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12-07-23 Overdoing - A Walk In The Park

In this week's A Walk In The Park with Jane Andrews...Jane talks about taking things one at a time.

12-08-23 Vocalist Tony Bennett - Jazz After Dinner

This week, Joe is featuring vocalist Tony Bennett from his 2008 Columbia Records recording, "A 'Swingin' Christmas - with the Count Basie Orchestra.” 

12-10-23 Shannon Corey, Singer, Composer, Pianist & Teacher- Conducting Conversations

This week, we feature Shannon Corey, singer, composer, pianist, and teacher. We'll listen to music examples from her Holiday CD, "I Wish I Had A River." We'll also discuss her career and how she has had the opportunity to travel the world singing. For more information, you can go to www.shannoncoreymusic.com

12-02-23 Holiday Music Classics with Tay & Em - WCRI‘s Kids Hour

On this month's episode of WCRI's Kids Hour, hosts Jamie and UCONN Nursing Students Taylor and Emily listen to holiday music classics like Last Christmas, I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas, music from The Grinch, Wonderful Christmastime, and many more!

12-02-23 Wood River Health-Physical Therapy - The 95.9 Company Break

This month's The 95.9 Company Break welcomes Wood River Health President and CEO Alison Croke and Dr. Ryan Collins, Hope Valley Director of Physical Therapy. Since 1976, Wood River Health has provided high-quality, affordable medical, dental, and social services to southwestern Rhode Island and southeastern Connecticut communities. A private, non-profit Community Health Center, its providers and staff are devoted to delivering quality patient care to our patients. For more information, call 401-539-2461 or visit www.woodriverhealth.org

12-01-23 Vocalist and Pianist Ray Charles - Jazz After Dinner

On this week's Jazz After Dinner, Joe features Vocalist and Pianist Ray Charles from his 1985 Columbia Records recording titled “The Spirit of Christmas.” 

11-30-23 Lost & Found - A Walk In The Park

In this week's A Walk In The Park with Jane Andrews...Jane is looking back over generations.

12-3-23 Jamestown Community Chorus - Conducting Conversations

This week, The Jamestown Community Chorus is the subject of the program with B. J. Whitehouse, Music Director. We talked about their successful season last year and listened to some selections from the planned Holiday concerts held on Saturday, December 9th and 10th, at the Jamestown Recreational Center. For more information, you can call 401-207-0771 or go to www.jamestownchorus.com

11-23-23 Home for the Holidays 2023 - WCRI Special Programming

In this special three-hour radio program from WCRI, you'll hear holiday music by artists, groups, and ensembles from southern New England. You'll listen to Shannon Corey, Boston Brass, Ensemble Altera, The United States Coast Guard Band, Seth MacFarlane, and many more. This is the perfect program for decorating the tree, cooking that holiday meal, or to get you in the holiday spirit!

11-23-23 Chorus of Westerly Holiday Pops Radio Program 2023 - WCRI Special Programming

The Chorus of Westerly Holiday Pops Radio Program is a unique show on WCRI to kick off the holiday season. You'll enjoy an hour of beautiful seasonal music performed by the Chorus of Westerly and the Pops Festival Orchestra. Your hosts for this program are Music Director Andrew Howell and Executive Director Ryan Saunders. For more information about the chorus or tickets to upcoming concerts, call (401) 596-8663, or go to www.chorusofwesterly.org ​

11-23-23 Award-Winning Journalist Katie Couric-Going There - Ocean House Author Series

Join Ocean House owner, actor, and bestselling author Deborah Goodrich Royce for a conversation with Katie Couric (@katiecouric). Katie is an award-winning journalist and co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), which has raised more than $700 million for cancer research. Couric was the first woman to solo anchor a network evening newscast, serving as anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News from 2006 to 2011, following 15 years as co-anchor of NBC’s Today show. In 2017, she founded Katie Couric Media (KCM), which has developed a number of media projects, including a daily newsletter, “Wake-Up Call”, a podcast, “Next Question”, digital video series, and several documentaries. 
Going There is a heartbreaking, hilarious, and brutally honest memoir that shares the deeply personal life story of a girl next door and her transformation into a household name. For more than forty years, Katie Couric has been an iconic presence in the media world. In her brutally honest, hilarious, heartbreaking memoir, she reveals what was going on behind the scenes of her sometimes tumultuous personal and professional life – a story she’s never shared until now. Of the medium she loves, the one that made her a household name, she says, “Television can put you in a box; the flat-screen can flatten. On TV, you are larger than life but smaller, too. It is not the whole story, and it is not the whole me. This book is.” Find out more about Katie and Going There at katiecouric.com. For more information on Deborah Goodrich Royce and the Ocean House Author Series, visit deborahgoodrichroyce.com.

11-26-23 The Major Oak of Sherwood Forest - This Old Tree

Host Doug Still looks at The Major Oak of Sherwood Forest in this month's episode of This Old Tree. Sherwood Forest in the County of Nottinghamshire lays claim to a world-famous tree, The Major Oak. It may have harbored Robin Hood and his merry men or perhaps people like them. Admirers from around the world visit the beloved English oak drawn by the legend. Two Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve guests help describe why the tree is so special. One is Paul Cook, the Warden tasked with maintaining the woodland and the landscape. The other is the Sheriff of Nottingham, or, that is, Richard Townsley, a tour guide and local authority on Robin Hood. Thanks to the legend, there's an aura around this tree, but the allure and lasting popularity of England's arboreal icon has become about so much more. 

11-23-23 Gratitude - A Walk In The Park

In this week's A Walk In The Park with Jane Andrews...Jane indicates that it is okay with things not being perfect.

11-26-23 URI Holiday Extravaganza Music Festival - Conducting Conversations

The URI Holiday Extravaganza Music Festival is the subject of this week's program with David Gilliland, Artistic Director. We discussed the concerts that will be presented on December 2nd and 3rd at the URI Fine Arts Center. The event will feature over 180 performers. For more information, you can go to https://web.uri.edu/music/events

11-24-23 Vocalist & Bassist Dick Lupino - Jazz After Dinner

This week on Jazz After Dinner, Joe is featuring Vocalist and Bassist Dick Lupino from his 2011 cd titled “December Songs.”

11-18-23 Novelist Annabel Monaghan-Same Time Next Summer - Ocean House Author Series

Join Ocean House owner, actor, and bestselling author Deborah Goodrich Royce for a conversation with Novelist Annabel Monaghan as they discuss her latest novel, Same Time Next Summer. Annabel Monaghan is the author of IndieNext and LibraryReads pick Nora Goes Off Script as well as two young adult novels and Does This Volvo Make My Butt Look Big?, a selection of laugh-out-loud columns that appeared in the Huffington Post, The Week, and the Rye Record. Same Time Next Summer is the ultimate summer nostalgia read, about an engaged woman who comes face to face with her first love whom she hasn’t seen in fourteen years but whom she spent every summer with from age five to seventeen when he broke her heart, calling into question everything she thought she knew about their love story, and herself. Find out more at annabelmonaghan.com. For more information on Deborah Goodrich Royce and the Ocean House Author Series, visit deborahgoodrichroyce.com.

11-16-23 Terrariums - A Walk In The Park

In this week's A Walk In The Park with Jane Andrews...Jane recalls how nature can bring this planet into perspective.

11-19-23 Theatre By The Sea’s 2024 Season Announcement - Conducting Conversations

Theatre By The Sea's announcement of the 2024 season is the subject of this week's program with Bill Hanney, owner of the theatre, and Karen Kessler, Director of Marketing. We talk about next summer's musicals and listen to popular songs from Chorus Line, Tootsie, The Sound of Music, and 42nd Street. For more information, you can call (401) 782-8587 or go to www.theatrebythesea.com
 

11-17-23 The Ken Serio Trio - Jazz After Dinner

This week, Joe is featuring The Ken Serio Trio from their 1996 Mirror Wizard Music Recording titled “Tomorrow’s Another Day.”

11-10-23 Vocalist Abbey Lincoln - Jazz After Dinner

This week, Joe is featuring Vocalist Abbey Lincoln from her 1995 Verve Records Recording titled “A Turtle’s Dream.”