rla on January 17th, 2022

At a time of the Full Moon, we attend to some aspects of the moon, in drama, mythic, story. Music from the Marvelettes (in memory of Wanda Young), the Beatles, the Kinks, Van Morrison, Emma Chapourian, and more. You are invited to attend. [First heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]

rla on January 3rd, 2022
Neither past nor future

To begin a new year, we pull out of the archives this show attending to Thresholds, both seasonal and mythical. You are invited to attend. [As heard first on Cambridge 105 Radio]

rla on December 20th, 2021

We attend to Winter Hope, or hope in a dark time – dark in its many senses. We may be dark, but we need not despair. With help from Edwin Muir, Gregorian Chant, Journey through the Seasons, Langston Hughes with Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, Rumi, Leonard Cohen. You are invited to attend.

First heard on Cambridge 105 Radio

To get a larger perspective on the crises of our time, we attend to earlier alarms about the dire present and frightening future, but conclude with a little example of “free servitude” that helps us begin afresh. You are invited to attend.

[As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]

rla on November 22nd, 2021
RLA at the mic
RLA at the mic

We celebrate the 250th Evening under Lamplight show, with a party triptych and then bring back Thoreau for some helpful observations about raising ourselves to higher planes, in touch with our “genius”, and then a final Hallelujah. You are invited to attend.

[As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]

rla on November 8th, 2021

What have we lost? What are we losing? And more importantly, what are we finding in our loss? We attend to Rumi and Thoreau and RLA about these questions. You are invited to attend.

[First heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]

rla on October 25th, 2021

We attend to a series of songs around the theme of Missed Connections. You are invited to attend. (First heard on Cambridge 105 Radio)

rla on October 11th, 2021

We attend to Alan Watts’s remark, “When you dance, you don’t dance to get somewhere.” This leads us around the dance floor, until we dance to the end of love, and express thanks for the dance. You are invited to attend – and to dance along with us.

[First heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]

rla on September 27th, 2021
The Flying Dutchman

From the Archives, a show attending to the Autumnal Equinox and its notorious stormy winds, plus Walt Whitman reaching out to the outcasts, and a final reaching out in atonement. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]

Lycaon’s Metamorphosis

We begin Series 7, which will attend to moments from Ovid’s great compilation of myths, the Metamorphoses. First we see the metamorphosis, or transformation, of primeval Chaos into the world as we now know it. But then comes evil, specifically in the form of the impious Lycaon. You are invited to attend.

[First heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]