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Sarasota's Medieval Fair compares Peasants Revolt of 1381 with Occupy movement listen
11/08/11 Doug DriscollWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Entertainment, Occupy Movement, Occupy Sarasota, Occupy Tampa, Occupy St. Pete
The Occupy movement is spreading across the globe because people are tired of the 1%'s greed forcing the 99% further into poverty and wage slavery. But a theatrical rendition in Sarasota Sunday reminded people this isn't the first time in history the rich have been targeted by angry crowds of common folk tired of being stepped on.
About 25 Common people from the Peasant Revolt of 1381 are preparing to storm London Tower, intent on murder. Fourteen year old...
Be the first to commentFerron returns to Tampa Bay
06/20/09 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View
Tags: Ferron, folk music, entertainment
In addition to being one of Canada's most famous folk musicians, Ferron is also a songwriter, poet and she is one of the most influential writers and performers of women's music. Forget the comparisons to Dylan and Guthrie, look more to Yeats and Robert Burns.
Let's catch up with Ferron. Things she said 30 years ago have perhaps never been more true than they are today. The stuff of legends really is the stuff of our souls. She will be here for two concerts: Sunday, June 21 at 4 and 8...
Be the first to commentThe Burns Sisters headline at Florida Folk Festival
05/23/09 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View
Tags: Entertainment, Burns Sisters
We caught up with two of the ever delightful Burns Sisters, Marie and Jeannie, and talked about their first appearance at the Florida Folk Festival. They also brought us up to date with their lives and their activism.
For more information, visit Burnssisters.com.
Be the first to commentSarasota Film Festival wraps up
04/04/09 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View
Tags: Arts, entertainment, culture, Sarasota Film Festival
Samantha Buck, the director of 21 Below, talks about her film which captures the “real life” of a family in crisis. Jenny McGuire and Sophia Raab, producers, also participate in the discussion.
Ry Russo-Young is director of You Won’t Miss Me, the story of a struggling actress who is being released from a psychiatric care facility.
Kristin Isaacson, “Over the Hills and Far Away”, When Rowan Isaacson was diagnosed with autism at an early age, his parents sought answers for how to m...
Be the first to commentSarasota Film Festival Opens
03/21/09 Mary Glenney & Arlene EngelhardtFrom A Woman's Point of View
Tags: Arts, culture, entertainment, film
Holly Herrick, Programmer, Sarasota Film Festival discussed the upcoming festival - particularly films of interest to women and discussing issues affecting women.
Deborah Kampmeier, director, "Hounddog" discussed the controversy surrounding the rape scene in her film and the lead played by the young Dakota Fanning. "Hounddog premiered at Sundance in 2007. “Hounddog”, Friday, April 3, 8 p.m. http://www.hounddogmovie.com/
Ingrid Veninger, director, “Only” and writer, producer, “Nur...
Be the first to commentGirls on Film in concert for WMNF
03/21/09 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View
Tags: Arts, culture, entertainment, music
Rio, Girls on Film is a four-piece female new wave band from Tallahassee. Girls on Film will be part of Synthetic Pleasures concert for WMNF, a night of electro beats, old wave synths and glamtronic noise at 9 p.m. March 27 at the Orpheum, 1902 Republica de Cuba, Ybor.
http://www.girlsonfilm.nu/index.html
Be the first to commentSpringsteen ready for Super Bowl performance listen
01/29/09 Mitch E.PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Sports, Super Bowl, media, Bruce Springsteen, entertainment, music
Rock superstar Bruce Springsteen gave his first formal press conference in 20 years this afternoon.
The New Jersey rocker is in Tampa, where he’ll be performing in front of a huge worldwide television audience this Sunday night at halftime of the Super Bowl.
Speaking to more than a thousand reporters at the Tampa Convention Center, the media center for the Super Bowl this week, Springsteen warned reporters that he wasn’t exactly a football fanatic.
Springsteen is on a particular high...
1 commentsAlternative visions of peace
01/17/09 Mary Glenney and Arlene EngelhardtFrom A Woman's Point of View
Tags: Art, entertainment, culture
Edie Daly (Energetic Edie) and Christina Bellamy of AVP (Alternatives to Violence Project or Alternative Visions of Peace) provide a monthly full-weekend workshop for women inmates at Coleman Prison. They talked about the work they do at the prison and the upcoming art show and sale to benefit the project.
The Art Show runs from Jan. 25 through Feb. 5 at Studio 620, 620 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg. There will be a Performance Art Celebration and Opening Reception Jan. 25 from 3 to 6 p....
Be the first to commentSix Degrees of Separation
12/13/08 Mary Glenney and Arlene EngelhardtFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Arts, Entertainment
Director and Actress from Six Degrees of Separation, a play being performed at the Gorilla Theater.
Be the first to commentCommunity activists meet in St. Petersburg
06/27/08 Jamie KidderWMNF Drive-Time News Friday
Tags: Arts, Entertainment, St. Petersburg, environment
Make Art Not War is a group of local artists and activists dedicated to working together to build bridges among the community. Last night, they held a free concert at Cafe Bohemia in St. Petersburg.
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