Flyaway Production's "The Ballad of Polly Ann"

Aired on KQED's The California Report Magazine on Friday, July 17, 2009.

http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R907171630/c

Have you ever crossed a bridge and wondered about the people working high up on the towers? A new dance production in San Francisco pays tribute to the women who've helped build Bay Area bridges. Flyaway Productions' aerial dance piece is called "The Ballad of Polly Ann."

Ventura Tree Swallows

Aired on KQED's The California Report magazine, Friday June 5, 2009.

http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R906051630/b

The tiny tree swallow had all but vanished from Southern California a couple of decades ago. Development and agriculture had pushed the iridescent indigo bird out if its natural habitat. But through the passion of one woman and a small band of volunteers in Ventura County, the bird is back.

People's Grocery

Co-produced with Eloise Melzer with the Kitchen Sisters.

http://www.kitchensisters.org/audio/PeoplesGrocery.mp3

New Orleans Musicians' Clinic

Aired on The World Vision Report, May 2, 2009.

http://www.worldvisionreport.org/Stories/Week-of-May-2-2009/Musician-s-Clinic

And on Voice of America News, June 19, 2009.

http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2009-06-19-voa28.cfm

In the birthplace of American music, most working musicians earn so little at gigs they can't afford health care. The New Orleans Musicians' Clinic is doing something about that.

Hidalgo High School

Published in Edutopia Magazine in April, 2009.

http://www.edutopia.org/hidalgo-early-college-high-school
http://www.edutopia.org/hidalgo-early-college-how-to

A Texas high school on the Mexican border settles for nothing less than success.

Laton Live!

Aired on The California Report Magazine on Friday, March 20, 2009.

http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R903201630/d

The Central Valley town of Laton was struggling even before the current economic crisis. Dairy farmers are worried about falling milk prices, and the town is feeling the hit of thousands of farm workers out of work in the region. But an eight-month partnership with a Los Angeles arts school is invigorating Laton.

Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, AL

Aired on NPR's All Things Considered Tuesday, March 3, 2009.

http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=101389466&m=101369298

Birmingham, AL was once known as the "Pittsburgh of the South" because of the iron and steel industry that built this city after the Civil War. Sloss Furnaces, one of its largest steel furnaces, was saved from destruction in the 1970s and is now a National Historical Landmark, where the public can see metal-arts programs in action, attend concerts and movies, and learn about the industrial, race and labor history of their city.