Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Maria Muldaur on her Red Hot Blusiana Band coming to Cotati and Sabra Briere and Kathy Johnson on Indivisible’s Influence in the Election, recorded on 11/26/18, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Community organizing, Women in music

Women’s Space Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Maria Muldaur on her Red Hot Blusiana Band coming to Cotati and Sabra Briere and Kathy Johnson on Indivisible’s Influence in the Election,  recorded on 11/26/18, has been uploaded to the web archives. The show was recorded, broadcast and streamed over Radio KBBF 89.1 FM in the NorthBay on Monday 11/26/18 and repeat broadcast and streamed over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM in Petaluma on Tuesday 11/27/18.

The Recording of the show is archived at   http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA181126.html

 

Maria Muldaur on her Red Hot Bluesiana Band coming to Cotati

Indivisible’s Influence on the Election

Featuring Guests

1. Maria Muldaur,  Singer, songwriter,  performer, Six-time Grammy Nominee

 2. Sabra Briere, Volunteer, Advisory Council member, Indivisible Sonoma County

3. Kathy Johnson, Volunteer, Indivisible Sonoma County

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Announcements (See links below)

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1. .Maria Muldaur talks about her long career, what got her started, and what gave her the courage to “follow her bliss.”  She recounts some of the artists with whom she has performed.  Maria also touches upon music as a healing art. Maria has just released her 41st album, DON’T YOU FEEL MY LEG ~ The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker and she will be performing these and some of her classic dance songs with her Red Hot Bluesiana Band this Friday evening at the Redwood Cafe in Cotati.

About our Guest: Maria Muldaur is best known world-wide for her 1974 mega-hit “Midnight at the Oasis,” which received several Grammy nominations, and enshrined her forever in the hearts of Baby Boomers everywhere; . During the folk revival of the early ’60s, she began exploring and singing early Blues, Bluegrass and Appalachian “Old Timey” Music, In the 44 years since “Midnight at the Oasis,” Maria has toured extensively worldwide and has recorded 41 solo albums covering all kinds of American Roots Music, including Gospel, R&B, Jazz and Big Band along with several award-winning children’s albums. Her timely 2008 album, Yes We Can!, featured her “Women’s Voices for Peace Choir,” which includes: Bonnie Raitt, Joan, Baez, Jane Fonda, Odetta, Phoebe Snow, Holly Near and others. Maria continues to tour regularly world wide, and is available for festivals, concerts, club dates, workshops and residencies. She has now settled comfortably into her favorite idiom, the Blues.

Guest Link: www.mariamuldaur.com

Event Link: Friday November 30th, Maria Muldaur & Her Red Hot Bluesiana Band, www.redwoodcafe.com

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2. Sabra Briere and 3. Kathy Johnson share how they came to be active in the group Indivisible – Sonoma County Chapter that realy came to life after the election of 2016 of Donald Trump.  The mission of Indivisible Sonoma County is to mobilize and organize people locally by connecting them with the political processes to fight for equality and justice.Sabra and Kathy and other volunteers of Indivisible telephoned folks, especially those who have not voted in awhile, to encourage them to register and to vote on key issues. Those districts that were once solid Republican in Orange County, for example, shifted to elect Democratic candidates who campaigned to resist Trump’s agenda, much through the efforts of Indivisible calls from its chapters across the nation.

About our Guest:  Sabra Briere a former Ann Arbor, Michigan, resident, moved to Sonoma County last year. Prior to moving here she was a member of the Ann Arbor  City Council. She immediately became involved in the community and joined Indivisible Sonoma County at their first general meeting in January, 2017 and currently sits on their Advisory Council. She is active member of the local Democratic Party, and volunteers for the City. Sabra is passionate about free speech, education, the environment, and civic responsibilities and brings her energy and her insights to our local issues.

About our Guest:  Kathy Johnson retired after 32 years of service for the Social Security Administration and although political activism is fairly new to her she has always tried to be an engaged citizen and voter. She has been an active volunteer in her church and for several local non-profits but in November of 2016 her focus changed and she saw that political action was the best way to influence change and became part of Indivisible.

Guest Link:  www.indivisiblesoco.com

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Announcements:

Friday November 30th, Maria Muldaur & Her Red Hot Bluesiana Band, Redwood Cafe, Cotati, 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm www.redwoodcafe.com

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Music Selections:

The Opening and Closing Theme song is with permission of the Composer and Singer

Alix Dobkin: The Woman in Your Life is You by Alix Dobkin from the album Living with Lavender Jane (Women’s Wax Works) – www.alixdobkin.com

Yes We Can Can sung by Maria Muldaur from the Album Yes We Can (Telarc)

It’s Political sung by Shannon LeBrie from the Album War and Peace (LeBrie Records and BUTR Records LLC)

Link to Spinitron.com Playlist of the Women’s Spaces Show

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Zen Honeycutt of Moms Across America plan to prevent Gyphosate in Communities, broadcast via KBBF-FM 89.1 on 7/24/17, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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GMO, Nutrition, Pesticides, unite women, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show with host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Zen Honeycutt of Moms Across America plan to prevent Gyphosate in Communities, broadcast via KBBF-FM 89.1 on 7/24/17, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA170724.html

Announcements

Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz on the Ignored Voice of Women in the GOP Design of their National Health Care Bill.

Featured Guests

1. Zen Honeycutt, Founder, Executive Director, Moms Across America

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1.   Zen Honeycutt talks about her path to founding Moms Across America (MAA).  MAA has been a leading voice on the dangers of GMO foods (Genetically Modified Organism) and the pesticide chemical Glyphoate upon which they depend in Monsanto’s system of planting Round-Up Ready GMO seeds that are made immune to the use of Round-up herbicide that kills other plant and microbial life. Zen encourages towns to follow the template of action of MAA’s National Toxin Free Town Campaign for removing roundup from their community.

About our Guest: 
Zen Honeycutt is the mother of three boys who struggled with allergies and autism symptoms until their diet was GMO Free and organic. She is the creator of Moms Across America, a national coalition of unstoppable moms to raise awareness about GMOs and related pesticides.
Moms Across America now has had over 600 local leaders create more than 850 events in the past 4 years, raising awareness with millions, shifting the market place to organic and creating healthy communities across the country and around the world.
Zen has been featured on CNN, the Dr.Oz show, the Wall Street Journal, CSPAN, ABC 7, and Moms Across America has been on Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, The Hill and more. She is an international speaker and writer.

Guest Link: www.momsacrossamerica.com

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Guest Activity Links
: National Toxin Free Town Campaign http://www.momsacrossamerica.com/toxin_free_town_campaign

Moms Across America: Communities Rising Instructive Videobr /> hhttp://www.momsacrossamerica.com/communities-rising

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Announcements Link:  Here is the contact for 3D-Edddy’s studio in Santa Rosa.
3D Eddy Junk Art Open Gallery on Sundays in the Summer:  http://artatthesource.org/artists/3d-edddy/

 http://www.3dedddy.biz/about-us

Art by 3D Edddy
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Music Selections:
By My Silence by Ellen Bukstell and Nick Annis from the Album: What a Wonderful World!

Colors of the Wind by Vanessa Williams
from the Album: Pocahontas (original soundtrack)  (Buena Vista Distributors)

Link to Spinitron.com Playlist of the Women’s Spaces Show

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Jackie Barr as delegate at the Democratic Convention, Julie Combs on homeless emergency in Santa Rosa, and Liz Uribe on ArtStart , broadcast on 8/1/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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City Council, homeless shelter, homelessness, Santa Rosa, Self esteem, Sonoma County, women in art, women in politics, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Jackie Barr as delegate at the Democratic Convention, Julie Combs on homeless emergency in Santa Rosa, and Liz Uribe on ArtStart ,  broadcast on 8/1/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA160801.html

Featuring Guests:

1. Jackie Barr, California Delegate for Bernie Sanders on the Democratic Convention

2. Julie Combs, Santa Rosa City Councilmember

3. Liz Uribe, Co-Founder, ArtStart

Announcements

Guest 1.  Jackie Barr, a Class of 2016 high school graduate from Sonoma County and a California Delegate for Bernie Sanders at the Democratic Convention, reports on her experience from her committment to Bernie’s campaign and to convening with the delegates for Hilary Clinton for eventual party unity under a Pary platform influenced by Bernie but to be led by Clinton.

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Guest 2.  Julie Combs reports on the recent homelessness emergency measures taken by the Santa Rosa City Council, including a letter to the Governor asking for funds to ease the situation.

Guest Link: jjcombs@srcity.org

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Guest 3. Liz Uribe and her husband Mario founded Art Start, an award winning 501c(3) non-profit organization supporting youth learning the professional skills of an artist with the media of public art. A Party for Art will be held on Friday August 5 from 6 to 10 pm to raise funds for ArtStart at the
ArtStart Studio,
716 Bennett Valley Road,
Santa Rosa, CA 95404

Event Link: Party for Art

Guest Link: http://www.artstart.us/

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Music Selections:
Standing on the Shoulders
Sung by Earth Mama  (on Youtube)

We Are The World  -The Next Generation.  The Youth comes together in an effort to remake We are the World for UNITY. Produced and Directed by Pet Project Productions. (on Youtube)

 

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Judy Kennedy on rescuing public art and Ilana ”Sugar” Laytart on Women Grow, broadcast on 7/4/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Community organizing, Santa Rosa, Self esteem, Sonoma County, unite women, women in art, women in business, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Judy Kennedy on rescuing public art and Ilana ”Sugar”  Laytart on Women Grow,  broadcast on 7/4/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA160704.html

Featuring Guests:

1. Judy Kennedy, Artist, Public Art Advocate

2. Ilana ”Sugar”  Laytart  ,Co-Founder, Sonoma County Chapter of Women Grow

Announcements

Guest 1.  Judy Kennedy recounts the dismay at seeing the mural honoring local community activists streaked with grafiti from rival gangs in the area and rallying the community for support in making the mural wall presentable for the annual Juneteenth Celebration which was to occur with the stage using the mural as a backdrop.  The temporary fix Judy came up with used poster size copies of the  photos of the honorees in the mural (See photo below.) The mural is now being restored by the original artist with a grant that will fund apprentices in the Art Quest program.

Guest Link: https://www.facebook.com/judy.kennedy.524

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Guest 2.  Sugar Laytart discusses the increasing participation of women in what has become a male-dominated cannabis industry.  Women Grow was founded a year ago for women to network and encourage each other as they transform the industry and will celebrate its first anniversary on July 7, 2016 with a special Networkng Event that will honor Lynette Shaw, the Godmother of Cannabis, for her 18 years of persevering in her healing work amidst the stress of fighting the Federal government in the courts until she was vindicated earlier this year in an historic victory against the DEA raiding medical cannabis dispensaries.

Guest Link:  http://womengrow.com/signature-networking-events/

Link for archived show of 5/23/16 of interview with Lynette Shaw on Women’s Spaces

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Music Selections:

Simple Song of Freedom Children sing for peace. Shot in Kabul, Afghanistan and Palm Springs, CA – this moving anti-war ballad is a reminder that the pleas of children are universal – They do not want war. Lyrics by Bobby Darin and David Rothmiller. Arrangement by Andres Condon. More info: trickdogfilms.com (on Youtube)

Who’s The Pusher Now? by Ellen Bukstel (cd) (music video on YouTube)

 

 

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Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Shekeyna Black on Peace & Justice Centers annual celebration Building Bridges in the Community and Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence on her musical The Spirit of Us retracing the path to freedom for Black slaves, broadcast on 4/18/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Human Rights, Santa Rosa, Self esteem, women in theatre, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Shekeyna Black on Peace & Justice Centers annual celebration Building Bridges in the Community and Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence on her musical The Spirit of Us retracing the path to freedom for Black slaves,  broadcast on 4/18/16, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA160418.html

Featuring Guests:

1. Shekeyna Black  ,  Center Coordinator, Sonoma County Peace & Justice Center; CEO, A Miracle Production (AMP)

2.  Jacqueline Lawrence, CEO, Heiress Productions, Inc., Author,

Announcements

Guest 1.  Shekeyna Black shares with us events coming up at the Peace & Justice Center, including the annual Awards Celebration and Fundraiser this Saturday evening, April 23 from 5-10pm.

Guest Link:
Buiding Bridges in the Community
www.peaceandjusticesonomaco.org

Shekeyna also had some live theatre to announce.

Guest Links:
Bob. A Life in Five Acts, Directed by Sheri Lee Miller at Main Stage West in Sebastopol, May 6 through 22.
http://www.mainstagewest.com/plays/bob/

Macbeth by Shakespeare, July 1-23
and The Plot Against Shakespeare – a comedy by David Beckman, August 12-27
Check the website for the dates and more information
www.shakespeareinthecannery.com

www.amiracleproductionamp.com

Guest 2. Dr, Jacqueline Lawrence shares what moved her to write and produce the musical The Spirit of Us, a play that retraces the slavery and the Underground Railway to freedom through songs
from Negro spirituals to Gospel, to Rap and Hip Hop,

Guest Link: http://heiressproductions.webs.com/

Music Selections:
Women’s rights suffrage song-Standing on the Shoulders  (on YouTube)

Hoe Emma Hoe   An example of Call and Response songs, These songs helped the slaves synchronize group tasks at the master’s insistence, but also served a way to  communicate through poetry and lyrics.  (on YouTube)

 

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Dianna Richardson of Sonoma Bach and Photographer Laurie Toby Edison and Writer Debbie Notkin, co-Authors of Women En Large, broadcast on 11/16/15, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Self esteem, Sonoma County, women in art, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Dianna Richardson of Sonoma Bach and Photographer Laurie Toby Edison and Writer Debbie Notkin, co-Authors of Women En Large,  broadcast on 11/16/15, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA151116.html

Featuring Guests:

1. Dianna Richardson , Program Administrator and Performer, Sonoma Bach

2. Laurie Toby Edison & Debbie Notkin, Photographer and Writer team, co-Authors of Women En Large

Announcements

Music Break:  This is my Wish by Jordan Sparks  (on YouTube)

Guest 1. Dianna Richardson talks about her love for Early Music, of which Johan Sebastian Bach is the most known, and the dedication of Sonoma Bach to bring  Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical music and workshops to Sonoma County.

Guest Link:  www.sonomabach.org

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Music Break:  Break the Chain , written and produced by Tena Clark with music by Tena Clark and Tim Heintz (on YouTube)

Guests 2. Laurie Toby Edison, Photographer, & Debbie Notkin, Writer, co-Authors of Women En Large and Familiar Men, talk about the size bias in the United States, beginning last century.  They both will be leading the Body Obsession Teach-In this evening.

Guest Link: Occupy Sonoma County Body Obsession Teach-In Flyer for Nov. 16, 2016, 7-9pm at the Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County http://www.ocsoco.org/sites/default/files/bodyoppression_qtrflyer.pdf

hthttp://laurietobyedison.net/women-en-large

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Ellen Bukstel on her song Who’s the Pusher Now? and Ilana “Sugar” Sochaczewski on Women Grow trade group of the cannabis industry, broadcast on 8/17/15, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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women in business, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Ellen Bukstel on her song Who’s the Pusher Now? and Ilana “Sugar” Sochaczewski on Women Grow trade group of the cannabis industry,  broadcast on 8/17/15, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA150817.html

Featuring Guests

1. Ellen Bukstel , Singer, Songwriter of Who’s the Pusher Now
2. Ilana “Sugar” Sochaczewski, President, Women Grow – Sonoma County Chapter; CEO, Giggle Therapeutics

Announcements

Music Break:   Who’s The Pusher Now? – Bukstel official music video on YouTube; with production help from her two sons Brett and Todd Segal (be sure to click on Show More for the lyrics, credits, and accomplishments of Ellen)

1. Ellen Bukstel discusses her musical training in a musical family and how she was led into making socially conscious songs..

Guest Links:  www.ellenbukstel.com

To purchase Ellen’s CDs : www.cdbaby.com/Artist/EllenBukstel

Music Break: https://youtu.be/goJG0Xz4lGg
The Killin’ Time Band – Doesn’t Make Sense (Marijuana Prohibition)

Guest 2:  Ilana “Sugar” Sochaczewski talks about the Women Grow trade organization for women in the emerging cannabis industry that was once male dominated.  Sugar also talks about the prevalent media images and reporting of young males’ interest in the plant overshadows all the women who use the herb for medical therapy and Women Grow hopes to change that public image.

Guest Link:http://womengrow.com/

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Carmen Mitchell, Saskia Baur and Shekeyna Black of the Shakespeare at the Cannery production of Twelfth Night in Santa Rosa, broadcast on 7/27/15, has been uploaded to the web archives.

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Santa Rosa, women in business, women in theatre, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Carmen Mitchell, Saskia Baur and Shekeyna Black of the Shakespeare at the Cannery production of Twelfth Night in Santa Rosa,  broadcast on 7/27/15, has been uploaded to the web archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA150727.html

Featuring Guests:

1. Carmen Mitchell and Saskia Baur, Actresses, Shakespeare in the Cannery – Twelfth Night

2. Shekeyna Black  CEO, A Miracle Production AMP

Announcements

Music Break: The William Shakespeare Song by Horrible Histories on YouTube

1. Carmen Mitchell and Saskia Baur describe the choices and challenges on the path to becoming actors.  Self-esteem is a necessity to weather the storms and persist in theater.

Guest Links:
www.shakespeareinthecannery.com

www.facebook.com/shakespeareinthecannery

Music Break:  Shakespeare for Kids – Twelfth Night Song The wind and the Rain – Feste’s Song  on YouTube

Guest 2:  Shekeyna Black describes the behind-the-scenes production and marketing of Shakespeare at the Cannery – Twelfth Night in Santa Rosa, now playing the evenings of Fridays and Saturdays through August 15, 2015. Shows starts at 7 pm.

Guest Link:  www.amiracleproductionamp.com

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Caroline Banuelos on receiving the Sonoma County NAACP Legacy Award and Sherry Glaser on her new play Taking the High Road, broadcast on 4/20/15, has been added to the Radio Archives.

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one woman show, Santa Rosa, Self esteem, service organization, women in theatre, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guests Caroline Banuelos on receiving the Sonoma County NAACP Legacy Award and Sherry Glaser  on her new play Taking the High Road, broadcast on 4/20/15, has been added to the Radio Archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA150420.html

To listen to the 60-minute recording click the link to the archive page above.

Featuring Guests:

1. Caroline Banuelos , Recipient of the 2015 Legacy Award of the NAACP of Sonoma County, Volunteer Relations Manager of the CERES Project in Sebastopol
2. Sherry Glaser, Playwright, Actress, Playwriter,

Announcements

Music Break: Food Glorious Food from the Play Oliver!

Guest 1: Caroline Banuelos recently was awarded the 2015 Legacy Award of the NAACP of Sonoma County.  She talks about her love of community that drives her decisions.  She is the Volunteer  Volunteer Relations Manager of the CERES Project in Sebastopol.

Guest Link: http://ceresproject.org/

Music Break:  I Am Woman performed for the final episode of Judith Lucy is All Woman by Australia’s best songstresses.  See the YouTube webpage for the complete list of performers.

Guest 2: Sherry Glaser talks about her new play Taking the High Road –  Cosmic Confessions from Behind the Cannabis Curtain that came out of the DEA raid on the Love-In-It Co-op in Ukiah.

Guest Link:  http://www.sherryglaser.net/

Poetry: I Am from the Old School  written and spoken by Elaine B. Holtz

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Janey Hirsh of American Dreamplayers’ theatre piece Frakula, broadcast on 4/13/15, has been added to the Radio Archives.

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Fracking, Self esteem, women in theatre, Women's Spaces

Women’s Spaces Radio Show on KBBF-FM 89.1 with host Elaine B. Holtz and guest Janey Hirsh of American Dreamplayers’ theatre piece Frakula, broadcast on 4/13/15, has been added to the Radio Archives.

http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA150413.html

To listen to the 60-minute recording click the link to the archive page above.

Guest: Janey Hirsh , Producer, American Dreamplayers

Announcements

Music Break: Earth Song by Michael Jackson and performed by Lisa Lavie

Guest: Janey Hirsh discusses producing the theatre piece and CD of Frackula.  Fracking is the theme and the dangers are presented of this deep injection drilling of oil.

Guest Link: www.americandreamplayers.org

Poetry:  If Only  written and spoken by Elaine B. Holtz

If Only

If only we could see we are all one in human kind.
Bombs dropping from the sky,
What makes us so unkind that accept these things?

Mother shelters her baby in the night.
She is full of fright,
eyes glazed on the lit up sky, whispering, “God, why?”
Children needing food, their stomachs bursting out,
so hungry they lost the ability to shout,
“Please feed me; see me; and hold me;
bathe me in the waters, warm, cold and clean.”

What is it?
What needs to change?
What stops you — what stops me
from seeing the simplicity of it all?

The hearts call,
“Feed me;
see me;
hold me;
know me.”

Elaine B. Holtz