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11.18.2019 Smell of Onions Frying was bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio (Utah)

1.3.2019 Dangling Woman was bought by WZYX, Mendocino County Public Radio (California).

1.9.2018 The Valentine 1955 bought by PRX Remix radio.

6.2017 Private Price's War: The Long, Long Trail published for radio on PRX and in video format on YouTube.

5.3.2017 Jack Kerouac Writing Lesson was bought by WZYX, Mendocino County Public Radio (California).

2015 Publication of novel THE SUDDEN SILENCE: A TALE OF SUSPENSE FOUND TREASURE.

9.12.2013 Dangling Woman was bought by WZYX, Mendocino County Public Radio (California).

3.6.2012 Afghan War Rug: What Little Girls Do was bought by KFAI, a non-commercial FM radio station operating on 90.3 MHz in Minneapolis and 106.7 MHz in St Paul. 

11.2011 Publication of novella/memoir TRIBE OF THE BREAKAWAY BEADS: BOOK OF EXITS AND FRESH STARTS

1.25.11 Remembering Charlotte, In the Rain was licensed today for broadcast by WGDR, a community radio station of Goddard College, in Plainfield, VT.

11.16.10 Kathleen's Machine: Home Audio Recording in the Days Before Tape was licensed for broadcast by REMIX, a 24-hour noncommercial public radio channel distributed on XM 136 for satellite radio, offered as HD/broadcast for local noncommercial radio, and simulcast on internet/mobile.

4.25.10 Kathleen's Machine: Home Audio Recording in the Days Before Tape was licensed for broadcast by WAMC/Northeast Public Radio (NY, MA, CN, VT, NJ, NH, PA), 90.3 FM and nationally

10.14.09 Remembering Charlotte, In the Rain was licensed today for broadcast by KRCB, a public radio station in Sonoma County, north of San Francisco.

4.13.09 Radio piece MIDLIFE WEB DIARY is being distributed by PRX on the album Media/Tech/Art: Art On The Streets And Life Online. Today on iTunes and in the coming months on Amazon, eMusic, Napster, and Rhapsody.

1.23.09 KUOW 94.9 Puget Sound Public Radio (Washington) has licensed 'War Rugs: What Little Girls Make' for broadcast.

11.28.08 Publication of "Passion and Peril on the Silk Road: A Thriller in Pakistan and China" by Susan Barrett Price.

11.22.08 Broadcast premiere of Do You Believe in Karma? on :Vocalo, 89.5 FM in Chicago, Northwest Indiana & live online

11.20.08 Broadcast premiere of Afghan War Rug: What Little Girls Do on :Vocalo, 89.5 FM in Chicago, Northwest Indiana & live online

8.21.08 Broadcast premiere of Ellen Gibbons: Going vs Staying on :Vocalo, 89.5 FM in Chicago, Northwest Indiana & live online

8.14.08 Be the Change Web Video wins Third Prize in 4th One-Minute Shift Contest, Institute for Noetic Sciences

8.7.08 Broadcast premiere of Write of Passage on :Vocalo, 89.5 FM in Chicago, Northwest Indiana & live online

8.4.08 Radio piece Wrong Moment for Silence wins "Truth, Dare or Joke #2" competition, responding to the call to "tell a time things were bad and then got worse." on :Vocalo, 89.5 FM in Chicago, Northwest Indiana & live online

7.30.08 "The Valentine 1955" was selected for screening at the 7th UNAFF Traveling Festival Boston, at Harvard University, September 25-28, 2008.

7.29.08 Broadcast premiere of Wrong Moment for Silence on :Vocalo, 89.5 FM in Chicago, Northwest Indiana & live online

7.25.08 Broadcast premiere of Foul Hook: My Fishing Lesson on :Vocalo, 89.5 FM in Chicago, Northwest Indiana & live online

7.2.08 Be the Change Web Video Premiere, Official Entry, 4th One-Minute Shift, Institute for Noetic Sciences.

5.12.08 Tell! Web Video Premiere, Official Entry, 3rd One-Minute Shift, Institute for Noetic Sciences. Awarded an Honorable Mention.

4.17.08 Jack Kerouac Writing Lesson Web Video Premiere

3.10.08 Great Dames Take Naps Web Video Premiere

1.16.08 - ongoing. :Vocalo radio content producer, broadcasting on 89.5 FM in Chicago, Northwest Indiana & live online. Aired features from January to May 2008 include Remembering Charlotte, In the Rain; Jack Kerouac: Writing Lesson;Muhoney: Police Report #3604; Smell of Onions Frying; Respectacle; and The Valentine 1955.

1.7.08 "The Valentine 1955" radio version is licensed again for broadcast by WNCU (90.7 FM) in Durham, North Carolina, the public radio station on the campus of North Carolina Central University.

12.2008 Integratis Inc web re-design completion.

Jun - Oct 2007 Fish Tales from the Towpath -- Susan Price writes a monthly fishing column for the "Canal Times" 2007 season (print and online editions)

2.1.07 "The Valentine 1955" radio version is licensed for "Lovesick Radio," a promotional showcase of love-themed radio pieces on PRX. The PRX Lovesick Stream is a streaming-only playlist of pieces that PRX will offer online from February 2nd through shortly after Valentine's Day.

1.23.07 "The Valentine 1955" radio version is licensed for broadcast by WNCU (90.7 FM) in Durham, North Carolina, the public radio station on the campus of North Carolina Central University.

1.15.07 "The Valentine 1955" radio version is licensed by WEPS, Wisconsin Public Radio (88.9 FM).

9.15.06 Respectacle, a "mockumentary" sound project is accepted by the Third Coast Festival ShortDocs "99 Ways To Tell A Story." It is #8 on the "99 Ways" page.

8.28.06 Chakras: 7 Wonders of the Soul, a multimedia presentation, is completed for Intrinsic Wisdom, Rochester NY.

7.11.06 Midlife Web Diary radio production is licensed by KFAI, a non-commercial FM radio station operating on 90.3 FM in the Minneapolis area and 106.7 FM in the St Paul area.

5.14.06 Mad In Pursuit: Midlife Web Diary radio production is released.

2.9.06 "The Valentine 1955" radio version is licensed by by Public Interactive in Boston. Public Interactive® represents a network of over 100 public broadcasting stations covering eight of the top 10 broadcast markets, 33 of the top 50 markets and over 250 markets total.

2.9.06 "The Valentine 1955" radio version is licensed by Donal O’Herlihy, producer with RTE Radio 1, Ireland’s national broadcaster of a weekly programme which re-broadcasts "the best English speaking radio we can find from around the world" and discusses the issues raised by these pieces.

1.30.06 "The Valentine 1955"  is licensed for broadcast at public radio station WKNO 91.1 FM (serving portions of Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Missouri).

6.1.05 "Kitty Keeps On Singing" radio production is licensed by Public Radio East (New Bern NC) and by WHQR (Wilmington NY)

5.21.05 Seneca Park Zoo Society debuts 4-min Cosmo promotional video, "Mission & Magic" at their Annual Meeting.

2.17.05 "The Valentine 1955" radio version is licensed by WCFM 91.9 FM, Williams College, Williamstown MA.

2.6.05 "The Valentine 1955" radio version is licensed by DWAU 104.1 FM, Angeles University, Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines.

1.28.05 "The Valentine 1955" radio version is licensed by WYSO 91.3-FM in Dayton Ohio.

9.15.04 Celebrating completion of recruitment video for foster parents. Client: Hillside Family of Agencies, Rochester NY

8.04 Celebrating completion of "Lightening the Load: How Working Caregivers Can Help Manage Anxiety Disorders in Their Older Loved Ones" Client: Mental Health Association of Rochester and Monroe County

5.27.04 The contract is signed! Cosmopolitan productions has licensed "The Valentine 1955" for unlimited airing (6 months/renewable) on Free Speech TV. Free Speech TV is available in over 17 million U.S. homes -- airing 24 hours a day on DISH Network Channel 9415 and part-time on 108 community access cable stations in 28 states.

5.19.04 Cosmopolitan Productions initiates a project with the local chapter of the Mental Health Association. We will produce a 15-minute video on the topic of Anxiety Disorders in Older Persons.

5.15.04 "The Valentine 1955" radio version is licensed by KFUV-FM (Fordham public radio, NYC) for its public affairs program "Cityscape."

4.26.04 "The Valentine 1955" is presented as part of the monthly Emerging Filmmaker Series at the Little Theater, Rochester NY.

4.04 "The Valentine 1955" is presented as part of a Poetry Video Sampler curated by Karen vanMeenen, at the 24th Annual Conference of the National Association for Poetry Therapy (Costa Mesa CA).

3.04 Cosmopolitan Productions is awarded a contract to produce a video to assist Hillside Children's Center (Rochester NY) to recruit foster parents.

2.18.04 "Dangling Woman" is licensed and aired on public radio station KZYX/KZYZ 90.7/91.5 (Mendocino County CA).

10.26.03 "The Valentine 1955" is screened at the United Nations Association Film Festival. The Cosmo team is interviewed by Blanche Shaheen, "video i" KTEH, Silicon Valley Public Television.

10.6.03 Completion of "System of Care Progress - Live!" for Hillside Family of Agencies Annual Staff Conference. Five-minute video montage capturing the spirit of 55 interviews of staff, Board, and families served by Hillside across western New York.

9.18.03 "Dangling Woman" was picked up for broadcast on 'Audio 101', a spoken word radio program on KABF (Little Rock, AR)

9.10.03 "The Valentine 1955" was selected for screening at the 4th UNAFF Traveling Festival Monterey (CA), November 7/8, 2003.

9.03 Cosmopolitan Production is awarded a contract to produce a video to introduce an integrated planning approach. By Unified Services (Allegany County NY).

9.03 Cosmopolitan Production is awarded a contract to produce a video to support a major gifts project of the Hillside Children's Foundation (Rochester NY).

8.22.03 "Dangling Woman," a radio piece is chosen by Atlantic Public Media to be featured on transom.org in a trio called "3 About Me," focusing on self-portraits. It will be aired on a local radio show on Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket on public radio stations WCAI and WNAN.

7.13.03 "The Valentine 1955" is chosen for the United Nations Association Film Festival. The festival, based at Stanford University, Palo Alto CA, will be held Oct 22-26, 2003. 30 films were chosen from 250 submissions. The theme for this sixth annual festival is "Promotion of Universal Respect." 

6.12.03 "Short films are big business for local duo" -- the Penfield Post features our new business. (PDF version)

6.7.03 A 2-minute video production by Cosmopolitan Productions is auctioned off at the Seneca Park Zoo Society's annual Zoobilation charity auction. The Cosmo team was one of 17 live auction items. Our contribution earned $900 for the zoo from the winning bidder, a prominent local businessman.

5.1.03 "What Students are Saying" was awarded a Third Place Certificate of Excellence from the International Film and Video Festival in their May 1 announcement. The video was done as a volunteer project for Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection. Press release: Word | HTML

2.14.03 Valentine giveaway. In honor of Black History Month, Cosmopolitan Productions sends out free copies of Valentine 1955 to a select group of community members.

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