Chuck Brown (aka Chucky or C.C.) was an incredible singer, dancer and choir director who passed away last Dec. 17 at the age of 57.

Chuck's career included his lead singing with the New Haven-based band Mikata, performing on Broadway and also in road company productions of Broadway shows that toured the country. Chucki's most recent assignment was as choir director for a 10,000-voice congregation in Maryland,

This interview with his mom, Mae Gibson Brown, includes recordings of Chuck's gospel singing recorded at his mother's home in New Haven.

Interview conducted by Richard Hill

Four of the five artists from New Haven Artspace's exhibition "Footnotes and Other Embedded Stories" joined me for an hour-long discussion: Joseph Smolinski, Julia Rooney, Ruby Gonzalez Hernandez, and Leonard Galman (missing was Allison Minto). These five had all been chosen as Happy and Bob Doran Artists-in-Residence in a program co-sponsored by Artspace and the Yale University Art Gallery. We spoke about the residency experience, their practices as artists, and the vibrant exhibition that has resulted from this collaboration.

https://artspacenewhaven.org/exhibitions/footnotes/

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What a Story! hosted by Ina Chadwick | Saturday, April 30, 2022

Tune in, be moved!

Ina Chadwick dedicates the show to her recently departed heroic grandson, Charles Anthony Capalbo, age 23, who inspired a community with his valiant optimism in the face of 4 deadly cancers over a five year period.

The Tattoo Artist

(Bill) William Bosch follows his wary 3 year-old granddaughter up the attic stairs when she expresses an interest to see what’s up there? Along with her trepidation, there’s giddy curiosity and a deep reliance on Papa’s bravery.

Loves Journey Home

Gabi Coatsworth reads “Nesting,” a touching and all-too familiar new marriage dilemma; his furniture and her furniture don’t mix well in their new life together with emotionally charged saved items. The different styles were portentous but it was 1983 and Gabi was learning her husband’s weakness, Tag Sales.

Not an excerpt from the book but a segment that like furniture had to be put aside to keep the published memoir under a million pages.

Closing His Eyes Opens Another World

Phil Holt took an afternoon nap and his life was forever changed. Here in his own words, the Minnesota native whose submitted prerecorded short plays have been aired on WPKN shares an important story along with cautionary words that save your life.

It’s time to bone up on your mythology!

“Diogenes in Search of An Honest Man in 2022”

An editorial essay read By Bob Ost

Born into a family of incredible liars who professed truths of hilarious fantasy, Bob Ost, who writes a monthly editorial column on his organization’s newsletter makes his narrative debut by weaving his serious musings on today’s culture of falsehood into his personal memoir of multiple cousins and a brother’s propensities for living life in the delusional lane.

Making Sense Of It All

by Susan Jacobson

On a gorgeous spring day in New York City, Susan Jacobson, finds a moment of nirvana by sitting down to read quietly amidst the profusion of flowers on the Park Avenue Median uptown. Barely cognizant of anything but the respite, the atmosphere in that small moment turns life and death charged.

Henry Lowendorf, director of the Greater New Haven Peace Council, dlscusses the war in Ukraine and provides the history and context that is absent from corporate media coverage.

Interview by Richard Hill

Henry Lowendorf, director of the Greater New Haven Peace Council, discusses the war in Ukraine, providing some of the history and context completely absent from the corporate media coverage.

Interview by Richard Hill

Christina Badaracco, co-author of The Farm Bill - A Citizen's Guide, joins the Organic Farm Stand to discuss some of the intricacies of this massive bill that effects so many aspects of our lives.

Interview by Richard Hill

We are at a period in history when we are losing many of our vintage reggae musicians, singers, and song writers to violence or illness. It is good to let our reggae musicians know how much we love, and appreciate then, while they are alive. One such artiste is the great Ernie Smith, who recently celebrated a birthday. It is not an easy feat doing anything for fifty five years; and Ernie Smith has been playing music, and singing for that period of time, and is not stopping anytime soon. Ernie Smith is one of the great voices of Jamaican music.

Host Garnett Ankle speaks with lyricist, musician, and singer Ernie Smith, one of the great voices of Jamaica. Ernie speaks of his long and illustrious music career which spans fifty five years, and counting. The musician also speaks of the every day living on the island. Listen to this very interesting conversation interspersed with clips of some of Ernie's songs.

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