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This month on The 95.9 Company Break Mike talks with Roger Williams Park Zoo Executive Director Dr. Jeremy Goodman about the zoo, exhibits, and what's new at the zoo this spring. Located amid 40 acres of beautiful woodlands, the Roger Williams Park Zoo provides visitors the opportunity to see animals from all over the globe – some more than a million years old. Naturalistic surroundings are home to more than 100 species of animals including a Komodo dragon, as well as zebras, red pandas, African elephants, Masai giraffes, snow leopards, bears, anteaters, flamingoes, sloths, and more! Kids from two to 102 have the opportunity to feed giraffes and harbor seals, as well as an array of farmyard animals. For something slightly out of the ordinary, visit our new Explore and Soar area offering an exhilarating zip ride, a train excursion through the woodlands, and camel rides. For more information call (401) 785-3510 or visit www.rwpzoo.org

Theatre By The Sea's preview of the 2018 season is the subject of this week's program, with Bill Hanney, owner of the theater. We talk about this summer's musicals and listen to some of the very popular songs from Ain't Misbehavin', Mamma Mia, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Chicago. For more information you can call (401) 782-8587, or go to www.theatrebythesea.com​

On this weeks Jazz After Dinner Joe features Quincy Jones from his 1957 Impulse/GRP recording "This Is How I Feel About Jazz".

The Mystic River Chorale is the subject of this week's program withDr. Frank Martginetti, Artistic Director and Kit Foster, President. We talk about the upcoming concert and listen to some   of the music from the program being presented on Sunday May 6th, at 4 PM in the Mystic Congregational Church, Mystic CT. For more    information you can call (860)460-1487 or go to:          www.mysticriverchorale.org​

This month on The 95.9 Company Break Mike talks with proprietor John S. Johnson of The Gallery at Firehouse Square in New London, CT. The Gallery at Firehouse Square is actually two galleries in one — The Firehouse and The Kate, named after our neighbor Katherine Hepburn. With an ever-changing collection of unique maritime art from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, they also have regular shows of emerging and established artists who have an abiding love of the sea. For more information about The Gallery at Firehouse Square please call 860-443-0344 or visit www.firehousesquare.com  

In this program Mike Maino and The Newport Music Festivals Executive Director Pamela Pantos discuss the Newport Music Festival’s Thursday, July 17th concert which is an evening for Frederic Chopin to be performed at the Breakers at 8:00 pm featuring Daniel del Pino and Ilya Kazantsev. For more information or to purchase tickets visit newportmusic.org or call 401-849-0700.

This is the second of a two part series, this week The Warwick Symphony Orchestra is the subject of the program with Catherine Garnon, Music Director. We talk about their upcoming Spring Series Concerts titled “Awakening the American Spirit” and listen to some selections that will be performed, Thursday May 24th, in Warwick, and Sunday May 27th, in Goddard Park. For more information you can go to www.wsori.org​

On this weeks Jazz After Dinner Joe features Pianist Bill Mays & Bassist Ray Drummond from their 1989 DMP recording "One To One".

In this program Mike Maino and The Newport Music Festivals Executive Director Pamela Pantos discuss the final concert to this years 50th Anniversary celebration. This concert is a glorious finale to the Newport Music Festival’s 50th Anniversary Season. Featuring two of the most moving choral works ever written, this evening begins with Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, a stirring hymn to Mary, and finishes with Vivaldi’s Gloria, the anthem of the angels as they announced Christ’s birth. For more information or to purchase tickets visit newportmusic.org or call 401-849-0700.  

On this weeks Jazz After Dinner Joe features The Danish Radio Orchestra and Pianist, Arranger & Composer Jim McNeely playing the Music of Pianist Bill Evans from their 2000 Sundance recording.  

This is the first of a two part series, this week The Warwick Symphony Orchestra is the subject of the program, with Catherine Gagnon, Music Director. We talk about their upcoming spring series concerts titled “Awakening the American Spirit" and listen to some selections that will be performed on Thursday May 24th in Warwick and Sunday May 27th in Goddard Park. For more information you can go to www.wsori.org​

The Greenwich Odeum Theater is the subject of this week's program with Dan Speca, President of the Board of Directors. We talk about their upcoming season and listen to some of the music being presented on shows throughout the spring. For more information you can call 401-885-4000 or go to:                www.greenwichodeum.com ​          

On this weeks Jazz After Dinner Joe features Clark Terry on trumpet.  

In this program Mike Maino and The Newport Music Festivals new Executive Director Pamela Pantos discuss living composer Jake Heggie as he will be joining the festival for 2 concerts this summer. For more information or to purchase tickets visit newportmusic.org or call 401-849-0700.

On this weeks Jazz After Dinner Joe features the Gerald Wilson Orchestra.