New York City is a hard place to make ends meet, especially if you’re young, broke and unemployed. Leila Day had her dream job at Lincoln Center organizing concerts and fancy cocktail parties, hobnobbing with celebrities. But she eventually found herself out of work, sending out hundreds of resumes and getting no return phone calls.
Professional dance is not usually kind to the aged. Most people over 45 must retire. But one dancer at this year’s American Dance Festival is still performing – at 89 years old.
From the Think archive – What is a creative life and what’s the best way to mentor the next generation of artists? We discussed the evolving artistic climate of the new century and the world of dance with legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp when she was in town last May to speak at the Nasher Salon […]
Crystal Riportella-Crose was adopted when she was an infant and grew up in Vermont. As an interracial child in a Caucasian family, she always wondered what her birth mother looked like. So when she got older, she began to search for her, and eventually found her birth mother on the social networking site, MySpace. Crystal […]
How does a playwright transition from the page to the stage and back again? Guest host Jerome Weeks will talk this hour with critically acclaimed Tony and Obie Award-winner David Rabe. His works “The Black Monk and The Dog Problem: Two Plays” (Simon and Schuster, 2009) are now out in a single paperback volume. Rabe’s […]
Over the Moon: Forty years ago today, millions of people watched, transfixed, as Neil Armstrong took his first step onto the moon. Today we talk with five people who remember that moment well.
From the Think archive – We’ve heard the stories of many returning Iraq combat veterans, and no one can deny the difficulties faced by soldiers re-integrating into civilian life, but what’s the experience like for military chaplains? We’ll hear one such story this hour with former Army chaplain Roger Benimoff, who tells the story of […]
Where does Dallas stand on the Trinity River Project? Will the recent decertification of the levees delay construction? What about the signature bridges? We’ll get the story this evening with Lee Hancock of the Dallas Morning News and Jim Schutze of the Dallas Observer. Artist Philip Haas will join us for the ArtandSeek segment to […]
What will be the next super-successful business model? We’ll talk this hour with Wired Magazine editor-in-chief Chris Anderson about how giving things away might garner more revenue than actually selling them. Anderson’s new book is “Free: The Future of a Radical Price” (Hyperion, 2009).
Is there a better way to treat wounded veterans? We’ll talk this hour with University of Texas at Arlington researcher Dr. Robert Gatchel about his new program combining physical rehabilitation with treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.
