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We conclude our Sound Off series on noise -- with a look at silence. Author Anne D. LeClaire tells us about her personal regimen of silence. And: Pulitzer-prize winning author Frank McCourt has added music to the Irish art of storytelling. He joins us with the Newman/Oltman Guitar Duo and a string ensemble.
Enjoy the Silence
Our May series about noise, "Sound Off," concludes with a look at silence. For the past seventeen years, author Anne D. LeClaire has spent two days each month silent. She details the regimen in her book Listening Below the Noise. She explains how practicing silence helps her expand awareness and ...
Frank McCourt
Pulitzer-prize winning author Frank McCourt tells stories -- many of them about the Irish art of storytelling. Now he's added music to it. He joins us for a live performance with the Newman/Oltman Guitar Duo and a string ensemble.
The Sounds of "Silence"
All this month on our series Sound Off we've been looking at Noise. We live with it, sometimes it feels like we live IN it, and it affects everything from the music we hear to the way we shop. But what if we literally could turn all the sound off?
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