Music of 18th-century London – Villa del Sol d’Oro
The Da Camera Society presents one of LA’s premiere ancient music ensembles, Tesserae Baroque in an afternoon of music as it might have been heard in late 18th-century London.
WHEN: March 17th at 2:00PM and 4:00PM
WHERE: 675 West Highland Avenue Sierra Madre, CA 91024
COST: $10.00 – $75.00
Tesserae Baroque performs music of 18th-century London in an early-20th-century replica of an Italian villa. The Villa del Sol D’Oro is a two-thirds scale replica of the Villa Collazzi (near Florence) rumored to have been designed by Michelangelo. The program features music by JC Bach, Carl Friedrich Abel and more.
For more information and tickets visit https://dacamerasociety.org/
Should We Address the Gender Wage Gap?
American women are, on average, paid 84 cents for every dollar men make, according to the Department of Labor. This wage gap has persisted despite near-record rates of women’s participation in the labor market, with wage gaps even larger for women in minority populations, and it’s estimated that pay parity will not be achieved until 2052. Should policy interventions address these disparities, or is it more important to recognize and honor women’s personal decisions and find another way to look at the gap Those in favor of fixing the gap see it as a point of fairness and equity that would bring economic benefits, such as enhanced family incomes and increased productivity, and say that new policies are needed urgently to dismantle systemic barriers stopping women from earning more. Those who aren’t in favor argue wage disparities reflect individual choices regarding career paths, work-life balance, and tenure, rather than systemic discrimination. They also point out that when adjusted for factors like job type, hours worked, and career breaks, the gap significantly narrows.
Against this backdrop, we debate the question: Should We Address the Gender Wage Gap?
Arguing Yes: Kadie Ward, Commissioner and Chief Administrative Officer of the Pay Equity Commission of Ontario
Arguing No: Allison Schrager, Pension Economist, Bloomberg Opinion Contributor & Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute
Nayeema Raza, Journalist at New York Magazine and Vox, is the guest moderator.
AVAILABLE on PRX
Celebrate St. Paddy’s Day
Special St. Patrick’s Day Feature from Sound Beat
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Dear Little Shamrock
A brief history of St. Patrick and his use of the shamrock, set to an historic cylinder recording.
AVAILABLE Free on PRX
The Best of Broadway and Hollywood
Footlight Parade: Sounds of the American Musical
Public Radio’s Most Popular and Longest Running Broadway and Hollywood Musical Program
Since 1998, Footlight Parade: Sounds of the American Musical has been presenting the best of Broadway and Hollywood, from the early 20th century to current hits: from Gershwin, Berlin and Rodgers & Hammerstein to Lin-Manuel Miranda.
The best of Broadway and Hollywood music including rarely heard recordings.
“Bill Rudman brings musical theater history to life with charm, wit, insight, warmth, convivial chat and a wealth of knowledge”.
Entertaining and insightful backstage stories, anecdotes, and historical perspectives from Host and Producer Bill Rudman, a nationally recognized authority on musical theatre.
“I don’t know which I prefer: the music or your informative and entertaining commentary. BOTH are excellent!”
Exclusive archival interviews with, and in-depth interviews with of such acclaimed artists as lyricist Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof and She Loves Me), composer John Kander (Cabaret and Chicago) and singers Mandy Patinkin and the late Barbara Cook, and many more!
“Bill’s in-depth interviews with all manner of artists provide a permanent, irreplaceable archive.”
Cost: FREE
Length: 56:50
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Echoes of a Coup
From John Biewen and Scene on Radio – Echoes of a Coup
Echoes of a Coup tells the story of the only successful coup d’etat in U.S. history — the 1898 racially motivated massacre and coup in Wilmington, North Carolina.
In November, 1898, an armed White supremacist mob – supported by most White elites in North Carolina – murdered untold Black Wilmington residents and drove the city’s elected Fusionist government from power, installing Democrats in their place. (Fusionists were a biracial coalition of mostly-Black Republicans and mostly-White members of the Populist Party.) The coup in North Carolina’s then-largest city violently snuffed out some of the last flickers of multiracial democracy in post-Civil War America.
The attack was explicitly White supremacist; politicians and establishment journalists had called for the overthrow of what they called “negro rule.” Wilmington’s Black community would never be the same. In addition to the Black Wilmingtonians who were murdered (estimates range from about twenty to several hundred), thousands, including many of the most prominent and successful Black leaders and business people, fled the city, never to return. In 1898, Black people made up 50% of Wilmington’s population; today, the city is 17% Black, below the state average.
Echoes of a Coup puts these events in historical context, at a time when the United States is once again facing threats of political violence, amid orchestrated attacks on democracy – from within.
FREE one-hour special