Friday, March 21, 7pm-10pm (3hrs) Monk At 90. The Thelonious Monk 90th Birthday/ Fazioli Piano Marathon! This three-hour event, co-produced by Klavierhaus and in association with the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. Thelonious Sphere Monk was best known as an influential and idiosyncratic bop Jazz pianist, and is considered one of the most important (and eccentric) Jazz composers of the century. Several of the greatest pianists from the worlds of classical and Jazz music gather to pay tribute to America’s preeminent Jazz pianist of the 20th century. They include Aaron Goldberg, Rachel Z, Helio Alves, Deidre Rodman, Frank Kimbrough, Natalia Kazaryan, Rodney Kendrick, Luis Perdomo, Juan Jose Chuquisengo, Aaron Diehl, Ran Jia, Randy Weston, Martha Marchena, Fred Hersch, Cedar Walton, Joel Fan, Geri Allen and Dan Tepfer.
Friday, March 28, 7pm. Radio Lab. Deception
Why do some people lie more than others? Maybe it's not moral weakness so much as anatomical strength. We talk with one researcher who has peered into the brains of pathological liars and found that certain parts of their lying brains are much bigger than those in truth-tellers. Also, the program looks at the joy of lying to one's own self and new efforts to teach airport security how to spot liars using only their eyes. http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/
Tuesday, April 1, 7pm. Capitol Steps:Politics Takes a Holiday, April Fool’s Edition. The nation’s political parody troupe takes aim at the politicians again on their favorite holiday. www.capsteps.com
Friday, April 4, 7pm. Intelligence Squared Debate. Intelligence Squared U.S. brings Oxford-style debating to America -- one motion, one moderator, three panelists for the motion, and three against. With informed and provocative panelists and strong moderators taking on the hot-button issues of the day, Intelligence Squared will enlighten, entertain, inform and inflame.
Debate 3: "Tough Interrogation of Terror Suspects Is Necessary"
Arguing for the motion are Mirko Bagaric, Rick Francona and Heather Mac Donald. Arguing against the motion are Robert Baer, Jack Cloonan and Darius Rejali. Moderator Brian Lehrer is host of the New York Public Radio program Brian Lehrer Show and award-winning author and documentary producer.
Friday, April 11, 7pm. Stories From the Heart of the Land. Ask some of the country's best radio producers to tell their favorite stories about people and nature...and what do you get? Stories from the Heart of the Land, a six-part radio series hosted by Jay Allison that ranges across the world — from Australia to Newfoundland, Mexico to Tibet — to capture the human connection to land and landscape. On some corner of the vast Earth, each one of us has a place — real or remembered — to call home. Hear Teresa Goff follow a trail of grease, Jeff Rice brave three-digit temperatures in the Sonoran Desert and Sandy Tolan tread lightly at the monastic home of author Barry Lopez. http://www.nature.org/heart/about/
Friday, April 18, 7pm. Independent Minds: John Adams. The second president of the United States and a man whose neo-Puritan suspicion of human nature heavily influenced the founding of the new American democracy, John Adams and his legacy nevertheless remain underappreciated. In the newest edition of Independent Minds, David D'Arcy explores Adams' upbringing, political career, writings and marriage. Featuring insights from Adams experts David McCullough and Joseph J. Ellis, the program also contains commentary from Cokie Roberts, broadcaster and author of Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation, and Richard Broohkhiser of the National Review. http://www.murraystreet.com/
Friday, April 25, 7pm. The Industrial Musicals Hour. A celebration of one of the most astonishing yet obscure musical genres of the 20th Century. Industrial musicals were written for company sales meetings or annual conventions, with a golden age spanning the 1950s into the '80s. They were lavish productions that incorporated original music and lyrics, full orchestras and expensive staging, Most were never recorded, though sometimes a record was made and a few hundred copies were distributed as souvenirs. Steve Young, a writer for David Letterman, is the self-appointed archivist and obsessive collector of these recordings, and he's the host each week of a show that shares these recordings with an audience they were never intended for. This is a one-time special. It is not really a weekly show.
Friday, May 2, 7pm. Radio Lab: The War of the Worlds. A rebroadcast of the very first Radio Lab program. An examination of the power of mass media to create panic. A look back at one of broadcasting’s most controversial moments, Orson Welle’s 1938 radio play about Martians invading New Jersey. Why did it fool people then? How has it continued to fool people since? http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2008/03/07
Friday, May 9, 7pm. Intelligence Squared Debate: Debate 4: "Islam Is Dominated by Radicals"
Arguing for the motion are Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Paul Marshall and Asra Q. Nomani. Arguing against the motion are Reza Aslan, John Esposito and Edina Lekovic. The moderator for the evening is Robert Siegel of NPR's All Things Considered. http://www.intelligencesquaredus.org/
Friday, May 16, 7pm. Stories From the Heart of the Land. Depending on the Land. We're all dependent on the land, although some people feel that connection more keenly than others. In this hour, we hear from people planting stones for posterity and gathering peace from emptiness, people who commit to a patch of land, invest their energy and hope for a harvest — but not necessarily in any way you'd expect. http://www.nature.org/heart/about/art22847.html
Friday, May 23, 7pm. Caramoor Jazz Festival. Memorial Day from the Caramoor Jazz Festival
Sonidos Latinos – highlights from the Caramoor International Music Festival - The Festival featured concerts programmed especially for Caramoor, each focusing on different aspects of Latin American music. This three hour special entitled Sonidos Latinos showcases Venezuelan dance music, Latin American chamber music and orchestral works and Latin Jazz. Traditional instruments and music from across South and Central America, as well as select Caribbean regions are also featured. Guests include: Marco Granados & Un Mundo Ensemble, Venezuelan trumpet sensation Francisco Flores; winner of the 2006 Maurice Andre Trumpet Competition in Paris, makes his Caramoor debut; Paquito D'Rivera; John Feeney; Jeremy Denk.
