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May 26 05-17-26 Dr Joshua Rohde, Music Director of RI Civic Choral & Orchestra - Conducting Conversations
The RI Civic Choral and Orchestra is the subject of this week's program with Dr. Joshua Rohde, Music Director. We talk about their upcoming concert and listen to some of the music that will be presented on Sunday, May 31st, at Temple Beth El in Providence at 3 PM. For more information, you can call 401-521-5670 or go to www.ricco.org
49 min
May 12 05-09-26 New York Times Bestseller Belle Burden-Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage - Ocean House Author Series
Join us as Ocean House owner and award-winning author Deborah Goodrich Royce has a conversation with New York Times Bestselling author Belle Burden about her new book, Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage.
Author Bio:
Belle Burden is an attorney specializing in juvenile immigration cases. Her work has appeared in The New York Times. Belle attended Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard College and received her JD from New York University School of Law. She lives in New York City with her three children.
Follow Belle on Instagram @belleburden
Book Summary:
In March 2020, Belle Burden was safe and secure with her family at their house on Martha’s Vineyard, navigating the early days of the pandemic together—building fires in the late afternoons, drinking whisky sours, making roast chicken. Then, with no warning or explanation, her husband of twenty years announced that he was leaving her. Overnight, her caring, steady partner became a man she hardly recognized. He exited his life with her like an actor shrugging off a costume.

In Strangers, Burden revisits her marriage, searching for clues that her husband was not who she always thought he was. As she examines her relationship through a new lens, she reckons with her own family history and the lessons she intuited about how a woman is expected to behave in the face of betrayal. Through it all, she is transformed. The discreet, compliant woman she once was—someone nicknamed “Belle the Good”—gives way to someone braver, someone determined to use her voice.

With unflinching honesty and profound grace, Burden charts a path through heartbreak to show the power of a woman who refuses to give up on love. Strangers is a stunning, deeply moving, compulsively readable memoir heralding the arrival of a thrilling new literary talent.

For more information about Belle Burden, belleburden.com, and for more on Deborah Goodrich Royce and her new release, Best Boy, along with information about the Ocean House Author Series, visit deborahgoodrichroyce.com
54 min
May 11 05-08-26 Pianist Bill Evans & Vocalist Monica Zetterlund-"Pennywhistle Music" - Jazz After Dinner
This week, Joe is featuring Pianist Bill Evans and Vocalist Monica Zetterlund, recorded in February 1975, “Pennywhistle Music.”
49 min
May 11 05-10-26 Music On The Hill, Emily Atkinson Executive Director - Conducting Conversations
Music On The Hill is the subject of this week's program with Emily Atkinson, Executive Director of the festival. We talk about their upcoming concerts and listen to some of the music from the programs being presented from May 29th to June 14th. For more information, you can call 401-738-5632 or go to www.musiconthehillri.org
49 min
May 04 05-02-26 Caring for Caregivers - WCRI's Kids Hour
In this week's WCRI's Kids Hour, your host Jamie listens to music celebrating our caregivers, moms, grandmothers, Aunts, Neenas, Nanas, and more. You'll hear music from The Land Before Time along with other beloved classics!
1 hr
May 04 05-01-26 Saxophonist Chris Potter & Pianist Kenny Werner-“Concord Duo Series, Vol. 10" - Jazz After Dinner
This week, Joe is featuring Saxophonist Chris Potter and Pianist Kenny Werner from their 1996 Concord Records recording, titled “Concord Duo Series, Vol. 10."
50 min
May 04 05-03-26 RI Philharmonic Orchestra's Music Director, Ruth Reinhardt - Conducting Conversations
The R.I. Philharmonic Orchestra is the subject of this week's program with Music Director Ruth Reinhardt. We talk about their upcoming concerts and listen to some of the music being presented at their Annual Gala Celebration on Saturday, May 30th, at 5 PM at the Vets in Providence. For more information, you can call 401-248-7000 or go to www.riphil.org
50 min
April 27 04-24-26 Trumpeter Art Farmer "Ph.D." - Jazz After Dinner
This week, Joe is featuring Trumpeter Art Farmer from his 1989 Contemporary Records recording, titled “Ph.D.”
51 min
April 27 04-26-26 Theatre by the Sea - Conducting Conversation
Theatre By The Sea's announcement of the 2026 season is the subject of this week's program with Karen Kessler, General Manager, and Vinnie Lupino, Box Office Manager. We talk about this summer's musicals and listen to some of the very popular songs from Little Shop of Horrors, Grease, Titanic, and the World Premiere of You’ve Still Got A Friend. For more information, you can call (401) 782-8587 or go to www.theatrebythesea.com
48 min
April 24 04-18-26 Nationally Bestselling & Award-Winning Author Deborah Goodrich Royce-Best Boy - Ocean House Author Series
Join us as the New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice has a conversation with nationally bestselling and award-winning author Deborah Goodrich Royce about her new book, Best Boy.
Author Bio:
Deborah Goodrich Royce’s Reef Road, a national bestseller, was named one of the best books of 2023 by Kirkus Reviews and an Indie Next pick by the ABA. Her Ocean House Author Series—in partnership with Martin House Books and WCRI—brings world-class authors like Sarah Ferguson, Chris Bohjalian, and Katie Couric to Watch Hill. With fellow authors, Luanne Rice and Amy Scheibe, she created the Deer Mountain Writers’ Retreat in the Catskills.
Deborah writes the quarterly Hey Rhody reading recommendation column. She began as an actress on All My Children and in multiple films, before transitioning to the role of story editor at Miramax Films, developing Emma and early versions of Chicago and A Wrinkle in Time.
Deborah holds a bachelor’s degree and two honorary doctorates, from both Lake Erie College and the University of Rhode Island. With her husband, Chuck, Deborah restored the Avon Theatre, Ocean House Hotel, Deer Mountain Inn, United Theatre, Martin House Books, and numerous Main Street revitalization projects in Rhode Island and the Catskills. She serves on multiple governing and advisory boards.
Book Summary:
A gripping psychological thriller, Best Boy teeters on the knife-edge of memory and identity when the arrival of a shocking letter threatens the carefully constructed life of a woman desperate to outrun her past.
Viveca Stevenson has it all: a handsome and successful husband, an adorable ten-year-old son, and a coastal dream house in Greenwich, Connecticut. She has a solid group of girlfriends and is content with the afterglow of the film career she’s left behind. But when a threatening letter arrives—from a man she does not remember—it cracks open a part of her past she thought was buried for good.
A terrifying chain of events is set in motion, forcing Viveca to confront what happened on a shattering Halloween night in high school when she had a different name, a different face, a different voice. Who is the man contacting her now and was he really the best boy on her most famous film, Misty? Why can’t she remember him—or that night?
A taut psychological thriller, Best Boy explores identity, memory, and the dangerous power of forgetting.

For more information about Deborah Goodrich Royce and her new release, Best Boy, along with information about the Ocean House Author Series, visit deborahgoodrichroyce.com
1 hr 1 min