Jan Hunter, director of “Intimate Apparel” by Lynn Nottage, produced by the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre at the Magic Theatre in Fort Mason, April 1 – 16, 2022, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. Jan Hunter is a Bay Area based actor and director, formerly the Director of the Performing Arts Academy at Skyline High School in Oakland.
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Passing Strange” at Shotgun Players Ashby Stage extended through April 23, 2022.
Robert Stone (1937-2015), author of “Dog Soldiers,” “A Flag for Sunrise” and “Damascus Gate,” in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, recorded in the KPFA studios on April 25, 2003 during the book tour for “Bay of Souls.” Robert Stone won the Natonal Book Award for “Dog Soldiers” and was a finalist three other times, and twice was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Dot” by Colman Domingo, at New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco through April 3, 2022.
Paul Gordon, composer/lyricist for the musical adaptation of “Sense & Sensibility,” and other works, in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. The composer/lyricist for the Broadway “Jane Eyre” in 2001, his latest work, “Sense & Sensibility” plays at TheatreWorks Lucie Stern Theater in Palo Alto through April 3, 2022. TheatreWorks previously produced his versions of “Pride & Prejudice” and “Emma,” making this the third element of his Jane Austen trilogy.
Caroline welcomes Ben Goldfarb, environmental journalist, author, editor, and a “Beaver Believer” – a growing coalition of scientists, ranchers, and other allies who”recognize that ecosystems with beavers are far healthier than those without them.” Ben Goldfarb is the author of Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter, winner of the 2019 PEN/E.O. Wilson … Continued
Andrew Knoll, Fisher Professor of Natural History at Harvard, discusses A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
David Walker discusses his first foray into graphic nonfiction, The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave’s Journey from Bondage to Freedom
David Walker’s latest book is The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History.
