East End Ink presents poets Christine Gelineau and Terrance Sullivan. Thursday, July 16 at 12:00 Noon. East End Ink is heard on the 3rd Thursday each month at 12 Noon. Past Programs are archived at eastendink.blogspot.com BackstageBuzz - WPKN's guide to the theater. Hosted by Leo B Meyer and Dolly Curtis. On the next Backstage Buzz Leo and Dolly talk with Musician and Educator Dino Ciaburri. Dr. Dino Ciaburri is the conductor and musical director for the Nutmeg Symphony Pops Orchestra. Tonight, we're also giving away Broadway theater tickets. Listen to the show for more information! More Information visit the website. This program airs at 10 PM on the third Sunday of the month only on WPKN! Sunday, July 19 at 10:00 PM. Public Affairs This week's guests on Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris: 1) Jim Lyons, Vice President for Policy and Communications with Oxfam America, discusses the just concluded G-8 Summit meeting and the failure of industrial and developing nations to agree on targets for reducing greenhouse gasses that cause global climate change. 2) Hector Perla, Assistant Professor, Latin American and Latino Studies University of California, Santa Cruz -- looks at the ongoing negotiations to restore democratically elected President of Honduras Manuel Zelaya to power, who was deposed by a coup on June 28th. 3) John Isaacs, Executive Director/ President, Council for a Livable World; Executive Director Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation assesses talks in Moscow between Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvdev to reduce the U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals. 4) John F. Wasik, talks about his new book, "The Cul-De-Sac Syndrome: Turning Around the Unsustainable American Dream," which takes a critical look at -- and rethinks the single family home and resulting suburban sprawl. Monday, July 13 at 8:00 PM. There's an archive of Counterpoint programs. Between The Lines Radio news magazine: 1) Honduras Coup: Reaction to President Zelaya's Social Justice Agenda. Interview with Laura Carlsen, director of the Center for International Policy's Americas Program, based in Mexico City, conducted by Scott Harris. 2) U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq Cities Greeted with Celebration and Hope. Interview with Raed Jarrar, consultant to the American Friends Service Committee's Iraq Program, conducted by Scott Harris. 3) Supreme Court Ruling in New Haven Reverse Discrimination Case May Erode Civil Rights Act. Interview with Victor Bolden, corporation counsel for the city of New Haven, conducted by Melinda Tuhus. Tuesday, July 14 at 5:30 PMDeb interviews Nashville fiddler and singer Barbara Lamb, former member of Asleep At The Wheel, The Laura Love Band and The John Cowan Band. She has just released a new CD of ten original compositions representative of her new solo one-woman band show. Watching her live show (most recently at a WPKN benefit in Southampton) one can't believe that one performer is creating all the different sounds coming out of the speakers. She builds her pieces with looping and effects, a plethora of percussion instruments, her voice and her fiddle. Saturday July 18 4 pm
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