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COVID-19 Community Report Episode 39: Speaking with Yolo Crisis Nursery and Soroptimist International Davis - Oct 13th, 2020

Today we  hear about local support available to families who may have reached a tough place, or who are in true crisis - we hear about the many ways Yolo Crisis Nursery steps up to help. We also hear from Evie Wright, president of Soroptimist International of Davis, which works to empower women and girls through education, training, and financial support as stepping stones to economic empowerment.

Celtic Songlines for 11:00am on Oct 13th, 2020

This week on Celtic Songlines KDRT 95.7FM we feature a few bands new to our playlist such as IONA, a progressive Celtic rock band from the United Kingdom, which was formed by lead vocalist Joanne Hogg and multi-instrumentalists David Fitzgerald and Dave Bainbridge. Another new addition is Ye Vagabonds,  brothers Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn – who hail from the town of Carlow, south-west of Dublin. Also featured this week are the German band FAUN and another addition is Pagan Folk, a collective of stellar musicians. Rounding out the program are the always amazing Old Blind Dogs, from San Francisco is The Fire, Irish piper Tommy Martin with Seamus Thompson, The Fureys, Capercaillie and Altan.

 

 

Davisville, Oct. 12, 2020: Davis Shakespeare, the pandemic, and Frankenstein

If 2020 had been normal, my plan was to talk about Frankenstein, which the Davis Shakespeare Festival was going to present this fall until the pandemic killed off in-person performances. Rob Salas, co-artistic director and co-founder of the festival, is my guest today, and we still talk about the play by Nick Dear, which is based on the book by Mary Shelley and presents a creature very different than the “green skin and neckbolts” image of the monster in the 1930s movie. We also talk about how the 10-year-old festival is holding up during the pandemic, how they’ve spent 2020, their thoughts about next year (which might still include Frankenstein), how Black Lives Matter has changed their mission, and why they chose Davis as a place to create a professional Equity theater company.

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