Thank you for hiring me. I appreciate that. Every two weeks. I appreciated pretty. Im also the samuels Senior Historian at the museum which is perhaps my proudest post. Welcome to another installment of our author series will we bring you the best world war ii literature and the men and women who create it. People tonight author, the truly needs no introduction, we carry out that tradition. Any chance are there any veterans in the audience tonight. There we go. [applause]. I knew there were some. [applause]. To say that we thank you for your services is an understatement of the century. Any veterans of any other service or any other era, please stand and be recognized if you would. [applause]. Wonderful. And again, thanks to all of you for your support and service. We have an Incredible Group of friends with us here tonight in the museum. Cspan, the good folks from cspan are here filming the event printed that is always wonderful that wanted to be under your best behavior. Because cspa
Museum, thank you to the museum for hiring me. I am the Senior Historian at the museum. Welcome to another installment of our meet the author series where we bring you the best world war ii literature and the men and women who write and create it. Before i introduce tonights offer, a man who needs no introduction, let me carry out the tradition of the National World war ii in museum. Are there any world war ii veterans or homefront workers in the audience tonight . There we go. I knew there were two right on top. To say we thank you for your services be understood that understand of the century. Any other era, please stand and be recognized. That is wonderful. Thanks to all of you for your support and service. We have incurred a group of friends with us in the museum and i would like to acknowledge each of them. Cspan, the folks from cspan are filming tonight. I want you to be on your best behavior because cspan is forever. I want to acknowledge those watching on our live stream and th
I was definitely interested in the topic from the historical musical per suspected. I was 12 years old living in North Carolina at the time. Didnt get to go. And now i feel like i was there because of getting to spend so much time. The questions we will have time. After we chat for a little while. Where to go through a little bit of a back story with michael because like many people who were not at the festival my impression was based on the film. And come to find out. When they started working together on the real story. I found there out there was a whole lot more to it than what we got to see in that wonderful film. Some people dont realize but woodstock was not michaels very first festival that he put on. He was living in Berkeley Brooklyn and new york city. And getting involved in the music scene and becoming in becoming a fan. And then found his way down to Coconut Grove florida let me tell you what the scene was like there. Growing up i never really had a clear understanding of
In the news tonight, im mafia muslims are holding more than 100 hostages in Washington People washington, d. C. A muslim Religious Center and Washington City hall. Radio news man was killed in the city hall takeover and at least 11 persons were injured. The invaders demanded and got cancellations of the premier of a new movie about the islamic prophet muhammad. Later in the newscast we hope to bring you updated reports as they develop in washington. Susan you have just written a book about the siege in washington, american caliph, march 1977. What interested you in this story . Shahan it was all interesting when i found it. I did not know about this. Like a lot of people i found, did not know about this. I and counter the story in 2015 and this was right after the shooting at the magazine offices in paris. If you remember, them french magazine had published some cartoons that people found to be offensive. It led to actually, they were attacked several times. In 2015 two men entered the
Hello, im john wilson, welcome to this cultural life, the radio 4 podcast in which i talk to leading creative figures about the key moments of their life and the most important cultural works that have fired their imagination and had a profound impact on their own art. My guest is carlos acosta, the cuban born ballet star who, over a 30 year career, is now regarded as one of the greatest dancers of all time, becoming the first black principal of the royal ballet and set new standards of grace and athleticism in theatres around the world. Having retired from the classical stage, he set up his own cuban dance company, and is also a director of the berlin royal ballet. Welcome. Lets start in cuba, with your family, your upbringing. A happy childhood . Very happy, i must say, although in the 80s in cuba, our family was i would say, it was poorer than most families but still there was a big big sense of community. It was a good time for cuba anybody could participate, do everything that so