Brains
That’s Jimmy Neutron boy genius and his faithful robot dog Goddard, crash landing his rocket ship on the roof of his house again.
The Chicago International Children’s Film Festival
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Chicago-International-Childrens-Film-Fest.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/22/2002 The Chicago International Children’s Film Festival Transcript Another good reason to be in Chicago over the next two weeks, especially if your children are true film buffs, is the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival that will be running from October 24th to November 3rd. This […]
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The Chicago Humanities Festival
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Chicago-Humanities-Festival-1.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/21/2002 The Chicago Humanities Festival Transcript One of the truly exciting celebrations of the work that is produced for and by children and young people will be taking place in Chicago over the next two weeks. It’s the Children’s Festival which runs in schools […]
Moochas Gracias to Anna Moo
That’s the rich alto voice of Anna Moo with the lead song from her new CD, “Moochas Gracias.” Who would have thought of be-bop puddle stomping?
e.e. cummings
That’s Dawn Upshaw and Bill Crofut on the guitar with his musical setting of “In Just,” one of the best-known poems by the American poet, e. e. cummings.
The Bottle Let Me Down
That’s Alejandro Escovedo with “Sad and Dreamy” — a song about a boy who’s just turned the Big One-O and is feeling his age already.
Interview with Barbara Woodhouse
This past spring, the United Nations sponsored an international children’s summit that was meant to address a number of the global problems that children are facing today. We spoke recently with Barbara Woodhouse about the summit.
“Singing Science” with Tickle Tune Typhoon
You’re hearing a familiar tune, set to some new words by the group Tickle Tune Typhoon on their new CD, “Singing Science.”
The Allen Sisters
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Allen-Sisters-Photographers.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/24/2002 The Allen Sisters Transcript If you’re driving in Northwestern Massachusetts this fall, be sure to go up to Deerfield, a village that hasn’t changed much for the past three hundred years. It was one of the centers of the Arts and Crafts Movement […]
Creature Comforts
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Creature-Comforts.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/18/2002 Creature Comforts Transcript I’ve just spent a few weeks around our year-and-a-half-old grandson, and so I can speak from first hand experience about the absolute truth of a new book called Creature Comforts, People and their Security Objects by Barbara Collopy O’Halloran, with photographs by […]