North Bay Report Podcast
An important early member of KRCB’s growth and development passed away early this week. Dyan Ellis Foster was the first Volunteer Coordinator for Chanel 22 Public Television, but had moved on to other creative social and educational projects by the time Radio 91 signed on. One of those was the creation of an innovative charter …
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Petaluma’s World Centric receives recognition for its work to raise awareness of social and environmental issues. Find out why they do it on the next North Bay Report, airing at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm. Or find it online at krcb.org Most people recognize Petaluma based World Centric as a provider of compostable …
A Petaluma sculptor says the elaborate temple he builds are not works of art, but places for healing. Petaluma artist David Best began building temples almost by accident, first for Burning Man and now other places as well, as he seeks ways to expand their healing power into the world at large. There’s more on …
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Medusa, a fearsome figure from Greek mythology is about to make a return trip to Burning Man, after some retooling in Petaluma. From the neck up, she is 26 feet tall, with a head-full of fire-breathing snakes. It’s the Burning Man version of Medusa, the attention-commanding creation of Petaluma artist Kevin Clark. Bruce Robinson paid …
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Find out how educators are learning how to use mindfulness to change traumatic school climates. Toolbox, the Social and Emotional learning program that began in Sebastopol about a decade ago, is gaining more traction in the U.S. and worldwide. And educators near and far are hungry to bring it to their own classrooms. KRCB’s Tiffany …
Shakespeare with Writer’s block? That’s just the starting point for the playful new play, The Plot Against Shakespeare. One playwright David Beckman decided that his new play about Shakespeare would find the Bard suffering from writer’s block, it was up to the Santa Rosa writer to find his own words to tell that story. The …
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Making cement is extremely energy intensive. That’s why Steve Rosenblatt is working to develop a greener substitute. We hear from him on the next North Bay Report, airing at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm. Or find it online at krcb.org. One of the most common building blocks in the developed world—cement—is also hugely …
Move over oak, stand aside, stainless steel; the trending new material for aging wine is concrete. In their perpetual quest for new and better winemaking tools and methods, some Northern California vintners have been turning to something that is almost as old as wine itself. See pictures of concrete wine tanks, in various sizes, shapes …
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Sonoma County’s Wildlife Rescue got the rare opportunity to raise a mountain lion cub. Three months ago Sonoma County’s Wildlife Rescue got an unexpected call from the department of U.S. Fish and Wildlife – an orphaned female mountain lion cub was sick, under-weight and needed immediate care. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports the Petaluma-based rescue center …
Jack Kerouac’s On The Road and The Road by Jack London have more in common that just similar names. Jack Kerouac’s On The Road had a literary antecedent written by another Jack 50 years earlier, The Road by Jack London. London scholar Jonah Raskin discussed the similarities in themes and in the two authors’ lives …
Continue reading “A Pair of Literary Jacks – August 5, 2016”