Program

A memorial for Muriel Rukeyser: readings and performances by Chaikin and Peaslee

A memorial program for poet and activist Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980). Joseph Chaikin (1935-2003), theater director and actor, reads Rukeyser's poems. And at the end, three of Rukeyser's poems are set to music, composed by Richard Peaslee and sung by Alexandra Hughes.

Manhattan Theatre Club poetry cabaret

This is a recording of the Manhattan Theatre Club's "Writers in performance" series, introduced by its director, Janet Sternberg. The program features The Poetry Cabaret, which combines poetry and prose in performance with jazz.

...What time of night it is (Part 1 only)

"...What time of night it is" by Patricia Horan & Marjorie DeFazio is a woman's history musical. It has 16 songs, and the outrageous, revolutionary words of Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Victoria Woodhull, Margaret Sanger, and a dozen other fascinating women. Singer/guitarist is Hilary Morgan.

Women Against Pornography march in Times Square (October 1979)

This recording contains music, interviews and speeches from the October 20, 1979 march in Times Square organized by Women Against Pornography. This is an unedited tape, perhaps a production reel. Speakers are not identified, and are sometimes cut-off. This is tape 1 of 2, but only this part is currently in the archives.

Abortion and the working woman

Speakers discuss the topic of abortion and the working woman. Recorded at District 1199 (New York?). Event took place as part of Abortion Rights Action Week, which took place in October 1979.

International Women's Day (1980) music

Aircheck. The music of Malvina Reynolds, Suni Paz, and Holly Near, with commentary by Judy Pasternak for International Women's Day, 1980.

Report back from Copenhagen

Tapes edited and selected from "Report back from Copenhagen," an event for women to report back from the the mid-decade World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women, which took place in Copenhagen in September 1980. The event was sponsored by Women for Racial and Economic Equality (WREE). Speakers include Walteen Grady, president of the Washington, D.C.

Working women / produced by Bonnie Bellow and Brett Harvey

A program about women's work in American. This program contains portions of two speak-outs held recently in New York City, one of women office workers (see BC1717) and one on women's work (possibly BC1722).

One night of love: Victoria's closet (Part 2 only)

Victoria's closet: dramatized excerpts of Victorian erotica, broadcast as part of "One Night of Love," described in the folio as "an evening of erotic radio in which we ask the question 'What is the difference between erotica and pornography?'" Play by Laurence Carr, directed by Steven Zuckerman.

Folk music concert for John F. Kennedy

Live recording of a benefit for John F. Kennedy held by the Pomona Valley KPFK supporters. Includes music by Al and Peggy Holse, Will and Jean Miarcotte, Harry Kennedy, Paul Ledig, Ann and Will Durrant, David Loy, Mike McClennan, Chris Darrow, Dry City Four, Clare Haugan and the Mutual Four, Keith and Rusty McNeil, and Keith Chalmers. Dorothy Chase acted as the emcee.

Previously cataloged as KZ2365.

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