KPFA - Bookwaves/Artwaves

Bookwaves/Artwaves presents in-depth interviews with authors of fiction and narrative non-fiction, delving deeply into political and social issues, literary technique, and the life of the author, along with interviews devoted to theatre and film, and archive interviews from Bookwaves and Probabilities. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.

Bookwaves/Artwaves presents in-depth interviews with authors of fiction and narrative non-fiction, delving deeply into political and social issues, literary technique, and the life of the author, along with interviews devoted to theatre and film, and archive interviews from Bookwaves and Probabilities. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.

Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.

Links to announced on-line and streaming local theatre & book events [1]

 

Bookwaves

Heather Cox Richardson, in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky.

Heather Cox Richardson is a noted historian, a Professor of History at Boston College, specializing on the Civil War and reconstruction – but in the past year she’s taken on a different role, chronicling America’s daily political life in a series of commentaries titled Letters from an American, which can be found on her Facebook page, as well as at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com. Earlier this year, she released a book titled How the South Won the Civil War, subtitled Oligarchy, Democracy and the Continuing fight for the soul of America.

This interview with Heather Cox Richardson was recorded via zencastr.com on the morning of Friday, September 11, 2020. She discusses her daily column and how it came to be written, elements in her book, and of course, current events.

Complete 62-minute interview. [2]

 

Artwaves

Laurel Ollstein, whose latest play, "Pandora," will be streaming on the theatreworks.org website from September 24, 6 pm - Septembre 28, 6 pm, is interviewed by host Richard Wolinsky.

Laurel Ollstein is also the author of "They Promised Her the Moon," which was produced at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and shut down prematurely due to the pandemic. She has been a theatre and television actress, short story writer and director over the course of her career, and worked with Tim Robbins' Actors Gang in Los Angeles for fifteen years.

This latest project is a theatrical retelling of the myth of Pandora, the first human woman in Greek Mythology, who was said to have opened a box which allowed all the ills of the world to escape. The production, recorded in Zoom toward the end of May, 2020, is a workshop reading featuring actors from the Bay Area and beyond, and is directed by Giovanna Sardelli, is free on-line with registration.

Complete 34-minute podcast interview. [3]

 

 

Announcement Links

Book Passage. [4] Conversations with authors, all at 4 pm Pacific: Ayad Akhtar on Saturday September 19 at 4 pm, Wade Davis Sunday September 20 also at 4 pm, Al Sharpton, Thursday October 1 at 5:30 pm.

The Booksmith [5]features Lucy Jane Bledsoe Tuesday September 22 at 8 pm.

Books Inc [6] presents Laura Markham, PhD this afternoon at 4 pm

Bay Area Book Festival [7]Sunday, October 4, the Bay Area Book Festival presents Berkeley #UNBOUND, an all-day, free, virtual mini-festival — kicked off with a ticketed keynote program on Saturday night, October 3.

Kepler’s Book [8]s presents Refresh the Page, on line interviews and talks. Registration required.

San Francisco Playhouse [9] The Zoomlet play Monday September 21 at 7 pm is The Logic by Will Arbery.

Custom Made Theatre [10] Sarah Ruhl’s How to Transcend a Happy Marriage, recorded during its Jan/Feb run, streams September 18-20, On Demand 10 am-11 pm.

Theatre Rhino [11]Live Thursday performance conceived and performed by John Fisher on Facebook Live and Zoom at 8 pm Thursday September 17 is Straight.

American Conservatory Theatre [12] (ACT) In Love and Warcraft by Madhuri Shekar, On Demand recording of the live production, Sept 18-25. The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa Fasthorse, live streamed September 25 to October 3, On demand October 9 to October 18.

42nd Street Moon [13]. 8 pm Tuesdays: Tuesday Talks Over the Moon. Fridays at 8 pm: Full Moon Fridays Cabaret. Sundays at 8 pm: Quiz Me Kate: Musical Theatre Trivia. A new subscription series, Moonbeams, begins streaming on October 1.

Magic Theatre. [14] Nassim Soleimanpour gives a one-day playwriting workshop, Wed. September 26, 10 am to 2 pm. Limited availability.

Shotgun Players. [15]  Josh Kornbluth’s Citizen Brain, live streamed October 16 to November 8.

Berkeley Rep [16] Romantics Anonymous, live from the Old Vic in Bristol, England, a musical with book by Emma Rice, lyrics by Christopher Dimond and music by Michael Kooman, September 26 at 1 pm. And It Can’t Happen Hear, a four part radio play, on October 13 at 5 pm.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley [17]. Pandora by Laurel Ollstein streams September 24 to September 28. 6 pm to 6 pm.

California Shakepeare Theatre [18](Cal Shakes) The Direct Address series continues with Resisting Shakespeare: Or, How to Fall In and Out and In and Out of Love. The series begins on September 18 at 5 pm.

Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts [19] new on-line programming series featuring classes, concerts, poetry sessions and more.

SFBATCO [20]Live with Rod and Marce on Twitch TV, every Thursday at 6 pm.

Aurora Theatre [21]’s A new ticketed audio drama, The Flats, written by Lauren Gunderson, Cleaven Smith and Jonathan Spector, with Lauren English, Anthony Fusco and Khary L. Moye, directed by Josh Costello, will stream this fall, date to be announced. Aurora Connects conversations every Friday, 4 pm.

Marin Theatre Company [22] Lauren Gunderson’s play Natural Shocks streams through Soundcloud on the Marin Theatre website.

Central Works [23] The Script Club [24], where you read the script of a new play and send comments to the playwright. The September script is Strange Ladies by Susan Sobeloff. A podcast will be posted to the Central Works website on September 29. Bystanders by Patricia Milton, an audio play, streams through September 20.

New Conservatory Theatre Center [25] presents In Good Company, a podcast about life when it goes off script. The first five episodes are now available streaming.

The Marsh: [26] International Solo Fest, October 7-11. Josh Kornbluth hosts bingo every Friday at 7:30 pm

Pear Theater. [27]Lysistrata, October 8 – November 9, filmed live outdoors.

Contra Costa Civic Theatre [28]Check the webpage for theatre classes for young actors.

If you’d like to add your bookstore or theatre venue to this list, please write [email protected] [29].

[1] https://kpfa.org/episode/bookwaves-artwaves-september-17-2020/#EVENTLINKS

[2] https://kpfa.org/area941/episode/heather-cox-richardson/

[3] https://kpfa.org/area941/episode/playwright-laurel-ollstein-pandora-on-line-at-theatreworks-org/

[4] https://www.bookpassage.com/

[5] https://www.booksmith.com/

[6] https://www.booksinc.net/

[7] https://www.baybookfest.org/

[8] https://www.keplers.com/

[9] https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/

[10] https://www.custommade.org/

[11] http://therhino.org/

[12] https://www.act-sf.org/

[13] https://42ndstmoon.org/

[14] http://magictheatre.org/

[15] https://shotgunplayers.org/

[16] https://berkeleyrep.org/

[17] https://theatreworks.org/

[18] https://calshakes.org/

[19] https://missionculturalcenter.org/

[20] https://www.sfbatco.org/

[21] https://auroratheatre.org/

[22] https://www.marintheatre.org/

[23] http://centralworks.org/

[24] http://centralworks.org/central-works-script-club/

[25] https://www.nctcsf.org/

[26] https://themarsh.org/

[27] https://www.thepear.org/

[28] https://ccct.org/

[29] https://kpfa.orgmailto:[email protected]

Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.

Links to announced on-line and streaming local theatre & book events [1]

 

Bookwaves

Novelist and essayist Jonathan Safran Foer discusses his book, "We Are The Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast," just out in trade paperback, with host Richard Wolinsky.

The author of three acclaimed novels, Jonathan Safran Foer has also written "Eating Animals," a treatise on the evils of factory farming. This new book talks about changing one's diet, cutting one's carnivore diet, as a personal step in limiting your carbon footprint, i.e. removing meat, fish and dairy products from breakfast and lunch. Complete interview [2]

 

Artwaves

Hershey Felder, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, 2013. George Gershwin Alone will be performed live from Florence, Italy on Sunday September 13, 2020 at 5 pm Pacific. For tickets and information, go to Berkeley Rep [3] or TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. [4]

Hershey Felder has made a career of creating solo shows in which he portrays different composers performing their work on piano. His first show, George Gershwin Alone, began in 1999 at a Los Angeles workshop. He later went on to portray Leonard Bernstein, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Frederic Chopin, Claude Debussy, and Ludwig Beethoven.

This interview was recorded in the offices of Berkeley Rep on April 12, 2013, during the run of George Gershwin Alone. Photos: Hershey Felder Presents.

 

 

Announcement Links

Book Passage. [5] Conversations with authors, all at 4 pm Pacific: mystery writer Rhys Bowen, today, Bill Petrocelli, author of Electoral Bait and Switch: How the Electoral College Hurts Voters, Saturday September 12, Clarissa Ward Sunday September 13, Dr. David D. Burns on depression Tuesday September 14 and Sue Miller Wednesday September 15, again all at 4 pm Pacific. And Chasten Buttegieg in conversation with Andrew Sean Greer Tuesday September 15, 5:30 pm

The Booksmith [6]features tonight Tom Phillpot tonight at 6 pm and Chuck Palahniuk (Palanik) in conversation with Richard Kadrey on Wednesday September 16 at 7 pm

Books Inc [7] presents Adrienne Young, Adalyn Grace and Maggie Tokuda-Hall, later today at 5 pm and Kevin C. O’Leary Tuesday September 15 at 5 pm .

Bay Area Book Festival [8]Sunday, October 4, the Bay Area Book Festival presents Berkeley #UNBOUND, an all-day, free, virtual mini-festival — kicked off with a ticketed keynote program on Saturday night, October 3.

Kepler’s Book [9]s presents Refresh the Page, on line interviews and talks. Registration required.

San Francisco Playhouse [10] Tonight at 7 pm: Fireside chat with playwright Cleavon Smith, The Zoomlet play Monday September 14 at 7 pm is A Broken String by Lynn Kauffman

Custom Made Theatre [11] Sarah Ruhl’s How to Transcend a Happy Marriage, recorded during its Jan/Feb run, streams September 18-20, On Demand 10 am-11 pm.

Theatre Rhino [12]Live Thursday performance conceived and performed by John Fisher on Facebook Live and Zoom at 8 pm Thursday September 10 is The Drinker.

American Conservatory Theatre [13] (ACT) In Love and Warcraft by Madhuri Shekar, a live production on Zoom, this Friday and Saturday September 11-12 at 8 pm, and On Demand recording Sept 18-25.

42nd Street Moon [14]. 8 pm Tuesdays: Tuesday Talks Over the Moon. Fridays at 8 pm: Full Moon Fridays Cabaret. Sundays at 8 pm: Quiz Me Kate: Musical Theatre Trivia. A new subscription series, Moonbeams, begins streaming on October 1.

Shotgun Players. [15]  Josh Kornbluth’s Citizen Brain, live-streamed October 16 to November 8.

Berkeley Rep [16] Another live performance by Hershey Felder, George Gershwin Alone, airs on Sunday September 13 at 5 pm.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley [17]. Another live performance by Hershey Felder, George Gershwin Alone, airs on Sunday September 13 at 5 pm. Tickets on sale on the website. TheatreWorks’ production of the musical Pride and Prejudice is now streaming with an Amazon Prime subscription. Pandora by Laurel Ollstein streams September 24 to September 28, free.

California Shakepeare Theatre [18](Cal Shakes) Direct Address: Allyship and Anti-Racism, Where Are We Now? Is available streaming.

Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts [19] new on-line programming series featuring classes, concerts, poetry sessions and more.

SFBATCO [20]Live with Rod and Marce on Twitch TV, every Thursday at 6 pm.

Aurora Theatre [21]’s A new ticketed audio drama, The Flats, written by Lauren Gunderson, Cleaven Smith and Jonathan Spector, with Lauren English, Anthony Fusco and Khary L. Moye, directed by Josh Costello, will stream this fall, date to be announced. Aurora Connects conversations every Friday, 4 pm.

Marin Theatre Company [22] Lauren Gunderson’s play Natural Shocks streams through Soundcloud on the Marin Theatre website.

Central Works [23] The Script Club [24], where you read the script of a new play and send comments to the playwright. The September script is Strange Ladies by Susan Sobeloff. A podcast will be posted to the Central Works website on September 29.

New Conservatory Theatre Center [25] presents In Good Company, a podcast about life when it goes off script. The first four episodes are now available streaming.

The Marsh: [26] International Solo Fest, October 7-11. Josh Kornbluth hosts bingo every Friday at 7:30 pm.

Pear Theater. [27]Lysistrata, October 8 – November 9, filmed live outdoors.

Contra Costa Civic Theatre [28]The Reading Stage: I and You by Lauren Gunderson, Monday September 14, at 7 pm on Zoom.

If you'd like to add your bookstore or theater venue to this list, please write [email protected].

 

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[1] https://kpfa.org#EVENTLINKS

[2] https://kpfa.org/area941/episode/jonathan-safran-foer-we-are-the-weather/

[3] https://www.berkeleyrep.org/

[4] https://theatreworks.org/

[5] https://www.bookpassage.com/

[6] https://www.booksmith.com/

[7] https://www.booksinc.net/

[8] https://www.baybookfest.org/

[9] https://www.keplers.com/

[10] https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/

[11] https://www.custommade.org/

[12] http://therhino.org/

[13] https://www.act-sf.org/

[14] https://42ndstmoon.org/

[15] https://shotgunplayers.org/

[16] https://berkeleyrep.org/

[17] https://theatreworks.org/

[18] https://calshakes.org/

[19] https://missionculturalcenter.org/

[20] https://www.sfbatco.org/

[21] https://auroratheatre.org/

[22] https://www.marintheatre.org/

[23] http://centralworks.org/

[24] http://centralworks.org/central-works-script-club/

[25] https://www.nctcsf.org/

[26] https://themarsh.org/

[27] https://www.thepear.org/

[28] https://ccct.org/

Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.

Links to announced on-line and streaming local theatre & book events [1]

 

Bookwaves

Gail Sheehy, one of America's most distinguished journalists, known for her incisive profiles in the New Yorker and other magazines, died on August 24, 2020 of complications from pneumonia, possibly brought on by Covid-19. She was 83.

One of the founders of the New Journalism, Sheehy's book, Passages, a kind of road map of life from our twenties to old age, is considered one of the most influential books of the twentieth century.

In this interview with host Richard Wolinsky, conducted at Book Passage bookstore in Corte Madera, California on September 24, 2014, she talks about what would be her final book, Daring: My Passages, which takes us from her days at New York Magazine through her years as a freelance journalist, focusing on the personalities of the people she’s interviewed over the years as well as on her personal life.

Gail Sheehy Wikipedia page [2]

Artwaves

Madhuri Shekar‘s play, “In Love and Warcraft” will be seen in live performance as part of ACT’s InterAct Home Initiative [3], September 4-12, 2020, and then streaming September 18-25. She is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.

“In Love and Warcraft” concerns a young woman who spends much of her time in the World of Warcraft game, and on the side writes love letters for her friends. Along the way, she discovers she has feelings for one of her clients.

Madhuri Shekar’s other plays include “House of Joy,” which played at Cal Shakes last summer, along with “A Nice Indian Boy,” “Queen,” and “Dhaba on Devon Avenue,” which was having its premiere at the New Victory Theatre in Chicago and was shut down due to the novel corona virus.

Her web TV series, “Titus and Andronicus” can be found on You Tube. She was part of the writers’ room of Joss Whedon’s new series, “The Nevers,” which will have its premiere on HBO.

Born in California, she spent most of her formative years in Chenmai, India, and currently lives in New Jersey.

Headshot: Ganesh Toasty. Horizontal photo: Niyantha Shekar

Post-production: Richard Lavin.

 

 

Announcement Links

Book Passage. [4]Ticketed events are Louise Penny, Saturday September 5 at noon Pacifica time, and Jodi Pico on Sunday September 6 at 4 pm Pacific. Carl Hiaasen in conversation with Dave Barry, Tuesday September 8, 4 pm. Chasten Buttegieg in conversation with Andrew Sean Greer Tuesday September 15, 5:30 pm

The Booksmith [5]features Joe William Trotter Jr. and Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America, on Monday September 7 at 11 am and Tuesday September 8, at 6 pm, Julian Guthrie with Good Blood at 6 pm. Both are free with RSVP.

Books Inc [6] presents a book launch with Carole Bumpus and Searching for Family and Traditions at the French Table, later today at 5 pm, and a talk about children’s literature with author Shirin Yim Bridges and editor Amy Novesky on Wednesday, September 9 at 5 pm.

Bay Area Book Festival [7]Sunday, October 4, the Bay Area Book Festival presents Berkeley #UNBOUND, an all-day, free, virtual mini-festival — kicked off with a ticketed keynote program on Saturday night, October 3.

Kepler’s Book [8]s presents Refresh the Page, on line interviews and talks. Registration required.

San Francisco Playhouse [9] ADDED SEPT 4: Monday September 7, 7 pm. Two Pigeons Talk Politics by Lauren Gunderson. Virtual table read. Free with registration. Thursday September 3 at 7 pm: Fireside chat with Susi Damilano and Stacey Ross.

Custom Made Theatre [10] UPDATED SEPT 4: Sarah Ruhl’s How to Transcend a Happy Marriage, recorded during its Jan/Feb run, streams September 18-20, On Demand 10 am-11 pm.

Theatre Rhino [11]Live Thursday performance conceived and performed by John Fisher on Facebook Live and Zoom at 8 pm Thursday September 3 is Fillmore. Other Letters created by Renaud and Carin Silkaitis, a queer and diverse take on A.J. Gurney’s Love Letters, can be seen on Zoom on Tuesday September 8 at 7 pm.

American Conservatory Theatre [12] (ACT) begins a series of live then streamed ticketed productions, titled InterAct, starting on September 4 with In Love and Warcraft by Madhuri Shekar. Live productions Sept 4-5, 11-12; On Demand recording Sept 18-25.

42nd Street Moon [13]. 8 pm Tuesdays: Tuesday Talks Over the Moon. Fridays at 8 pm: Full Moon Fridays Cabaret. Sundays at 8 pm: Quiz Me Kate: Musical Theatre Trivia.

Shotgun Players. [14]  Check out the website for streamed material.

Berkeley Rep [15] Another live performance by Hershey Felder, George Gershwin Alone, airs on Sunday September 13 at 5 pm.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley [16]. Another live performance by Hershey Felder, George Gershwin Alone, airs on Sunday September 13 at 5 pm. Tickets on sale on the website. TheatreWorks’ production of the musical Pride and Prejudice is now streaming with an Amazon Prime subscription.

California Shakepeare Theatre [17](Cal Shakes) Direct Address: Allyship and Anti-Racism, Where Are We Now? Panel discussion Friday Sept 4, 5-7 pm.

Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts [18] new on-line programming series featuring classes, concerts, poetry sessions and more.

SFBATCO [19]Songs of the Golden Age, Thursday September 3, 6 pm with Rod and Marce on Twitch TV.

Aurora Theatre [20]’s A new ticketed audio drama, The Flats, written by Lauren Gunderson, Cleaven Smith and Jonathan Spector, with Lauren English, Anthony Fusco and Khary L. Moye, directed by Josh Costello, will stream this fall, date to be announced. Aurora Connects conversations every Friday, 4 pm.

Marin Theatre Company [21] Lauren Gunderson's play Natural Shocks streams through Soundcloud on the Marin Theatre website.

Central Works [22] The Script Club [23], where you read the script of a new play and send comments to the playwright. The September script is Strange Ladies by Susan Sobeloff. A podcast will be posted to the Central Works website on September 29.

New Conservatory Theatre Center [24] presents In Good Company, a podcast about life when it goes off script. The first three episodes are now available streaming.

The Marsh: [25] Class Performances. David Ford’s class members perform 20-minute monologues live streamed, next Monday September 7 and Tuesday September 8 at 7:30 pm.

Pear Theater. [26]Lysistrata, October 8 - November 9, filmed live outdoors.

Contra Costa Civic Theatre [27]Afterschool classes begin September 14.

Lincoln Center Live [28] Through September 8, 2020: Carousel, with Kelli O’Hara & Nathan Gunn.

If you'd like to add your bookstore or theatre venue to this list, please write [email protected].

 

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[1] https://kpfa.org#EVENTLINKS

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Sheehy

[3] https://www.act-sf.org/home/box_office/interact_at_home.html#performances

[4] https://www.bookpassage.com/

[5] https://www.booksmith.com/

[6] https://www.booksinc.net/

[7] https://www.baybookfest.org/

[8] https://www.keplers.com/

[9] https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/

[10] https://www.custommade.org/

[11] http://therhino.org/

[12] https://www.act-sf.org/

[13] https://42ndstmoon.org/

[14] https://shotgunplayers.org/

[15] https://berkeleyrep.org/

[16] https://theatreworks.org/

[17] https://calshakes.org/

[18] https://missionculturalcenter.org/

[19] https://www.sfbatco.org/

[20] https://auroratheatre.org/

[21] https://www.marintheatre.org/

[22] http://centralworks.org/

[23] http://centralworks.org/central-works-script-club/

[24] https://www.nctcsf.org/

[25] https://themarsh.org/

[26] https://www.thepear.org/

[27] https://ccct.org/

[28] http://www.lincolncenter.org/lincoln-center-at-home/series/live-from-lincoln-center

Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.

Links to announced on-line and streaming local theatre & book events [1]

 

Bookwaves

Roger Kahn, who died on February 6, 2020 at the age of 92, was one of the icons in the world of baseball writing. His classic “The Boys of Summer,” about his relationship with his father and their united love for the Brooklyn Dodgers, is one of the greatest baseball books of all time. He started his career in journalism in 1948 as a copyboy for the New York Herald Tribune and within four years was covering the Dodgers for that newspaper. He moved over to Newsweek in 1956 and the Saturday Evening Post in 1963 as he revved up his career writing both fiction and non-fiction books, mostly but not exclusively about baseball, and the ups and downs of his own life.

On October 13, 1993, Richard A. Lupoff and Richard Wolinsky sat down for an extended interview with Roger Kahn about his book, “The Era: 1947-1957, when the Yankees, the Giants and the Dodgers Ruled the World. “ It turned out he was a marvelous raconteur, as well as a keen historian of racism in the sport. In fact, his final book, published in 2014, was titled "Rickey and Robinson: The True, Untold Story of the Integration of Baseball."  (Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson).

Dick Lupoff and Richard Wolinsky would interview Roger Kahn once more, in 1998, but that interview focused not on baseball but on a biography of boxer Jack Dempsey. After this interview, Roger Kahn would go on to write six more books, including not only the history of the early days of integration, and the biography of Dempsey, but a memoir of the people he met, a book about the view from the pitching mound, and a history of the New York Yankees improbable run for the pennant in 1978.

Digitized, remastered and re-edited in 2020 by Richard Wolinsky. This interview has not aired since its original broadcast.

This program was uploaded before the cancellation of several major league games protesting the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Digitized, remastered and re-edited in August, 2020 by Richard Wolinsky. This interview has not been aired since its original broadcast.

Complete 68-minute Radio Wolinsky podcast. [2]

 

Announcement Links

Book Passage. [3] Conversations with Authors features Ursula Hegi on Saturday August 29, Pramala Jayapal and Sunday August 30, both at 4 pm Pacific time.

The Booksmith [4]presents Vanessa Veselka in conversation with Emma Donoghue tonight at 7 pm, at Sara Jaquette Ray on Monday August 31 at 7 pm, and the book launch for Meg Elison’s new novel Find Layla on Tuesday September 1 at 7 pm.

Kepler’s Book [5]s presents Refresh the Page, on line interviews and talks. Registration required.

Bay Area Book Festival [6]features Michael Pollan and Merlin Sheldrake on Entangled Life and the world of Fungi, which first aired on Wednesday August 26.

Theatre Rhino [7]Live Thursday performance conceived and performed by John Fisher on Facebook Live and Zoom at 8 pm Thursday August 27 is Saint John Fisher.

San Francisco Playhouse [8] fireside chat Thursday August 27 at 7 pm is Betty Shameih with Bill English. No Zoomlet play this coming Monday.

American Conservatory Theatre [9] (ACT) begins a series of live then streamed ticketed productions, titled InterAct, starting on September 4 with In Love and Warcraft by Madhuri Shekar. Tickets on sale on the website.

42nd Street Moon [10]. 8 pm Tuesdays: Tuesday Talks Over the Moon. Fridays at 8 pm: Full Moon Fridays Cabaret. Sundays at 8 pm: Quiz Me Kate: Musical Theatre Trivia.

Shotgun Players. [11]  Live streamed Digital Brain with Josh Kornbluth begins October 16, 2020. Tickets on sale on the website.

Berkeley Rep [12]. Another live performance by Hershey Felder, George Gershwin Alone, airs on Sunday September 13 at 5 pm. Tickets on sale on the website.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley [13]. Another live performance by Hershey Felder, George Gershwin Alone, airs on Sunday September 13 at 5 pm. Tickets on sale on the website. TheatreWorks' production of the musical Pride and Prejudice is now streaming with an Amazon Prime subscription.

California Shakepeare Theatre [14](Cal Shakes) has various offerings on its You Tube [15] channel.

Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts [16] new on-line programming series featuring classes, concerts, poetry sessions and more..

Aurora Theatre. [17] A new ticketed audio drama, The Flats, written by Lauren Gunderson, Cleaven Smith and Jonathan Spector, with Lauren English, Anthony Fusco and Khary L. Moye, directed by Josh Costello, will stream this fall, date to be announced.

Marin Theatre Company [18] Aldo Billingslea performs Three Story Walk Up by Gamel Abdel Chasen as part of the Breath Project, streaming on the site. Lauren Gunderson's play Natural Shocks streams through Soundcloud on the website.

Contra Costa Civic Theatre [19]presents the play Ten Out of Twelve by Anne Washburn Monday August 31 at 7 pm on Zoom.

SFBATCO [20]presents a series titled Hella Theatre with Peter J. Kuo of ACT tonight at 6 pm. It’s a weekly show and this is episode three, Directing in Color.

Central Works [21] The Script Club [22], where you read the script of a new play and send comments to the playwright. September script has not yet been announced.

Lincoln Center Live [23] Through September 8, 2020: Carousel, with Kelli O’Hara & Nathan Gunn.

Public Theatre: [24]The Line streams through the website. A radio recording of Richard II is also available through the website.

If you'd like to add your bookstore or theatre venue to this list, please write [email protected].

[1] https://kpfa.org#EVENTLINKS

[2] https://kpfa.org/area941/episode/roger-kahn-1927-2020/

[3] https://www.bookpassage.com/

[4] https://www.booksmith.com/

[5] https://www.keplers.com/

[6] https://www.baybookfest.org/

[7] http://therhino.org/

[8] https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/

[9] https://www.act-sf.org/

[10] https://42ndstmoon.org/

[11] https://shotgunplayers.org/

[12] https://berkeleyrep.org/

[13] https://theatreworks.org/

[14] https://calshakes.org/

[15] https://www.youtube.com/calshakes

[16] https://missionculturalcenter.org/

[17] https://auroratheatre.org/

[18] https://www.marintheatre.org/

[19] https://ccct.org/

[20] https://www.sfbatco.org/

[21] http://centralworks.org/

[22] http://centralworks.org/central-works-script-club/

[23] http://www.lincolncenter.org/lincoln-center-at-home/series/live-from-lincoln-center

[24] https://publictheater.org/

Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.

Links to announced on-line and streaming local theatre & book events [1]

 

Bookwaves

Tony Horwitz (1958 – May 27, 2019) discusses his most recent book, “Spying on the South,” now out in trade paperback, with host Richard Wolinsky. Recorded May 17, 2019.

The author of several books that combine scholarship, history and travel, Tony Horwitz was a one of a kind author. In “Confederates in the Attic,” he looked at Civil War re-enactors in the Deep South. In “Blue Latitudes,” he followed the path of explorer James Cook, visiting islands in the Pacific Ocean. And in “Spying on the South,” now his final book, he follows the path of the young Frederick Law Olmstead, later to design Central Park, as he went down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers all the way to the Mexican border, seeing how a century and a half has changed the landscape and the people.

Ten days after this interview was conducted, Tony Horwitz died of a heart attack in Washington D.C., in the middle of his book tour.

An extended 49-minute version of this interview can be found as a Radio Wolinsky podcast. [2]

Photos: Richard Wolinsky.

Artwaves

Mavis Gallant, who died in 2014 at the age of 91, was a Canadian short story writer who spent most of her life in France. During her lifetime, she had 118 stories in the New Yorker, which made her one of that magazine’s most published writers. Along the way she did write two novels, but it was because of her shorter fiction that she was very much a writers’ writer.

A very private person, she only rarely gave interviews – but she did go on a book tour for her short story collection, Across the Bridge, and it’s then, on October 6, 1993, that Richard A. Lupoff and Richard Wolinsky had a chance to speak with her.

Wikipedia notes that her subject was frequently fascism, in particular about what she called “the small possibilities in people” which leaned them toward fascism. In a roundabout way, she discusses that in this interview.

New York Review Books Classics has published several volumes of her stories, most notably The Collected Stories, which features fifty two examples of her best work, and Paris Stories, curated by Michael Ondaatje. Across the Bridge is available in an e-book edition from Amazon.

Digitized, remastered and re-edited in August, 2020 by Richard Wolinsky

Extended 51-minute Radio Wolinsky podcast. [3]Transcript [4] of a 1999 Paris Review interview with Mavis Gallant.

 

 

Announcement Links

Book Passage. [5] Conversations with Authors features Susan Minot on Saturday August 22, David Sibley on Sunday August 23, and Akwaeki Emezi on Wednesday August 26, all at 4 pm Pacific.

The Booksmith [6]features Eric Hatton at 11 am and Richard Kadrey and Christopher Moore at 6 pm Pacific on Monday August 24, and poets Michael Warr and Chun Yu on Wednesday August 26 at 7 pm Pacific.

Bay Area Book Festival [7]features Michael Pollan and Merlin Sheldrake on Entangled Life and the world of Fungi, on Wednesday August 26 at 7 pm.

Kepler’s Book [8]s presents Refresh the Page, on line interviews and talks. Registration required.

 

Theatre Rhino [9]Live Thursday performance conceived and performed by John Fisher on Facebook Live and Zoom at 8 pm Thursday August 20 is Dickens.

San Francisco Playhouse [10] fireside chat Thursday August 20 at 7 pm is Louis Parnell with Susi Damilano, and Monday August 24’s Zoomlet play is The Bacchae by Euripedes at 7 pm.

American Conservatory Theatre [11] (ACT) begins a series of live then streamed ticketed productions, titled InterAct, starting on September 4 with In Love and Warcraft by Madhuri Shekar.

42nd Street Moon [12]. 8 pm Tuesdays: Tuesday Talks Over the Moon. Fridays at 8 pm: Full Moon Fridays Cabaret. Sundays at 8 pm: Quiz Me Kate: Musical Theatre Trivia.

Shotgun Players. [13]  A live stream performance of Quack by Eliza Clark, through August 26 Registration required.

Berkeley Rep [14] is having a script discussion starting on Monday August 24, with Bright Half Life by Tanya Barfield, and you can purchase and read the script in advance. Another live performance by Hershey Felder, George Gershwin Alone, airs on Sunday September 13 at 5 pm.

Theatreworks Silicon Valley [15] is presenting on Women’s Equality Day at 5:30 pm live streamed excerpts from the musical Perfect 36 with book and lyrics by Laura Harrington and music by Mel Marvin.

California Shakepeare Theatre [16](Cal Shakes) has various offerings on its You Tube [17] channel.

Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts [18] new on-line programming series featuring classes, concerts, poetry sessions and more..

Aurora Theatre [19]’s A new ticketed audio drama, The Flats, written by Lauren Gunderson, Cleaven Smith and Jonathan Spector, with Lauren English, Anthony Fusco and Khary L. Moye, directed by Josh Costello, will stream this fall, date to be announced.

Marin Theatre Company [20] Lauren Gunderson's play Natural Shocks streams through Soundcloud on the Marin Theatre website.

Central Works [21] The Script Club [22], where you read the script of a new play and send comments to the playwright. The August script is Bamboozled by Patricia Milton. A podcast will be posted to the Central Works website on August 25.

Lincoln Center Live [23] Through September 8, 2020: Carousel, with Kelli O’Hara & Nathan Gunn.

Public Theatre: [24]The Line streams through the website. A radio recording of Richard II is also available through the website.

If you'd like to add your bookstore or theatre venue to this list, please write [email protected].

 

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[1] https://kpfa.org#EVENTLINKS

[2] https://kpfa.org/area941/episode/tony-horwitz/

[3] https://kpfa.org/area941/episode/mavis-gallant-1922-2014/

[4] https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/838/the-art-of-fiction-no-160-mavis-gallant

[5] https://www.bookpassage.com/

[6] https://www.booksmith.com/

[7] https://www.baybookfest.org/

[8] https://www.keplers.com/

[9] http://therhino.org/

[10] https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/

[11] https://www.act-sf.org/

[12] https://42ndstmoon.org/

[13] https://shotgunplayers.org/

[14] https://berkeleyrep.org/

[15] https://theatreworks.org/

[16] https://calshakes.org/

[17] https://www.youtube.com/calshakes

[18] https://missionculturalcenter.org/

[19] https://auroratheatre.org/

[20] https://www.marintheatre.org/

[21] http://centralworks.org/

[22] http://centralworks.org/central-works-script-club/

[23] http://www.lincolncenter.org/lincoln-center-at-home/series/live-from-lincoln-center

[24] https://publictheater.org/

Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.

Links to Announced Events [1]

Bookwaves

Robert Macfarlane, whose latest book is “Underland: A Deep Time Journey”, which comes out in trade paperback on August 18, 2020, is interviewed by host Richard Wolinsky.

The author of several books, including “Mountains of the Mind” and “The Old Ways,” Robert Macfarlane discusses his latest work, a travelogue through caves, glacial crevices, mines, and catacombs, as he examines the world below our feet.

Extended 43-minute Radio Wolinsky podcast. [2] Photos: Richard Wolinsky.

 

Artwaves

Robert K. Massie, a journalist and historian whose focus was on the Russian House of Romanov, and who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1981 for his biography of Peter the Great, died on December 2, 2019 at the age of ninety. Along with a well-received biography of Catherine the Great, he was also known for his books about Czar Nicholas, the Tsarina Alexandra, and the final days of the Romanov dynasty in Ekaterinaberg in Siberia.

On November 4, 1995, Richard A. Lupoff and Richard Wolinsky had a chance to interview Robert K. Massie while he was on tour for his book, The Romanovs: The final Chapter, which dealt with events long after the Russian Revolution, from those claiming to be Romanov descendants to the disinterment of the Royal family’s bones after the Soviet Union fell.

Digitized, remastered and re-edited in August, 2020 by Richard Wolinsky.

Extended 38-minute Radio Wolinsky podcast. [3]

 

Announcement Links

Book Passage. [4] Conversations with authors features John Shea in conversation with Phi Cousinou on Saturday, August 15 at 4 pm Pacific, and Christine Montross in conversation with Susanna Calahan on Sunday August 16 also at 4 pm Pacific. And on Wednesday August 19, Darin Strauss in conversation with Kelly Corrigan.

The Booksmith [5]features Diane Cook and her novel The New Wilderness Thursday August 13 at 6 pm,and Monday August 15 at 11 am, Aya Gruber on the relationship between the feminist movement and mass incarceration.

Theatre Rhino [6]Live Thursday performance conceived and performed by John Fisher on Facebook Live and Zoom at 8 pm Thursday August 13 is A Death in the Family. Rhino also presents a zoom performance of Sarah Ruhl’s play Dear Elizabeth, an epistolatory journey through the lives of poet Robert Lowell and lesbian author Elizabeth Bishop, Tuesday August 18, 7 pm.

San Francisco Playhouse [7] presents a live stream fireside chat with playwright Rajiv Joseph Thursday August 13 at 7 pm, and Monday August 17, 7 pm, Zoomlet play is The Mommy Assumption by Gaetha Reddy.

42nd Street Moon [8]. Full Moon Friday on-line concert August 14 at 8 pm Pacific is Super Songs from Not So Super Shows, Part Two.

Shotgun Players. [9]  A live stream performance of Quack by Eliza Clark, through August 15. Registration required.

California Shakepeare Theatre [10](Cal Shakes) presents a panel discussion on addressing anti-blackness in non-black communities of color, Friday August 14, 5-7 pm.

Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts [11] new on-line programming series featuring classes, concerts, poetry sessions and more.

LGBTQ Theatre, [12] Different Stars Live, having its world premiere on You Tube Live, Saturday August 15 at 4 pm Pacific.

Aurora Theatre [13]’s Aurora Connects series of interviews, every Friday at 4 pm. August 14: Artistic Director Josh Costello and Associate Artistic Director Dawn Monique Williams. Other interviews in the series are available streaming. Bay Area Playwrights Festival works streamed through Aurora's website.

Marin Theatre Company [14] Lauren Gunderson's play Natural Shocks streams through Soundcloud on the Marin Theatre website.

Bay Area Book Festival [15]. Various Unbound conversations available streaming.

Kepler’s Book [16]s presents Refresh the Page, on line interviews and talks. Registration required.

Central Works [17] The Script Club [18], where you read the script of a new play and send comments to the playwright. The August script is Bamboozled by Patricia Milton. A podcast will be posted to the Central Works website on August 25.

Theatreworks Silicon Valley. [19] Interviews and educational videos.

Lincoln Center Live [20] Through September 8, 2020: Carousel, with Kelli O’Hara & Nathan Gunn.

Public Theatre: [21]The Line streams through the website. A radio recording of Richard II is also available through the website.

 

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[1] https://kpfa.org#EVENTLINKS

[2] https://kpfa.org/area941/episode/robert-macfarlane-underland/

[3] https://kpfa.org/area941/episode/robert-k-massie-1929-2019/

[4] https://www.bookpassage.com/

[5] https://www.booksmith.com/

[6] http://therhino.org/

[7] https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/

[8] https://42ndstmoon.org/

[9] https://shotgunplayers.org/

[10] https://calshakes.org/

[11] https://missionculturalcenter.org/

[12] https://www.differentstars.live/

[13] https://auroratheatre.org/

[14] https://www.marintheatre.org/

[15] https://www.baybookfest.org/

[16] https://www.keplers.com/

[17] http://centralworks.org/

[18] http://centralworks.org/central-works-script-club/

[19] https://theatreworks.org/

[20] http://www.lincolncenter.org/lincoln-center-at-home/series/live-from-lincoln-center

[21] https://publictheater.org/

Bookwaves/Artwaves presents in-depth interviews with authors of fiction and narrative non-fiction, delving deeply into political and social issues, literary technique, and the life of the author, along with interviews devoted to theatre and film, and archive interviews from Bookwaves and Probabilities. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.

Bookwaves/Artwaves presents in-depth interviews with authors of fiction and narrative non-fiction, delving deeply into political and social issues, literary technique, and the life of the author, along with interviews devoted to theatre and film, and archive interviews from Bookwaves and Probabilities. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.