Denise Schwartz Hosts: Writers Read Us Stories They Love – Rich Vaden Reads "Bird of Providence," by T.P. Schwartz-Barcott
On this special edition of Backyard OASIS, host Denise Schwartz invites actor, playwright, and theater artist Rich Vaden to read Bird of Providence, a short story written by her brother, T.P. Schwartz...
12 Elo 32min
Denise Schwartz Hosts: In the 1890s, A Group of Women in Sunderland, MA Wanted to Socialize More and Dust Their Homes Less...So They Formed A Club, with Guest Brenda Wozniakewicz
In 1894, fifteen Sunderland women joined the national Woman's Club Movement that had established the idea that women had a moral responsibility to transform public policy. More than 125 years have pas...
5 Elo 32min
Gloria Radcliffe Hosts "Women's Health In the United States," with Guests Anne Wiley and Joanne McNeil Hayes
Join us for the third episode of Ms. Americana on Backyard OASIS. This week, Gloria Ratcliffe discusses Women’s Health with returning guests Professor Emerita Anne M. Wiley and Author- Professor Emeri...
29 Heinä 34min
Denise Schwartz Hosts "Every Tech Question Has A Human Story," with Guest Rich Vaden
This week on Backyard OASIS, Denise Schwartz sits down with United Way of the Franklin and Hampshire Regions' Digital Navigator Rich Vaden. Rich talks about his approach to helping our local seniors n...
22 Heinä 44min
Gloria Ratcliffe Hosts "I am the Prairie," with Guest Joanne McNeil Hayes
On this episode of Backyard Oasis, host Gloria Ratcliffe speaks with author and (retired) Greenfield Community College professor Joanne McNeil Hayes about her newest poetry collection, I am the Prairi...
8 Heinä 27min
91 – Henry Balzarini Hosts What’s the Weather? A chat with Dave Hayes the Weather Nut
Dave Hayes does weather with a personal touch and an entertaining writing style. Since August 2011, he’s been providing daily and very entertaining weather forecasts for western Massachusetts. We disc...
25 Kesä 33min
90 – Denise Schwartz Hosts Writers Read Us Stories They Love: Joan Livingston's "The Unforgiving Town"
"A week after his release from prison, Al Kitchen is found dead beside a bicycle on a back country road. Al served 18 years in prison for beating a well-liked man to death during a botched robbery, bu...
17 Kesä 36min
89 – Henry Balzarini Hosts Creativity and Its Place in Our Lives: A Conversation with Jan Maher
Jan Maher is a local writer, creator and co-founder of LAVA, a community arts center in Greenfield MA. In this episode, we learn more about Jan, her life and art. And we explore Jan’s thoughts about c...
10 Kesä 31min
