Archived radio content http://www.wpkn.org/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 05:34:01 GMT http://www.wpkn.org/ https://archives.wpkn.org//banners/7.png 850 192 https://archives.wpkn.org/https://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/185746 <p>This month&rsquo;s episode features a conversation with <strong>Dave Coon</strong>, one of the organizers of<em><strong> Broad Stripes and Bright Stars </strong></em> a major art exhibition opening in late June in New Haven, and, in the second half we offer a talk with <strong>Site Projects</strong>&rsquo;<strong> Laura Clarke</strong> and artist <strong>Robert Greenberg</strong> about the public artworks in the works for the highway underpass on state street, which is getting a major permanent installation by <strong>Shelia De Bretteville</strong>.</p> <p><em><strong><br /> Broad Stripes and Bright Stars</strong></em> is being organized by <strong>Dave Coon</strong> and <strong>Aicha Woods</strong> and will run from June 29- August 12 at the <strong>Ely Center For Contemporary Art. </strong>This large group show features national and internationally known artista and will occupy the whole building and will include pop-up shop of artist-made flag related goods.</p> <p>Ely Center of Contemporary Art<br /> 51 Trumbull Street, New Haven, CT&nbsp;</p> <p>More about it here: <a href="https://www.elycenter.org/events/broad-stripes-and-bright-stars">https://www.elycenter.org/events/broad-stripes-and-bright-stars</a></p> <p><br /> <strong>Site Projects </strong>is hosting an event which will feature <strong>Robert Greenberg&rsquo;s</strong> new film on June 10th at Union Station New Haven, free and open to the public.</p> <p>More about that here:&nbsp;<a href="http://siteprojects.org/events/2017/5/24/community-celebration-for-lighting-your-way-at-union-station">http://siteprojects.org/events/2017/5/24/community-celebration-for-lighting-your-way-at-union-station</a></p> <p>And more about the massive underpass project here:<a href="http://siteprojects.org/sheila-de-bretteville-lighting-your-way">http://siteprojects.org/sheila-de-bretteville-lighting-your-way<br type="_moz" /> </a></p> <p>This show features musical clips from <strong>Fleetwood Mac</strong> and <strong>Wilco</strong>.<br /> &nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> https://archives.wpkn.org/https://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/185746 Sat, 27 May 2017 11:00:00 GMT https://archives.wpkn.org/https://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/172714 <p><strong>&nbsp;Public Art/Art Public </strong><br /> <strong><br /> Let's pretend it's summer!</strong></p> <p>This month on Live Culture we start off 2017 with a rebroadcast of Episode 4 from June 2015, which seems at once very relevant to right now and very far in the past indeed. This slice-of-warm-weather show features a conversation with <strong>Selby Nimrod,</strong> curator and project manager of <strong>Art Sites New Haven</strong>, a web-based initiative which offers interactive maps of public art in the greater New Haven area, and <strong>Laura Weir Clarke</strong>, Executive Director and Co-Founder of <strong>Site Projects</strong>, an organization which commissions international artists to do public art projects around the city of New Haven. <strong>Art Sites New Haven</strong> is a spin-off from <strong>Site Projects</strong> and offers access and information about the broad range of free, public outdoor works which surround us.</p> <p>Come warm up with us next to your radio and dream of sunny excursions to sites historic and contemporary around town- or skip the mid-winter doldrums, bundle up and tour them all now!</p> <p><br /> To view the <strong>Art site</strong><strong>s website and app&nbsp;</strong>visit: <a href="http://artsitesnewhaven.com/">http://artsitesnewhaven.com/</a><br /> To learn more about <strong>Site Projects</strong>: <a href="http://www.siteprojects.org/index.htm">http://www.siteprojects.org/index.htm</a></p> <p>with music excerpts by:</p> <ul> <li><strong>No Valentine</strong> &ndash; more here: <a href="https://novalentine.bandcamp.com ">https://novalentine.bandcamp.com </a></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;(thanks to <strong>No Valentine</strong> for their permission to use this song in its entirety)</p> <ul> <li><strong>The Natural Spiritual Orchestra</strong> ( Bill Lee and Branford Marsalis)</li> <li><strong>Elvis Costello &amp; The Attractions </strong></li> <li><strong>Naomi Shelton &amp; The Gospel Queens<br /> </strong></li> <li><strong>Nina Simone <br /> </strong></li> <li><strong>John Legend &amp; The Roots</strong></li> </ul> https://archives.wpkn.org/https://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/172714 Sat, 28 Jan 2017 11:00:00 GMT