Bears In North Carolina: Thousands of black bears are hunkered down in their dens for the winter, and North Carolina black bear biologist, Mark Jones, doesn’t recommend rousing them. Host Melinda Penkava talks with Jones about North Carolina’s black bears and the new documentary, “The Bear Facts: The Story of a North Carolina Treasure” (NC Wildlife Resources Commission / 2005). Listener Call-In. (32:00)
Koinonia Farm: In 1942, Georgia native, farmer and preacher Clarence Jordan had a vision. He bought 400 acres of farmland in southwest Georgia and began a Christian community where black and white families farmed side-by-side, broke bread at the same table, and were paid the same wages. Host Melinda Penkava talks with author Dallas Lee (“The Cotton Patch Evidence” / Harper & Row 1971) about the birthplace of Habitat for Humanity. A PBS documentary on Koinonia Farm, “Briars in the Cotton Patch,” airs on UNC-TV this weekend. (10:00)
Blue: “Blue,†a semi-autobiographical, coming-of-age comedy premieres at the Raleigh Little Theater this weekend. Host Melinda Penkava talks with playwright Charles Randolph-Wright. (7:30)