KGOU has some great special programs to help celebrate the long Labor Day weekend and the unofficial end of summer. All afternoon long on Saturday, Aug. 30, we offer another opportunity to enjoy highlights from the 2014 Jazz in June festival. Airtime is from 1 to 5 p.m.

On Sunday, Aug. 31, we've chosen the "bluesiest" highlights from another great tradition, the Newport Folk Festival, airing from 1 to 4 p.m. Featured artists include Mavis Staples, Devil Makes Three and Pokey LaFarge.

Then on Monday, Sept. 1, you can take a sonic trip on Route 66 with award-winning producers The Kitchen Sisters. Their special tribute to "the mother road" starts at 11 a.m. Get all the details on our Special Programs page.

 

There are still some great seats available for the Oct. 25 visit of Whad'Ya Know? Host Michael Feldman and the gang will be doing their show live from Oklahoma City on that date, and tickets are going fast.

Be a part of the live audience at OCCC's Visual and Performing Arts Theater, and you might get a chance to chat with Michael on the show, or even be chosen to play the quiz. Help KGOU welcome the Whad'Ya Know? crew -- get tickets and more info here.

 

Imagine being a student at the University of Oklahoma studying chemical biosciences and the Arabic language, and winning an essay contest that allows you to speak to the United Nations General Assembly. That's the story of OU junior Amanda Tomlinson, who recounts those exciting, yet unlikely, events for tomorrow's World Views program.

World Views host Suzette Grillot also talks with another OU alum who has taken his talents to a world stage, actor Iqbal Theba. Born in Pakistan, Theba studied Drama at OU, and is perhaps best known for his role as Principal Figgins on Glee. He gives an international perspective on Hollywood on World Views tomorrow at 4 and again at 6:30 p.m.

 

Fourth District Congressman Tom Cole, a member of the Chickasaw Nation, held town hall meetings in Newcastle and Purcell recently to talk about issues on his constituents' minds. His remarks turned to jobs and an important role held by Oklahoma's 39 federally recognized tribes -- that of employer. KGOU's Susan Shannon reports on Cole's remarks this weekend on Indian Times, our locally produced Native newscast Saturdays and Sundays at 6 p.m.

 

Summer's bounty is in its waning days and the rush is on to use all the garden's produce while we can. Here & Now's resident chef Kathy Gunst is thinking about homegrown tomatoes in particular, and shares recipes for fresh tomato dishes.