Author: Tony Robles
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Basketball, Bagoong and Bayanihan in Albany, Georgia
In Albany the Filipino community is holding a basketball tournament with teams from the local Filipino league competing. The tournament is a fundraiser for children in the Philippines, children in need of school supplies. This is one of several basketball tournaments of the Filipino basketball league in the Southern part of the US that has…
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John Coltrane Sunday Morning
Tony Robles recites poem, John Coltrane Sunday Morning in Hamlet, North Carolina, Birthplace of John Coltrane On The Day After His Birthday
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Pilgrimage to Hamlet, North Carolina, Birthplace of John Coltrane on His Birthday
Peggy Harris shows Listen & Be Heard Contributor Tony Robles the John Coltrane Mural in Hamlet, North Carolina. Peggy was born and raised in Hamlet and graciously guided Tony to the mural while telling stories of her birthplace and what John Coltrane means to the community.
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Porch Music all Day in Morganton, NC
Tony Robles roams Morganton on International Porch Music Day, where it is an all-day event spread out to make it possible to hear almost everyone.
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Warehouse Punching Bags Don’t Hit Back
That wasn’t a wrench, it was a screwdriver, the bag laughed. “So, are you trying to tell me to go back to the wrench from whence I came?” I asked. “You got a smart mouth,” I said, assuming a boxing stance. The bag hung passively.
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Every Ounce of Courage
Unedited video interview with memoir author by Tony Robles.
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Jose Case
Tony Robles talks with Jose Case, Main Street celebrity in Hendersonville, NC. In the video they talk about his bikes. In the audio file, Tony reads Jose a poem that he wrote about him, and interviews him WPVM Radio in Asheville, NC.
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The Ugly Mug Interview
Unedited video interview with Horror Author Darren Todd by Tony Robles.
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July 4th, Hendersonville
The booming sounds are patriotic boots stomping the night sky.
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Laid to Rest
On the mattress is an old man whose eyes search my face while my eyes search his How you doin’ pop?” I ask
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Hendersonville Rally Against GOP abortion ban proposal
Listen & Be Heard speaks to attendees at abortion rights rally
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Hope at the End of the Driveway
Nancy Sloan says that hope is the book’s central message and that she sees her book as a way to help women who find themselves in similar circumstances.
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Writer Christian Hanz Lozada
The unedited interview by Tony Robles with Christian Hanz Lozada, author of the forthcoming book He’s A Color Until He’s Not.
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Home of Dr. Nina Simone
Tony Robles visits Tryon, NC, birthplace of Nina Simone, and reads a poem…