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Fontaine Dunn and Maria Ausherman discuss the life and work of Fidelia Bridges (1834-1923). A successful artist, scientist, conservationist and businesswoman.  Fidelia Bridges transformed flower paintings from a hobby into a commercial fine art.  She not only painted pictures of birds but worked hard to protect them and their surroundings.

Maria Ausherman is an author and retired teacher living in nearby Stuyvesant, New York. She obtained her BA at UNC-Chapel Hill, her MA at City University of New York, and her MEd at the University of Georgia in Athens where she also studied art history and wrote her dissertation on photography.

Fontaine Dunn is an artist and writer living in Hudson, New York. She taught painting and drawing at Sarah Lawrence College, Princeton University, and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. She also has been an instructor of English for speakers of other languages. She obtained her BFA from Tulane University and her MFA from Carnegie Mellon University and she is the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation.

"Li Le, Li Tan" is a Creole language radio program meaning "it’s the time, it’s the hour." The show's mission is to promote Haitian language, music, arts, and culture; to raise awareness and to discuss Haiti’s history and its relevance to today’s world; and to share news on current events happening here in the counties and in Haiti. Broadcast live from Columbia County, New York.

Known as Azouke Legba, Gregory Sanon, a native of Haiti and co-founder of Haitian Community Development Project (HCDP), is a musician with compositions ranging from political protest, to support for children’s rights and health, to spiritual music for Voodoo ceremonies. He fuses his native music with traditional rock music such as that of Jimmy Hendrix and Santana. He has played with the famous dancer and choreographer Kathryn Dunham.