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Ben Fountain is the best-selling author of "Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk" his new novel is "Devil Makes Three." It is about greed, power, and American complicity set in Haiti.
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The Haiti Project at Vassar College is having their11th annual Art and Soul Gala that raises funds for the staffing, supplies, and operation of a medical clinic for a full year in Haiti.
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The Vassar Haiti Project has sent a team of doctors to the earthquake area in the south of Haiti. Dr. Gueslin Jossainvil is on the scene and will join us this morning. 4 doctors, 4 nurses, and a psychologist were in an area near the earthquake’s epicenter. They saw 80-100 patients a day and administering medications as needed. We get an on the ground report this morning.Co-Founder & Executive Director Lila Meade of The Vassar Haiti Project and Dr. Gueslin Jossainvil join us this morning.
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The Tour of The Tony-Award winning revival of the musical “Once on this Island” will be at Proctors in Schenectady, New York on Friday, January 17 and…
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Edwidge Danticat’s new book “Everything Inside” is a collection of stories about community, family, and love.Set in locales from Miami and Port-au-Prince…
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Founded in 2001, the Vassar Haiti Project engages students in a life-changing, experiential education in global citizenship, promotes Haitian art, and…
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In our Ideas Matter segment we take time just about every week to check in with the state humanities councils in our 7-state region.Today we're speaking…
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The fourth annual Art and Soul reception will take place tomorrow at the Vassar College Alumnae House will feature beautiful, vibrant Haitian art, live…
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In celebration of Black History Month there is a new book by a University of Massachusetts professor that overturns long-held assumptions about the…
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Edwidge Danticat has written her first work of fiction in 9-years. Set in a seaside town in Haiti, Claire of the Sea Light unfolds over the course of one…