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01-20-24 Best-Selling Author Victoria Christopher Murray-The First Ladies - Ocean House Author Series

Join Ocean House owner, actor, and bestselling author Deborah Goodrich Royce for a conversation with New York Times and USA Today best selling author Victoria Christopher Murray. Victoria Christopher Murray is the best-selling author of more than 30 novels, including the New York Times Instant Best Sellers, The Personal Librarian, and The First Ladies. In both novels, Victoria co-wrote with Marie Benedict. A native New Yorker, Victoria Christopher Murray attended Hampton University, where she majored in Communication Disorders. After graduating, Victoria attended New York University’s Stern Business School, where she received her MBA in Marketing. Victoria spent ten years in Corporate America before she tested her entrepreneurial spirit. She opened a Financial Services Agency for Aegon, USA, where she managed the number one division for nine consecutive years. However, Victoria always dreamed of writing and in 1997, she pursued her dream. Find out more about Victoria Christopher Murray and her books at victoriachristophermurray.com. For more information on Deborah Goodrich Royce and the Ocean House Author Series, visit deborahgoodrichroyce.com.

01-18-24 Geese Landing - A Walk In The Park

In this week's A Walk In The Park with Jane Andrews...Jane talks about the spirit of cooperation.

01-19-24 Pianist Fred Hersch - Jazz After Dinner

This week, Joe is featuring Pianist Fred Hersch from his 2012 Transdreamer LTD recording “Alive at the Vanguard.”

01-21-24 Music of Cole Porter - Conducting Conversations

The subject of this week's program is the music of Cole Porter with Mike Maino. Mike has a chance to do another in a series about great American Artists. He'll talk about Cole Porter's life and play a variety of artists performing his music. For more information or comments about the show, you can call (401) 294-9274 or email maino@classical959.com

01-11-24 Getting Old - A Walk In The Park

In this week's A Walk In The Park with Jane Andrews...Jane talks about aging as our bodies and feelings begin to break down.

01-14-24 Musica Dolce-Winter 2024 - Conducting Conversations

Musica Dolce is the subject of this week's program with Paul Rosenbloom, Artistic Director. We talk about their upcoming concerts and listen to some of the music from the program being presented on Sunday, January 21st at 2 PM at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepard in Kingston. For more information, you can go to www.musicadolce.org

01-12-24 Trumpeter Woody Shaw - Jazz After Dinner

This week, Joe is featuring Trumpet player Woody Shaw from his 1997 32 Jazz recording “Dark Journey.”

01-06-24 Newport Propane - The 95.9 Company Break

This month's The 95.9 Company Break welcomes Nicoles Francis, niece of Newport Propane's owner. Newport Propane proudly stands as a leading propane dealership, offering a comprehensive range of appliances, top-notch services, and reliable propane delivery solutions. They've cultivated an outstanding reputation. Their foundation is built on honesty, integrity, fair pricing, and unwavering commitment to delivering the highest quality. In a fiercely competitive landscape, respectability requires a steadfast dedication to setting ourselves apart by prioritizing quality and service above all else. At Newport Propane, they're not just propane providers but licensed professionals specializing in delivering top-tier propane products and services. Their journey from those modest beginnings to our current distinction is a testament to our enduring values, tireless work ethic, and community's trust in them. They remain devoted to serving you with the same passion and dedication that have defined them for generations. For more information, call 401-847-6878 or visit www.newportpropane.com

01-05-24 Pianist Bill Evans - Jazz After Dinner

This week, Joe is featuring Pianist Bill Evans from his 1968 recording titled “Another Time, The Hilversum Concert.”
 

12-29-23 Vocalist & Pianist Shirley Horn - Jazz After Dinner

This week, Joe features vocalist and pianist Shirley Horn from her 1998 Verve Records recording “ I Remember Miles.” 
 

12-31-23 Greg Abate - Saxophonist, Flutist, Composer & Arranger - Conducting Conversations

Greg Abate, saxophonist, flutist, composer, arranger, and member of the RI Music Hall of Fame, is our special guest this week. We talk about his upcoming concerts and listen to music from his multiple recordings. For more information, you can go to www.gregabate.com

01-07-24 Chorus of Westerly-Winter 2024 - Conducting Conversations

The Chorus of Westerly is the subject of this week's program with Ryan Saunders, Executive Director. We talk about their very successful fall season, what’s coming up this spring, and listen to music from past concerts. For more information, you can call (401) 596-8663 or go to www.chorusofwesterly.org

12-28-23 Missing Piece - A Walk In The Park

In this week's A Walk In The Park with Jane Andrews...Jane talks about writing a first email to an old friend.

12-21-23 Sidelined - A Walk In The Park

In this week's A Walk In The Park with Jane Andrews...Jane talks about things in nature going smoothly, and then something happens.

12-22-23 Holiday Show with a Variety of Jazz Artists - Jazz After Dinner

This week, Joe is featuring a Holiday Show with various outstanding jazz artists.
 

12-16-23 Thriller Panel of Authors - Ocean House Author Series

Join Ocean House owner, actor, and bestselling author Deborah Goodrich Royce for a conversation with Thriller Panel guests Megan Collins, Peter Swanson, Rea Frey, Wendy Walker, Vanessa Lillie, and Kathy Reichs. Deborah Goodrich Royce and a panel of fantastic thriller fiction novelists talk about their books, their writing process, and the thriller genre.
About the Authors: 
Megan Collins is the author of Thicker Than Water, The Family Plot, Behind the Red Door, and The Winter Sister (Atria/Simon & Schuster). She received her B.A. in English and Creative Writing from Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, and she holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Boston University, where she was a teaching fellow. She has taught creative writing at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts and Central Connecticut State University and is Managing Editor of 3Elements Review. A Pushcart Prize and two-time Best of the Net nominee, her work has appeared in many print and online journals, including Compose, Linebreak, Off the Coast, Spillway, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, and Rattle. She lives in Connecticut. Her featured novel is Thicker Than Water.
Peter Swanson is the Sunday Times and New York Times best-selling author of eight novels, including The Kind Worth Killing, winner of the New England Society Book Award, and a finalist for the C.W.A. Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, Her Every Fear, an NPR book of the year; and his most recent, The Kind Worth Saving. His books have been translated into over 30 languages, and his stories, poetry, and features have appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, The Atlantic Monthly, Measure, The Guardian, The Strand Magazine, and Yankee Magazine. A graduate of Trinity College, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and Emerson College, he lives on the North Shore of Massachusetts with his wife and cat. His featured novel is The Kind Worth Saving.
Rea Frey is the multi-published, award-winning bestselling author of Not Her Daughter, Because You’re Mine, and Until I Find You, as well as four nonfiction books. She’s been featured in U.S. Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, Glamour, Popsugar, Hello Sunshine, Marie Claire, Parade, Shape, Hello Giggles, CrimeReads, Writer’s Digest, W.G.N., Fox News, Today in Nashville, Talk of the Town, and more. She is also the C.E.O. and founder of Writeway, where aspiring writers become published authors. Her weekly Writeway podcast deeply delves into the publishing industry and empowers writers to make informed career decisions. Her featured novel is The Other Year.
Wendy Walker is the author of the psychological suspense novels All Is Not Forgotten, Emma in the Night, The Night Before, Don’t Look for Me, and American Girl. Her novels have been translated into twenty-three foreign languages, topped national and international bestseller lists, and have been optioned for television and film. Wendy holds degrees from Brown University and Georgetown Law School. She is a former family law attorney with training in child advocacy and has worked in finance and several areas of the law. Her featured novel is What Remains.
Vanessa Lillie is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and the author of the bestselling suspense novels Little Voices and For the Best. With fifteen years of marketing and communications experience, Vanessa hosts a weekly Instagram Live event with crime fiction authors and was a columnist for the Providence Journal. She lives on Narragansett land in Rhode Island. Her featured novel is Blood Sisters.
Kathy Reichs’s first novel, Déjà Dead, catapulted her to fame when it became a New York Times bestseller and won the 1997 Ellis Award for Best First Novel. Her other Temperance Brennan novels include Death du Jour, Deadly Décisions, Fatal Voyage, Grave Secrets, Bare Bones, Monday Mourning, Cross Bones, Break No Bones, Bones to Ashes, Devil Bones, 206 Bones, Spider Bones, Flash and Bones, Bones Are Forever, Bones of the Lost, Bones Never Lie, Speaking in Bones and the Temperance Brennan short story collection, The Bone Collection. In addition, Kathy co-authors the Virals Young Adult series with her son, Brendan Reichs. The best-selling titles are Virals, Seizure, Code, Exposure, Terminal, and two Virals e-novellas, Shift and Swipe. These books follow the adventures of Temperance Brennan’s great-niece, Tory Brennan. Dr. Reichs is also a producer of the hit Fox TV series Bones, based on her work and novels. Dr. Reichs is one of only 100 forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology. She served on the Board of Directors as Vice President of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the American Board of Forensic Anthropology. She is currently a member of the National Police Services Advisory Council in Canada. She is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Dr. Reichs is a native of Chicago, where she received her Ph.D. at Northwestern. She now divides her time between Charlotte, NC, and Montreal, Québec. Her featured novel is Cold, Cold Bones.
For more information on Deborah Goodrich Royce and the Ocean House Author Series, visit deborahgoodrichroyce.com.
 

12-17-23 Mystic River Chorale 2023 - Conducting Conversations

The Mystic River Chorale is the subject of this week's program with Frank Zilinyi, Artistic Director. We talk about what the Chorale has done in the last season and their concert coming up on Sunday, January 14th, at 4 PM, at Harkness Chapel at Connecticut College. For more information, you can go to www.mysticriverchorale.org

12-14-23 Take A Break - A Walk In The Park

In this week's A Walk In The Park with Jane Andrews...Jane talks about family gatherings becoming platforms for debate.

12-15-23 Traditional Christmas Songs w/ Local RI Artists - Jazz After Dinner

This week, Joe is featuring Local Rhode Island Artists and their interpretations of traditional Christmas Songs, along with some of their own Christmas songs. 

12-09-23 A Christmas Carol Radio Play 2023 (Rerecorded & Reproduced) - WCRI‘s Kids Hour

In this WCRI's Kids Hour, we invite you to a special radio play of A Christmas Carol that has been rerecorded and reproduced for 2023! This play was adapted for radio from Charles Dicken's novella by Anthony E. Palermo. We hope you enjoy...from your friends at WCRI & Newport Classical!