Field of Dreams Though the Richmond Braves of the International League are playing their last season at The Diamond, city fathers have promised there is a future for professional baseball in town. Commentator Brooks Smith, on rediscovering Richmond, has traced the roots of baseball in Richmond to the game’s earliest days, when the city had its own Field of Dreams.Listen Here
Opera Talk In this episode of Opera Talk Bobbie Barajas, music director for WCVE Public Radio and Dr. Glenn Winters, Virginia Opera Community Outreach Musical Director, discuss Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin.Listen Here
Desperados Commontator Brooks Smith – while rediscovering Richmond – has unearthed a colorful episode in Richmond’s past.Listen Here
Bum Towners Commentator Brooks Smith, is still rediscovering Richmond. His latest research has found what may be the first account of racketeering in the city.Listen Here
Rediscovering Richmond: Chimborazo Commentator Brooks Smith, while rediscovering Richmond, may have found the answer to the mystery of how a famed hill in the city got its name. LISTEN HERE
Cheick Hamala: Master of Traditional Malian Music A master of traditional Malian music (and a 2008 Grammy nominee) Cheick Hamala will perform in Richmond with the local band Hotel-X Saturday night, February 21, 2008. WCVE Public Radio producer Steve Clark has a preview. LISTEN HERE
Richmond… once known for its beer Commentator Brooks Smith has been Rediscovering Richmond. Among many lost facts he has researched about his adopted city – it was once known for its beer. LISTEN HERE
Nearly Driven to Extinction From the Rediscovering Richmond series, commentator Brooks Smith tells now of some longtime visitors to Richmond who once were nearly driven to extinction. But they’ll be soon making their annual appearance again. Listen Here
Rediscovering Richmond: Seven Hills According to myth, Richmond – like Rome – was built on seven hills. In this installment of Rediscovering Richmond, Commentator Brooks Smith researched the origins of the myth.LISTEN HERE
Rediscovering Richmond: Commentator Brooks Smith reflects on Halloween in the Fan. Click to listen.
National Folk Festival: Commentator Brooks Smith reflects on Richmond’s role as home to the National Folk Festival.Listen Here
Jewish Confederates
In 1866, Richmond was reeling from the devastation brought about by the Civil War. Congress paid for the burial of Union troops, but the thousands of Confederate soldiers who died near Richmond were left as the responsibility of the civilian population. Concerned that members of their faith that fought for the South not be neglected, the the ladies of Richmond’s Jewish Community rose to the occasion. WCVE Public Radios’ Peter Solomon reports. Listen Here
Kari Grady Grossman Interview: Efforts to Improve the Lives of Cambodia’s Children
Cambodia’s long history of war and genocide has left thousands of orphans with little chance of a better life. WCVE Public Radio’s Angel Limb spoke with author Kari Grady Grossman at a Richmond homeschooling event about her efforts to improve the lives of Cambodia’s children. Listen Here
Rediscovering Richmond: Commentator Brooks Smith has rediscovered Richmond’s newspaper history.Listen Here
September 11th… one man’s account.
People old enough to remember the events of November 22, 1963 remembers exactly where they were, and precisely what they were doing when they heard John Kennedy had been shot.
The events of September 11, 2001 have produced a similar phenomenon. WCVE Public Radio producer Steve Clark has the account of one man, Jay Silvio, who certainly will remember where he was. Listen Here
The Gospel Chicken House About fifty years ago, if you peeked inside the long wooden shack just outside Ray Pollard’s home in Montpelier you’d be greeted by the clucking of 6,000 chickens. The private poultry industry has long since dried up. For more than three decades, the building has been used as a venue for Southern gospel, Country gospel and Bluegrass music. Peter Solomon, of WCVE Public Radio, has this report on the “Gospel Chicken House.”
Rediscovering Richmond: Commentator Brooks Smith finds that Richmond is a city of writers.Listen Here
Rediscovering Richmond: Commentator Brooks Smith has discovered that Richmond boasts a number of summer camps.Listen Here
Hot Air Balloons Converge on LexingtonMore than a dozen hot air balloons converge on Lexington for an annual Independence Day Rally. WCVE Public Radio producer Steve Clark has an audio preview of the event, and of one of it’s colorful characters. Listen Here.
Has your heart ever felt divided between two places, both of which you call home? WCVE Public Radio’s Angel Limb spoke with author and NPR producer Davar Ardalan about being a communicator influenced by two very different cultures.Listen Here
Rediscovering Richmond: New York has its Central park, Washington the National Mall. Commentator Brooks Smith reflects now on another special place. Click to listen.
Rediscovering Richmond: Commentator Brooks Smith has discovered Richmond’s diverse population of birds. Click to listen.
Rediscovering Richmond: Commentator Brooks Smith explores the city’s rich baseball history. Click to listen.
April is Jazz Appreciation month. One of the reasons that jazz needs an appreciation month is that the audience is so small. Peter Solomon reports on why, for Richmond jazz musician Brian Jones, audience is not the most important consideration. Click to listen. Read the interview transcript in the CIS Blog Roomhere.
Commentator Brooks Smith shares a new installment in his “Rediscovering Richmond” series on the unique story-lines of Richmond, its landmarks and its people. In this installment, Brooks explores the “soul” of Shockoe Bottom. Click to listen.(March 2007)
Commentator Brooks Smith, on resiscovering Richmond, says it’s the city’s art that gives it its spark. Click to listen.(March 2007)
Commentator Brooks Smith, on resiscovering Richmond, explores the city’s “common ground” ... the buzz that fuels community ideas. Click to listen.(March 2007)
