Liane Hansen has been the host of NPR's award-winning Weekend Edition Sunday for 20 years. She brings to her position an extensive background in broadcast journalism, including work as a radio producer, reporter, and on-air host at both the local and national level. The program has covered such breaking news stories as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the capture of Saddam Hussein, the deaths of Princess Diana and John F. Kennedy, Jr., and the Columbia shuttle tragedy. In 2004, Liane was granted an exclusive interview with former weapons inspector David Kay prior to his report on the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The show also won the James Beard award for best radio program on food for a report on SPAM.
Based on a true story of an undocumented immigrant, Stuck Elevator makes its Hawaii debut with Hawaii Opera Theatre on October 18th & 20th. Meet composer Byron Au Yong, General Director and CEO of HOT, Andrew Morgan, and hear some of the beautiful music that is sung in English, Chinese and Spanish. https://www.hawaiiopera.org
HPR All Things Considered host Dave Lawrence is joined by veteran comedian Kathy Griffin, who is bringing her new standup tour, My Life On The PTSD List, to the Hawaii Theatre on Oct. 18.