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11-09-24 Authors Martha Hall Kelly & Katherine Reay discuss their books The Golden Doves & The Berlin Letters - Ocean House Author Series

Join Ocean House owner and author Deborah Goodrich Royce for a conversation with New York Times bestselling authors Martha Hall Kelly and Katherine Reay as they discuss their books The Golden Doves (Martha Hall Kelly) and The Berlin Letters (Katherine Reay).  
About Martha Hall Kelly: Martha Hall Kelly’s debut novel LILAC GIRLS, about socialite Caroline Ferriday and her fight to help a group of concentration camp survivors, became an Instant NY Times bestseller in 2016 and sold over two million copies. Once the paperback stayed on the NYT list for fifty-four weeks and became published in fifty countries, she wrote two more novels: LOST ROSES, about Caroline’s mother, and SUNFLOWER SISTERS, about her great grandmother, which also became Instant NY Times bestsellers. Martha grew up in Massachusetts and now splits her time between Connecticut and New York City.
About The Golden Doves: Two female spies risk everything to hunt down an infamous Nazi in this sweeping, profound tale of bravery from the bestselling author of Lilac Girls.
About Katherine Reay: Katherine Reay is a national bestselling and award-winning author of several novels and one nonfiction work. For her fiction, Katherine writes love letters to books, and her novels are saturated with what she calls the “world of books.” They are character-driven stories that examine the past as a way to find one’s best way forward. In the words of The Bronte Plot’s Lucy Alling, Katherine writes of “that time when you don’t know where you’ll be, but you can’t stay as you are.” Katherine holds a BA and MS from Northwestern University and, after several moves across the globe, lives outside Chicago.
About The Berlin Letters: Bestselling author Katherine Reay returns with an unforgettable tale of the Cold War and a CIA code-breaker who risks everything to free her father from an East German prison.
For more information about Martha Hall Kelly, visit penguinrandomhouse.com. For more information about Katherine Reay, visit katherinereay.com. For details on Deborah Goodrich Royce and the Ocean House Author Series, visit deborahgoodrichroyce.com

11-07-24 Leadership - A Walk In The Park

This week on A Walk In The Park, Jane shows how one-way leadership is chosen.

11-08-24 Vocalist Ann Hampton Callaway - Jazz After Dinner

This week, Joe is featuring Vocalist Ann Hampton Callaway from her 2006 Telarc Records recording, “Blues In The Night.” 

11-10-24 URI Holiday Extravaganza Music Festival - Conducting Conversation

The URI Holiday Extravaganza Music Festival is the subject of this week's program with David Gilliland, Artistic Director. We talk about the concerts that will be presented on December 7th at 2:00 and 7:00 PM 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
 

11-02-24 StoneRidge: Active Retirement Living in Mystic, CT - The 95.9 Company Break

On this week's 95.9 Company Break, we speak with the Director of Marketing and Sales for StoneRidge Active Retirement Living in Mystic, CT, Jamie Cornell. Located just two miles from the riverfront, StoneRidge is a senior living community of doers and thinkers, artists and educators, lifelong learners, and dedicated volunteers. We support each other, learn from one another, and enjoy each other’s company. New retirement community residents tell us they’re surprised at how quickly everyone knows their name. Visit us, and it won’t be long before you feel connected to the people here. People who, like you, want to continue an active lifestyle in a corner of Connecticut close to their hearts. For more information, call 860-333-8995 or visit www.stoneridgelcs.com
 

11-02-24 A Goofy Movie! - WCRI‘s Kids Hour

In this week's WCRI Kids Hour, host Jamie listens to music from the hidden Disney classic film A Goofy Movie! This show is also sponsored locally by RI Comic Con Nov. 1-3, 2024

10-31-24 Broken Tail - A Walk In The Park

This week on A Walk In The Park, Jane shares that, at times, unfortunate circumstances make survival a challenge. 

11-03-24 Rhode Island Civic Chorus & Orchestra 2024 - Conducting Conversation

The RI Civic Choral and Orchestra is the subject of this week's program with Dr. Joshua Rohde, Music Director. We talk about their upcoming concerts and listen to some of the music presented on Saturday, November 16th, at the Block Island School on December 7th in Providence and December 8th in Manville. For more information, you can call 401-521-5670 or go to www.ricco.org

11-01-24 Trumpeter Terence Blanchard - Jazz After Dinner

This week, Joe is featuring Trumpeter Terence Blanchard from his 2001 Sony Records recording “Let’s Get Lost.”
 

10-26-24 The Mariner and the Mulberry - This Old Tree

Host Doug Still introduces us to The Mariner and the Mulberry in this episode. A large old mulberry tree at Truro Vineyards on Cape Cod comes with a legend. A sea captain brought it back from the South Pacific and planted it for his young wife. Or his girlfriend. Or someone named Amelia. Is this story true? Who was the captain, and what became of him? Come along to open dusty books, unfurl old maps, and decide what you think.

10-24-24 Never Seen Before - A Walk In The Park

This week on A Walk In The Park, Jane shares things she has seen for the first time.

10-25-24 Pianist Ellis Marsalis-Getting To Know You - Jazz After Dinner

This week, Joe is featuring Pianist Mulgrew Miller,” from his 1995 Novus Records recording, “Getting To Know You.” 

10-27-24 Narragansett Bay Symphony Community Orchestra - Conducting Conversation

The Narragansett Bay Symphony Community Orchestra is the subject of this week's program with Zeke Fetrow, Guest Conductor, and President Greg Henninger. We discussed their upcoming concert and listened to some of the music presented on November 10th at E. Providence High School Auditorium. For more information, you can call (401) 274-4578 or go to www.nabsco.org

10-19-24 Author Terah Shelton Harris discusses her novel Long After We Are Gone - Ocean House Author Series

Join Ocean House owner and author Deborah Goodrich Royce for a conversation with author Terah Shelton Harris to discuss her novel Long After We Are Gone. 
About Long After We Are Gone: “A big, beautiful, devastating, and ultimately hopeful novel.” – Erica Bauermeister, New York Times bestselling author of No Two Persons
An explosive and emotional story of four siblings–each fighting their own personal battle–who return home in the wake of their father’s death in order to save their family’s home from being sold out from under them, from the author of One Summer in Savannah.
“Don’t let the white man take the house.”
These are the last words King Solomon says to his son before he dies. Now all four Solomon siblings must return to North Carolina to save the Kingdom, their ancestral home and 200 acres of land, from a development company, who has their sights set on turning the valuable waterfront property into a luxury resort.
While fighting to save the Kingdom, the siblings must also save themselves from the secrets they’ve been holding onto. Junior, the oldest son and married to his wife for eleven years, is secretly in love with another man. Second son Mance can’t control his temper, which has landed him in prison more than once. CeCe, the oldest daughter and a lawyer in New York City, has embezzled thousands of dollars from her firm’s clients. Youngest daughter Tokey wonders why she doesn’t seem to fit into this family, which has left an aching hole in her heart that she tries to fill in harmful ways. As the Solomons come together to fight for the Kingdom, each of their façades begins to crumble and collide in unexpected ways.
Told in alternating viewpoints, Long After We Are Gone is a searing portrait on the power of family and letting go of things that no longer serve you, exploring the burden of familial expectations, the detriment of miscommunication, and the lessons and legacies we pass on to our children.
About Terah Shelton Harris: Terah Shelton Harris is a collection development librarian based in Alabama and a freelance writer. She has been published in Women’s Health, Natural Solutions, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Backpacker, Draft, and Women’s Adventure.
For more information about Terah Shelton Harris, visit terahsharris.com. For details on Deborah Goodrich Royce and the Ocean House Author Series, visit deborahgoodrichroyce.com

10-17-24 Rainbows - A Walk In The Park

This week on A Walk In The Park, Jane discusses how nature seems to be sending us a special message.

10-18-24 Pianist Ellis Marsalis-Whistle Stop - Jazz After Dinner

This week, Joe is featuring Pianist Ellis Marsalis from his 1994 Columbia Records recording, “Whistle Stop.”

10-20-24 Jamestown Community Chorus 2024 - Conducting Conversation

This week, The Jamestown Community Chorus is the program's subject, and we talked with B.J. Whitehouse, the music director. We talked about their successful season last year. We listened to selections from the planned 75th Anniversary Holiday concerts held on Saturday, December 14th and 15th, at the Jamestown Recreational Center. For more information, you can call 401-207-0771 or go to www.jamestownchorus.com
 

10-12-24 Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York with her latest novel A Most Intriguing Lady - Ocean House Author Series

Join Ocean House owner and author Deborah Goodrich Royce for a conversation with Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, who will discuss her latest novel, A Most Intriguing Lady.
About A Most Intriguing Lady: From Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, a sweeping, romantic, compulsively readable historical saga about a Duke’s daughter–the perfect Victorian lady–who secretly moonlights as an amateur sleuth for high society’s inner circle.
Victorian London was notorious for its pickpockets. But in the country houses of the elite, gentleman burglars, art thieves, and con men preyed on the rich and titled. Wealthy victims–with their pride and reputation at stake–would never go to the police. They needed a society insider, one of their own, a person of discretion and finely tuned powers of observation, adept at navigating intrigue.
That person was Lady Mary Montagu Douglas Scott, the youngest child of Queen Victoria’s close friends, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch. Bookish, fiercely intelligent, and a keen observer, Mary has deliberately cultivated a mousey persona that allows her to remain overlooked and significantly underestimated by all. It’s the perfect cover for a sleuth, a role she stumbles into when trying to assist a close friend during a house party hosted by her parents at their stately Scottish home, Drumlanrig Castle.
It is at this party that Lady Mary also meets Colonel Walter Trefusis, a distinguished and extremely handsome war veteran. Tortured by memories of combat, Walter, like Mary, lives a double life, with a desk job in Whitehall providing a front for his role in the British Intelligence Service. The two form an unlikely alliance to solve a series of audacious crimes and indulge in a highly charged on-off romance.
Pacy, romantic, and fun, A Most Intriguing Lady documents one remarkable woman’s ability to be both the perfect lady and a perfectly talented detective…and, of course, to find love too.
About Sarah Ferguson: Sarah Ferguson is the Duchess of York. She is also a bestselling novelist, memoirist, children’s book author, and film producer, and has been a spokeswoman for Weight Watchers and Wedgewood China. She currently campaigns for her Children in Crisis international charity and works on historical documentaries and films that draw on her deep interest in Victorian history. The mother of two daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, and grandmother of three precious grandchildren, she lives in Windsor.
For more information about Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York's books, visit www.amazon.com/Sarah-Ferguson-Book. For information on Deborah Goodrich Royce and the Ocean House Author Series, visit deborahgoodrichroyce.com
 

10-10-24 Calamities - A Walk In The Park

This week on A Walk In The Park, Jane tells us what we can do.

10-13-24 URI Symphony Orchestra - Conducting Conversation

The URI Symphony Orchestra is the subject of this week's program with Luis Viquez, Director of Orchestral Studies. We talked about the concert that will be presented on October 20th at the URI Fine Arts Center. The event will feature music by Hyden, Mahler, and much more. For more information, you can go to https://web.uri.edu/music/events