Dolly Curtis Interviews

Dolly Curtis, internationally renowned textile artist and independent radio and television producer, is the creator of a weekly, highly informative non-profit public access cable TV program. She not only has created and developed the idea for her show, but is both producer and host of ``Dolly Curtis Interviews....".

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Dolly talks with Bill Berloni

Animal Trainer
He has trained the dogs for The Wizard of Oz, Legally Blond The Musical, Alice in Wonderland, Oliver, Camelot (with Richard Burton) ,Frankenstein, Anything Goes, He has animals in major movies with celebrity actors Meryl Streep, Ellen Burstyn, Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts. On television his attention grabbing, intelligent dogs have appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, CBS Evening News, CBS Sunday Morning, The Today Show, Sesame Street and many more too numerous to mention. His rescued animals have appeared at the White House for Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush,Clinton and Obama. As an author Mr.Berloni has written 'Sandy, The Autobiography of a Star' published by Simon and Schuster, and his latest book 'Broadway Tails' by Globe Pequot Press now available online and in book stores. Currently Mr Berloni is the Director of Animal Behavior for the Humane Society of New York and is involved in helping animals that need homes. Proceeds of his 'Broadway Tails' will be donated for the Sandy Fund benefiting the Humane Society. Bill Berloni and wife Dorothy live on a farm with twenty two dogs, two cats, four horses , a pony and two llamas and a miniature donkey in Connecticut. You can read more at www.theatricalanimals.com For more information please contact dollycurtisrtv at aol.com or wberloni at sbcglobal.net

Adger Cowans - Artist and Photographer
Dolly interviews Adger Cowans Adger Cowans, a fine arts photographer and abstract expressionist painter has experimented with a myriad of mediums over his artistic career. Renowned in the world of photography and fine art, his works have been shown by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, International Museum of Photography, Museum of Modern Art, The Studio Museum of Harlem, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Harvard Fine Art Museum, Detroit Art Institue, James E. Lewis Museum and numerous other art institutions.	LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW

Adger Cowan's Website

The Last Oyster Barge

309 Front Street in New Haven may be the home of Last Oyster Barge in the Unied States. The barge was built in the 1840's to haul and sell oysters from New York City. How did it end up in New Haven?

Urban Development has put this important maritime artifact in jeopardy of being lost..

Listen to Dolly's interview about preserving our maritime heritage.

Bill Fisher and Wry Bred - **Sunday April 6**
Utilizing music and dance, Bill Fisher is an organizer of grassroots culture. For over thirty years he's been organizing, playing, teaching folk music and dance in the Northeast . In addition to contra dances in and around the northeast, he has called at various dance camps regionally and nationally. Wry Bred is a musical ensemble that engages in joyful musical conversations with driving rhythms and exuberant harmonies. `Bill Fisher - Percussion and whistle` `Julie Sorcek on flute and saxophone` `Mickey Koth on fiddle` `Robert Messore guitar wizard`LISTEN NOW

Sunday May 19 Live Jazz with Neddy Smith

LIVE RADIO BROADCAST
ON WPKN 89.5 FM

Sunday May 5 - Live from WPKN Studios

Dolly Curtis Interviews Members of the Theater Actors Workshop

The guests on the program will be Mark Graham, Chilton Ryan and Kimberly Wilson talking about the Theater Actors Workshop's 30th anniversary.
Kimberly sings a song.

LIVE RADIO BROADCAST
ON WPKN 89.5 FM

Sunday April 7 Live from The Circle Diner in Fairfield

Dolly Curtis Interviews present - A Celebration of Aviation !

The guests on the program will be pilot Andrew Kosch and other area flight enthusiasts.

For decades Mr. Kosch has championed the cause of recognizing Gustave Whitehead as the first person in flight in 1901 in Fairfield and Bridgeport, two years before the Wright Brothers.

Anne Fiyalka of Easton, Ms. Fiyalka was selected to fly with the visiting Amelia Earhart when she was a student at Harding High School in 1936.

The program airs at 10 PM. Come to the Circle Diner and be a part of our Program.
LIVE RADIO BROADCAST
ON WPKN 89.5 FM

Here Are Some of Dolly's Recent Radio Programs

Sunday March 17 - Live from WPKN studios - Tom Zimmerman

It's Opera 101 with program hosts Dolly Curtis and Joseph Koches who will Interview Tom Zimerman. Mr. Zimmerman is a singer and vocal coach who has prepared an exceptional program all about the art of Opera.

Tom Zimmerman has been singing professionally for most of his life. Tom won a full scholarship for the Carnegie Mellon Institute’s Opera Performance Master’s program followed by an apprenticeship with Tri-cities Opera. Eventually, he moved to NYC where he sang with the Metropolitan Opera for four seasons, adding appearances with the Opera Orchestra of New York, and New York Grand Opera in his spare time.

Desiring more fun than opera provides, Tom founded the “What the Dickens Christmas Carolers,” a dramatic choral ensemble featuring choreographed presentations (staged by Tom), which is being revived in Connecticut as the “What the Dickens Caroliers” presenting music for a “Victorian Tea” and the “Cat’s Meow.”

This versatile singing actors’ resume includes roles as varied as Emile de Becque in “South Pacific,” Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof” and the (mute!) King Sextimus in “Once Upon a Mattress” performed with regional music theater companies and roles in several dramas at theater festivals throughout the USA. Tom even worked off-Broadway in a spooky melodrama by esteemed Andy Warhol playwright Ronald Tavel. In December, 2003, Tom acted, sang and prepared and conducted the musical portions of the Fairfield Trinity Players simulated 1948 radio broadcast “Christmas on the Air.”

Indulging his penchant for portraying comedic villains, Tom appeared as Sir Despard Murgatroyd in Troupers’ 2003 production of “Ruddigore.” In past Troupers’ productions, Tom minueted as Sir Joseph Porter in “H.M.S. Pinafore;” exploded onstage as (a gleefully depraved) Wilfred Shadbolt, in “Yeoman of the Guard;” commandeered the stage as a Mephistophelean Grand Inquisitor in “The Gondoliers;” danced as the addled Sergeant of Police in “Pirates of Penzance.” He waddled around the stage as a very self aggrandizing Pooh Bah (a pompous politician) in Light Opera 2Go’s “The Mikado.” In 2002, Tom sang solos, duets and trios in a G&S evening with the Fairfield Chorale and Amor Artis Orchestra at the Norwalk Concert Hall.

LIVE RADIO BROADCAST
ON WPKN 89.5 FM

Sunday March 10 Almost Live from Andros Diner

Dolly talks with Frank Piazza and Julia O’Neill about their acting carreers and involvment in The Theater Actors Workshop reading of Tennessee Williams "The Rose Tattoo." The play reading takes place on Friday March 22 and Saturday March 23, 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 24, 3 p.m at The Theater Actors Workshop Gregory Blvd.East Norwalk, CT 06855 (203) 854 6830

Professional actors, directors and writers play, practice and expand their skills at the Theatre Artists Workshop. TAW’s public performances — a Fall Playwrights Festival, Classic Night Readings, Spring Musical and more — are attended by enthusiastic audiences in TAW’s 90-seat theatre in East Norwalk, CT. From left, Laura Warfield, Stephanie Hazard, Nadine Willig, Melody James and Julia O’Neill in “The Rose Tatoo.

Sunday March 3 Live from Andros Diner @ 10 PM

Dolly talks with Jeffery Bishop and David Mestre of the Discovery Museum.

Jeffery Bishop is the Executive Directory of the Discovery Museum.
David Mestre is the Manager of Space Science Education.

The Discovery Museum offers a variety science and space science exhibits., it provides an extensive range of educational programs in science and technology and in the area where the two disciplines interact. Nearly 55,000 children participate in the museum’s science programs and outreach activities each year.

The Discovery Museum’s 20,000 square foot facility includes changing and permanent interactive exhibit galleries, a 124 seat planetarium, Connecticut’s only Challenger Learning Center, an 80 seat auditorium, and five multi-purpose classrooms where hands-on science classes are conducted for schools, groups and the general public.

Permanent exhibits include Green Energy, Sound, Light and Space Galleries and a simulated Moon Base Discovery play area for very young visitors. The recently upgraded Henry B. duPont III Planetarium offers traditional star shows and fulldome digital planetarium shows daily for both very young children and for ages 8 and up.\

The Discovery Museum and Planetarium is located at

4450 Park Avenue, Bridgeport CT 06600

Connecticut Air and Space Center

Dolly talks with Andrew King, Executive Director of the Center and Chris Soltis, Curator & Marketing Director.

The Connecticut Air and Space Center is located in Stratford CT near Sikorsky Memorial Airport and currently restoring several aircraft, including the famous Sikorsky Memorial Corsair. They are always seeking new members and volunteers to help further the process.

Connecticut Air and Space Center
P.O. Box 1293
Stratford CT 06615-1293
Voice 203-380-1400
Fax 203-380-9174

Sunday November 2012 @ 10 PM - Joel Spector

Joel is a professional commercial artist who has worked in every aspect of the industry.

He talks with Dolly about his extensive career working in the arts.

You can with visit Joel at his website

Sunday September 29 @ 10 PM - James Garamello

Dolly talks with James Garamello, A self described "Dyslexic Jazz Doodler" who's artwork
is on display at the Easton Public Library.

Sunday September 2 @ 10 PM - Greg Van Antwerp

This creative man who is known as a person 'full of whimsy' will be sharing his many community spirited projects. As a writer, blogger, and cartoonist, Greg is presenting his first solo show in the Easton Library of his whimsical 'serial doodles' starting this September 5th and on exhibit thru October 16th. He also writes local interest articles for patch.com and can be read online in numerous towns covering Fairfield, Weston, Redding, Bethel, Newtown and Easton.

Dr. Bernie Siegel

Dolly talks with Dr. Bernard Siegel is a physician who has cared for and counseled innumerable people whose mortality has been threatened by illness, Bernie embraces a philosophy of living and dying that stands at the forefront of the medical ethics and spiritual issues.

Dolly Talks Baseball with The Stratford Brakettes

The Brakettes are the most famous name in softball, with many national championships, 3 ISF World Championships, 19 ASA National Hall of Famers, and 11 Olympians. Since 1947, the Brakettes have made Stratford their home, and thousands have seen the Red and White work their magic on the field.

``Dolly Curtis Interviews..." is a commentary on the lives of thought provoking and gifted individuals and home town heros. The program focuses on and highlights interviews with interested and unique local people who would not ordinarily be in the limelight - unknown, creative, hard working people who have received little recognition. Persons who have shown particular success or community organizations have also approached Dolly for coverage. Her guests represent a gamete of professions and interests. She selects, interviews the subjects, directs and edits the show and asks provocative questions to reveal the inner person during each interview.

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