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Interview with singer-songwriter Michael Weiss

Here's the interview link: Michael Weiss

It’s always good to welcome the stars of tomorrow into the studio, so when some friends told me to listen to Michael Weiss, I happily complied! More info at http://michaeljweiss.com!

Added by Cliff Roles on January 28, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

Interview with the Junior League’s Stacey Corley & Varinia Van Ness

Here's the interview link - click to listen: Dinner With Friends

Here’s my Sunday interview with Junior Leaguers Stacey Corley & Varinia Van Ness prizing their “Dinner With Friends” program for this season. Go along and meet some great people – more info at… Continue

Added by Cliff Roles on January 21, 2010 at 7:23am — No Comments

Interview with Mary Mullally & Barbara Bradley of the "Sarasota Welcome Club"

Here's the interview link - click to listen: Welcome Club

The Welcome Club of Sarasota, Inc. is a social and civic organization for all women who have established a permanent residence in Sarasota or Manatee Counties. The purpose of The Welcome Club of Sarasota, Inc. is to provide opportunties for its members to become acquainted with one another and the… Continue

Added by Cliff Roles on January 21, 2010 at 7:19am — No Comments

Interview with author Kim Cool on her new book “Haunted Theatres of Southwest Florida”

Here's the interview link - click to listen: Kim Cool

Always a pleasure having my dear friend Kim Cool in the studio to talk about her latest travels and books. The latest one is “Haunted Theatres in Southwest Florida”. More info about Kim and her works at… Continue

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Interview with stand-up comic Joyce Kretschmar, Dec. 20 2009

Here's the interview link - click to listen: Joyce Kretschmar

Stand-up comic Joyce Kretschmar came into the studio to tell listeners about her forthcoming appearance at McCurdy's, as well as the Christmas show where's she's appearing with hubby… Continue

Added by Cliff Roles on December 23, 2009 at 7:27am — No Comments

Interview with Faye Butler about the Sickle Cell disease, Dec. 20 2009

Here's the interview link - click to listen: Sickle Cell

I had a very interesting chat with Faye Butler, Yolanda Martin and Gary Peterson about the Sickle Cell disease and the foundation that Faye has created to create awareness and fund research about the disease.

More info at… Continue

Added by Cliff Roles on December 23, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

Interview with Toby Perlman about the Perlman Music Program, Dec. 20 2009

Here's the interview link - click to listen! Toby Perlman

The Perlman Music Program/Suncoast is an independent not-for-profit organization formed for the express purpose of ensuring a permanent home for the Perlman Music Program Winter Residency in Sarasota, Florida held for two weeks each December.

alt The Perlman Music Program /Suncoast… Continue

Added by Cliff Roles on December 23, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

Interview with Carrie Silver-Stock on “SECRETS GIRLS KEEP”

Secrets Girls Keep: What Girls Hide (& Why) and How to Break the Stress of Silence

Here's the interview link - click to listen! Secrets Girls Keep

Girls love secrets. In fact, teen girls are trapped by a cult of secrecy. It is as part of this cult that so many girls hide… Continue

Added by Cliff Roles on December 18, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

Interview with Jacqueline Grabois (Kate Monster & Lucy The Slut) of “AVENUE Q”

Here's the interview link: AVENUE Q

At the Van Wezel on Thurs, Dec. 10 and Fri, Dec. 11 at 8 pm:

What is AVENUE Q about?

AVENUE Q is the story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college grad who comes to New York City with big dreams and a tiny bank account. He soon discovers that the only neighborhood in his price range is Avenue… Continue

Added by Cliff Roles on December 8, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Interview with Mario-Max Prince Schaumburg-Lippe

German royalty in Sarasota this week

Here's the interview link - click to listen: Mario-Max Prince Schaumburg-Lippe

Dr. Mario-Max Prince Schaumburg-Lippe is the son of His Highness Prince Waldemar Prinz zu Schaumburg-Lippe-Nachod, Cousin of Danish Queen Margreth II., and his wife from Salzburg, Dr. Gertraud-Antonia Wagner-Schöppl. He… Continue

Added by Cliff Roles on November 24, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments

Interview with author Anne Hillerman about her book “Tony Hillerman’s Landscape”

“Tony Hillerman’s Landscape – On The Road With Chee And Leaphorn”

Here's the interview link - click to listen: Tony Hillerman's Landscape

This book is a photographic journey through the landscape immortalized in bestselling author Tony Hillerman’s beloved seventeen-mystery series featuring the legendary Navajo police officers Lieutenant Joe… Continue

Added by Cliff Roles on November 24, 2009 at 12:30am — No Comments

Interview with Liz Welch about her book “The Kids Are Allright”

“Perfect is boring.”

Here's the interview link - click to listen: The Kids Are Allright

Well, 1983 certainly wasn’t boring for the Welch family. Somehow, between their handsome father’s mysterious death, their glamorous soap-opera-star mother’s cancer diagnosis, and a phalanx of lawyers intent on bankruptcy proceedings, the four Welch siblings managed… Continue

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Interview with author Frank McKinney about his new book “Dead Fred, Flying Lunchboxes, and the Good Luck Circle”

Here's the interview link - click to listen: Dead Fred

Imagine walking to school and seeing a 50-foot prehistoric Megalodon shark living under the old drawbridge, discovering a 3-inch dead talking shiner fish, witnessing lunchboxes escorted by flying fish, all after stepping into the Good Luck Circle…

The… Continue

Added by Cliff Roles on November 24, 2009 at 12:00am — No Comments

Interview with author Lucinda Streiker-Schmidt about her novel “A Separate God – Journal Of An Amish Girl”

Here's the interview link: Journal Of An Amish Girl

Lucinda Streiker-Schmidt will be in Sarasota next week signing and

discussing her new book "A Separate God - Journal Of An Amish Girl", a

fictional account of her childhood and marriage based on factual events.

Lucinda in… Continue

Added by Cliff Roles on November 5, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Interview with author Susan Estes about her new children’s book “Tinycandy’s Gift”

Here's the interview link - click here: Tinycandy's Gift

"Tinycandy’s Gift" is a new Christmas story by Susan Estes. Tinycandy is an elf growing up in the North Pole who always felt left out because he walks with a limp. With Christmas approaching,Tinycandy is desperate to find his special “gift” in order to contribute… Continue

Added by Cliff Roles on November 4, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Book me now for your holiday photos!

Are all your loved ones under one roof for the holidays? Book me now to come to your home (Sarasota & Manatee counties) and take those special photos of your family and friends. Special Thanksgiving rates for portraits and events - but my smile comes FREE! :-) Call 941 685-9017, mail cliffroles@aol.com or skype me at cliff.roles!…

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Added by Cliff Roles on November 3, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Interview with author Gaellen Quinn about her novel “The Last Aloha”

How did far-off Hawaii become part of America?

Suppressed for nearly 100 years, it’s a story known to few.

Here's the interview link: Gaellen Quinn

In 1886, Laura Jennings boards a steamship bound for the exotic islands of Hawaii to live with… Continue

Added by Cliff Roles on October 31, 2009 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

Interview with author Jamie Carie about her new novel “Love’s First Light”

Here's the interview link: Jamie Carie

The nearly 65 million Americans who read at least one romance novel in the past year will want to dig in to Jamie Carie’s new novel Love’s First Light. Set against the French revolution, Love’s First Light follows the lives of Christophé, the Count of St. Laurent, and… Continue

Added by Cliff Roles on October 27, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Interview with identical twin Abigail Pogrebin about her book “One and the Same”

Here's the interview link: Abigail Pogrebin

One and the Same

My Life as an Identical Twin and What I’ve Learned About Everyone’s Struggle to Be Singular

“Twins have always been fascinating, even before the miracle of modern science and fertility drugs made them almost… Continue

Added by Cliff Roles on October 27, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Headshots and Portraits by Cliff Roles

Call me at (941) 685-9017 or mail me at cliffroles@aol.com!

Added by Cliff Roles on September 23, 2009 at 7:05am — No Comments

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