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 January 2013

  Happy New Year!

 
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Win Tickets to The Met: Live in HD   

 

Hey, opera lovers! Here's your chance to win passes to the following performances of The Met: Live in HD:

 

Les Troyens

LIVE: Saturday, Jan. 5, 12:55 p.m.

ENCORE: Wednesday, Jan. 23, 6:30 p.m.

 

Un Ballo in Maschera

ENCORE: Wednesday, Jan. 9, 6:30 p.m.

 

Aida

ENCORE: Wednesday, Jan. 16, 6:30 p.m.

 

Maria Stuarda

LIVE: Saturday, Jan. 19, 12:55 p.m.

ENCORE: Wednesday, Feb. 6, 6:30 p.m.

 

Rigoletto

LIVE: Saturday, Feb. 16, 12:55 p.m.

ENCORE: Wednesday, March 6, 6:30 p.m.

  

 

The deadline to enter for Les Troyens and Un Ballo in Maschera is Jan. 2. The deadline for Aida, Maria Stuarda, and Rigoletto is Jan. 10. Send an e-mail to Cindy Hassil with:

  • Name of the show
  • Preferred theatre (West Town Mall 9 or Tinseltown)
  • Date of the performance
  • Your name, phone number and mailing address

  

Details about The Met: Live In HD, participating locations and tickets

 

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CD Winner


 Congratulations to January's CD winners, Douglas G. and Nina G. of Maryville, Tenn.! The jazz lovers won vocalist Joan Watson-Jones' CD, I Thought About You, which includes such classics as Cole Porter's It's All Right with Me.

 

Each month, we'll randomly draw a name from our list of valued members and the winner will receive a CD. It's just another way for us to say "thanks" for your support.

 

Details about the prize drawing

  

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FROM THE NATIONAL DESKS

  

  

 An Ocean With 'Flowers' Everywhere

If you could book passage on a boat and see a frost flower meadow burst into being, magically growing out of the empty, frosty air and spreading as far as my eyes could see, would you want to see that? Robert Krulwich would; wouldn't you?
>>read more
 

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 Cohen's 'Hallelujah' Endures
Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" is a popular power anthem now, but the song almost fell under the radar. Music journalist Alan Light's new book The Holy Or The Broken charts the song's ascent from obscurity to the mainstream.
 http://www.npr.org/2012/12/02/166112493/dozens-of-covers-later-hallelujah-endures

 

 

 

 

 

SED News 
 

 What roles do race and segregation play in southern schools? The Southern Education Desk is exploring this topic. If you have thoughts or experiences to share, please send them to Yun Mi Park at ypark@gpb.org. 

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Dialogue in January  

 

Dialogue WUOT's monthly live call-in program. Hosted by a member of WUOT's News Staff. 

In our first Dialogue of the new year, WUOT's Chrissy Keuper will speak with Dr. Elizabeth Strand about mindfulness... what it means and how we can use it to reduce stress and to improve our lives. We'll take your calls at 865-974-5050; tweet us @WUOTFM; or submit your question on WUOT's Facebook page.
Wednesday, Jan. 2, at 1 p.m.  

 

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Studio 865/Flipside

 

Studio 865 button WUOT's monthly program featuring local music and musicians, hosted by Todd Steed.
Details to be announced.
 
Wednesday, Jan. 2, at 8 p.m.
Studio 865 on Facebook
Listen to Flipside on iTunes

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WUOT Recognizes New and Renewing Underwriters  

 

The following organizations became new underwriters or renewed their support of WUOT programming in December. There's a complete list of WUOT's sponsors with links to their websites on the Underwriters page of our website. Please thank these organizations for supporting WUOT Public Radio!
 

Bijou Theatre
Cultural Attractions Committee at the University of Tennessee
First Baptist Church of Knoxville
Greenway School
Knoxville Jewish Alliance
Little River Trading Company
Magpies Bakery
Maryville College
Merchant & Gould
Optimist Club of West Knoxville
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee
Shen Yun / Tennessee Falun Dafa Association
Tennessee Theatre Foundation
Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church

The Salt Spa 
University of Tennessee Department of Religious Studies
Webb School of Knoxville

 

 

  

All Underwriters

  

If you'd like to raise awareness for your organization or a special event by becoming a WUOT underwriter, contact Cindy Hassil at (865) 974-6167.  

 

   

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