Part One: Violin Prodigy Chad Hoopes 17-year-old Chad Hoopes has been very busy for the last few years, traveling around the world, winning international competitions and appearing at major concerts and festivals in the US and elsewhere. He’s a violin prodigy who has, at a very young age, become a world-class musician and performer, and he’s in town to play with the Charlotte Symphony this weekend. He’ll join us for a conversation about how he discovered the violin at the age of 4, his success at such a young age and we’ll hear him play.
Guests
Chad Hoopes - 17-year-old violin prodigy who is also the Artist-in-Residence at Minnesota Public Radio. He’s in town to perform with the Charlotte Symphony. (Chad Hoopes' website) Brenda Hoopes - Chad’s Mom
Chad Hoopes performs Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in WFAE's Spirit Square studio live during Charlotte Talks.
Molly Barker (left) and Caitlin Boyle (right) recently embarked on "The Naked Face Project" - Sixty days of no makeup, no shaving and no primping.
Part Two: The Naked Face Project Molly Barker is a Charlottean and founder of Girls on the Run, an organization that serves 150,000 girls and women around the country each year by teaching girls to get out of "the girl box," a phrase she coined to describe the identity that adolescent girls often get put into because of our society's stereotypes. This week, Molly embarked on a 60-day "Naked Face Project." where she and others will not use makeup, hair products or shave. Why give up these beauty habits? Molly Barker joins us to talk about The Naked Face Project and what she hopes to accomplish through it. Pictured, right: The beauty products Molly Barker was using daily before and the products she now uses during "The Naked Face Project."
Guests
Molly Barker - Founder and 'vision Keeper' of Girls on the Run Caitlin Boyle - Founder of OperationBeautiful.com, Author of Operation Beautiful for Best Friends and Blogger behind HealthyTippingPoint.com.
Both women have started The Naked Face Project together.
United Way Central Carolinas Update The United Way of Central Carolinas has been busy re-inventing themselves in the years since the controversy over pay and the resulting departure of former executive director Gloria Pace-King. Current Executive Director Jane McIntyre has made changes to the way the organization is structured, how it runs and how it fundraises to gain back trust among donors. The leadership has recently made an effort to clarify United Way’s role in helping the communities it serves through a needs assessment. We’ll talk with Ms. McIntyre for an update of how the changes are being received by donors in the community and about how the organization plans to continue to serve the needs of our region.
Vegetable Garden Planting It’s only February, but here in Charlotte, it’s time to start thinking about planting your spring vegetable garden. Whether you’re a first time gardener or a seasoned pro, you may have questions about soil conditions, the best way to go organic, or figure out whether a raised garden is best for you. We’ll have a panel of experts to talk about all of those things as well as some programs that promote healthy eating through home, school and community gardens.
Exiting Iraq and Staying in Afghanistan We continue our visits with experts from UNC Charlottes Great Decisions Lecture series. Dr. Alexa Royden of Queen’s University of Charlotte is keeping her academic eye on Iraq and Afghanistan. She is studying the impact of the end of U.S. occupation in Iraq, the transition of power to the Iraqui people and the lessons learned that could be applied to our situation in Afghanistan. She will share some of those lessons and bring us up to date on our foreign policy in those countries. Leaving Iraq and Afghanistan is the topic when Charlotte Talks.
