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Garry KasparovOn the Boards
Chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov reflects on his life and the lessons he learned from the game that made him famous. Then the founder of Circle in the Square recounts the most memorable moments of six decades with the theater. Also, the director of the PERFORMA 07 festival describes the challenge of mounting 100 original shows in just 25 days. And Please Explain is all about Islamic law.
The Leonard Lopate Show is hosting a new Thanksgiving cartoon contest, Cartoon Cornucopia! Check it out and be sure to submit your original cartoon by Wednesday, November 14 at noon.
Life Imitates Chess
Reflecting on his career as a chess Grandmaster and a member of Russia's political opposition, Garry Kasparov found that the same strategies used to win his game can lead to success at the office.
Purchase How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom at amazon.com.
Weigh in: What have you learned by playing chess?
Creating a New American Theater
Theodore Mann co-founded the Circle in the Square theater in 1951, and he's been there to guide it ever since. His memoir tells the story of how off-Broadway theater was born, recounting the Circle's most memorable productions, including work by playwrights like Thornton Wilder, Jules Feiffer, and Terrence McNally and actors like Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards, Al Pacino, Vanessa Redgrave, and James Earl Jones.
Purchase Journeys in the Night: Creating a New American Theatre with Circle in the Square at amazon.com.
Weigh in: Tell us what you have seen at Circle in the Square.
Event: Theodore Mann will be speaking with Robert Klein
Monday, November 5 at 7 pm
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1972 Broadway, at 66th Street
PERFORMA 07
PERFORMA founder RoseLee Goldberg describes PERFORMA 07, the second visual art performance biennial she has curated and directed, featuring 100 shows by more than 90 artists working with 30 cultural institutions over 25 days.
Performa '07 runs from October 27 to November 20.
Learn about the festival and see a complete schedule of events at performa-arts.org, or call 212-366-5700 for information.
Please Explain: Shari'a (Islamic Law)
Shari'a can touch every aspect of an observant Muslim's life, but most non-Muslims' familiarity with Islamic law begins and ends with news items about veiling or jihad. We will find out what Shari'a is, what its context is within Islam, how it works in contemporary practice, and much more with Professor Frank Griffel from the Department of Religious Studies at Yale University, and Professor Bernard Haykel from the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University.
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Patrick Swayze
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Patrick Swayze mixed grace with athleticism in his movies – and rose to stardom with roles in “Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost.” He died just recently after a battle with pancreatic cancer. And you can hear his interview with Leonard Lopate from July 16, 2002, when he came by to discuss appearing in the film, “Green Dragon.”
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The Silver Anniversary of the Silver Palate
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Sheila Lukins was one half of a partnership that helped popularize gourmet cooking throughout America – first, through their gourmet food shop in New York City and then with the cookbook, The Silver Palate, which remains one of the top-selling cookbooks of all time. She collaborated on 2 other cookbooks that simplified gourmet cooking for the home cook. She died recently from brain cancer at the age of 66, and you can listen to her 2007 conversation with Leonard Lopate and her business partner Julee Rosso about the 25th Anniversary of the publication of The Silver Palate.
Dominick Dunne
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Dominick Dunne was a famous novelist and Hollywood producer. But he may be best remembered for covering trials of the rich and famous – from Claus von Bulow to O. J. Simpson. He died just recently at the age of 83. But you can still hear his interview with Leonard from November 23, 2001, when he was discussing crimes, trials, and punishments.
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Science and Faith
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FDA to Regulate Tobacco?
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Our 3-ingredient Challenge wins a James Beard Award
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On May 3, the Lopate Show won its third James Beard Award for our 3-ingredient challenge. In August, we asked our listeners to call in and name 3 ingredients and then challenged New York chef and 3-ingredient expert Rozanne Gold to whip up a recipe! You can listen to the 3-ingredient challenge and get some inspiration for simple, delicious, and unexpected dishes.
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Listen to President-Elect Barack Obama on the Leonard Lopate Show in November 2004. He had recently won a seat in the U.S. Senate, and only a few months before, his rousing speech during the 2004 Democratic National Convention catapulted him into the national spotlight.
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