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(Albert Ferreira/startraksphoto.com)Parting the Waters
The Gulf Coast is reeling from a devastating hurricane season. And New York is doing its part to help. Today, we'll celebrate bayou culture with a one hour special featuring highlights from the New Yorker's hurricane relief benefit, "Parting the Waves." Then, Myla Goldberg, the author of Bee Season, tells us about her new novel, Wickett’s Remedy. Plus, Robert D. Kaplan looks at whether current military missions qualify the US as a bona fide imperialist power.
Celebrating the Artistic Culture of the Bayou
Leonard Lopate hosts an hour-long special featuring selections from “Parting the Waters," The New Yorker magazine’s September 24th benefit for the American Red Cross Hurricane Relief Fund. The benefit is a celebration of the artistic culture of the Bayou, with musicians, actors and writers from the Gulf Coast region.
» Slideshow: Photos from "Parting the Waters"
Lineup and Music:
Eddy Davis and his New Orleans Jazz Band featuring Woody Allen – “Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya” by Johnny Dodds
The ReBirth Brass Band – “I Feel Like Funkin’ It Up, Part II” by The ReBirth Brass Band
Queen Ida and Her Zydeco Band – “Mardi Gras” by Queen Ida
Calvin Trillin – ‘New Orleans-world’ commentary
Walter “Wolfman” Washington – “Funk is In the House” by Larry Carter/Luca Fredericksen
Eddy Davis and his New Orleans Jazz Band featuring Woody Allen – “Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya” by Johnny Dodds
Kevin Kline – “Louisiana 1927” by Randy Newman
Richard Ford – Reading from Eudora Welty’s “No Place for You, My Love”
Elvis Costello – “The River in Reverse” by Elvis Costello
Allen Toussaint – “Amazing Grace / Brick Yard Blues” by Traditional / Allen Toussaint
Eddy Davis and his New Orleans Jazz Band featuring Woody Allen – “Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya” by Johnny Dodds
Patricia Clarkson – Reading of Tennessee Williams’ Letters
David Byrne and Les Misérables Brass Band – Excerpt from The Knee Plays from Robert Wilson’s theater piece, The CIVIL warS. Music by David Byrne
Buckwheat Zydeco – “Walking to New Orleans” by Dave Bartholomew/Fats Domino/Robert Guidry. And an additional Buckwheat Zydeco song
Wickett's Remedy
Myla Goldberg, the author of Bee Season, joins us with a look at the follow up to her bestseller: Wickett’s Remedy. The new historical novel is set in the early 20th century, during the outbreak of the 1918 Spanish Influenza epidemic.
» Read an excerpt of Wickett’s Remedy in the Reading Room
Events:
Myla Goldberg will be speaking and signing books on:
Wednesday, September 28th at 7pm
Barnes and Noble, Astor Place
Music:
Sweet Sixteenths: A Ragtime Concert… Track 12: Lily Queen and Track 9: Sweet Sixteenths
Imperial Grunts
Journalist Robert D. Kaplan wanted to find out how, from the ground up, US foreign policy is carried out through military actions. In his new book, Imperial Grunts, he investigates how the American military deploys troops throughout the world to carry out the War on Terror.
Events:
Robert Kaplan will be speaking and signing books on:
Wednesday, September 28th at 7:30pm
Barnes & Noble
2289 Broadway @ 82nd St.
Music:
The General’s Daughter Soundtrack…Track 5: Exercise in Darkness, Track 8: West Point and Track 13: The Conspiracy
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