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Coming Up Thursday: Arts Edition - Opera Naples "Romeo & Juliet" / GulfShore Playhouse "Beau Jest"

02-08-2010

Opera Naples performs Romeo & Juliet ~ then & now this month at the International Design Center in Estero.  The semi-staged production will include highlights of Gounod's opera Romeo & Juliet and West Side Story, Bernstein's classic Broadway hit on the same theme. Acclaimed Irish tenor Anthony Kearns makes his American Operatic debut in the role of Romeo/Tony.  Also on the show – Gulfshore Playhouse presents Beau Jest.  We’re joined by playwright James Sherman and Playhouse founder Kristen Coury.

Coming Up Wednesday: Winter Academy Part 2 / Gulfshore Life Anniversary

02-08-2010

We’re going to continue our look at the Winter Academy in Naples.  It’s a program that brings together doctors from the University of Pittsburg to discuss advancements in medicine.  We’re talk to a doctor who is looking at regenerative surgery for ailing joints.  Also on the show – Gulfshore Life Magazine is celebrating 40 years in southwest Florida, we’ll talk with its President and Publisher about what it takes to stay in business for four decades.

Coming Up Tuesday: Winter Academy / Figure Skating

02-08-2010

The Winter Academy is coming back to Naples for a fifth consecutive year. It brings medical experts from the University of Pittsburg together to talk about the newest in medical advancements.  We’ll hear from one doctor about how to use the Brain to control our Bodies.  Also on the show - Mark Ladwig is a figure skater who trains in Florida, and he’s headed to the Winter Olympics.

Connect - Tender Loving Care Complex

02-08-2010

We’re joined by the founder and CEO of The Tender Loving Care Complex.  The ten year old Cape Coral not-for-profit works to keep kids who must be separated from their parents together with their siblings.  They house children in their 4 bedroom home in the Cape, as well as in a network of substitute homes around the area…with the goal of eventually reuniting them with their families.We’ll also learn more about a growing program that brings students from around the world to Cape Coral every summer…they’re looking for host families

Arts Edition - Wendy Webb

02-04-2010

Our musical guest is Wendy Webb. Her folksy jazz, piano blues is being compared to Norah Jones and Joni Mitchell. Her newest album is titled Moon on Havana. And though she wrote the music at her piano on the Calusa Indian mounds at her home on Pine Island she dedicates it to the tribe who fled southwest Florida for Cuba only to become extinct. And an album, it shall become, for Wendy Webb is one of a few audiophiles who plans to really put this CD on vinyl.

Byron Stout/Edison CSI

02-03-2010

Byron Stout has been reporting the outdoor life to southwest Florida readers for almost 25 years.  We’re joined by the soon to retire News-Press outdoor columnist to talk about his favorite places around the region, his best day fishing and what comes next.  Also on the show…Edison State College has a CSI program.  Ten of those students are currently helping a local agency on a 22 year old cold case.  We’re joined by the professor to learn more about the real life of a Crime Scene Investigator.

MOTE 55th Anniversary

02-02-2010

When Mote Marine Laboratory got its start, researchers worked out of a two-room trailer.  Today it’s a world renowned leader in marine research.  The Labs in Sarasota attract more than 300-thousand visitors a year and assist more than 30-thousand students in marine studies.   Mote is kicking off its more than half century celebration and we’re talking with one of the founders, Dr. Eugenie Clark about those first days and where Mote will go from here.

Connect - Teenage Realities

02-01-2010

Join host Jim McLaughlin and his guests for a discussion of teen realities here in southwest Florida. He's joined by the Executive Directors of Naples-based Our Mother's Home, and the PACE Center for Girls in Fort Myers. Our Mother's Home is a residential program for teenage foster mothers and their babies. PACE is a community-based prevention, diversion and early intervention program for troubled girls ages 12 to 17.

Arts Edition - Annie Wenz

01-28-2010

Multifaceted Pine Island musician, Annie Wenz a performer, singer/songwriter, nurse, activist and teacher. Her music draws influence from travels around the world from working with musicians in Costa Rica to teaching children in a Pakistani refugee camp. Annie Wenz fills our studio with the sounds of wooden flutes, guitar strumming, stories from around the globe plus her latest CD born in Senegal.

Political Cartoonist Kevin Kallaugher

01-27-2010

Since 19-78, Kevin Kallaugher has made a name for himself as a political cartoonist – drawing thousands of cartoons for papers like The Baltimore Sun, the New York Times and Newsweek. He’s probably best known for his dozens of cover pieces for the Economist. Kallaugher is the guest speaker for the Speakers Assembly of Southwest Florida this week and he joins us to talk about his craft. 

Florida and Literacy/ Is Foreclosure Inevitable

01-26-2010

Almost 20-percent of adults in America have poor literacy skills.  This is Literacy Week and we're joined by the Literacy Volunteers of Collier County as well as Lee County to discuss why there are still so many people who have poor literacy skills and what can be done about it.  We'll also discuss ways you can help.  Also on the show, when is foreclosure inevitable?  We're joined by folks from Hope Now and the Department of Treasury about a foreclosure workshop coming to Fort Myers.  We'll ask if these government programs are truly helping to curb the foreclosure crisis.

King Tut returns to Southwest Florida/Haiti Update

01-25-2010

The last time the Southwest Florida Museum of History hosted a King Tut exhibit, thousands came from all over the state to get a peek. The king has returned in a much larger exhibit. We’ll talk with local Egyptologist Adrian Kerr about why the 33-hundred year old Tut is still so fascinating as well as other mysteries of Egypt.  We'll also get the latest update on Haiti relief from the president of the Haitian American Association of Southwest Florida.

Arts Edition - Dale Chihuly

01-21-2010

Glass artist Dale Chihuly highlights some of his most notable exhibitions from around the world and discusses the work that appears in the exhibition Chihuly: Recent Work, on display during the Naples Museum of Art’s 10th anniversary this spring. Plus the Asolo Repertory Theater performs The Life of Galileo. The show is about the conflict between reason and faith in this, the "International Year of Astronomy."



Helping Haiti in Southwest Florida

01-20-2010

People across the United States are pouring out their hearts to help Haitians recover from the earthquake.  We’re joined by folks from the Salvation Army and Hope for Haiti to discuss how all of those donations – dollars and supplies – are getting to the people of Haiti.  We’ll also talk about scams that tend to arise during times like these – how to you know an honorable charity when asked to give?

Red Book / Alex Pena

01-19-2010

Psychologist Carl Jung wrote a book that has until recently been closely guarded by his family.  It’s called the Red Book.  Some call it a must read and say it contains Jung’s greatest work.  Others call the writings psychotic.  We discuss the Red Book with Jungian analyst, Dr. Michael Conforti.  Also, we’re joined by FGCU journalism student Alex Pena, who recently put his life on the line to get an amazing story.

Arts Edition - SWFL Symphony performs Holst's "The Planets" / Buell Whitehead Exhibit

01-14-2010

Space comes alive in the Southwest Florida Symphony’s next concert showcasing British composer Gustav Holst’s The Planets. Astronaut Storey Musgrave is our special guest, along with the Symphony’s Music Director and Conductor Michael Hall, they explain this fascinating musical portrait of each planet.  Also, the Lee Alliance for the Arts new exhibit Buell Whitehead: A True Southern Treasure.  Whitehead worked in the Ft. Myers laboratory of inventor Thomas Edison.  We’ll learn all about him and his lithographs.

2010 Real Estate Update

01-13-2010

Foreclosures in Southwest Florida seem to be on the decline but home values are rising at a snail’s pace. It’s that time of year when we bring in the real estate experts of the region together to talk about the year that was 2009 and expectations for 20-10. We also want to hear from you, what has your experience been like trying to sell, buy or keep your home. Also on the show we’ll talk with the Immokalee Community Redevelopment Agency about how to turn Immokalee into a major center of commerce in the future.

Slave Hunter: One Man's Global Quest to Free Victims of Human Trafficking

01-11-2010

Today on Gulf Coast Live our your voice series continues as we delve into books about Human Trafficking. We'll talk with anti-slavery worker, Aaron Cohen and journalist Christine Buckley about their book, "Slave Hunter: One Man's Global Quest to Free Victims of Human Trafficking." The book details Cohen's work going undercover to infiltrate brothels of underage girls. We'll also talk with journalist and author, John Bowe. Bowe chronicles slave labor in Florida fields and throughout the U.S. in his book, "Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy."

Immokalee Through the Lens

01-07-2010

We’re going to look at Immokalee through the eyes of photographers.  First we’ll talk with Susana Raab about her work that explores our food industry.  We’ll discuss her photos taken in and around Immokalee and get her impression of the farm worker town.  Then we’ll talk with southwest Florida resident Rita Mendez whose work is featured in the January edition of WGCU's member magazine Expressions.

Human Trafficking

01-06-2010

According to the United Nations International Labor Organization, more than 12 million people around the globe are forced into labor and commercial sexual servitude. More than half of those people are women. We’re going to talk with Chief Assistant United States Attorney for Southwest Florida Douglas Malloy, about the fight to end human slavery and trafficking in our own backyard. We’re also joined by Nola Theiss, the Executive Director of the Human Trafficking Awareness Partnership. How bad a problem is human trafficking in the sunshine state? Learn more about our other guests; Joseph Viacava, Our Mothers Home and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.



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