10th anniversary of them adding their Kravis on Broadway series. The Kravis on Broadway shows this year include: The Book of Mormon, Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I, Finding Neverland, Cabaret, The Illusionists Live from Broadway, The Bodyguard, and Something Rotten. They also have a wonderful line up of orchestra's in the Regional Arts Concert series. Listeners can buy individual tickets for shows or tickets for an entire series. Kravis is also looking for Volunteers and will be holding an orientation day on October 26th. For more info on shows, donating, and volunteering listeners can go to www.kravis.org.

John Cleese speaks with Joel Malkin about his show at the Kravis Center on November 1.

In this episode of The Italian American Podcast, we are changing it up. I will be taking you on a trip with me and we will be heading to the black hills of South Dakota to attend a ceremony where Luigi del Bianco will be named the Chief Carver of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. We will also speak with Lou Del Bianco about the role he played in helping to pursue this recognition for his grandfather. We will then attend Lou Del Bianco’s performance where he will dress up like his grandfather and put on a play at the memorial, and then immediately after that we’ll attend the official ceremony and hear from some of the speakers including Gloria Del Bianco, Luigi’s daughter. In the Stories Segment of the episode, we’ll reflect with Lou, the day after the ceremony about his 30-year journey of dedication and perseverance to garner this rightful place in history for his grandfather Luigi Del Bianco. About our Guest… Lou’s dramatic approach to storytelling “puts pow into passivity!” The Parents Choice foundation states that “few performers excel as both storyteller and musician, but Lou Del Bianco is one who does.” Lou Del Bianco has been working with children of all ages since 1982. According to the New York Times, Lou has performed all over the country, from the Tastes of Chicago to the Kravis Center to Carnegie Hall. His music video, “A Little Bit Clumsy”, is presently playing on the Learning Channel. Lou’s portrayal of Abraham Lincoln has been endorsed by the Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. His grandfather, Luigi, chief carver on Mount Rushmore was recently honored by TLC’s CAKE BOSS with a remarkable lifelike cake of the American icon. Lou’s one-man show about his grandfather has received rave reviews from schools, libraries, and historical groups. Episode Sponsors The National Italian American Foundation

Talked with Kathi Kretzer, Kretzer Piano Music Foundation. the charity offers, music enrichment for inner city/disadvantaged youth, public performances, Music of the Mind at the Harriet Himmel, Local Nursing Homes/ALFs/Hospitals. They also have 2 fundraisers coming up. Music of the Mind Tuesday 7-18 at the Harriett Himmel, with a Jazz quartet and “The Company” by M and M production (proceeds from tickets sold for KPMF at the 7-20 show) in the Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center. Listeners can get more information, sign up to volunteer/mentor/donate/purchase tickets at http://www.kretzerpiano.com/kpmf

Talked with Andy Villabona, Denise Mariani,No Kid Hungry and Chef Lindsay from Regional Kitchen and Public House plus Sally Severeid from Kool 105.5's Morning Show about the upcoming Taste of the Nation fundraiser at the Kravis Center. It's being held on April 20th from 6-10p and tickets are available online at www.tasteofthenation.org/palmbeach. There are regular, VIP and VIP Deluxe (that include an afterparty at Regional Kitchen). The proceeds go to local programs that ensure kids are offered breakfast at school and training classes for family about cooking on a budget. They have 40+ restaurants plus wine tasting and lots of auction items and a new "wine door" event this year. Listeners can get more info at the website www.tasteofthenations.org/palmbeach

Talked with Rachel Ramos, Director of Programs and Ken Cunningham, Board Member and Watch A Rising Star Event Chair, Junior Achievement of Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast.They work with students K-12 to teach entrepreneurship, financial literacy with the help of Volunteers. Watch a Rising Star is their big fundraiser and is happening 6pm on March 25th at the Cohen Pavilion of the Kravis Center. They are featuring a dynamic vocal competition between 5 area seniors (who will all receive scholarship funds). For listeners who want to buy tickets, volunteer or see what programs are available, they can go to www.juniorachievement.com

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I was absolutely delighted to see my old high school friend come back to the south Florida theater scene last March. David Abeles came through the Kravis Center on his Broadway tour of Matilda the Musical, playing the dominant and imposing role of Miss Trunchbull. I took my son to go see my friend do what I know he does best, and we were both so delighted by Dave’s performance and the entire cast and production! What a treat!! Dave and I went to high school together at Pine Crest School in Ft. Lauderdale, and I always knew he would grow up to give his talents as a gift to the world. He was one of those people who just had that “it” factor; but, what makes him so special is that he is truly humble. On this podcast, he shares the story of his journey from Broward County to London to New York, and what life is like as an actor on the move!! Follow Dave on Twitter as @iAmDavidAbeles! Mentioned in this podcast: #10 – ACTOR – Amir Arison – 2014-12-26: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/curve-the-cube/id931220607?mt=2&i=329013718 This episode of Curve the Cube is sponsored by my brother, Gerard! Under his company, GL Esquire Consulting, he gives sound legal business advice. If you either want to start your own business or need some guidance regarding the business you own or work for, give him a call! A Harvard and Columbia Law graduate, he’s worked for some of the world’s largest, most prestigious law firms (even at Johnny Cochran’s distinguished firm). He’s worked with clients in a variety of industries, including financial services, agriculture, music production, fashion, and technology, and he’s happy to bring that expertise to helping you and your business needs. When you’re Gerard’s client, he’ll not only be your lawyer, but also your trusted consultant and friend. His initial consultations are always free; but, if you mention Curve the Cube, he’ll offer you his “friends and family” rates!! Reach him at (786) 531-9834, gerard@glesqconsulting.com, or his Facebook page, GL Esquire Consulting, LLC. Twitter | Facebook Enjoy!! Music Beds courtesy of DJ John Hitta!!! Follow Curve the Cube on: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | SnapChat (@CurveTheCube) | Tumblr | Pinterest | YouTube Copyright Flint Stone Media, LLC 2016.

Nicole Sandler continues to point out how the media – especially MSNBC – has been pushing Hillary Clinton and undermining Bernie Sanders, with Rachel Maddow fully on board with the deceptive tactics. Hillary Clinton used Maddow's twisted description of Bernie Sanders' reaction to the Trump ‘punish the women' comments in her rallies yesterday, causing Nicole to wonder if Clinton really wants her vote if she wins. Yesterday was International Transgender Day of Visibility, so Boca Britany Somers joins Nicole in studio to talk about the new NC LGBT discrimination law. Kelly Carlin is in town for shows tonight and tomorrow night at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, and shares her thoughts on her dad's life and legacy, her book, Garry Shandling, politics and more.

Raised in Texas, Deshon Allen parlayed his gymnastics and performance background into a spot as a college cheerleader, and he fell in love with it!!  Deshon has had his own significant accomplishments in the world of cheer, such as becoming an All American Cheerleader AND a Collegiate Championship Cheerleader.  However, his love of being in the spotlight is second to his love for building up others and his community.  Not only has Deshon created a solid career for himself in the world of cheer, currently working as the Director for the Palm Beach Makos Cheerleaders, but he has also built himself a solid reputation as a man around town who has the drive to get things done! Deshon has his hands in pretty much EVERYTHING cool going on in West Palm Beach—from SunFest to Moon Fest, Deshon is a part of it all!!  He also is involved with the Kravis Center and is very much still pursuing his own career in the performance arts. Follow Deshon on social media (everywhere as @DeshonAllen) and catch him around town!! Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Facebook This episode of Curve the Cube is sponsored by the Pizza Girls(http://pizzagirls.com/)—West  Palm Beach’s Top Spot for Authentic NY Pizza!!! They are located right in the heart of downtown, by the fountains where Clematis meets Flagler.  Go in and have a slice!  Or, order from them online, and they will give you 10% off of your first order.  Don’t forget to follow them on social media and to keep an eye out for their food truck!! Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Enjoy!! Music Beds courtesy of DJ John Hitta!!! Follow Curve the Cube on: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Copyright Flint Stone Media, LLC 2015.

We’re concluding our interview with double bass soloist and University of Texas-Austin bass professor DaXun Zhang today, as well as featuring more tracks from this stellar musician. Check out episode 92 for the first part of this interview. Along with the conclusion of our interview, we’ll be featuring DaXun performing a very cool Chinese piece for bass called Sun SHines on Taxkorgan. It’s available on his self-titled solo album, which you can learn more about at his website. DaXun is also professor of double bass at the University of Texas-Austin, so check out their website if you’d like to learn more about studying with him, and be sure to visit daxunzhang.com for more about this great artist. Enjoy!   About DaXun: “If the bass is finally to produce a headliner, the instrument can have no better champion,” wrote The Washington Post of double bassist DAXUN ZHANG, who has indeed made his mark as a soloist on this unusual instrument. In April 2007, Mr. Zhang won an Avery Fisher Career Grant, only the second double bassist in the history of this prestigious award. This summer he was invited by cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han to participate in the chamber music festival Music@Menlo in California and performs Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet at the Indiana University Summer Chamber Music Series. During the 2007-2008 season he continues his residency with Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Society Two, and performs with Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project in a series of concerts and cultural exchanges in China. He performs as soloist with the University of Northern Colorado Symphony and gives recitals at Indiana University, Rodef Shalom Congregation (PA), and McCain Performances (KS). Mr. Zhang has performed extensively with the Silk Road Project, including concerts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, at Carnegie Hall, and in Japan and California. With Mr. Ma he recorded the soundtrack to a 10-part documentary series on the Silk Road, which aired in Japan on NHK Television. The CD was released as “Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon” on Sony Classical. He has also joined with fellow Silk Road musician and pipa player Yang Wei and pianist Tomoko Kashiwagi to form the innovative chamber ensemble Qi Lin. As concerto soloist, Mr. Zhang has appeared with orchestras including Orange County’s Pacific Symphony, the Monroe Symphony Orchestra, the Grand Rapids Symphony, the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle and the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra. He has given recitals at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, the University of Georgia, Missouri State University, and at the Chinese Embassy in the Embassy Series in Washington, DC. He has also performed chamber music at the La Jolla Music Society’s Summerfest, the Linton Chamber Music Series in Cincinnati, the Strings in the Mountains Music Festival and the Vancouver Chamber Music Festival. DaXun Zhang is the first double bass player to win the Young Concert Artists International Auditions and start a career under the auspices of Young Concert Artists. He made his New York debut sponsored by the Claire Tow Prize and his Washington, DC debut as a co-presentation with Washington Performing Arts Society. He also won the La Jolla Music Society Prize, the Orchestra New England Soloist Prize, and The Fergus Prize. In April 2006, Mr. Zhang performed Bizet’s Carmen Fantasy in at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Hall with Keith Lockhart conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. DaXun Zhang comes from a family of bassists in Harbin, China. He has been playing the instrument since the age of nine, and studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing beginning at the age of eleven. He continued his studies in the U.S. at the Interlochen Arts Academy and received his Bachelor of Music at the Indiana University School of Music, where he worked with Lawrence Hurst. He has served on the faculty of Northwestern University and was recently appointed Assistant Professor of Double Bass at the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Zhang was the first double bassist ever to win First Prize in the 2003 WAMSO (Women’s Auxiliary of the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra) competition, leading to a performance with the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra with Osmo Vanska, conducting. In 2001, Mr. Zhang was the youngest artist ever to win the International Society of Bassists Solo Competition. He has also received the Grand Prize of the American String Teachers Association National Solo Competition. DaXun’s Website: www.daxunzhang.com

We’re featuring an interview with double bass soloist and University of Texas-Austin bass professor DaXun Zhang today, as well as featuring more tracks from this stellar musician. Along with the conclusion of our interview, we’ll be featuring DaXun performing a very cool Chinese piece for bass called Sun SHines on Taxkorgan. It’s available on his self-titled solo album, which you can learn more about at his website. DaXun is also professor of double bass at the University of Texas-Austin, so check out their website if you’d like to learn more about studying with him, and be sure to visit daxunzhang.com for more about this great artist. Enjoy!   About DaXun: “If the bass is finally to produce a headliner, the instrument can have no better champion,” wrote The Washington Post of double bassist DAXUN ZHANG, who has indeed made his mark as a soloist on this unusual instrument. In April 2007, Mr. Zhang won an Avery Fisher Career Grant, only the second double bassist in the history of this prestigious award. This summer he was invited by cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han to participate in the chamber music festival Music@Menlo in California and performs Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet at the Indiana University Summer Chamber Music Series. During the 2007-2008 season he continues his residency with Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Society Two, and performs with Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project in a series of concerts and cultural exchanges in China. He performs as soloist with the University of Northern Colorado Symphony and gives recitals at Indiana University, Rodef Shalom Congregation (PA), and McCain Performances (KS). Mr. Zhang has performed extensively with the Silk Road Project, including concerts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, at Carnegie Hall, and in Japan and California. With Mr. Ma he recorded the soundtrack to a 10-part documentary series on the Silk Road, which aired in Japan on NHK Television. The CD was released as “Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon” on Sony Classical. He has also joined with fellow Silk Road musician and pipa player Yang Wei and pianist Tomoko Kashiwagi to form the innovative chamber ensemble Qi Lin. As concerto soloist, Mr. Zhang has appeared with orchestras including Orange County’s Pacific Symphony, the Monroe Symphony Orchestra, the Grand Rapids Symphony, the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle and the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra. He has given recitals at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, the University of Georgia, Missouri State University, and at the Chinese Embassy in the Embassy Series in Washington, DC. He has also performed chamber music at the La Jolla Music Society’s Summerfest, the Linton Chamber Music Series in Cincinnati, the Strings in the Mountains Music Festival and the Vancouver Chamber Music Festival. DaXun Zhang is the first double bass player to win the Young Concert Artists International Auditions and start a career under the auspices of Young Concert Artists. He made his New York debut sponsored by the Claire Tow Prize and his Washington, DC debut as a co-presentation with Washington Performing Arts Society. He also won the La Jolla Music Society Prize, the Orchestra New England Soloist Prize, and The Fergus Prize. In April 2006, Mr. Zhang performed Bizet’s Carmen Fantasy in at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Hall with Keith Lockhart conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. DaXun Zhang comes from a family of bassists in Harbin, China. He has been playing the instrument since the age of nine, and studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing beginning at the age of eleven. He continued his studies in the U.S. at the Interlochen Arts Academy and received his Bachelor of Music at the Indiana University School of Music, where he worked with Lawrence Hurst. He has served on the faculty of Northwestern University and was recently appointed Assistant Professor of Double Bass at the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Zhang was the first double bassist ever to win First Prize in the 2003 WAMSO (Women’s Auxiliary of the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra) competition, leading to a performance with the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra with Osmo Vanska, conducting. In 2001, Mr. Zhang was the youngest artist ever to win the International Society of Bassists Solo Competition. He has also received the Grand Prize of the American String Teachers Association National Solo Competition. DaXun’s Website: www.daxunzhang.com