Monday November 23 | North Carolina Nature Conservancy

November 20, 2009 at 1:10 pm | In Coming Up | Leave a Comment

Today we go where the wild things are. We’ll visit a vast maritime forest, a swamp filled with carnivorous plants, and learn about the oldest trees in Eastern North America. Each year the North Carolina Nature Conservancy publishes a field guide of our state’s most precious natural areas. We’ll learn about the conservancy’s work to identify, purchase and protect sensitive lands. Join us for a tour of North Carolina’s natural treasures.
Guest
Debbie Crane
– Communications Director, North Carolina Chapter of the Nature Conservancy

Click here to add and read comments

Friday November 20, 2009 | Bridging the White-Black Gap

November 19, 2009 at 10:59 am | In Coming Up | 12 Comments

Perry Tuttle enjoyed a long career as a college and pro football player. His years in the close-knit fraternity of competitive sports gave Mr. Tuttle a unique glimpse at understanding ethnicity. Now, as a chaplain, inspirational speaker and storyteller, he wants to share his experiences in bridging racial gaps in understanding. Tuttle has written a tell-all guidebook called What White People Want to Know About Black People but Are Afraid to Ask. We won’t be afraid to ask Mr. Tuttle some deeper questions about who he is and what he wants to say.
Guest
Perry Tuttle
– Chaplain for the Charlotte Bobcats, motivational speaker and author

Click here to add and read comments

Listen to Show

Thursday November 19, 2009 | Elizabeth Strout & “Yankee Tavern”

November 17, 2009 at 2:07 pm | In Coming Up | 1 Comment

Part One: Elizabeth Strout
Local author of this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Fiction joins us today. Based in New York, Elizabeth Strout is a member of the faculty of Queens University of Charlotte, and comes to Charlotte to teach a few times a year. While she’s in town we’ll sit down and talk about writing, winning the Pulitzer, and of course about her book of short stories, Olive Kitteridge, all of which centers on the title character who is a forceful, powerful and also flawed woman.
Guest
Elizabeth Strout
– Author of three books including Olive Kitteridge and faculty member of the Masters of Fine Arts Program at Queens University of Charlotte

Part Two:  Yankee Tavern
From the Freemason mysteries of our Founding Fathers to the secrets of the JFK assassin and, more recently 9/11, conspiracy theories have always had a place in American culture. Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte’s latest production, Yankee Tavern, explores conspiracy theories through the comic pen of playwright Steven Dietz. Mr. Dietz, Director Dennis Delamar and actor Tom Scott join us to talk about the production.
Guests
Steven Dietz
– Playwright, Yankee Tavern
Dennis Delamar – Director, Yankee Tavern
Tom Scott – “Ray” in Yankee Tavern

  • Yankee Tavern plays Nov. 18th – Dec. 5th at Actors Theatre Charlotte. More info.

Click here to add and read comments

Listen to Show

Wednesday November 18, 2009 | World Trade and Globalization

November 17, 2009 at 11:48 am | In Coming Up | 5 Comments

We’ll talk about globalization and its effect on the American economy with Daniel Griswold from the Cato Institute. Griswold believes that globalization is misunderstood and is wrongly blamed for many of the economic woes our country is experiencing. We’ll talk about the politics, myths and reality of trade and globalization.
Guest
Daniel Griswold
– Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, Author of Mad Trade: Why Main Street America Should Embrace Globalization

Click here to add and read comments

Listen to Show

Tuesday November 17, 2009 | U.S. Military, Diversity & Muslims

November 16, 2009 at 12:00 pm | In Coming Up | 3 Comments

Today, we’ll look at how the military and other large organizations manage diversity. A representative from Fort Bragg will share the Army’s policies regarding religious and cultural diversity. We’ll also hear from a Muslim Imam who was a military veteran and member of the Charlotte City Council and from a local resident who grew up in an Islamic country but now calls Charlotte home. They hope to provide understanding on faith, culture and diversity in the military, government and corporate worlds.
Guests
Osama “Sam” Wazan
– Retired Executive of a Software Company, Muslim
Nasif Majeed – Imam, Former City Council Member and military veteran
Ltc. Rafael Boyd – Program Manager, XVII Airborne Corps, Equal Opportunity Office, Fort Bragg

Click here to add and read comments

Listen to Show

Monday November 16, 2009 | Education: Meaning, Method & Morality

November 13, 2009 at 1:02 pm | In Coming Up | 2 Comments

An educator with strong North Carolina ties comes back to the area to talk about his experiences in his 50 years as an educator and his thoughts on raising a generation that cares. Bruce Stewart is a founder of the North Carolina School of the Arts and just recently retired from the Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC (where President Obama’s daughters attend.) We’ll talk with him about his thoughts on education and how parents and educators alike can encourage students to be socially responsible citizens.
Guest
Bruce Stewart
– A founder of North Carolina School of the Arts and recently retired Headmaster of Sidwell Friends School in Washington DC

  • Event  |  Bruce Stewart will speak at Myers Park Baptist Church Tuesday November 17th at 7pm. More information.

Click here to add and read comments

Listen to Show

Friday November 13, 2009 | Anthony Foxx

November 12, 2009 at 11:44 am | In Coming Up | 3 Comments

Earlier this week we said goodbye to Mayor Pat McCrory and his era of leadership in Charlotte. Today we welcome incoming Mayor Anthony Foxx to the program. We’ll talk to him about his campaign, his new job and his vision for the future of Charlotte.
Guest
Anthony Foxx
– Incoming Mayor of Charlotte

Click here to add and read comments

Listen to Show

Thursday November 12, 2009 | Charlotte Teachers Institute

November 11, 2009 at 11:31 am | In Coming Up | 4 Comments

CMS Superintendent Peter Gorman believes that “teachers are the most important school-based factor in academic success.” To help that chance of success in the Charlotte region, area educators are embarking on a new endeavor to help public school teachers strengthen their professional development and increase their effectiveness in the classroom. The Charlotte Teachers Institute is the first of its kind in North Carolina and one of only a handful around the U.S. CTI has been formed as a partnership between UNC Charlotte, CMS and Davidson College that offers seminars on subjects that the teachers have chosen. We’ll find out how the project came to the region and what leaders hope will come from it.
Guests
Ann Clark
– Chief Academic Officer for CMS
Dr. Joan Lorden, Ph.D. – Provost, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, UNC Charlotte
Jeff Joyce – National Board Certified Teacher at Northwest School of the Arts
Dr. Ann Fox, Ph.D. – Associate Professor of English and Gender Studies Concentration Coordinator at Davidson College

Click here to add and read comments

Listen to Show

Wednesday November 11, 2009 | South Pacific & WWII 38th Evacuation Unit

November 10, 2009 at 12:10 pm | In Coming Up | 2 Comments

Part One: South Pacific
On this Veteran’s Day, we take a closer look at a Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway musical based on James Michner’s writing about World War II in the South Pacific. The first revival of Rogers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific takes a fresh look at that period in our history. We’ll meet the star and director.
Guests
Carmen Cusack
– Nellie in South Pacific, (also Elphaba in the U.S. tour of Wicked)
Bartlett Sher – Director of the revival of South Pacific

Part Two: 38th Evacuation Unit
We remember Veterans, specifically veterans from WWII’s Charlotte 38th Evacuation Unit today. Not all veterans are in the midst of the combat. Some serve behind the scenes, in makeshift hospitals, working to save the lives of others. We’ll meet two nurses from the World War II 38th Evacuation Unit out of Charlotte, NC and talk about their experiences, which has been made into a documentary film called If They Could See Us Now. The director of that film also joins us. 
Guests
Chris Hudson
– Director of the film If They Could See Us Now
Martha Pegram Mitchell – Nurse in the 38th Evacuation Unit from Charlotte in WWII

Click here to add and read comments

Listen to Show

Tuesday November 10, 2009 | Mayor Pat McCrory

November 9, 2009 at 10:01 am | In Coming Up | 2 Comments

On Election Day last week, for the first time in 14 years, Pat McCrory was not on the ballot as a candidate for Mayor of Charlotte. Anthony Foxx, the winner of that election, is now gearing up for his term as Mayor of the Queen City. As Mayor McCrory packs up the boxes in his uptown office, we talk with him about his decade and a half as Mayor, politics and we’ll ask about his plans for the future.
Guest
Patrick McCrory
– Outgoing Mayor of Charlotte

Click here to add and read comments

Listen to Show

Next Page »

Blog at WordPress.com. | Theme: Pool by Borja Fernandez.
Entries and comments feeds.