Winning the War, Losing the Peace, Growing Up Solar and Risky Dance
Megan Sukys
11/05/2009 at 2:00 p.m.
What Aired November 5, 2009
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- 2:06 Nashville Law Firm Trains Cheaper Lawyers to Take on Trial Work
- 2:11 'The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace'
- 2:17 Molten Metals to Green the Grid
- 2:24 Towards Greener Cleaning
- 2:32 Growing Up Solar
- 2:43 Taking Risks with Dancers and Audiences
- 2:53 Writer's Almanac
- 9:06 Tacoma Election Update / The Ballet Director
- 9:20 Northwest Waterfalls
- 9:40 A Lawyer in Indian Country
Thursday, February 09, 2012
Gary Faigin: Art Worth Seeing At The Brightwater Waste Treatment Center
The newest exhibit of Northwest art isn't at a gallery or a museum. It's at the new Brightwater Treatment Center in Snohomish County. More than $4 million was spent on the art. Seattle artist and art critic Gary Faigin didn't have huge expectations about the art when he went... More »
Monday, February 06, 2012
Seattle Composer Wayne Horvitz: 'Smokestack Arias'
A violent confrontation in 1916 between striking workers and labor union activists in Everett, Washington is the inspiration behind a new piece of musical theatre called "Smokestack Arias." The production, on stage now through February 12 at ACT Theatre in Seattle,... More »
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Jana's True Colors
Twenty–five years ago, Jana Harris fell in a love with a horse at first sight. She was a beautiful, calm Thoroughbred mare named True Colors. She bought her and started dreaming about how perfect True Colors would be — for having foals and, most of all, for riding.... More »
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Dance Critic Alice Kaderlan: Choreography That Tells A Story
Seattle dance critic Alice Kaderlan is always a bit skeptical when she heads off to see a story ballet. Too often, story ballets are full of distracting movement and awkward pantomime that takes away from the impact of the story and its characters. But Alice says she'd go see... More »
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Poet Katharine Whitcomb And A 'Murder Mystery'
Suspense is one of the great pleasures of a good mystery. It's pleasurable, in part, because we know we'll eventually get the answer. Life is not so reliable. In her poem "Murder Mystery," Katharine Whitcomb captures the way we can't help to make up a story, especially... More »
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Ingrid Ricks: Shout It To The Universe
When Seattle author Ingrid Ricks was a kid, she wanted to run away from home. She was desperate to escape her strict, religious household, and she eventually did. She self–published her story in her memoir titled "Hippy Boy: A Girl's Story." Ricks talked with... More »
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Karoline Morrison: 'Twilight Of The Blondes'
Seattle's Karoline Morrison charms everyone who meets her with amusing stories, stylish clothes and snappy one–liners. She was a young woman in the "Mad Men" era — a time when women lived their lives in the shadow of men. She was a cigarette girl in 1950s... More »
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Joel Sisolak: Finding Home Along The Peyote Road
Joel Sisolak couldn't wait to escape the strict religious doctrine of his parents. When he turned 21, he cobbled together his savings and bought a plane ticket to Montana. He spent the summer living on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. There, he was invited to participate in... More »
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