Art Exhibition Lohnhof, Fitting Wines - Festive Wines, Culture Round-Up, Health Spots # 2.2 - Addiction and Mental Health

Rosina Bucio an independent art dealer living in Basel was interviewed by our esteemed colleague Matt Gilsenan.  Rosina is working with the Unitarian Universalists of Basel to organize a benefit auction of the works of Fabian Risso, one of the artists associated with her Gallery - BucioRepresents.  All of the proceeds from the auction, to be held November 27th, will go to the artist and Swiss Solidarity - a charity focused on helping refugees in and from the middle east.  The charity further distributes its donations to help refugees in transit and in crisis in their home countries.  Jeff Van Phil, the flamboyant and hilarious impresario will be Master of Ceremonies and Auctioneer for the event.

The approach of the year-end festivities brings with it the question of which wines to serve. In this edition of the Wine Show, Simon Hardy of Fitting Wines recommends some less traditional wines from around the world to help you ring the new year changes and make a few discoveries along the way. Listen to Simon's segment again here.

Our Arts Correspondent Kevin Richmond gave us a Basel Culture Round-Up for November 2015, summing up what's happening in the city in the next few weeks: from Basel Ballett's "Tewje" by Richard Wherlock from 20 November 2015 to mid-February 2016 to "Colourful Dancing" evenings at the Scala Theatre on 21 & 22 November 2015; as well as Kaserne's performance piece "Noise" by director Sebastian Nübling and the junges theater basel in November and December 2015, and "Lord of the dance" at the St. Jakobshalle Basel on 20 November 2015. Listen to Kevin's segment again for more details.

The English Show is proud to participate in Radio X's 'Gesundheitsspots'. This is a series of short public service announcements designed to demystify Swiss health services in the listener's native language. This week's spots give an overview over addiction and mental health. To listen to them again, click here and here.

Our music theme this week, curated by Harrison, was hits from 1950-1960:

Chuck Berry - 1958 - Johnny B Goode

Chubby Checker - 1960 - The Twist

Thurston Harris - 1957 - Little Bitty Pretty One

Dion - 1961 - Wanderer

Peggy Lee - 1958 - Fever

The Crew Cuts - 1956 - Sh Boom Sh Boom

Little Richard - 1956 - Tutti Frutti

Brenda Lee - 1960 - Sweet Nothings

The Everly Brothers - 1957 - Wake Up Little Susie

Bobby Darin - 1959 - Dream Lover

Elvis Presley - 1956 - Blue Suede Shoes

The Mills Brothers - 1957 - Paper Doll