Events

This week on New World Notes: radio program #217, May 1, from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m., host Kenneth Dowst takes a look at some current trends. Important ones include the decline of suburbs and the increasing wealth of the plutocrats.

Join host David Schonfeld on Tuesday, May 1 from 4 to 8 for a program highlighting the work of the celebrated English composer, Michael Tippett (1905-1998). Tippett lived a long and principled life and took an active role in political and social movements. As a composer, he was an iconoclast, and has still not attained the reputation he deserves.

This week on New World Notes: radio program #218, May 8, from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m., host Kenneth Dowst looks at news as propaganda.

This week on New World Notes: radio program #219, May 15, from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m., host Kenneth Dowst excerpts a talk by Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig.

Lessig brilliantly discusses the many ways that our Congress is corrupt. Some of his examples will surprise even cynical listeners.

This week on New World Notes: radio program #220, May 22, from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m., host Kenneth Dowst excerpts a talk by documentary filmmaker Eugene Jarecki.

This week on New World Notes: radio program #221, May 29, from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m., host Kenneth Dowst re-broadcasts some anti-war, anti-militarism perspectives on Memorial Day.

Kenneth Dowst offers this description:

Join Tuesday Evening Classics host David Schonfeld on May 29, from 4 to 8 p.m., to hear a preview of the upcoming Hartford Symphony Orchestra concert weekend. The HSO will be playing Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1 and Carl Orff's beloved oratorio, Carmina Burana.

David will play recordings of both works, along with other attractive music during the program.