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  • Between The Lines - 9/28/22 @2022 Squeaky Wheel Productions. All Rights Reserved.
    * After the Arrest and Death of Mahsa Amini, Iran Explodes in Protest; Ryan Costello, Policy Director with the National Iranian American Council; Producer: Scott Harris.
    * Lawsuit Filed Against Florida Governor DeSantis for Using Asylum Seekers as Political Props; Jake Love, a staff attorney with Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights in Boston; Producer: Scott Harris.
    * Young Activists Take Action Demanding City Government Implement Proactive Climate Policies; Patricia Joseph an activist with the New Haven Climate Movement; Producer: Melinda Tuhus
    29 min
  • Live Culture 76: Undue Burden
    This month Live Culture offers a discussion with members of the exhibition Undue Burden: Privacy, Protection and Politics, a project and sale to benefit Planned Parenthood of Southern New England including artist and exhibit organizer Linda Lindroth, and exhibiting artist Scott Schuldt, along with Planned Parenthood of Southern New England President & CEO, Amanda Skinner to discuss what the local impact of the overturning of Roe Vs Wade is having on the organization and how artists and others can get involved.
    Undue Burden: Privacy, Protection and Politics
    takes place October 4 – 30, 2022 The Da Silva Gallery, 899 Whalley Avenue, New Haven, CT.
    There will be Two public reception events featuring the artists will be held on Sunday October 16 from 3-5 pm and Saturday, October 29 from 3-5pm, as a part of Artspace New Haven's Open Source Festival.
    Posters have played a role in America’s political landscape since 1824 when John Quincy Adams used one to announce his presidency. Each of the 20 artists in Undue Burden: Privacy, Protection and Politics have used their considerable talents to weigh in on the Dobbs Decision which essentially has overturned the 50 year precedent of Roe v Wade. This exhibition features original poster-sized works on paper, which are each for sale for $250 with all of the proceeds going to Planned Parenthood of Southern New England.
    The exhibition is curated by Linda Lindroth and Sally Hill.
    Featuring the work of :
    A. Kimberlin Blackburn
    Patrick Carroll
    Colleen Coleman
    George Corsillo
    Jeanne Criscola
    Sheila Levrant de Bretteville
    Alex Girard
    Ruby Gonzalez Hernandez
    Elena Grossman
    Luke Hanscom
    Sally Hill
    Beth Klingher
    Shirley Parker Levine MD
    Martha Willette Lewis
    Diane & Tim Nighswander
    Scott Schuldt
    Kevin Van Aelst
    Brenda Zlamany
    Scott Schuldt is a self-taught multimedia artist. His work has been collected by the Museum of Art and Design and several public collections. His focus for the last 3 years has been sewing large bead embroidery pieces. He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
    Linda Lindroth is an artist and educator. Her work is in the collections of a dozen museums including MoMA and The Met. She received her MFA in Art from the MGSA at Rutgers.
    Amanda N. Skinner, is President & Chief Executive Officer of Planned Parenthood of Southern new England. Skinner, a nurse midwife, is a graduate of Rice University with a BA in philosophy and managerial studies. She holds an MSN from the Yale School of Nursing and an MBA from the Yale School of Management. Skinner spent ten years in clinical practice as a nurse midwife, serving for four years as the Chair of the Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Nurse Midwives. During her tenure, she led a major legislative effort that ensured increased access to care for women in Connecticut, expanded the scope of practice for nurse midwives, and provided liability protection for collaborating physicians.
    1 hr
  • Live Culture 75: Black Wall street and The Open Source Festival-
    First, a conversation with Adriane Jefferson, New Haven's Cultural Affairs Director and Slay Washington of The Breed Entertainment about The Black Wall Street Festival minutes before it starts,
    and then Martha talks with Artspace New Haven's Visual Culture Director Gabriel Sacco and Director Lisa Dent about this year's Open Source Festival (formerly CWOS) !
    1 hr
  • Ned Sublette Author, Historian, Musicologist - Hispanic Heritage Month WPKN w/ Kevin Gallagher
    My guest on this show is Ned Sublette. Ned is an American composer, musician, record producer, musicologist, historian, and author. Sublette studied Spanish Classical Guitar with Hector Garcia at the University of New Mexico and with Emilio Pujol in Spain. He has written many critically acclaimed books. Most notably Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo. This book and The American Slave coast has given me a much deeper understanding of the influence of the great sin, Slavery, on our musical heritage.
    1 hr
  • Bobby Sanabria- Latin Heritage Month - WPKN w/ Kevin Gallagher
    My guest is Bobby Sanabria, percussionist, teacher, musician, multi Grammy nominee and leader of many talented Latin big bands and other configurations over the years. His album West Side Story Reimagined won the Jazz Journalists Award for Best Jazz Album of 2019. Besides his band leader duties Bobby is the host of the Latin Jazz Cruise on WBGO radio. He's here to talk with me about the influence of the Spanish speaking communities on our culture and especially our music. Join us as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a look at Bobby's musical life, his influences and his take on the history of Latin music.
    1 hr 2 min
  • GaiaGram #120 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.
    -Transitioning to renewable energy saves world "at least $12 trillion",
    -Tropical forest lose forests due to mining
    -Southern Ocean warming as it absorbs carbn
    -Hanging glacier breaks off at Chile's Patagonia national park
    -Nanoplastics in plants, soil animals and human lungs and blood
    -States act against Frivolous eco lawsuits
    -Chinese Dugongs “functionally extinct”
    -Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard is giving away the company
    5 min
  • GaiaGram # 121 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.
    -Rubberstamping fossil fuel permitting IRA side deal
    -Greenland’s melting “zombie ice” could boost sea levels nearly a foot.
    -Planet earth on the cusp of three years of La Nina.
    -Shrinking Dead Sea is producing 1,000 sinkholes
    -Harmful chemicals in ozone layer have declined just over 50%
    -Microscopic aerosol particles could be used to refreeze arctic
    -Air Canada to buy electric planes
    -Californians can choose human composting as burial option
    5 min
  • Between The Lines - 9/21/22 @2022 Squeaky Wheel Productions. All Rights Reserved.
    * Threat to Democracy Looms as Supreme Court Set to Hear Moore v. Harper Case; Dan Vicuña, National Redistricting Manger with Common Cause; Producer: Scott Harris.
    * Massive Investment in Public Transit Needed to Achieve Racial Equity and Climate Justice; Libero Della Piana, Leader of the National Campaign for Transit Justice; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.
    * 17 States Criminalize Protests Targeting Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Projects; Emma Fisher, Deputy Director with the group Climate Cabinet; Producer: Scott Harris.
    29 min
  • Laura Schleifer On Palestine And The Meanings Of Solidarity
    Laura Schleifer speaks about her work as Program Chair at Connecticut-based human rights organization, Promoting Enduring Peace, and her work as Co-Founder and Organizer with Plant The Land Team Gaza.
    Earlier today (Sunday 9/18/22), Promoting Enduring Peace held a Palestine solidarity rally in Middletown in coalition with several other local groups.
    Promoting Enduring Peace was created in 1952 and has the slogan, "Peace On Earth, Peace With Earth."
    Plant The Land Team Gaza was created in 2000 as a vegan food justice and community projects volunteer team based in Gaza.
    To learn more about Promoting Enduring Peace:
    https://pepeace.org/
    https://www.facebook.com/PromotingEnduringPeace/
    To learn more about Plant The Land Team Gaza:
    http://www.planttheland.org/
    https://www.facebook.com/PlantTheLandTeamGaza/
    29 min

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