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Tonight will be the most important regular season game of the year for the Boston Bruins. We got spanked a couple of nights ago by Calgary. How will we respond against Vancouver, a team that many people think is the best squad in the league? Former NHL player Thomas Poeck joins us in studio today to preview the game and to let everyone know about some of Vancouver's top players. The Sports Machine with Slim loves to talk hockey!

Jane Cormier, Host of Artful Living will be bringing opera to our listeners with excerpts from Giacomo Puccini's classic opera, La Boheme. Don't miss this special episode of Artful Living.

We talked theatre on Thursday's edition of the show. The Community Players of Concord, celebrating their 96th season, will be presenting Agatha Christie's classic "Witness for the Prosecution" next weekend 2/16-2/18 at the Concord City Auditorium. We were joined by the show's director Matt Mutrie, and by Emilia Halstead who will play the role of Romaine Vole.

This week on Facing the Future, we’ll look at the latest economic numbers with a focus on jobs, wages and interest rates. The January jobs report showed a very robust, and surprising, gain of 353,000 jobs, up from 333,000 in December. 

Gordon Gray, Vice President for Economic Policy at the American Action Forum will give us his take on what it means.

The Boston Bruins returned from the all-star break by losing to the Calgary Flames 4-1 last night at the Garden. Don't worry. The real action starts up Thursday when the Bruins take on Vancouver. This Bruins team is going to do something special this year. Remember you heard it here first on The Sports Machine with Slim. "Random" is the word of the day today on the show. A third grader breaks Slim's rib? Random. Picking your nose causes Alzheimers? Random. Dre Greenlaw to win the game MVP award on Sunday in the matchup between KC and San Fran? That's random talk that could pay off to the tune of 200-1! We have a little bit of something for everyone today on the latest edition of The Sports Machine with Slim!

Kevin Collins, board member at the Garrison Players, was today's guest. And our topic? "What is the current state of non-professional theater and theater training?" We also had the good luck to be doing theater in the 1970's which was a highly experimental time, particularly in the arts. It was also still an analog world when we did just about everything -- lighting, set design, publicity, with little or no training, just because we had to. But times have changed, in the sense that there used to be a sort of apprenticeship process through which an actor learned his or her craft: college theater, summer stock, summer festivals, regional theater, off-off-Broadway, etc., etc. Not that anyone followed this step-by-step -- usually, an actor just tried out for everything. But the fact was there were many roads and many venues. In a very small way, community theater was a part of that. What are the changes? NH Unscripted and Kevin go deep in the weeds for what turned out to be "Part I”!

The art of puppetry was the focus of Wednesday's show. Joining us in the studio local patron of the arts and former editor of NH Magazine Rick Broussard, and award winning internationally renowned puppeteer Jonathan Edward Cross, also known as "Johnny Clockworks". Jonathan will be offering classes at the Concord Community Music School beginning next week. For more information, it's www.ccmusicschool.com or (603)-228-1196

We talk lots of sports on The Sports Machine with Slim every weekday, and we occasionally mix in relevant gambling thoughts. Everyone loves to talk about their predictions - and people in the United States love to bet. It is estimated that over 67 million people (26% of the US population) will bet on the Big Game this coming Sunday. Not as many people like to talk about the potential pitfalls associated with gambling though, and we believe this is a topic that deserves discussion. NH State Senator Lou D'Allesandro joins the show today to give his insight into the world of gambling in New Hampshire!

Today on Artful Living, we will be presenting a Radio Theater production, "The Game", a comedic morality play on life and death. Join us as we bring our first radio theatre presentation to our listening audience!

Tuesday's show featured our monthly visit with the New Hampshire Insurance Department. Our guest, the Department's Director of Life and Health, Jason Dexter. We were also joined by author and lecturer Malia Lazu. Her new book is "From Intention to Impact: A Practical Guide to Diversity Equity and Inclusion."