That’s What Little Girls are Made of
That’s Rebecca Pidgeon with the opening from her reverie, “Under the Table.” It’s on a new CD called That’s What Little Girls are Made of.
Celebrating Weston Woods
That’s Mort Schindel, the founder and guiding spirit of Weston Woods Studios, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
“Luma”
The “wow” you just heard was made by a young neighbor of mine at a recent performance of a remarkable show called “Luma” — which takes place in a completely dark theater but that is really all about light.
Boating on Fifth Avenue
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Boating-on-Fifth-Avenue.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 8/18/2003 Boating on Fifth Avenue Transcript If you’re on downtown Fifth Avenue in New York City some time, with or without children, you could slip into another world in the Forbes Museum, on the ground floor of the magazine’s corporate headquarters. It’s free and […]
The Broadway Kids’ “Hey! Mr. D.J.”
That’s the Broadway Kids with John Lennon’s “Imagine” on a new collection, called “Hey Mr. DJ!”
The Engine of Invention
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Engine-of-Invention.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 8/11/2003 The Engine of Invention Transcript We Americans pride ourselves on being a nation of tinkerers, folks who always seemed to be out in the barn inventing things — like the telephone, airplanes, or the computer. To spark this inventive spirit in young people, […]
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
These are the sounds of Cross Creek, near the home of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, just a few minutes south of Gainesville, Florida, where we produce these programs.
Clowning Around
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Clowns.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 8/5/2003 Clowning Around Transcript It’s International Clown Week, and that has us thinking about this ancient figure, who is the primal source of laughter. Our word for “clown” comes from the old Icelandic, klunni, which meant a clumsy person, and is related to other […]
“Seussical” Review
That’s David Shiner as the Cat in the Hat, along with the chorus line from the musical, “Seussical,” which made its appearance on Broadway a couple of years ago and has now arrived in CD form.
Willoughby and the Professor
That’s the Professor and his faithful side-kick, Willoughby, getting ready to pucker space and send a box full of cockroaches into the Arabian desert, as part of the Professor’s latest and grandest noble experiment…