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ArchivesCouncil Approves ATV ParkBy Dan Gorenstein on Wednesday, November 16, 2005.The Executive Council has approved a plan to purchase land in Berlin to become a new state park with an estimated 350 miles of ATV trails. New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports. listen:
  Life Locator Helps in Earthquakes, AvalanchesBy Lisa Peakes on Wednesday, November 16, 2005.Morning Edition's Lisa Peakes talks with a developer of the "Life Locator". It's a A hand-held device that can find people who are buried by debris after and avalanche or earthquake. listen:
Rhythmic Painting and The Flying KaramazovsBy Shay Zeller on Wednesday, November 16, 2005.Listening to music can often be a visual thing. Whether you’re guided by the lyrics, or a memory, or just the mood of the piece, music forms images in our mind’s eye. An exhibition going on now at Plymouth State University looks at a set of artist who’ve put those images down on canvas. The show is called “Rhythmic Brushwork: The Agents of Site and Sound", and it looks specifically at the influence of Afro-Caribbean art on 5 black artists from several different countries. We talk with one of those artists and the show's curator. Click here for more details on the exhibit Later in the program we'll check in with one of the Flying Karamazov Brothers. The famous juggling act is in the state this week for a couple of performances. listen:
New England Literature and the SeaBy Laura Knoy on Wednesday, November 16, 2005.New England has always had a deep relationship with the sea. From its earliest days, indigenous inhabitants and the newly arrived European sailors spun stories about ocean life. Since then writers like Herman Melville, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Celia Thaxter along with modern day authors Sebastian Junger and Nathaniel Philbrick have anchored New England as a major player in the American maritime literary tradition. We'll explore our region's literary relationship with the sea with one of New England's most noted writers in the sea genre. Laura's guest is Nathaniel Philbrick, author of many book about the sea including "In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex", "Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the US Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842" and a forthcoming book on the Mayflower. listen:
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