John Davis has been a full-time Reporter/Producer for WGCU since 2009. He is the local host for NPR’s Morning Edition and producer and host for WGCU’s radio talk program Gulf Coast Life! John came to WGCU as an intern in 2007, and is now reporting on a broad spectrum of topics of interest to Southwest Florida. Prior to joining WGCU, he worked at WDUQ-FM in Pittsburgh, PA covering local government and general assignments.John studied journalism at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from Florida Gulf Coast University. His work has garnered awards from the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania, the Radio Television Digital News Association, and a first place award and “Best in Show” from the Florida Associated Press for his investigative work in 2011. Send news pitches to wgcunews at wgcu.org
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We revisit Players Circle Theater’s extended production of the musical “NIGHT AND DAY. Love Lost & Found Through the Eyes of Cole Porter.” The narrative of the show is told through the music of American composer and songwriter Cole Porter, without spoken dialogue from the actors. We’ll explore the show with its creators. -
We listen back to some of our favorite music selections performed on Gulf Coast Life Arts Edition throughout 2021 including music from The Swingin’ Clique, Perfect Sequence, Bill Metts and Bruce Gallant, John Housley, and the Florida Gulf Coast University Bower School of Music Jazz Combo.
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We explore Players Circle Theater’s current production of the musical “NIGHT AND DAY. Love Lost & Found Through the Eyes of Cole Porter.” The narrative of the show is told through the music of American composer and songwriter Cole Porter, without spoken dialogue from the actors. We’ll explore the show with its creators.
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As 2021 comes to an end we listen back to some of our favorite music selections performed on Gulf Coast Life Arts Edition over the past year.
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Sanibel Island Poet Joe Pacheco recites selected works from his extensive body of poetry. Legendary classical and jazz composer and multi-instrumentalist David Amram also joins for a poetry/jazz collaborative performance.
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We're revisiting our recording session from February of 2020 featuring music performed live in studio by guitarist Max Hatt and vocalist Edda Glass. You can hear that episode in its entirety here.Their original music truly defies genre classification, but has been described as cinematic folk, including jazz, and Bossa Nova. They garnered a Grand Prize win at the 2014 NewSong Competition at Lincoln Center in New York. They’ve performed all over the country and have appeared on both NPR and PBS.
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We speak with the namesakes of the Baker Museum at Artis-Naples, Jay and Patty Baker, about complimentary exhibitions currently featured that include remarkable items from Jay’s collection of Yankees baseball memorabilia and including fine art from the Baker’s private collection covering the most significant art historical movements of the past 150 years.
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We speak with investigative reporter Jason Dearen about his recent Associated Press story detailing white supremacists working openly as guards in Florida prisons and related challenges facing the Florida Department of Corrections including corruption, chronic understaffing and an environment where staff who attempt to report inmate abuse and other misconduct face retaliation and intimidation.
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Southwest Florida-based guitarist John Housely shares selections from his new album of Flamenco Nuevo music “Reflecting in Blue.” We also explore Housely’s time with the highly influential and pioneering electro band Cybotron in the 1980s.
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We talk with Cape Coral artist Lesley Morrow about her distinctive contemporary portraiture paintings of women that explore themes of the feminine experience ahead of her solo exhibition opening in January at the Arts for ACT Gallery in Fort Myers.
