Conversations on The Road

Following Conversation On The Road international correspondent Jeremiah Tittle’s conversation with award-winning multi-media artist, director, and goat’s milk ice cream producer Douglas Gayeton about his book of art and culture called SLOW: Life in a Tuscan Town, another opportunity emerged to document the Slow Food movement and it’s matriculation in America.  Over the holidays, Sirius XM Radio took an interest in a special panel discussing the work of Gayeton and the practical benefits of buying local produce, slowing down the pace of life to a more natural level, and so much more. 
 
Enjoy this production of the San Francisco Public Library, Welcome Books, Slow Food USA, and Douglas Gayeton called Living Slow.  It is a real discussion about how we can improve our daily lives through returning to the traditions of our past remembering our cultural and physical roots and taking care of ourselves through honoring the land on which our sustenance grows.
 
Please visit the following sites for more information:
 
www.WelcomeBooks.com/Slow
www.SlowFoodUSA.com
www.Gayeton.com
www.Laloos.com
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/

 

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Nicholas Pashley joins us to speak about his fascinating book, “Cheers!: An Intemperate History of Beer in Canada” ( Harpercollins Canada - 2009)

It’s everything the title implies and much more.

 

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The Durning String Band of Oaklyn is one of two Mummers group that hail from the Garden state (The other is the Broomall, a non-association band based in National Park – there’s a story about the name of that community, but that’s for another time).

Founded in 1935 by James A. Durning, the band first marched in the Philadelphia parade in 1936 with the theme of Musical Troubadours. In 1944, the Band was renamed as the James V. Durning Band, in honor of the founder’s son, who was listed as Missing-In-Action during the war.

Like all Mummers bands, they started out in Philadelphia, but eventually migrated to New Jersey, which they have called home for 20 years. In 1988 the Durning merged with the Garden State String Band of Gloucester City.

This year the band is celebrating its 75th anniversary.

We speak with Mary Lynch about the Durning, its past and how it keeps the tradition going today.

 

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In this Journey into Beer, we speak with Marty Jones of the Wynkoop in Denver about some seasonal beers and about the Beerdrinker of the Year competition which is looking to crown its 2010 champ.

 

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NHL’ers playing hockey outdoors is getting much publicity these days. They’ve put down ice and promoted hockey in places such as  Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, Orchard Park, N.Y. And who can forget the one that started the recent – that outdoor game in Edmonton between the Canadiens & Oilers in arctic temperatures.
 
Garnering less attention these days is a unique outdoor game that occurred in 1954. It pitted the Championship-caliber Detroit Red Wings and a prison team in Marquette, Michigan. It was dubbed the Pros versus the Cons.
 
In this Journey into Hockey, we speak about the game and the times with two who were there: John Vessau of Marquette and Hockey Hall of Famer Alex Delvecchio who came to town with the Wings and teammates such as Gordie Howe, Terry Sawchuck and Ted Lindsay.

 

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 The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY  is a Smithsonian Affiliate museum that documents the history of play in American culture. Established in 1969 and based initially on the personal collection of Rochester, NY native Margeret Woodbury Strong.

The museum opened to the public in 1982. Since then it has refined and increased its collections, which number more than 500,000 items, and expanded twice, in 1997 and 2006.

The museum is home to the National Toy Hall of Fame, teh National Center for the History of Electronic Games, and the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play and produces the American Journal of Play.

In this conversation, we speak Susan Trien from Musuem of Play/Toy Hall of Fame  about some of the highlights to be found there.

 

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During this holiday season we’ve  on the lookout for a Main Street that works for you – a Main Street that is inviting, that makes you feel good, and that provides you convenient access to the goods and services you need – in a way that fosters a sense of community and a sense of place .

In this conversation, we speak with Elizabeth Muse from A Day’s Outing about Christmas Season visits to downtown areas of small towns….. like Stanton, VA , Ashville, NC, Charleston SC

 

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Christmas is Santa Claus, mistletoe and the giant tree at Rockefeller Center. But It’s also so many smaller seasonal traditions and customs.

 One such regional traditional Christmas can be found in Elkhorn, Nebraska. It was there on the Prairies and the Great Plains that many Scandinavians made their home.

 This heritage is celebrated each year at the Little Scandinavian novelty shop on Main Street, the Old Lincoln Highway.

Christmas traditions from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland are to be found being celebrated. There’s food and music and customs in the midst Norwegian sweaters, Scandinavian textiles, candles napkins and other novelty gifts. There’s a Scandinavian Deli, and even free coffee and Scandinavian Ginger Snaps.

In this “Journey into Nebraska” we speak with Leona Anderson of the Little Scandinavia about her little corner of Scandinavia in Nebraska and how they celebrate and preserve their traditions at Christmas-time there.

 

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The Providence Reds, later called the Rhode Island Reds, played in the Canadian-American Hockey League (CAHL) 1926–36 and the American Hockey League (AHL) from 1936–76. They won the Calder Cup in 1938, 1940, 1949, and 1956. The team was renamed Rhode Island Reds in 1976. The Reds played at the Rhode Island Auditorium, located on North Main Street in Providence, Rhode Island, from 1926 through 1972. The name came from the rooster known as the Rhode Island Red.

Though the Reds have not played hockey for a fgood longtime, they still endure. There is an active Rhode Island Reds Heritahe Society and recently there has been a release of a DVD chronicling teh Reds story “When the Reds Ruled the Roost”.

The half-hour program, includes rare and lost film and photos from every decade starting in the 1920s and many colorful stories from Reds greats, hockey Hall of Famers including Milt Schmidt, Johnny Bower and Ed Giacomin, owners, general managers and coaches.

 In this Journey into Hockey we speak with DVD producer and former Providence sportcaster Joe Rocco, as well as Buster Clegg, former RI Reds General Manager and PR man and former Red Bobby Leduc. 

I hope you feel, as I did, how the Reds were so much more than just a hockey team. They, in fact, were a vital part of the community.

 

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