Volunteer Potluck Celebration  

Kevin Bailey and Jennifer Lewis

Tom Brokaw said, "It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference." WUOT's volunteers certainly make a huge difference for the station and provide valuable support throughout the year.

About 60 volunteers and staff got together for WUOT's fifth annual potluck on Feb. 5.  It was a chance to celebrate another successful year for public radio with wonderful food, camaraderie and conversation.

John Bain, left, with Kyla Keck and Ashley Burell

Volunteer Roy Carter expressed a common sentiment, "I always enjoy talking with volunteers twice a year at the fund drives, but I've never gotten to know them very well because we're working. This was a chance to spend time with familiar faces and meet new ones. I really hope I can come again."

Win Tickets to The Met: Live in HD

The Met: Live in HD is nearing the end of its season, so don't delay! Here's your chance to win passes to the following cinecasts:

Parsifal

ENCORE: Wednesday, March 20, 6:30 p.m.

Francesca da Rimini

LIVE: Saturday, March 16, 12:00 p.m.

ENCORE: Wednesday, April 3, 6:30 p.m.

Giulio Cesare (The last cinecast of the season!)

LIVE: Saturday, April 27, 12:00 p.m.

ENCORE: Wednesday, May 15, 6:30 p.m.

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, locations and tickets

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CD Winner

Congratulations to March's CD winner, Frederike G. of Knoxville, Tenn.! Frederike won guitarist/vocalist John Pizzarelli's Our Love is Here to Stay CD. The title track was nominated for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals. Enjoy!  

  

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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91.9 Inc. Announces New Board Members 

 

91.9 Inc., WUOT's advocacy and support organization, has a few new members. They are Daniel Boutté, Becky Hancock, Kristen Hector, Bob Hillhouse, and Melanie Staten. New officers for the year are Lynsay Russell, President; Mike Haynes, Vice President; and Deborah Dawkins, Secretary. 

Read more about 91.9 Inc.   

  

FROM THE NATIONAL DESKS

Did I Hear What I Thought I Heard?
When a remark about the NRA by a sports commentator was edited out of later re-broadcasts and the Web edition, some listeners questioned NPR's editing policies. NPR's Ombudsman, Edward Schumacher-Matos (pictured), asked the newsroom to explain this edit and the policy in general.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2013/02/08/171495384/did-i-hear-what-i-thought-i-heard   

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The Show That Shocked the Nation
On Feb. 17, 1913, an art exhibition opened in New York City that shocked the country, changed our perception of beauty and had a profound effect on artists and collectors. The International Exhibition of Modern Art - which came to be known, simply, as the Armory Show - marked the dawn of Modernism in America. It was the first time the phrase "avant-garde" was used to describe painting and sculpture.
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/17/172002686/armory-show-that-shocked-america-in-1913-celebrates-100

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A Pictorial Moonlight Serenade
Since the human eye requires light to discern color, cameras can reveal a nighttime world we'd never otherwise see. Husband-and-wife photographers Diane Cook and Len Jenshel use long-exposure photography to transform moonlit gardens into soft, romantic visual poetry.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2013/02/22/172635814/midnight-in-the-garden-of-long-exposures