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Coming up on Connections: Tuesday, December 31

First hour: Rochester and Western New York’s Favorite Books, part 1

Second hour: Rochester and Western New York’s Favorite Books, part 2

We continue an annual Connections tradition by talking to community leaders about their favorite books of the year. We also get insight into how they think, what they read, and why. Our guests:

  • Jeff Spevak, arts and living editor at WXXI News
  • Krystle Ellis, director of communications at the Ronald McDonald House, influencer, and culture shifter
  • Pablo Miguel Sierra Silva, author and assistant professor of history at the University of Rochester
  • Reverend Dr. Stephen Cady, senior minister at Asbury First United Methodist Church
  • Adam Frank, author and professor of astrophysics at the University of Rochester
  • Allison O’Malley, chief executive officer of RESOLVE
  • Reverend Shari Halliday-Quan, senior minister of First Unitarian Church of Rochester
  • Samiha Islam, senior at Brighton High School

Then in our second hour:

  • Natalie Sheppard, commissioner for the Rochester City School Board
  • Andrew Brady, CEO of the Xcelerate Team and co-founder and chair of Conscious Capitalism Rochester
  • Amanda Chestnut, artist, curator, educator, and administrator
  • Michael Galban, curator and historian at the Seneca Art and Culture Center at Ganondagan 
  • Rebecca Rafferty, arts and entertainment editor at CITY Newspaper
  • Pete Nabozny, director of policy for the Chilren’s Agenda
  • Jeremy Tjhung, activist
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Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.