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It's Halloween and we celebrate with tales of the season. Rick Agran gives us "Pumpkin Shivaree" which was adapted for a new children's book. Also, Sandy Schlosser reads a story based on the legend of the ghost on Appledore Island.

We meet a woodworker who makes coffin furniture. The Down to Earth Coffin Company creates real coffins that double as coffee tables, bookshelves, or even gunracks, until you need it for its original purpose.

And Dennis Robinson, editor of SeacostNH.com, tells us about Eunice Cole, the only New Hampshire resident to be convicted of witchcraft.

Tomie dePaola has published more than 200 books and sold more than 6 million copies. This past Friday he was given a lifetime achievement award by the New Hampshire Writers Project and tomorrow Colby-Sawyer College will open an exhibition featuring Tomie's illustrations and art collection.

We are bringing you an interview from July 2001 in which Tomie talks about his life and career.

The election of Rev. Gene Robinson as bishop of New Hampshire's Episcopal Diocese has rocked the church here and abroad. He's openly gay and the controversy that has arisen following his election may cause a schism in the Episcopal Church according to some sources. John talks with Rev. Robinson about faith, sexuality, and church politics.

The audio available here is an extended version of the interview. If you would like a copy of the broadcast show, you can order a tape or CD by clicking on the link at the top of this page.

If you listen to music, chances are you have come across the work of Billy Straus. He is the president of Rock River Communications
and Websound, which creates music programming and compilation CDs for retail stores and corporate websites. His clients have included Volkswagen, Ralph Lauren, and Eddie Bauer. He?s had a long career as a musician, producer, and composer. He?s worked with Bruce Springsteen, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, AC/DC and many more.

Everyday life, love, and death in a small New Hampshire town- those are the main themes in Our Town, the classic play by Thornton Wilder. Our Town takes place in Grover's Corners, a town believed to be modeled after Peterborough. Wilder was a fellow at the McDowell Colony in Peterborough several times. There is a new production of Our Town on Broadway and on PBS starring Paul Newman and new editions of all of Wilder's novels and plays are being released by Perennial Classics. We talk with Tappan Wilder, Thornton Wilder's nephew and literary executor, about the enduring play and the man behind it.