Events

This week on New World Notes: radio program #183, September 6, from 12:00 to 12:30 PM, host Kenneth Dowst takes a look at our fascination with celebrities ... and corporate marketers' exploitation of this fascination to sell us products.

University of Hartford, Auerbach Auditorium, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, CT. Ample parking in Lot B. (Note that Auerbach Auditorium is located, not in Beatrice Fox Auerbach Hall, but rather in Hillyer Hall.)

This week on New World Notes: radio program #184, September 13, from 12:00 to 12:30 PM, host Kenneth Dowst presents excerpts from a recent talk given in CT by antiwar and antinuke activist Bruce Gagnon.

Pianist/composer Armen Donelian will be interviewed by Chuck Obuchowski on WWUH radio Tuesday, September 20 at 10 AM during Tuesday Morning Jazz: Out Here & Beyond.

This week on New World Notes: radio program #185, September 20, from 12:00 to 12:30 PM, host Kenneth Dowst presents the conclusion of a recent talk given in CT by antiwar and antinuke activist Bruce Gagnon.

This week on New World Notes: radio program #186, September 27, from 12:00 to 12:30 PM, host Kenneth Dowst offers some personal reflections on our corporate-driven culture of massive consumerism; And memories of a time in U.S. history (early 1970s) when the "counterculture" rejected much of the consumer culture.

This week on New World Notes: radio program #187, October 4, from 12:00 to 12:30 PM, host Kenneth Dowst spotlights three great populists.

Scott Deshefy, regular host on the first Tuesday of each month, has several times presented the six symphonies of the Danish composer, Carl Nielsen (1865-1931). However, in addition to being one of the most original symphonists after Brahms, Nielsen wrote some wonderful music for solo piano, solo organ, strings, winds, and voice.