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As heard on December 24 - December 28, 2001 on Talk of the City
Monday, December 24
Family: Sons and Brothers
Talk of the City is preempted for special holiday programming. This story orginates from ¸The Life Stories Collection,” a series of recordings
focusing on the relationships between fathers and Sons. For more information or to order a copy of the segment, visit
Jay Allison Productions.
International Institute for Peace through Tourism
Travel Radio International Productions presents a tribute to peace with interviews
of the members of the International Institute for Peace through Tourism world
conference held in Amman, Jordan. For more information, visit
Travel Radio International.
Israel: Christmas 2001
Travel Radio International Productions presents a tribute to Christmas recorded in Israel. For more information, visit
Travel Radio International.
Tuesday, December 25
Children of God
"First Person: Speaking of Faith" presents "Children of God," a holiday special from MPR.
Hosted by Krista Tippett, it includes Robert Coles, Harvard researcher and author of "The Spiritual Life of Children"; Diane Komp,
Yale pediatric oncologist and author of "Window to Heaven"; When Children see Life in Death; and Carol Dittberner,
who describes a Montessori-based method of religious education. We also hear from Christian, Jewish, and Muslim kids
talking about their respective holidays. For more information, visit
MPR.
Book Club of the Air: Rules of the Road
Talk of the City reprises one of our favorite Book Club¨s of the Air. Rules of the Road (Puffin) by Joan Bauer.
Wednesday, December 26
Dining Out With Out of Town Guests
Chef Patricia Greenberg, host of the PBS series Soy Matters and Local Flavor on KCSN,
joins host Kitty Felde with a list of Southland dining suggestions to wow any visitor, including her
following favorites:
Downtown LA
Taix
1911 Sunset Blvd
213 484 1265
Philippe's Home of the Original French Dip
1001 N. Alameda Blvd.
213 628 3781
Traxx at Union Station
800 N. Alameda
213 625 1999
Central Market
Broadway between 3rd and 4th streets
213 621 2855
Music Center: Otto's, Impresario & Pinot Grill
135 N. Grand Ave
213 972 7322
West LA
Magic Carpet
8566 W. Pico Blvd.
310 652 8507
The Pig
612 N. La Brea
323 935 1116
Native Foods
1110 !/2 Gayley Ave.
310 209 1055
Angeli Caffe
7274 Melrose
323 936 9086
Chadwicks
267 S. Beverly Drive
310 205 9424
Crustacean
S. Santa Monica and Bedford
310 205 8990
Glendale/Pasadena
La Cabinita
3447 N. Verdugo
818 957 2711
Restaurant 561
561 Green Street
626 405 1561
Twin Palms
101 W. Green St.
626 577 2567
Eugene Kangs Chinese
67 N. Raymond Ave.
626 585 0855
Valley
Genmai Sushi
4454 Van Nuys
818 986 7060
Zacks Cafe
10820 Ventura
818 762 4225
West Valley
Inn of the 7th Ray
128 Old Topanga Canyon Rd.
310 455 1311
Santa Monica
Trastavere
1360 3rd Street
310 319 1985
The Lobster
1602 Ocean Ave.
310 458 9294
Orange County
Taco Loco
640 South Coast Highway
949 497 1635
Roma di Italia
611 El Camino Real
714 544 0273
The Beachhouse
619 Sleepy Hollow Lane
949 494 9707
Aubergine
508 29th St.
949 723 4150
21 Oceanfront
2100 W. Oceanfront
949 673 2100
The Winter Sky
Host Kitty Felde speaks with the program supervisor and lecturer at
Griffith Observatory, John Mosley, about great winter viewing.
Thursday, December 27
The Top LA News Stories from 2001
Kitty speaks with the people who best know the big stories of 2001, the KPCC reporters who covered them. Frank Stoltze, Rachael Myrow
and Adolfo Guzman Lopez share their take on the most important stories of 2001 as well as what to look forward to in ā02.
The Legacy of Dan Eldon
You may not know his name, but you've undoubtedly seen his work. In his brief 22 years, Dan Eldon covered war in Africa as a photojournalist,
but it wasn¨t until he was killed by a mob that the world discovered his journals of photographs and self-expression. His mom, LA resident
Kathy Eldon, talks about her decision to release his private journals, The Journey is the Destination (Chronicle), and author Jennifer New
speaks of her new biography, Dan Eldon: Art of Life (Chronicle).
Tommy Lasorda
Kitty talks baseball with the Senior Vice President of the LA Dodgers, Tommy Lasorda.
Friday, December 28
Spiritual but Not Religious
Host Kitty Felde speaks with Bradley University professor of religious studies, Robert Fuller, about alternative spiritual practices
and their long and rich history in American spirituality. His book Spiritual but Not Religious (Oxford University Press)
explores practices that date back to the colonial period when fewer than a third of the colonists belonged to a church but
practiced astrology, numerology, magic and witchcraft.
Lemony Snicket
Host Kitty Felde and a group of kids question children¨s author Lemony Snicket about his obsession with gloom and his
latest addition to the series of unfortunate events, The Hostile Hospital (Random House).
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