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Fri 01.27 2pm
Vocalist Catherine Russell and Dick Hyman join the Jim Cullum Jazz Band to celebrate hot jazz and blues at San Antonio’s Pearl Stable on Riverwalk Jazz.

Sat 01.28 7pm
A variety of artists play the songs of Robert Burns on The Thistle & Shamrock.

Sun 01.29 7pm
A double bill from the Spoleto Festival USA: Menotti’s early opera The Medium, and the American Premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s Emilie on World of Opera.

Mon 01.30 11am
Horn player David Jolley is featured in Paul Hindemith’s Sonata for Althorn in E-flat on Center Stage from Wolf Trap.

Tue 01.31 7pm
Sociologist Barbara Ehrenreich recounts the research for her best-selling book about the underclass of American workers on Humankind.

Wed 02.01 2pm
Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra present three generations of composers in concert at Newport on JazzSet.

Thu 02.02 11am
A young pianist shares the story of how music has brought him close to his little brother on From the Top.

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Public Affairs
Making Contact:
Tariq Ali on the Rise of the "Extreme Center"
airs Monday, January 30, 6:30pm

As the U.S. prepares for another presidential election, journalist Tariq Ali says the choices don’t present much in the way of options. Ali speaks about the growth of the "extreme center" and how Occupy and other emerging social movements are challenging the status quo.

 

Home Ground with Brian Kahn
Tuesdays at 6:30pm
January 31
It’s a major surprise that Helena’s Holter Museum is exhibiting Asian bronzes dating back 3,000 years. And there is an additional surprise—the art itself shows the strong similarity between the ancient world of Asian grasslands and today’s American West.

 

Public Affairs
Big Picture Science:
Wired for Thought
airs Wednesday, February 1, 7pm

A cup of coffee can leave you wired for the day. But a chip in your brain could wire you to a machine forever. Imagine manipulating a mouse without moving a muscle, and doing a Google search with your mind. Welcome to the future of the brain-machine interface. Don your EEG thinking-cap and discover a high-tech thought game that may be the harbinger of machine relationships to come.

 

The Write Question
w/ Chérie Newman

Thursdays at 6:30pm
February 2
Fred Haefle

From working as a timber faller and a tree doctor to profiling environmental protestors and parsing through his own preoccupations with Ken Kesey, Fred Haefele has followed his curiosity into the most extraordinary corners of the place he’s chosen to call home. Extremeophilia is an anthology of seventeen pieces of nonfiction that give us access not only to one of our most talented writers, it shows us the unique emotional and social topography of a region.

 

Health Matters w/ Rachel Rockafellow
last Wednesday of every month @ 7pm
Health Matters is a monthly program featuring interviews and informative segments focusing on health, hosted by registered nurse and Bozeman resident Rachel Rockafellow (MSN, RN, CCCN).

 

Of the West w/ Philip Aaberg
last Wednesday of every month @ 7:30pm
Of the West is a monthly radio program hosted by composer/pianist Philip Aaberg, focusing on regionalism and creativity.

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