Hot Seat: Media Monday; Colleen Reilly O’Neil and Elizabeth Evans from the Alliance Classical Players and a conversation with a family torn apart by ICE 12-1-25 S2:E13
On this week’s 95.5 FM Hot Seat: Media Monday, host Ron Klopfanstein opens with a powerful World AIDS Day reflection before delivering an emotional report on a Herkimer family torn apart after ICE agents detained both parents without presenting a warrant, leaving their children navigating fear, separation, and a difficult legal battle. The family’s attorney urges community members to write letters supporting the parents’ release, and Ron shares how the community can help. The show then shifts to a lighter, uplifting second half as clarinetist Colleen Reilly O’Neil and flutist Elizabeth Evans of the Alliance Classical Players preview their free Downton Abbey –themed concert at the Rome Art And Community Center, discussing their instruments, classical repertoire, and the importance of keeping live music accessible to all.
