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Bringing the Bronx to New Hampshire
By Virginia Prescott on Thursday, November 19, 2009.
Adrian Nicole LeBlanc broke ground when her award-winning book Random Family: Love, Drugs,Trouble and Coming of Age in the Bronx was published in 2003. She spent more than a decade closely observing three generations of a Puerto Rican family to create an intimate portrait of street life that was anything but pretty.
Random Family was a New York Times bestseller and was recently named one of The 50 Books for Our Times by Newsweek magazine. Tomorrow afternoon, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc and two of the subjects of Random Family will travel to ConVal High School in Peterborough, NH for a day-long workshop with New Hampshire students. It’s part of the MacDowell Colony’s Community Outreach Program in the schools, and we’re catching up with Adrian Nicole LeBlanc before the workshop. We also spoke with Jill Lawler, an English teacher at ConVal, about what her students are learning from random family.
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Adrian Nicole LeBlanc broke ground when her award-winning book Random Family: Love, Drugs,Trouble and Coming of Age in the Bronx was published in 2003. She spent more than a decade closely observing three generations of a Puerto Rican family to create an intimate portrait of street life that was anything but pretty.
Random Family was a New York Times bestseller and was recently named one of The 50 Books for Our Times by Newsweek magazine. Tomorrow afternoon, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc and two of the subjects of Random Family will travel to ConVal High School in Peterborough, NH for a day-long workshop with New Hampshire students. It’s part of the MacDowell Colony’s Community Outreach Program in the schools, and we’re catching up with Adrian Nicole LeBlanc before the workshop. We also spoke with Jill Lawler, an English teacher at ConVal, about what her students are learning from random family.
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Moosewood for the new Millennium
By Virginia Prescott on Thursday, November 19, 2009.
Mollie Katzen is a legend in my kitchen. The Moosewood Cookbook and the Enchanted Broccoli Forest were the first cookbooks I owned. Their hand drawn illustrations and folksy writing guided me through Moussaka and Swedish Cabbage Soup from college and on through adulthood.
My copies are now splattered with sauces and split at the bindings. But like many people, I find myself cooking the stuff I know over and over again, and I don't find myself in the kitchen as often as I used to. So I'm thrilled that Mollie has a new book and a new imperative: to "Get Cooking!"
She'll be visiting with University of New Hampshire students enrolled in the eco-gastronomy program this weekend, and signing copies of Get Cooking at River Run Bookstore in Portsmouth on Saturday.
Gourmet Dinner: Simply Southern with Mollie Katzen
The New York Times: Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch
Photo: Brady Carlson, NHPR
Mollie Katzen is a legend in my kitchen. The Moosewood Cookbook and the Enchanted Broccoli Forest were the first cookbooks I owned. Their hand drawn illustrations and folksy writing guided me through Moussaka and Swedish Cabbage Soup from college and on through adulthood.
My copies are now splattered with sauces and split at the bindings. But like many people, I find myself cooking the stuff I know over and over again, and I don't find myself in the kitchen as often as I used to. So I'm thrilled that Mollie has a new book and a new imperative: to "Get Cooking!"
She'll be visiting with University of New Hampshire students enrolled in the eco-gastronomy program this weekend, and signing copies of Get Cooking at River Run Bookstore in Portsmouth on Saturday.
Gourmet Dinner: Simply Southern with Mollie Katzen
The New York Times: Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch
Photo: Brady Carlson, NHPR
Not Your Grandpa's Lute
By John Diliberto on Thursday, November 19, 2009.The lute brings to mind images of Medieval royalty, slowly promenading across a decadent ballroom floor. For lutenist Ronn McFarlane, this couldn’t be further from reality.
For The Love of Movies
By Virginia Prescott on Thursday, November 19, 2009.
Film critics are in trouble. The century-old profession grew up alongside cinema, and the thoughtful reviews and theoretical writings from high-profile critics shaped how we understand the movies. But as journalism struggles financially and more reviewers are getting laid off or fired, critics wonder what’s to come of their profession.
That’s where film critic Gerald Peary stepped in. He’s been writing about film for over 25 years, and has been a weekly columnist and reviewer for The Boston Phoenix since 1996. He’s now stepped behind the camera for the first time to direct a film about his colleagues.
It’s called For The Love of Movies, and it looks at the past, present, and future of film criticism. It screens tonight at The Music Hall in Portsmouth. We're joined by the film’s producer, Amy Geller, and writer and director Gerald Peary.
Boston Phoenix: Gerald Peary: No Respect?
Los Angeles Times: Roger Ebert: Back to the future of film criticism
Huffington Post: David Sterritt: Do Film Critics Have a Future? Who Cares?
Life In Hell: How To Be a Clever Film Critic
Film critics are in trouble. The century-old profession grew up alongside cinema, and the thoughtful reviews and theoretical writings from high-profile critics shaped how we understand the movies. But as journalism struggles financially and more reviewers are getting laid off or fired, critics wonder what’s to come of their profession.
That’s where film critic Gerald Peary stepped in. He’s been writing about film for over 25 years, and has been a weekly columnist and reviewer for The Boston Phoenix since 1996. He’s now stepped behind the camera for the first time to direct a film about his colleagues.
It’s called For The Love of Movies, and it looks at the past, present, and future of film criticism. It screens tonight at The Music Hall in Portsmouth. We're joined by the film’s producer, Amy Geller, and writer and director Gerald Peary.
Boston Phoenix: Gerald Peary: No Respect?
Los Angeles Times: Roger Ebert: Back to the future of film criticism
Huffington Post: David Sterritt: Do Film Critics Have a Future? Who Cares?
Life In Hell: How To Be a Clever Film Critic
Unruly Kids Make Better Leaders
By Virginia Prescott on Thursday, November 19, 2009.
Kids are notorious for getting into trouble. Whether it’s skipping class, picking fights, or slipping away in the family wagon for a midnight joy ride, mischievous behavior is a headache for most parents. What if breaking some of the rules was actually a sign of a child’s future success?
A new study suggests that children who push boundaries on occasion - like hosting parties while the ‘rents are out of town - are actually more likely to become leaders as adults. That finding flies in the face of the belief that those who follow the rules will make it to the top of the corporate heap someday.
With us to talk about why a little mischief might be a good predictor of a child’s future is Maria Rotundo. She’s an associate professor of human resource management and organizational behavior at the University of Toronto and one of the study’s authors.
Leadership Quarterly: Early Life Experiences as Determinantes of Leadership Role Occupancy (PDF)
Miller-McCune: Destined For Greatness, You Little Scamp
(Photo courtesy foamcow via Flickr/CreativeCommons)
Kids are notorious for getting into trouble. Whether it’s skipping class, picking fights, or slipping away in the family wagon for a midnight joy ride, mischievous behavior is a headache for most parents. What if breaking some of the rules was actually a sign of a child’s future success?
A new study suggests that children who push boundaries on occasion - like hosting parties while the ‘rents are out of town - are actually more likely to become leaders as adults. That finding flies in the face of the belief that those who follow the rules will make it to the top of the corporate heap someday.
With us to talk about why a little mischief might be a good predictor of a child’s future is Maria Rotundo. She’s an associate professor of human resource management and organizational behavior at the University of Toronto and one of the study’s authors.
Leadership Quarterly: Early Life Experiences as Determinantes of Leadership Role Occupancy (PDF)
Miller-McCune: Destined For Greatness, You Little Scamp
(Photo courtesy foamcow via Flickr/CreativeCommons)
The Celebrity Media Bubble
By Avishay Artsy on Wednesday, November 18, 2009.President Obama posed for the cameras today atop the Great Wall of China, a major sightseeing stop during his diplomatic tour of Asia. Photographers captured the president walking down the last ramp by himself, a shot carefully planned by White House aides.
Webby Events of the New Millenium
By Virginia Prescott on Wednesday, November 18, 2009.
As the end of 2009 draws near, the year-end lists will be doubled by the decade-end lists, gracing magazine covers, blog posts, newspaper columns, and text messages. It has been a heck of a decade for the internet.
That hasn’t slipped the notice of the folks at the Webby Awards, which honors excellence in websites, interactive advertising, and online film and video. This morning, the webby awards released its picks for the internet moments of the decade, and David Michael Davies, Executive Director of the Webby Awards is here to run through them.
The Webby Awards: Ten Most Influential Internet Moments of the Decade
Word of Mouth's internet sherpa Brady Carlson offers More Ways the Web Changed Us
(Photo courtesy Hobvias Sudoneighm via Flickr/CreativeCommons)
As the end of 2009 draws near, the year-end lists will be doubled by the decade-end lists, gracing magazine covers, blog posts, newspaper columns, and text messages. It has been a heck of a decade for the internet.
That hasn’t slipped the notice of the folks at the Webby Awards, which honors excellence in websites, interactive advertising, and online film and video. This morning, the webby awards released its picks for the internet moments of the decade, and David Michael Davies, Executive Director of the Webby Awards is here to run through them.
The Webby Awards: Ten Most Influential Internet Moments of the Decade
Word of Mouth's internet sherpa Brady Carlson offers More Ways the Web Changed Us
(Photo courtesy Hobvias Sudoneighm via Flickr/CreativeCommons)
Young, Gifted, and Unemployed
By Virginia Prescott on Wednesday, November 18, 2009.
We've heard a number of stories about people who are out of work over the past year. Families on the edge of foreclosure, retirees who’ve lost their life savings, and people starting again from scratch.
The young and the unemployed have it easy in comparison. Or maybe not. The youth job market has lost 2 point five million jobs to the financial crisis. Among 16-to-24 year olds, unemployment is now just under 20 percent, leading to articles bemoaning "dead end kids," or “the lost generation”.
Lizzy Ratner, is a freelance writer whose reporting on the young and out of work is pulled together in an article called "Generation Recession" for The Nation. We're talking with her as part of NHPR's Working It Out project.
Have we changed as a result of the economic downturn? That's the question behind the Working It Out project this week. Jon Greenberg will pick that question up in a live Working It Out special this Friday at noon on NHPR.
The Nation: Generation Recession
The New York Times: Generation OMG
BusinessWeek: The Lost Generation
Guardian UK: One in Six Young People Not in Work or Education
Social Issues Research Centre: Generation Recession (pdf)
(Photo courtesy Kate Gardiner via Flickr/CreativeCommons)
We've heard a number of stories about people who are out of work over the past year. Families on the edge of foreclosure, retirees who’ve lost their life savings, and people starting again from scratch.
The young and the unemployed have it easy in comparison. Or maybe not. The youth job market has lost 2 point five million jobs to the financial crisis. Among 16-to-24 year olds, unemployment is now just under 20 percent, leading to articles bemoaning "dead end kids," or “the lost generation”.
Lizzy Ratner, is a freelance writer whose reporting on the young and out of work is pulled together in an article called "Generation Recession" for The Nation. We're talking with her as part of NHPR's Working It Out project.
Have we changed as a result of the economic downturn? That's the question behind the Working It Out project this week. Jon Greenberg will pick that question up in a live Working It Out special this Friday at noon on NHPR.
The Nation: Generation Recession
The New York Times: Generation OMG
BusinessWeek: The Lost Generation
Guardian UK: One in Six Young People Not in Work or Education
Social Issues Research Centre: Generation Recession (pdf)
(Photo courtesy Kate Gardiner via Flickr/CreativeCommons)
Your Skull in Resin
By Jen Nathan on Wednesday, November 18, 2009.
When a surgeon steps into the operating room, what lies under a patient’s skin is a bit of a mystery. Medical modeling is helping tunlock the unknown with 3-D models based on a patient’s actual anatomy.
Surgeons can hold these models in their hands in pre-op and use them to plan and rehearse surgery, all of which can save precious time in the operating room. Word of Mouth’s Jen Nathan visited one of North Carolina’s top manufacturers to find out more.
(Photo courtesy Anatomics)
When a surgeon steps into the operating room, what lies under a patient’s skin is a bit of a mystery. Medical modeling is helping tunlock the unknown with 3-D models based on a patient’s actual anatomy.
Surgeons can hold these models in their hands in pre-op and use them to plan and rehearse surgery, all of which can save precious time in the operating room. Word of Mouth’s Jen Nathan visited one of North Carolina’s top manufacturers to find out more.
(Photo courtesy Anatomics)
Why Not Open a Restaurant?
By Virginia Prescott on Wednesday, November 18, 2009.
The restaurant business is a crap shoot. Three out of four restaurants close within three years. So, it might seem downright nuts to open a new restaurant during the worst recession since the great depression.
Food writer Regina Schrambling discovered that some savvy owners of new eateries are doing brisk business by serving up simplicity. She wrote about the trend in Entrepreneur magazine, and she joins us as part of NHPR’s Working It Out project. We also hear from Diane Downing, owner of Firefly American Bistro & Bar, which opened in downtown Manchester, NH the day after Christmas of last year.
Entrepreneur: Why Now is the Time to Open a Restaurant
The Eagle Tribune: New Restaurants Replace Closed Eateries
Forbes: So, You Want To Open A Restaurant
(Photo courtesy Joe Penniston via Flickr/CreativeCommons)
The restaurant business is a crap shoot. Three out of four restaurants close within three years. So, it might seem downright nuts to open a new restaurant during the worst recession since the great depression.
Food writer Regina Schrambling discovered that some savvy owners of new eateries are doing brisk business by serving up simplicity. She wrote about the trend in Entrepreneur magazine, and she joins us as part of NHPR’s Working It Out project. We also hear from Diane Downing, owner of Firefly American Bistro & Bar, which opened in downtown Manchester, NH the day after Christmas of last year.
Entrepreneur: Why Now is the Time to Open a Restaurant
The Eagle Tribune: New Restaurants Replace Closed Eateries
Forbes: So, You Want To Open A Restaurant
(Photo courtesy Joe Penniston via Flickr/CreativeCommons)
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