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Sue Katz – Doreen Gordon, Brookline

Sue Katz — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:08:10 +0000

Doreen Gordon, social butterfly and emigrant of South Africa, on her childhood in Africa and Buenos Aires, young and married life in New York City during the post-WWII jazz explosion, and why she thinks 85 is a great age to reach.

[Originally aired 30 June 2010]

Sue Katz – Romulus, Roxbury

Sue Katz — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:26:44 +0000

Romulus, a Roxbury artist and assistant director of Artistic Noise, talks to me about her ascent from the juvenile justice system to her present teaching and creative positions.

[Originally aired 28 June 2010]

Sue Katz – Iko Burns, Brookline

Sue Katz — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:40:46 +0000

Artist Iko Burns shares with me stories of her youth in WWII Japan, her immigration to the United States, and her sculptures in her Hollywood dream home–in Brookline.

[Originally aired 21 June 2010]

Sue Katz – Sumner Kaplan, Brookline

Sue Katz — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:24:52 +0000

Sumner Kaplan, former Trial Court Judge and State Representative, welcomed me into his Brookline home to talk about his distinguished career and memorable childhood, which he spent in Roxbury.

[Originally aired 16 June 2010]

Sue Katz – Henry & Anne Schwab, Brookline

Sue Katz — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:37:02 +0000

Henry and Anne Schwab of Brookline, who emigrated from Europe during the Holocaust. Henry became one of the Ritchie Boys, a group of German Jews who enlisted in the U.S. Army and were sent on espionage and propaganda missions in Europe. Anne’s own escape was fraught with danger, and her settling in Brookline began her rediscovery of community.

[Originally aired 14 June 2010]