Tag: John Cech
You Are My Little Bird
That’s part of the opening song for Elizabeth Mitchell’s new CD, You Are My Little Bird from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
John Adams Unbound
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/John-Adams-Unbound.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 11/6/2006 Gilbert Stuart, John Adams, American, 1755 – 1828, c. 1800/1815, oil on canvas, Gift of Mrs. Robert Homans John Adams Unbound Transcript One of our nation’s Founding Fathers, Adams was the son of a colonial farmer who instilled in his son not only […]
Halloween In Salem
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Halloween-in-Salem.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/30/2006 Halloween in Salem Transcript New England celebrates Halloween. I mean, it really celebrates it. And for good reason. There are more ghosts per capita in the New England states than anywhere else. I once spoke with a filmmaker who was going to do […]
Chicago Children’s Humanities Festival
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Chicago-Childrens-Humanities-Festival.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/23/2006 Chicago Children’s Humanities Festival Transcript For the next two weeks in Chicago, something extraordinary is happening: the Chicago Children’s Humanities Festival. From October 28th through November 12th, the city will be alive with cultural events for children and families — performances and exhibitions, […]
Chicago International Children’s Film Festival
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Chicago-International-Childrens-Film-Festival.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/20/2006 Chicago International Children’s Film Festival Transcript In the fall, the cultural calendar for young people is always full in Chicago, and this year marks the 23rd annual Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, which opened yesterday and will be going strong until the 31st […]
My Best Day: Trout Fishing in America
That’s Trout Fishing in America from their recent live concert recording, My Best Day. This trio from Arkansas rocks with songs about the ordinary, daily events of children’s and their parent’s lives.
The American Story
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-American-Story.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/11/2006 The American Story Transcript You wouldn’t know it today, to judge by all the tourists and traffic, but St. Augustine, Florida, just a short morning’s drive from Gainesville, where we produce these programs, lays claim to the title, First City in America. First […]
Dream Songs, Night Songs, from Mali to Louisiana
That’s an evening song from Mali called “Makun.” It’s on an award-winning, gorgeous new collection of lullabies called Dream Songs, Night Songs, from Mali to Louisiana from the Canadian label, Secret Mountain.
Ken Nordine’s “Colors”
You’re hearing Ken Nordine, reading a section of his poem, “Orange,” from a CD called Colors.
Mohieddin Ellabbad’s Notebook
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Mohieddin-Allabbads-Notebook.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 8/29/2006 Mohieddin Ellabbad’s Notebook Transcript When Mohieddin Ellabbad was a boy growing up in Cairo, he dreamed of becoming a streetcar conductor — driving his imposing, clattering machine down the center of the street. But what happened is that the boy became passionate about […]