From time to time we like to go back into our archives and dust off programs that are worth listening to again. Here are a couple of examples:
DESCENT INTO LIMBO: Maurice Sendak’s Life in Children’s Art[audio:https://www.cambridgeforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/CF-DESCENT-INTO-LIMBO.mp3|titles=Cambridge Forum – Descent Into Limbo]
For over five decades beloved children’s author Maurice Sendak took children and parents on amazing literary adventures, from the Night Kitchen to Where the Wild things Are. He traces his lifelong journey in children’s literature and art.
Remembering The Negro Leagues (recorded in 2000)
[audio:https://www.cambridgeforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/CF-REMEMBERING-NEGRO-LEAGUES.mp3″|titles=Cambridge Forum Remembering the Negro Leagues]Henry “Pistol” Bow Mason pitched in the Negro Leagues for the great Kansas City Monarchs and also in the Majors with the Phillies. Here he shares his experiences of playing in the Negro League, playing alongside such greats as Satchel Page, Willy Mays, and Jackie Robinson.
In 1951, after completing high school, Mason left Marshall, Missouri, and headed to Kansas City, where he was offered a tryout with the Kansas City Monarchs. Club manager Buck O’Neil was so impressed with Mason that he signed him with the team. On opening day in 1952, Mason hurled 16 amazing innings to defeat the Philadelphia Stars 3-2.