Category: Columns
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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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This Afternoon on WPVM Radio
Please join host, Martha Cinader, for the Listen & Be Heard Radio Show on WPVM. We will play two interviews from Tony Robles: Shirley Ancheta and M. Evelina Galang. Also, a poetry tribute to John Coltrane on the occasion of his birthday, and as always, some spoken word.
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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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Think BIG. Start small.
Have BIG plans? AWESOME! Where would you like to begin? THIS one simple question can often derail our plans before we even make a plan! When our dream is so big that we have no way to even imagine the full picture, we often have no idea how to get started moving in the direction of…
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Today on WPVM Radio 3pm
Featuring an archival interview with Nora Okja Keller about her book Comfort Woman, interviews by Tony Robles, and poetry from at the Manilatown Heritage Foundation in San Francisco, talk about the craft and business of writing a short story, and a spoken word set from our new co-producer DJ Jeannie Hopper.
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Today on WPVM Radio
Please join host, Martha Cinader, for the Listen & Be Heard Radio Show on WPVM. Tony Robles interviews two poets, Vanessa Lee-Miller in Great Britain, and Yvette R. Murray in Charleston, SC. And… some spoken word recordings by Vanessa Lee-Miller, Katherine Dunn, Reg E. Gaines, Q.R. Hand jr., Yvette R. Murray, Avotcja and Lord Buckley.
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The View Ever Changing
Tony Robles interviews Karen Luke Jackson about her new poetry book The View Ever Changing.
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Change Your Point of View!
We can shift perspectives by moving our body, changing our thoughts, or geographically changing our physical point of view.
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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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We are Born with GPS
Negative emotions are simply a signal that we are moving away from the vibration of Source energy at our core.
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Poet, Anne Myles, and Spoken Word Today
Please join me today, live from three to five, for a late summer mix of conversation about books and writing, and spoken word. Tony Robles interviews poet, Anne Myles, about her debut: Late Epistle. Recordings by Sekou Sundiata, Cultural Consciousness, Rosalie Sorrels, Bob Holman, Odd City, Lord Buckley, Devorah Major, Opal Palmer Adisa, Frank Messina,…
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This Black August: A Ferguson, MO 2014 Reflection
Almost ten years later, here we are making known another Black August, bringing attention to another Black August as the same dangers exist for Black women and men as they did when Mike Brown was shot down in Ferguson, MO.
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L&BH Radio, Wed. Aug 16, on WPVMfm.org
Karen Luke Jackson’s Grit allows a community to love and grieve… Elsa Valmidiano takes us on a magical, travel-filled journey and mining of the self…