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Giving Thanks 2003: A Celebration of Fall, Food, & Gratitude

From 7 to 8 pm, Thanksgiving Day, Giving Thanks 2003: A Celebration of Fall, Food, & Gratitude provides thoughtful reflection on the meaning of the holiday. Featuring a stunning selection of classical music, it considers how gratitude is rooted to a sense of place, delving into expressions of thanks for home, country, and the natural world.

Host John Birge welcomes new guests to this year's table. He talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein about her family Thanksgiving, and she reads her essay "Ah, That First Feast in Wild Manhattan" from Shiksa Goddess. He is also joined by Andrew Sullivan, writer for The New York Times and New Republic editor, who reads his essay "My America: A Thanksgiving Reflection," written for the London Times.

In keeping with the theme of place, listeners enjoy a classic recording of Dylan Thomas reading his famous poem, "Fern Hill."

Like a good Thanksgiving feast, Giving Thanks combines traditional fare with unexpected delights. One such traditional offering is a rare recording of actor Charles Laughton. His spellbinding story connects his personal discovery of Chartres Cathedral with an excerpt from Jack Kerouac's "The Dharma Bums" and the 104th Psalm. It is a moving and powerful tale, giving thanks for the discovery that art connects us all to a greater creative spirit, offering a beautiful focus for the program and the day.
Aired Thursday, November 27, 2003. [MORE]

Dylan Thomas: A Child's Christmas in Whales

Join us for KCRW's traditional holiday telling of Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Whales. Christmas day from 2 until 4 pm. Aired Tuesday, December 25, 2001. [MORE]

Spoken Interludes

Spoken Interludes. A literary salon of authors and actors reading original contemporary work taped live at Le Colonial restaurant. Featured tonight: Tony award-winning playwright Warren Leight, Michele Serros, DeLaunè Michel, and Alfred Molina reading Jerry Perzigian. Directed and co-produced by Cedering Fox. Music by Johnathan Sacks. Created and produced by DeLaunè Michel. A Spoken Interludes/KCRW production. Aired Sunday, March 25, 2001. [MORE]

The Member of the Wedding

The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers. Directed by Judyann Elder. Gangly 12-year old Frankie Adams yearns to belong, and in a Southern kitchen she pours out her heart to the family cook, Berenice Sadie Brown. This stirring play won the New York Drama Critics' Prize for Best American Play of 1950. Ruby Dee heads the cast of this LA Theatre Works/KCRW production. Aired Sunday, March 18, 2001. [MORE]

The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nash. Directed by Jenny Sullivan. H.C. Curry's farm is starved for water and his spinster daughter Lizzie is starved for love. Then glib, handsome Bill Starbuck blows into town. Tony-nominee Jayne Atkinson is joined by cast members from the award winning Roundabout Theatre production of this classic Broadway hit. An LA Theatre Works/KCRW production. Aired Sunday, March 11, 2001. [MORE]

Spoken Interludes

7 PM SPOKEN INTERLUDES A literary salon of authors and actors reading original and contemporary work, taped live at Le Colonial Restaurant. Readers/writers tonight include: Michael Patrick MacDonald, Marcia Gay Harden reading Mona Simpson, Michael Kearns, and Julia Sweeney. Directed and co-produced by Cedering Fox. Music by Jonathan Sacks. Created and produced by DeLauné Michel. A Spoken Interludes/KCRW production.

8 pm THREE HOTELS by Jon Robin Baitz. in three dramatic monologues that progress from intellectual cynicism to heartbreaking honesty, the playwright reveals the emotional and physical wounds sustained by the foot soldiers of conglomerates operating in Third World countries and, by extension, by all Americans adrift in the seas of international commerce and politics. Christine Lahti and Ron Rifkin star. An LA Theatre Works/KCRW production. Aired Sunday, February 25, 2001. [MORE]

Accused of Murder

An Evening of suspense from the BBC. Accused of Murder. Two real-life Victorian murder mysteries: My Beloved Husband and The Alabama Belle. Followed by The Sanctuary two young girls hitch a ride and are never to be seen again. Aired Sunday, February 18, 2001. [MORE]

Special Pledge Drive Program

Aired Sunday, February 11, 2001. [MORE]

Special Pledge Drive Program

Aired Sunday, February 4, 2001. [MORE]

7 pm SPOKEN INTERLUDES A literary salon of authors and actors reading original contemporary work taped live in performance. A special half-hour program. Directed and co-produced by Cedering fox. Music by Jonathan Sacks. Created and produced by DeLauné Michel. A Spoken Interludes/KCRW production.

7:30 pm SLEEPING BEAUTY by Ross Macdonald. The conclusion. Aired Sunday, January 28, 2001. [MORE]

SLEEPING BEAUTY by Ross Macdonald. Parts 5 and 6. Aired Sunday, January 21, 2001. [MORE]

SLEEPING BEAUTY by Ross Macdonald. Parts 3 and 4. Aired Sunday, January 14, 2001. [MORE]

Sleeping Beauty by Ross Macdonald. Avarice, adultery, anger and Lew Archer... radio noir at its best in this unabridged presentation of the classic crime novel. With Edward Asner, Bruce Davison, Stacy Keach, Mary Kay Place, Pamela reed, John Randolph and Harris Yulin as Lew Archer. A reprise of KCRW's 1996 production. Parts 1 and 2. Aired Sunday, January 7, 2001. [MORE]

Spoken Interludes

7 PM "Spoken Interludes." A literary salon of authors and actors reading original contemporary work, taped live at Le Colonial restaurant. Tonight, you'll hear "A Density of Souls" by Christopher Rice, "The Age of Sex" by DeLaune Michel, "A Cleveland Kind of Love" by Rob Sullivan, and "Slumming at the Rodeo Gardens" by Eve Babitz, read by Wendie Malick. Directed and co-produced by Cedering Fox. Music by Jonathan Sacks. Created and produced by DeLaune Michel. A Spoken Interludes/KCRW production.
8 PM "The Pickwick Papers," Parts 5 and 6. Aired Sunday, November 26, 2000. [MORE]

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