From the vault: Julio’s holiday special 2008

This week on From The Vault, KPFK Arts In Review host Julio Martinez presents original productions of three holiday classics: O. Henry’s The Gift of The Magi, Dylan Thomas’s, A Child’s Christmas In Wales, and Yes Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus. Julio Martinez began his work at Pacifica in 1967 hosting an improvisation children’s program on KPFA in Berkeley, California. In 1968 he moved to Los Angeles and today is the host of KPFK’s weekly program on the arts, Arts in Review. Over the last several years Julio has teamed up with his colleague from San Francisco, Al Alu, and an array of talented actors and musicians in Los Angeles to produce a series of holiday specials, and this week we present three of the finest. This program also contains a rare live in studio performance with Julio Martinez and Al Jarreau from a 1968 recording in Pacifica Radio KPFK’s Studio A.\nFrom the Vault is proudly presented as part of the Pacifica Radio Archives Preservation and Access Project.\n