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As heard on July 8 - July 12, 2002 on Talk of the City
Monday, July 8
Convention Bureau in Crisis
Major changes are being called for in the way the Los Angeles Convention bureau books events and pays its sales staff after it was revealed several
weeks ago that the bureau paid $225, 000 in bonuses to its staff for goals that went unmet when 20 bookings were lost. The bureau cites the lack of hotels near
the convention center. Well take a look at the future of this beleaguered agency with its current chair, Alan Rothenberg, and the vice president of the commission,
Lesa Slaughter, who is determined to make changes in the way the agency books events.
Refusing Racism
Anyone who has wondered about the character and motivations of white civil rights activists will want to tune in for an in-depth
look at four contemporary white American activists. Cynthia Stokes Brown, a professor of Education at Dominican College of San
Rafael shares with Kitty the lessons and lives of white allies in the struggle for civil rights. Her book is called Refusing Racisim:
White Allies and the Struggle for Civil Rights.
Tuesday, July 9
Chuck Niles
The afternoon host at KLON better known as the ²voice of jazz radioÓ in Southern California, Chuck Niles, joins Kitty to discuss his upcoming 75th
birthday bash and his 45 years in radio that have made him one of the most well-respected voices in the LA jazz community.
Niles also remembers Ray Brown, the legendary jazz bassist who played with giants Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and his one-time wife
Ella Fitzgerald. Brown passed away last week. Chuck Niles can be heard on KLON fm 88.1 Wednesday and Thursday from 12pm-3pm, Friday from
12pm-4pm and Saturday and Sunday from 10am-2pm.
Chuck Niles 75th Birthday Bash Concert is this Saturday July 13th . It features a silent auction, dinner and dancing to performers
Lou Rawls, Mike Melvoin, Buddy DeFranco, Ernie Andrews and others. The party begins at 5:30pm and lasts until 1am at
The Westin Long Beach Hotel, Centennial Ballroom, 333 E Ocean Blvd in Long Beach. For tickets and more information, call
In-House Music at 310-390-5895.
They Might Be Giants
John Flansburgh and John Linnell have been performing for 20 years together as They Might Be Giants. Their wacky yet wise lyrics and unusual
musical stylings have garnered the admiration of a wide swath of Americans from Ira Glass to Conan OBrien. A documentary, Gigante:
A tale of Two Johns, premieres tonight at 7:30pm at the Egyptian Theatre (6712 Hollywood Boulevard) that captures their unorthodox
style and creative rise to fame. For tickets and more information, call 323-466-film.
Wednesday, July 10
Sacramento Update with Dan Walters
Kitty talks to Sacramento Bee political columnist Dan Walters about news in the state capitol including the latest on the state budget
impasse and a bill (AB 2958) by assemblyman Roderick Wright that would strip the California Public Utilities Commission of its power to regulate
monopoly phone companies.
Alice Sebold: First Fiction
Local writer Alice Sebold has found herself the subject of much attention following enormous critical acclaim such as Anna Quindlens exhortation
that her latest book, The Lovely Bones, be the one book we all read this summer. One reason for the books resonance is its unique portrayal
of life after death and the nature of heaven. Kitty explores this topic in depth with the first-time novelist.
Alice Sebold will be reading and signing from The Lovely Bones tonight at 7:30 p.m. at
Vroman's Bookstore, 695 East Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena.
The Politics of Name Taking: Part 1 in the series, 'To Live and Love in LA'
A survey by Brides Magazine found that 8 of 10 new brides still take the surname of their husband. The percentage of women keeping their own
name or hyphenating has stayed stable but a growing number of couples are getting creative with combining both names or having the husband take
the wifes name. What do you choose and why? Kitty gets the latest statistics from the editor-in-chief of Brides Magazine, Millie Martini Bratten.
Thursday, July 11
Competing Plans on the Future of LA
This Tuesday, the city council will vote on two proposals that may impact the future of Los Angeles. One is a measure by city councilwomen Wendy Gruel and Janice Hahn
for the November ballot that would amend the charter to allow for a borough system of government. The other, by city council President Alex Padilla, would negate the Gruel/Hahn
borough plan in favor of setting up a commission to study all governance options for Los Angeles, including a possible future borough plan. Kitty talks about both proposals with
councilman Alex Padilla and Matt Szabo, legislative director for councilwoman Wendy Gruel.
The Future of Peacekeeping
The UN peacekeeping mission in Bosnia is scheduled to terminate next Monday. In the meantime, the UN Security Council works to finalize the creation of the new
International Criminal Court, designed to try perpetrators accused of genocide and ethnic cleansing. In anticipation the court will be used against American soldiers,
the U.S. has threatened to pull out of UN peacekeeping operations around the globe unless American soldiers are granted immunity from future prosecution in the ICC.
Host Kitty Felde speaks with USC professor of Law and International Relations, Edwin Smith, and Visiting Scholar at the Hoover Institution, Donald Abenheim, about these
heated negotiations and the affect the outcome will have on the world.
Improv with the Transformers
Celebrating their 500th performance, members of the improv group, The Transformers, join Kitty for a discussion on the art of improvisation and to demonstrate
some of their quick thinking techniques. Guests include: Stan Wells, Director of Transformers, former Director of The Groundlings, and now Artistic Director
of Empty Stage Theater; John Stark, Emmy Award winning writer for Ellen who has also written for Cheers, and now produces According
to Jim; Jay Cogen, Former member of Groundlings and four-time Emmy winner for comedy writing for The Tracy Ullman Show, The Simpsons,
and Fraiser; Harry Hannigan, a writer for According to Jim; and Mike Castagnola, Former Groundling and Vocational Rehab Counselor.
You can see the Transformers every Saturday night at 9pm at the Empty Stage Theater at 2372 Veteran Avenue.
This Saturday night, July 13, is their 500th performance. Thye will perform two shows to celebrate, at 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.. For more tickets and more information,
call 310-470-3560. Mention KPCC this Saturday night and get two tickets for the price of one!
Friday, July 12
Rally in Inglewood
Speaking from the First Church of God in Inglewood, KPCC reporter Adolfo Guzman-Lopez joins Kitty for an update on a rally in Inglewood this afternoon. Local
religious and community leaders addressed police reforms in the city after a police officers rough arrest of a local boy.
Design Solutions for Your Home
Before tackling those summer home-refurbishing projects, join host Kitty Felde to get a fresh perspective and a bit of inspiration on how to best
utilize the space in your home with design solution specialist Sarah Susanka, author of
Not So Big Solutions for Your Home due out in this fall.
Walter Mosley
Easy Rawlins is back! After a hiatus of six years, author Walter Mosley returns to the mysteries series that brought him critical acclaim in 1990 with
Devil in a Blue Dress, his introduction to Easy Rawlins. The latest installment is called Bad Boy Brawly Brown. Mosley will be
reading and signing tomorrow, Saturday July 13 from 2-5 p.m. at Triangular Church of Religious Science at 1938 S. Western.
For more information, call 323-294-0324. On Sunday, July 14 at 3pm, Mosley will be signing at Barnes and Noble at the Grove,
189 Grove Drive. For more information, call 323-525-0270.
KPCC Book Club of the Air for Young Adults
This month students from the Geneva Street Readers book club join Kitty for a discussion of The Forest Wife by author Teresa Tomlinson.
Actor Michael York reads a short passage from the story.
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