Flowers and Valentines make a perfect couple, so on Valentine’s eve, Japanese flower arrangement artist and instructor Yuka Sasaki talks about Ikebana and how Valentine’s is celebrated in Japan. Although there’s a Valentine’s theme, this show is full of tips and information that will serve you throughout the year and inspire you to create beautiful flower arrangements reflecting the seasons.
How do prosecutors go after bigtime tax fraudsters and get these criminals to pay their fair share? Lawyer Filip Siroky gives us an insider’s look at the process and the scope of this type of crime. Afterwards, Jacques Molitor from Cinelunatique tells his own kind of scary stories – he tells us about the Y2K Double Feature Horror Movie night at the Cinematheque!
Playwright Hanne Siebens talks about her play AMARE that looks at different types of love, as defined by the ancient Greeks, through a series of short, interlinked sketches and monologues. Joining her in the studio are Tony Kingston, co-director, and Josie Hatch, a cast member who has appeared in many BGT and other productions.
Playwright Nora Connolly discusses her play Nora and Jim, about James Joyce and his life partner and wife Nora Barnacle, joined by Fergal from the Luxembourg chapter of the Irish music association Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann. NWTC has organised the 11 and 12 January performances in Neudorf. Also in the studio are the organiser and beneficiary of the 18 January classical piano concert at the St Eglise St Laurent in Lorentzeiler featuring Zala and Val Kravos. The concert is organised by InterNations Changemakers and benefits the Ile aux Clowns. Ticket info can be found on the Ile aux Clowns website.
Deep Notes, a new Luxembourg-based band rooted in rock, plays several songs live on tonight’s show and makes an open call for a bass player! Bandmembers Kevin, Jamie and Pit talk about their backgrounds and influences, including blues, country, alt and more, and talk about their dreams and plans for their new band.
LuxTimes journalist Sarita Muldoon joins Wendy in the studio
The 1st and 2nd of November are days set aside in Luxembourg to remember those we have lost, but for the Robe Rouge organisation, it’s also a time to remember the indigenous people of North American and all the loss of culture, land, rights, children and identity. Heather Carroll of La Robe Rouge talks about a weekend of events happening at the Centre Larei in Vianden, from Friday the 1st to Sunday the 3rd. Find the full programme at www.stonedreams.org Joining us in the studio is the Rosa Brignone from Time for Equality, who tells us about another event happening
Local writers and poets far away help us get our creep on for Halloween night! And the studio MUST have been haunted – an odd hiss appears on the recording that was NOT there during the live show. And one guest started levitating. No, not really. But there is a hiss. In the studio from Luxembourg’s Writers Who Talk asbl are Oana Marangoci, Benjamin Coles, Rett Perera and Lada Redley, and myself too – Wendy Winn. Benjamin Coles, while a talented writer himself, read works from published works by two of our local writers who couldn’t join us – Percy
Happy Hour goes Wilde tonight as New World Theatre cast members Anne Rasimus, Hayley Dawsen and
Michèle Foley-Rohen talk about the upcoming production of The Importance of Being Earnest
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