Interview with Eckart Preu and Special Thanks

I interviewed Eckart Preu the former Maestro and Music Director of the Stamford Symphony

 I am broadcasting the interview taped last year as a Special Thanks

to Eckart for his contribution to the cultural life of Stamford and for his

tenure of 12 years with the Stamford Symphony. He is now the Music Director of

The Long Beach Symphony in California for the 2017 and 2018 Season.

I wish him the best of luck and express my gratitude for all the wonderful music

and serious fun he create on this coast.

The interview appears on Tuesdays at 9pm and Thursdays at 5:30pm on Altice/USA Channel 88 CT

until May 11th 2017

Maestro Eckart Preu

Long Beach Symphony

Featuring some of Southern California’s finest symphonic musicians, Long Beach Symphony celebrates its 82nd year of presenting concerts and educational performances for nearly 60,000 residents annually. The Symphony welcomes new Music Director Designate, Maestro ECKART PREU (who will begin his tenure as Music Director in the 2017–2018 season.
longbeachsymphony.org


The Stamford Symphony's search for a new Maestro begins with an audition season


OUR NEXT MAESTRO, THE 2017-2018 AUDITION SEASON

Experience unparralleled talent and unique opportunities to be part of our next Maestro search

for more information go to www.stamfordsymphnoy.org

Guest Conductors Auditioning for the Stamford Symphony in the 2017-2018 Season


Lidlya Yankovskaya,
Daniel Hege
Eckehard Stier
David Lockington
Paul Watkins
Rel Hotoda

Interview with Barbara Weiss Artist and Acupuncturist

I had the pleasure of talking with Barbara Weiss a talented painter and acupuncturist.  Her work is delightful and full of imagination and color. We talked about her journey from the early career influence of artist Peter Max , her work as a costume designer for theatre and HBO,  her work in painting how she evolved into her other vocation as an acupuncturist.

Barbara Weiss Artist & Acupuncturist

The interview will be broadcast on Optimum Channel 88 CT on Tuesday March 28th at 9pm and Thursday March 30th at 5:30pm. The program will repeat on subsequent Tuesdays and Thursdays at the above times including April 13th.

ARTWORK BY BARBARA WEISS

http://barbaraweissstudio.com/home.html

BARBARA WEISS

914.450.0955

http://barbaraweissstudio.com

Barbara@barbaraweissstudio.com

Barbara was born in New York City and attended the High-School of Music and Art. She

attended Bard and Hunter Colleges where she received her BA in Painting. She

received her MFA from New York University.Barbara began her art career in Peter Max’s

studio painting animation boards and canvases. She later applied her visual skills to theater

and film designing for Broadway, Off Broadway, regional theater and garnering ace award

recognition for her work for HBO.

Barbara is now a practicing acupuncturist in Mamaroneck, NY and New York City.

Throughout her design and medical career she has continued to work on her art,

showing at galleries in New York and Connecticut in both solo and group shows.

Her studio is in Mamaroneck, N.Y. where she serves on the Village of Mamaroneck Arts Council

About Barbara Weiss Acupuncturist

www.weissacupuncture.com/

She began to look at the world of alternative medicine when the symptoms she was experiencing were not abated through traditional avenues of western medicine. Despite taking medicines prescribed to her by my doctor she was not getting better. In fact, she found that new symptoms often resulted from the medicines prescribed. She finally decided there must be a better way to regain well-being and embarked on a search that ultimately led her to acupuncture.

Ms. Weiss began as a patient and eventually became a practitioner as a result of personally experiencing its effectiveness. She received my M.S. in acupuncture from the Tri-State College of Acupuncture and serve on its Advisory Board.and is a New York State licensed and nationally board-certified acupuncturist and a NCCAOM diplomate (National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental medicine) as well as a member of the AAOM (American Association of Oriental Medicine). She has been involved with alternative health modalities and yoga for over 20 years. Before becoming an acupuncturist, in addition to being a painter Ms. Weiss enjoyed a career in film and television as a designer and hold an M.F.A. from New York University.

Acupuncture Training

• Japanese style of acupuncture in the tradition of Kiiko Matsumoto, which focuses on structural and/or constitutional imbalances that often underlie a patient’s symptomatic complaints.

• Five Element acupuncture, in the tradition of Lorie Eve Dechar which facilitates psychological and spiritual healing.

• Acupuncture Physical Medicine developed by Dr. Mark Seem, which utilizes myofascial trigger point release.




To CONTACT Barbara Weiss about Art

barbaraweiss.art@gmail.com

www.barbaraweissstudio.com

To contact Barbara Weiss about Acupuncture

http://www.weissacupuncture.com/

Interview with author Stephen James about his book American Stew, Hope in a Toxic Culture

My guest Stephen James, a communication media expert is now a first author. His book,
American Stew, Hope in A Toxic Culture is a timely and important book.  Mr. James was
was part of the crew for my show Christina at its inception. He was a cameraman and then the director. His professional advice and encouragement helped launch the my show.  He went on to create his own cable show Perspectives . He has written his first book
at a time when our country is searching to understand why things are the way they are
and what to do about it.  This book fills the bill. Stephen is a fan of the late author Ernest Becker .a Jewish cultural anthropologist and writer and this book is influenced by Becker's theories about Death Anxiety.


 I read the book and highly recommend it to anyone interested in the problems and solutions of America's culture today.

The interview will be broadcast on Optimum's Channel 88 CT on the follow dates:

Thursday January 12th at 5:30pm

Tuesday January 17th at 9:00pm

Thursday January 19th at 5:30pm

Tuesday January 24th at 9:00pm

Thursday January 26th at 5:30pm

Tuesday January 31st at 9:00pm

Thursday February 2nd at 5:30pm

Stephen James Author, Communication Media Expert

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Stephen James is a communication media expert who draws from thirty years

of writing and research experience. He has followed American culture from many

vantage points. He has written for the United Nations, public television, and various corporations. James brings a fresh perspective of independent scholarship to the

national issues and intractable discourse.

Author Photograph and book cover by Kevin McDevitt

ABOUT THE BOOK

America is in desperate need of new ideas, in the richest most powerful country in history,

America is profoundly troubled. The level of fear, anger and dissatisfaction with life in 

21st century America is reflected in our social ills and questionable national

behavior; exacerbated by the general lack of insight to explain what is wrong. Where will

the new ideas come from.  Cultural critic, Stephen James, offers a fresh perspective on the problems that plague America as well as the much-needed solutions.  By applying modern social science and interdisciplinary thought to contemporary American issues,

James offers a sweeping relevant analysis of culture that has become toxic for it's members. James proposes that our drive to become the most powerful nation on

earth can be understood in terms the theories of Ernest Becker. Becker writes that all humans dread death and all cultures have developed measures to deny death and create

opportunities for immortality.  Unfortunately our culture offers an inadequate antidote to

death anxiety, pushing us to success as a nation, while leaving us anxious, driven and

unhappy. Our own culture has evolved to oppress and exploit us. It is in a word, toxic. James suggests unique opportunities for hope as well as new forms of heroism, new values and fresh approaches to life that counter death anxiety and promote satisfaction

on a deeper level.

Intellectually bracing and highly readable, AMERICAN STEW synthesizes ideas from

a multitude of disciplines to help us better understand the complexities of culture

and human motivation 

Ernest Becker, Author and Cultural Anthropologist
1924-1974


Some famous books by Ernest Becker
The Denial of Death
Escape from Evil