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   April 2014 
          

Spring 2014 Fund Drive March 31-April 5 

 
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Spring Fun Offered During Spring Fund Drive! 

If you tuned in to WUOT yesterday, you know that we kicked off our Spring Fund Drive. This is an important time of year for WUOT - we're reaching out to you to help us pay for the programs you love and rely on.

Yes, fund drives are a critical time, but we also try to make them fun. So we've got something festive planned to encourage you to donate today, and we're not fooling!  

 

If you donate Tuesday, April 1, between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. by phone at 865-974-5500 (toll-free at 888-266-9868), online or in person, you'll be entered to win a wonderful trip to the Chattanooga Choo Choo Traditional Jazz Festival in Chattanooga, Tenn., May 2-4, 2014! The package includes VIP seating to the festival for two people AND an overnight stay at the Chattanooga Choo Choo. The festival feature acts from around the country, including Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band, The Fat Babies, Buffalo Ridge Jazz Band and High Sierra Jazz Band. This terrific prize, which is valued at $500, is being donated by Chattanooga Choo Choo. 

 

No donation is necessary to enter this drawing, but we hope you'll support the station at some level (remember, any amount makes a difference!). If you'd like to enter without making a donation, please come to the station before 8 p.m. and fill out an entry form at our front desk. Thank you for making WUOT Public Radio possible, and good luck!
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Last Chance to Enter The Met: Live in HD Contest 

 

The Met: Live in HD performances end in May, but it's not too late to win tickets in the WUOT/Metropolitan Opera contest! We have a few passes left to Cosi fan tutte this month, and now's your chance to win passes the season's final show, Rossini's La Cenerentola.

 

PASSES STILL AVAILABLE!

Cosi fan tutte

Mozart's famous opera about testing the ties of affection stars Susanna Phillips, Isabel Leonard, Matthew Polenzani and Rodion Pogossov as the young lovers, with Danielle de Niese as the scheming Despina.

LIVE: Saturday, April 26, at 12:55 p.m.

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

Deadline to enter: Tuesday, April 8

 

La Cenerentola

The fairy tale Cinderella comes to life, featuring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato in her first Met performances in the title role and tenor Juan Diego Florez as her Prince Charming.

LIVE: Saturday, May 10, at 12:55 p.m.

ENCORE: Wednesday, May 14, at 6:30 p.m.

Deadline to enter: Wednesday, April 16
 

To enter, please send an e-mail to  Cindy Hassil with ALL of the following info in the body of the message:

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

We'll do a random drawing of the entries, and if you win, you'll be headed to The Met: Live in HD!

 

 Details about The Met: Live in HD, locations and tickets

 

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WUOT Recognizes New and Renewing Underwriters 

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

 

 

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.  

  

  

  

 

New Chamber Series Begins This Month 

 

The 2014 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival radio series features performances recorded in 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico during this celebrated music festival's 41th summer season. Each broadcast hour typically contains two full-length works representing chamber music's core repertoire. The Festival also remains dedicated to lesser known composers and compositions, and to commissioning new works.

Veteran WFMT announcer Kerry Frumkin hosts the series along with Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival artistic director, Marc Neikrug. Many of the performers provide additional commentary as they describe their experiences at the Festival and the music they've played here. 
Tuesdays at 8 p.m.  

 

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New Jazz Program on Friday Evenings

 

Jazz Jam celebrates great classic and contemporary voices of jazz. The show includes recordings, live performances and interviews of local, national, and international artists on the jazz scene. A WUOT production, hosted by local singer Kelle Jolly.
Fridays at 8 p.m.

 

 

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Dialogue

  

DialogueWUOT's monthly live call-in program; hosted by a member of WUOT's News Staff. 

 

This month, Chrissy Keuper and her guest Roger Nooe address the subject of homelessness in Knoxville and Knox County.

 

We'll take your calls at 865-974-5050; tweet us @WUOTFM or submit your question on WUOT's Facebook page. 


Wednesday, April 9, at 1 p.m. (Note the date - a week later than usual)

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Studio 865/Flipside


WUOT's monthly program featuring regional music and musicians, hosted by Todd Steed.
 

The folk duo Over the Rhine (pictured) drops in for a lovely set of songs. 

  

On the Flipside, gypsy guitarist Kukuly Uriarte brings in some fabulous auditory gems.   

  


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Next on The Metropolitan Opera Saturday Broadcasts

April 5 -- Puccini's "La Boheme"
     Anita Hartig stars as the frail Mimì in Franco Zeffirelli's classic production, with Vittorio Grigolo in the role of her passionate lover, Rodolfo 
April 12 -- Giordano's "Andrea Chenier"
     After their powerful pairing in "Il Trovatore," Marcelo Álvarez and Patricia Racette reunite in Giordano's melodramatic story of life in times of revolutionary fervor, a passionate tale of the ill-fated love of a dashing poet and an aristocratic lady, set against the backdrop of the French Revolution. 
April 19 -- Richard Strauss' "Arabella"
      Swedish soprano Malin Byström stars in the title role of Strauss's nostalgic romance that explores the fleeting charms of youth, opposite Michael Volle and Juliane Banse. Philippe Auguin conducts.
April 26 -- Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte" 
      Music Director James Levine makes his long-awaited return to the Met podium to conduct Mozart's beloved opera about testing the ties of love. The cast is filled with youthful Met stars: Susanna Phillips and Isabel Leonard are the sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella, Matthew Polenzani and Rodion Pogossov are their lovers, with Danielle de Niese as the scheming Despina

Saturdays at 1 p.m.
 

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FROM THE NATIONAL DESKS  

  


Krulwich Wonders: I Can't Believe What I'm Seeing: A Springtime (Froggy) Miracle

This little wood frog freezes solid during the cold, but then, when the weather warms up a bit, it thaws and magically returns to life.


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Chimamanda Ngozi Aidchie: On Making Feminism Fashionable
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie may be Africa's best-known young writer. Now, with her TED talk sampled for a Beyonce song, an upcoming movie based on one of her novels, and a prestigious National Book Critics award for another, she's making a mark on this side of the Atlantic. Adichie talks about feminism, fashion, and future projects with Tell Me More's Michel Martin.
Photo credit: Amy Ta/NPR 

  

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Reinventing The Cosmos  

Neil DeGrasse Tyson talks to Fresh Air's Terry Gross about why the universe's immensity shouldn't make you feel small, what Gravity got wrong, and why the U.S. needs to become an "innovation nation."

Photo credit: Patrick Eccelsine/Fox

http://www.npr.org/2014/02/27/283443670  

 

 

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The Capitol Dome is visible through the skylights of the new Capitol Visitor Center.

How to Meet Your Congressman
There's a lot of competition for a lawmaker's time on Capitol Hill. So if you want to meet your representative, what are the best ways to do it?  You could just call the office and ask -- but there are other strategies that might work better.  
Photo credit: Susan Walsh/AP