Arts & Culture

Sometimes, even when we are sure that we want to do good in the world, it helps to get words of advice and guidance from an older and wiser friend. These types of mentorships are hard to come by – but a group of artists decided they would start the dialogue for one community through art. What was born out of that desire was the art installation called Question Bridge: Black Males, a video dialogue between over 150 black men from across the country, talking about some of life's biggest topics: racism, sexuality, success, and love.

Kevin's guest will be singer-songwriter-educator Steve Seskin.    He'll sing and talk about his anti-bullying anthem "Don't Laugh At Me".  That song rose up the charts and inspired a curriculum that's being taught in schools to promote tolerance.  In addtion, he'll talk about a couple of young songwriters he'll be introducing at a show later this month at the Freight And Salvage.  Also this week, We'll hear from two fine finger-style guitarists Joe Miller and Duck Baker.  And since it's Father's Day, Kevin and son Willie play a game on the radio together

Billy Casper's new book “The Big Three and Me” is about golfing in the time of Gary Player, Arnold Palmer, and Jack Nicklaus. Casper won  51 PGA tournaments altogether, including the Masters and another US Open. He’s now in the World Golf Hall of Fame. Heady stuff for a kid who grew up poor and moved from place to place with parents who weren’t around much to take care of him. But Billy Casper found the game of golf, and in the process he found a gift.