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Tue 02.09 8pm
Alan Gilbert conducts the New
York Philharmonic in an all American
concert, featuring Copland’s Appalachian Spring and Gershwin’s
An American in Paris.
Wed 02.10 2pm
On vibes and marimba, Stefon Harris leads his group in a concert
of jazz, soul, hip-hop and gospel at the KC Jazz Club on JazzSet.
Thu 02.11 8pm
Pulitzer Prize winning fiction writer Michael Chabon and award-winning
journalist Adam Gopnik in conversation on City
Arts & Lectures.
Fri 02.12 3pm
Brad Edwards hosts a survey of the eras of jazz, with special attention
to recent recordings by both established and new artists, on
Afternoon Jazz.
Sat 02.13 1pm
Tender songs and comic Valentines for the holiday weekend on Broadway
Revisited.
Sun 02.14 7pm
Giuseppe Verdi’s popular classic La Traviata performed by
the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra from Orange, France, on
World of Opera.
Mon 02.15 2pm
A 30-year member of the jazz supergroup Manhattan Transfer, Janis
Siegel discusses her solo career on Piano
Jazz.
Tue 02.16 11am
Early music from a major European festival on Millennium
of Music.
Wed 02.17 8pm
Ivan Fischer conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in an all-Mozart
program from Amsterdam on Live!
at the Concertgebouw.
Thu 02.18 6:30pm
Recorded live from Harvard Square, Cambridge
Forum examines issues
and ideas that shape our lives, from democracy and science to
environment, education and art.
Fri 02.19 2pm
A tribute to the 1920s collaboration between bandleader Fletcher
Henderson and arranger Don Redman that was responsible for the ‘30s
Swing Era sound on Riverwalk
Jazz.
Sat 02.20 1pm
Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman play Broadway on Broadway
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RealTime with
George Cole
Mondays at 6:30
February 8
Yellowstone
Business Partnership Executive Director Jan Brown discusses
possible transportation options for a number of counties across Montana,
Wyoming, and Idaho. The YBP advocates
a transportation co-operative for the rural areas surrounding
Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park.
Home
Ground with Brian Kahn
Tuesdays at 6:30pm
February 9
Salish language school NkWsum strives
to preserve native cultures, values, and identity with its language immersion
program.
Public Affairs
Race and the Space Race
airs Tuesday, February 9, 7pm
The Space Age began when America was going through a wrenching battle
over Civil Rights--and because the heart of the old Confederacy was chosen
as its base, NASA played an unintended role in Civil Rights history.
Public Affairs
The
Write Question:
Tami Haaland
airs Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Host Chérie Newman talks with poet Tami
Haaland, who reads from
her award-winning collection Breath In Every Room. In addition to working
as a poet, Haaland is an associate professor of English and director
of the Honors Program at Montana
State University Billings and co-edits
Stone’s
Throw Magazine.
Public Affairs
Lincoln and Presidential Campaign Politics
from WUIS' Lincoln Bicentennial Specials
airs Wednesday, February 10, 7pm
Dr. Jennifer Weber, Assistant Professor of History at the University
of Kansas-Lawrence,
discusses how President Abraham Lincoln dealt with anti-war
Democrats in the elections held during the Civil War and how Lincoln's
leadership qualities were brought to bear to influence dissidents and politics.
Also, Dr. Silvana Siddali, Associate Professor of History at
St. Louis University,
examines how the elections leading up to and during the Civil War reflected
Americans' view of the future of the U.S. Constitution and President Lincoln's
power to influence it.
Health
Matters w/ Rachel Rockafellow
Joan Miles
aired Wednesday, February 3
 Joan
Miles (WMA)
 Joan
Miles (MP3)
Joan Miles is the Director of Grants and Program Development
for MHA—An
Association of Montana Health Care Providers. She talks with host
Rachel Rockafellow about the changing healthcare landscape and its impact
on rural states like Montana.
Featured Online Audio
MSU President Waded Cruzado
aired January 27, 2010
Waded
Cruzado (WMA)
Waded
Cruzado (MP3)
 photo
by Brad Edwards
On January 4, 2010, Waded Cruzado became the 12th President
of Montana State University.
Dr. Cruzado recently came to Billings to tour the campus of Montana
State University Billings. Her visit included some time at Yellowstone Public
Radio, where she sat with YPR News Director Jackie Yamanaka for
a wide-ranging interview covering her professional experience, her approach to
higher ed administration, and the very clear challenges facing the Montana University
System.
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