WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg

We preview Saturday night's Choral Arts Society's concert titled "Honoring 250 Years of American History," which opens up the 40th season of the CAS. Founder and Artistic Director James Schatzman and Associate Director Pat Badger are joined by Regie Gibson, Poet Laureate for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - who is serving as Artist in Residence for the CAS and is participating in Saturday night's concert.

From 2008- Adam Sexton talks about MacBeth: The Manga Edition. An excerpt from this interview aired today on the Morning Show. This is the entire interview as it originally aired. Verdi's opera MacBeth can be seen Saturday, October 17th at 12 noon at movie theaters across the country, including Kenosha's Tinseltown. and Racine's Renaissance.

From 2009 - James Shapiro, author of "1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare." We replay this at least in part to help preview Saturday's HD Simulcast of Verdi's operatic treatment of MACBETH. (12 noon - in movie theaters across the country, including Kenosha's Tinseltown and Racine's Renaissance.).

From 2017 - Michael Cannell, author of "Incendiary: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber, and the Invention of Criminal Profiling." This is the true story of a mysterious figure who would periodically set off bombs at various locations around New York City ... terrorizing the public ... and the psychiatrist who helped officials to finally identify and apprehend him.

We reconnect with Tom Clavin to talk about his latest book (co-written with Bob Drury) ..... "The Phantom: The Untold Story of the American Marine the Nazis Could Not Kill." Peter Ortiz was a U.S. Marine who proved to be extraordinarily effective spy, scout and saboteur working in conjunction with various elements of the French Resistance during World War Two.

We meet artist Amanda Browder - who is best-known for projects in which she wraps large structures (typically buildings) in brilliantly-colored fabric. She recently designed and helped install "Zig and Zag," in which the outer walls of the Racine Art Museum became wrapped with beautiful fabric. She designs these projects so that they will involve volunteers from the community. "Zig and Zag" will remain up through mid-November.

We preview the upcoming performances (October 16th and 17th) of Jean-Paul Satre's famous play "No Exit," that is about to be performed at the White Lilac in Kenosha. We speak with director Annalee Kowalczyk and cast member Jonathan Shailor. Because it's coming up soon, we are sharing this interview the day before it airs on the Morning Show.

Violet Suta Moran is the author of a memoir titled "Sweetgrass: Growing up in Montana," in which talks about what it was like to grow up on a farm outside of Sweetgrass, Montana in the late 1930s and 1940s.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the opening of Carthage College's Siebert Chapel - and the dedication of Grace Kolakowski Hall - we are replaying a 2001 conversations with Bill Roth, whose 38 years of service with Carthage were primarily spent as a member of the music faculty and college organist. This interview excerpt concerns the design and installation of the Fritsch Family Memorial Pipe Organ, which proudly stands at the heart of Siebert Chapel.

In honor of Carthage College's homecoming, we replay a conversation recorded back in 2005 with Dr. Alan Anderson, who served Carthage (his alma mater) in various capacities for 38 years. In this conversation, Dr. Anderson talks about the reasons behind the college's move from Carthage, Illinois to Kenosha, WI.