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Ella Fitzgerald, Mark Murphy, Nina Simone, and others help us commemorate the changing of the seasons.
Porchlight
Listen to the familiar and the forgotten through recorded song
Listen to the familiar and the forgotten through recorded song
Canvas
A painting communicates and connects without words, without sound. Just one sense and your feelings.
Animals
Perhaps we might consider ourselves mammals first, humans second.
Comics
With daily comic strips, it’s either a laugh with the next installment or a problem that may not be solved until tomorrow. The lesson either way is that life is short.
Books
Books allow us to communicate the deepest meaning between time periods, between cultures, between total strangers. Wherever it is, we can be there.
Act
Acting up and acting out are usually considered behavioral problems.
Cash Money
Cash money rewards conscious action in the moment. You have it. You spend it. Or not.
Story
More than anything else, story helps us define what is true and what is worth remembering.
Leap
The steps taken immediately before a leap will determine the distance covered.
Past
The past has too many witnesses to establish any certainty as to what actually happened.
Friends
The value of genuine acceptance outside of the family you were born into cannot be underestimated.
Place
The significance of place in our lives is both functional and spiritual. Our birthplace, our addresses, our final resting place all help to identify us and tell our story on this earth. Where we are in place also constantly calls upon us to be aware of the present moment.
Work
I got a few skills and I means to use ‘em.
More Arts & Culture
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Singer-songwriter Amy Oelsner channels loss into creative endeavors, like Girls Rock Bloomington, which she founded in 2019. A band from the program discusses their first EP, which they released in 2024 at 12 and 13 years old.
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Actor Michael Shannon recruited a troupe of indie rock all-stars to tour major cities—and Bloomington—performing R.E.M.'s 1986 record, Life’s Rich Pageant. Music critic and friend of the show Stephen Deusner joins Tyler to talk about the band and their show at the Bluebird.
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Hear a conversation with Sasha Janes about One, his ballet based on Michael Torke's Color Music. The ballet will premiere as a part of the IU Jacobs Spring Ballet. -
April is known as the cruelest month due to the erratic weather and the possibility for freezing temperatures to creep back in and injure new plants. -
Since 2018, Early Music America has hosted its Emerging Artists Showcase, a series presenting the rising stars of early music and historical performance. This hour, we’ll conclude our celebration of their 2025 laureates with Comtessa’s program entitled Florilegium: Songs of Medieval England from 1150 to 1300. -
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When Hartke left Evansville for the U.S. Senate in 1958, he was the first Democrat to represent Indiana in the Senate for two decades. -
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Bloomington-based poet Eric Rensberger reads “Reading,” “A Deity,” and “Historical Imagination.” -
After World War II, the career of Cole Porter seemed to be mostly over. However in 1948, he scored his biggest hit to date with the award-winning musical Kiss Me Kate, kicking off a victory lap for the composer’s final years. We’ll explore these late songs of Cole Porter on this program. -
Listen to a conversation with luminary conductor Marin Alsop about the concert -
