Commentator Garrison Keillor; Art Tatum Rises ; California Canon; Unsung Beat; Skid Row Seafood Joint; The Straight Bacon; Whiskey Runs with Queena; From OC to Iraq; On The Gritty Side
Garrison Keillor is surprised to find himself defending LA to his friends. For all its faults, he finds a lot to like.
A company called Zenph re-creates the jazz giant's only live recording at LA's Shrine Auditorium on Sunday, September 23.
The Poetry Society of America is celebrating canonic California poets. John speaks to Alice Quinn, who is the poetry editor of the New Yorker and heads the Poetry Society of America. The Poetry Society will be holding events at the Pasadena Public Library and the Hammer Museum in Westwood.
Poet Harryette Mullen talks about Bob Kaufman, a little known Beat poet. Mullen will be part of the weekend events sponsored by the Poetry Society of America.
Steve Wasser visits the Seafood Outlet on LA's Skid Row. His verdict: the grub is worth the grit.
Inland Empire author and Off-Ramp commentator Susan Straight brings home the bacon and turns it into medicine.
Cedd Moses, the owner of Seven Grand, gives Queena Kim a whiskey tasting. The downtown bar has over 200 kinds of whiskies.
John Rabe interviewed NPR's Mike Shuster at KPCC's Leadership Brunch in Irvine. Shuster says that despite the talk of success in Iraq, life on the ground is not so pretty.
For his series on the justice system, KPCC's Frank Stoltze has been hanging around Skid Row. That's where he ran into Phil Bead, a parolee trying to turn his life around.