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Do you have a question, comment or concern about WKSU? E-mail Al Bartholet, executive director and general manager.
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Listen to your favorite NPR and PRI programs live on the web including “This American Life,” “Whad’Ya Know?,” “All Things Considered,” “Morning Edition,” “Car Talk,” and “Fresh Air.”
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Your WKSU membership can pay for itself when you take advantage of special discounts -- including 2-for-1 ticket offers -- from area arts and cultural organizations by using your member card. Contribute $60 or more annually and receive your WKSU Member card ($30 annually for students and seniors age 65 or greater) and a list of the nearly 4-dozen participating groups throughout Northeast Ohio.
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E-Notes brings you the latest on WKSU events and the public radio programs you enjoy–along with tips on local arts and cultural happenings. Help spread the word by sending a friend a sample copy of E-Notes.
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The 4th of July holiday weekend is typically a time of casual get-togethers reflecting the best of summer. With the official start of the Blossom Festival and lots of summer arts activities, there's so much more to do than watching fireworks or roasting marshmallows (although, both of those are a lot of fun). Enjoy!
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 Music, Ribs and More for Independence Day
Beginning early on July 2, area cultural institutions are adding their talents
to a rousing celebration of American independence. From the Cleveland
Orchestra in Public Square to the Canton Symphony in Monument Park, classical
music will play along with many regional fireworks displays (because nothing
says "America" like Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture). In Akron, Rib, White & Blue
brings a mix of rock, roots and barbecue to Lock 3 Live! Park for three days.
The Akron Symphony appears on July 5, offering a special Picnic Pops concert
featuring trumpet player Jack Schantz and members of the Gospel Meets Symphony
chorus. If you prefer a folkier experience, Nelson Ledges Quarry Park hosts
its 10th anniversary Gratefulfest with the Dark Star Orchestra and friends,
including Keller Williams - back for the 6th time.
For more ideas for your
4th of July holiday weekend, see the special feature on www.WSKU.org.
Blossom Lights Up the Sky
With two Old-Fashioned Band concerts this weekend, the Cleveland Orchestra
formally returns to its summer home at Blossom Music Center. Through Labor Day
weekend, Northeast Ohio will have the rare opportunity to enjoy one of the
world's best classical music ensembles in the relaxed beauty that the grounds
of Blossom provide.
A favorite WKSU member perk are half-priced WKSU nights
at Blossom. For five specially-chosen concerts, WKSU members can display their
member card to purchase up to 6 half-priced tickets. The first WKSU night is
the July 11 performance of Pictures at an Exhibition and Rachmaninoff's Second
Piano Concerto.
Visit www.WKSU.org for the complete list of WKSU nights at
Blossom for 2009.
Downtown@Dusk Brings Together Art and Music
Summer in Akron would not be the same without the Akron Art Museum's annual
Downtown@Dusk Thursday concert series. Combining a variety of musical
performances in a casual after-work setting with illuminating gallery talks in
the Museum's Charles and Jane Lehner Auditorium. Food is available for
purchase on the terrace. Concerts begin at 6:30 p.m. with art activities for
children beginning at 6 p.m.
The fun kicks off on Thursday, July 9 with the
Wanda Hunt Band and guest emcee, WKSU Program Director Mark Urycki.
Downtown@Dusk is made possible by the City of Akron with media support from
WKSU. Find the full D@D schedule at www.WKSU.org.
Folk Alley on Your iPhone
Now, the music of FolkAlley.com is as close as touching a button on your iPhone
or iPod Touch. The new Folk Alley Player application is available for free
download from the iTunes store. Along with instantly connecting you to Folk
Alley's stream, the app also gives you a quick path to FolkAlley.com and its
exclusive interview and live concert archives, plus the ability to easily buy
the song you are listening to through iTunes. Click on www.FolkAlley.com/iPhone
for details.
Music in the Valley Returns to Hale Farm and Village
Folknet and Hale Farm and Village present the 34th Annual Music in the Valley
Folk Festival on Saturday, July 11 and Sunday, July 12 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Bring a chair for this family-friendly day of folk music and jamming throughout
the historic Hale Farm grounds. Food is available for purchase and there is
camping for those who wish to make Music in the Valley a weekend experience.
Go to www.FolkNet.org. for details.
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Love Words With Staying Power?
Recently, NPR marked the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's sonnets on Morning
Edition. It offered an excuse to think about the next 400 years: Could any
words of love from this time possibly last as long as Shakespeare's poetry?
A Musical Chameleon's Chamber Pop 'Classics'
Susan Werner is not a typical singer/songwriter. Although she thrives on
creating original music and adding her own lush vocals, lately she's been doing
so within the structure of the American songbook, gospel and now, classical
music. Her new CD, Classics, takes familiar songs and gives them an unexpected
twist.
Kathy Griffin's Life: All D-List, Even This Interview
Kathy Griffin, the red-headed comedian who made her name in 1996 as a sidekick
to Brooke Shields on Suddenly Susan, knows that she'll forever be on the
celebrity D-List. Even if she has A-list moments, she says, her D-list reality
comes crashing down on her.
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 American Routes
Fridays at 7 p.m. July 3: July 4th in the French Quarter. Two live concerts of all-American music from the French Quarter in New Orleans. Stop by the Ponderosa Stomp, dedicated to the "unsung heroes of rock 'n' roll," for a good dose of rockabilly, soul, country and R&B classics. Then it's down the street to Preservation Hall, where bluegrass masters the Del McCoury Band mix it up with the Crescent City's own purveyors of traditional jazz, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. |
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The Splendid Table
Saturdays at 1 p.m. July 4: To gear up for 4th of July celebrations, the services of Gourmet Magazine's John Willoughby have been enlisted for a lesson in smoke roasting. Jane and Michael Stern are eating al fresco at Champlin's Seafood Deck in Naragansett, RI. Sally Schneider author of The Improvisational Cook takes on coleslaw, and David Rosengarten explains everything there is to know to make a world-class burger. |
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This American Life
Saturdays at 4 p.m. July 4: Switched At Birth. On a summer day in 1951, two baby girls were born in a hospital in small-town Wisconsin. The infants were accidentally switched, and went home with the wrong families. One of the mothers realized the mistake but chose to keep quiet. Until the day, more than 40 years later, when she decided to tell both daughters what happened. How the truth changed two families' lives - and how it didn't. |
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A Prairie Home Companion
Saturdays at 6 p.m. July 4: (repeated July 5 at 10 a.m.) A Prairie Home Companion 35th anniversary show live from Avon, MN. Garrison Keillor and company will celebrate the birth of the United States, as well as their radio program, with a brass band, speeches, acoustic blues and rock ’n’ roll, some reminiscences by old-timers, with the whole big crowd singing the national anthem, and the sound-effects man making rockets go up in the air. |
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Speaking of Faith
Sundays at 7 a.m. July 5: Play, Spirit, and Character. Stuart Brown, a physician and director of the National Institute for Play, says that pleasurable, purposeless activity prevents violence and promotes trust, empathy, and adaptability to life's complication. He promotes cutting-edge science on human play, and draws on a rich universe of study of intelligent social animals. |
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The Thistle & Shamrock
Sundays at 7 p.m. July 5: A Broader Canvas. The spotlight is shifted away from Scottish and Irish music this week to illuminate the rich traditions of Cornwall, the Isle of Man, Galicia, Asturias, Wales and Brittany. |
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Don’t see your favorite program listed here? To view a complete lineup, visit the WKSU Programs page. |
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 The Odd Couple
Porthouse Theatre Company
Thursday, July 2nd - Saturday, July 18th
Neil Simon's classic comedy The Odd Couple is one of Broadway's funniest. Felix has just broken up with his wife. With nowhere else to go, his good friend Oscar urges him to move in with him. These desperately mismatched roommates are arguably the most memorable pair of Neil Simon characters ever written--July 2-18, Porthouse Theatre, 330-929-4416.*WKSU member discount*
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Lakeside Melissa Manchester
Lakeside
Saturday, July 11th
Experience award-winning artist Melissa Manchester, signing her hits, “Whenever I call You Friend,” “Midnight Blues,” and Don’t Cry Out Loud”--July 11 at 8:15 p.m., Hoover Auditorium, Lakeside, (419) 798-4461.
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Darwin
Great Lakes Science Center
Saturday, June 27th - Saturday, September 19th
Explore the life and mind of Charles Darwin, whose theory of evolution by natural selection forever changed the perception of the origin and nature of our species--June 27 through Sept. 19, Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland, (216) 694-2000.
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Over the River and Through the Woods
Huron Playhouse
Tuesday, July 7th - Saturday, July 11th
Experience the lovingly frustrating connection between a devoted grandson and his two sets of Italian-American grandparents in this heartwarming family comedy--July 7 through July 11, Huron Playhouse, (419) 433-4744. *WKSU member discount*
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Music in the Meadow: HeartBEAT Afrika
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Wednesday, July 15th
Experience HeartBEAT Afrika's style of percussion using trashcans, buckets, African drums, conventional drums and rhythms played by feet, body, and hands--Wednesday, July 15 at 6:30 p.m., Howe Meadow, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, (216) 524-1497.
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Kent/Blossom Music: Miami String Quartet
Kent State University
Wednesday, July 8th
The Miami Quartet returns for their final concert of the summer with bassist Scott Haigh to premiere Robert Carl's Quintet for String Quartet and Bass. This is the second of the four Kent/Blossom faculty concerts, which continue on July 13 with the Grammy-winning Emerson String Quartet--Wed., July 8 at 7:30 p.m., Ludwig Recital Hall, Music & Speech, Kent State University, (330) 672-2899.
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Shakespeare at Stan Hywet
Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens
Friday, July 10th - Sunday, August 16th
Presented by the Ohio Shakespeare Festival, see two of Shakespeare's best - the comedy As You Like It and the classic tragedy Romeo & Juliet in a beautiful outdoor setting--July 10-Aug. 16, Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, (330) 315-3287.
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Lakeside the Lima Marimba Ensemble
Lakeside
Tuesday, July 14th
Enjoy a mixture of classical, pop, jazz, and sacred musical selection performed by six talented musicians pf the Lima Marimba Ensemble--July 14 at 8:15 p.m., Hoover Auditorium, Lakeside, (419) 798-4461.
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For more information on arts and culture organizations in Northeast Ohio, visit the WKSU Artslink page. |
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