Slated for demolition, abandoned Georgia school gets reprieve

This month, on beaches up and down the U.S. east coast, tens of thousands of newly-hatched loggerhead sea turtles are emerging from the sand and instinctively crawling into the Atlantic. But very few of these baby turtles will survive. Philip Graitcer tells about a special turtle center in Georgia that’s trying to improve their chances.

A small company in middle Georgia is turning the tables on global trade - it's making chopsticks and sending them to China. And it may be the start of a new manufacturing trend in Georgia.

Aired on All Things Considered, July, 2011

This is the season for communal meals - Easter Dinners and Passover

Seders. In Mississippi Delta town of Greenville, members of the

synagogue, Hebrew Union, have been hosting a community luncheon -

called the deli lunch - for the past 130 years. But in the past four

decades, the Jewish population there has been dwindling, and now

they're wondering if there are going to be enough people to hold

luncheons in the future.

The economic downturn has hit the Atlanta theater community hard. Some theaters have scaled back on productions or even shortened seasons; a couple went out of business. Philip Graitcer tells the story of how the recession has had a positive impact on one theater company.

Originally on WABE, March 3, 2011.

Across the street from Turner Field, the Atlanta Braves home field, there is another game; it's a game of life.

At an intown Atlanta bar, one sporting event is in full swing. It’s the annual Gingerbread Trailer Park contest, an event with a whole lot more sugar than the Sugar Bowl.

Philip Graitcer has the details.

When playwright David Bell and musical director JMichael sat down to write Gut Bucket Blues, a musical about the life of 1920s blues singer Bessie Smith, they knew her music would tell her story. But they didn’t realize they’d have to channel her to get it right.

Philip Graitcer has this story.

Aired WABE, October, 2010

Braves fans are still savoring their team’s roller coaster season and contemplating a future without manager Bobby Cox.

Since the forties, the ball park organ has been part of baseball. The organ has been baseball’s loudest fan, cranking up the crowd’s spirit and playing Take Me Out to The Ballgame at the seventh inning stretch. But that’s changing. Now, only about half of major league teams have organists; they’ve been replaced by canned music, manipulated on a computer by a DJ.