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   May 2014 
          

 
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Accolades for WUOT News
 
WUOT has been chosen as the winner of three Regional Edward R. Murrow awards from the Radio-Television Digital News Association. In addition, WUOT AP logo recently received two first-place awards and two second-place awards at the annual Tennessee Associated Press Awards competition. Read more and listen to the winning entries on WUOT's Awards 2014 webpage.   
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Hidden Kitchens on Morning Edition

  

The Kitchen Sisters return with a new installment of their series on the food, folklore and culture that creates community around the table. Hidden Kitchens begins with a visit to farms in Sicily, where small farmers have taken over confiscated Mafia lands. Mob influence in Sicily is still heavy, and Mafia ties have threatened the new olive groves. But many small merchants are also standing up to the Mob, refusing to pay protection money at their ice cream and deli stands.
Photo: Jug Lamp on a table at Cozinha Popular (People's Kitchen), da Mouraria, Lisbon. Cozinha Popular is a social project designed to revitalise the multicultural community of Mouraria, promoting the sharing of experiences, building community, and providing employment and access to food for those in need. 
Photo credit: The Kitchen Sisters 

Airs Tuesdays in May and June on Morning Edition, beginning May 6.
 
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WUOT Recognizes New and Renewing Underwriters 

The following organizations became new underwriters or renewed their support of WUOT programming in April. 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.  

  

  

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 From the National Desk

  

  

For Alan Cumming, Life Is (Once Again) A Cabaret  

Alan Cumming has starred in the musical Cabaret three times - a 1993 London production, a Tony-winning 1998 Broadway revival, and a new Broadway revival - and it hasn't gotten old. "It's so energetic and it just takes up every single element of being an actor," he tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross.  
http://www.npr.org/2014/04/28/


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An Eater's-Eye View Of Literature's Most Iconic Meals
Daphne Du Maurier's feast in the opening pages of Rebecca is just one of 50 tableaux collected in Fried's new book, Fictitious Dishes: An Album of Literature's Most Memorable Meals. It's full of photographs, all shot from above and each one of food - literary food, to be exact.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2014/04/24

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Krulwich Wonders: Come Dance With Me
One song, danced two totally different ways. First, two dancers who sculpt the giddiness, the beats, onto their rhyming bodies. Then a second version, this time, a crazy story. Vive la difference!
http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2014/04/26 

WUOT Meets Spring Drive Goal - Thank You! 

 

WUOT is best Thanks to YOU, WUOT Public Radio's spring fund drive was a big success, and your generous contributions will ensure that this station continues to thrive! Here are some of the things you made possible:

 

  • Listeners pledged $150,000 to help us meet our goal for the six-day drive.
  • Thanks to the 436 pledges we received on Community Partnership Day April 4, an anonymous donor will give $5,000 to Youth LIFT  to help homeless children succeed through education outreach.
  • WUOT's amazing volunteers worked 172 shifts answering phones! That doesn't even include the terrific people who picked up food, entered pledge data, and even called their friends and family to ensure WUOT met the goals for the week.
  • Because of your 379 pledges during the Food for Fido Community Partnership on Pet Pledge Day April 2, Frankie and Sunny the dogs (with help from their friend, Mike) will donate 379 pounds of food to the Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley and $379 to WUOT.
  • Dogs beat the cats by two tails during Pet Pledge Day. Woof!
  • The following organizations donated food, bottled water and toll-free lines during the week:

Tupelo Honey Café, Knoxville 

 

Thank you, EVERYONE, for making WUOT possible!

 

P.S. If you missed your chance to pledge during the fund drive, don't despair - you can donate online right now!

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Dialogue

  

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


With so much tweeting, posting, pinning and snap-chatting going on these days, it might be wise to step back and look at how that all that very public information reflects on you...and your employer. How much say does your boss have in what you do online? Knoxville attorney Chris McCarty advises companies and individuals about their social media rights. He'll take your questions on the next Dialogue. 


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


Wednesday, May 7, at 1 p.m.

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Studio 865/Flipside

Studio 865 button WUOT's monthly program featuring regional music and musicians, hosted by Todd Steed.
 

 This month on Studio 865, we're featuring EmiSunshine (right).  Emi is a talented nine-year old who plays ukulele, banjolele, and mandolin and sings like a trained pro. Her band features her dad on bass guitar, her uncle, Bobby, on drums and percussion, and her older  brother, John, on mandolin, plus an ever-changing cast of friends and musicians. 


On the Flipside, WUOT news favorite Chrissy Keuper talks about the deep musical gifts given to her by her father.

  


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Lyric Opera of Chicago 
Begins May 17
 

Since its early days, Lyric Opera of Chicago has been regarded as one of the top three US opera companies, along with the Met and San Francisco. Coming up this month:

May 17:  Verdi's "Otello"
May 24:  Puccini's "Madama Butterfly"
May 31: Wagner's "Parsifal"

Saturdays at 1 p.m.

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Featured Programs on WUOT-2  

  

Radiolab

Saturdays at 2 p.m.

May 3    "Blame" 

May 10   "Patient Zero" 

May 17   "Oops" 

May 24   "Deception"  

May 31   "Black Box"  

  

 

Riverwalk Jazz, with The Jim Cullum Jazz Band

 

Sundays at 5 p.m.

May 4  - RW #18:  Swinging at the Pearl

May 11 - RW #19:   Bing & Louis: A Pocketful of  Dreams with Gary Giddins

May 18 - RW #20:  Crazy Rhythm: Red Nichols and His Five Pennies

May 25 - RW #21:  20th Anniversary Revisited: It Ain't Over Till the Fat Man Swings
 

 

  

Mountain Stage

Sundays at 6 p.m.

May 4 - Lake Street Dive, Gregory Alan Isakov, Shonna Tucker & Eye Candy, Willie Sugarcapps, and The Steel Wheels
May 11 - Solas. Michael Martin Murphey, Sean Keane, Mark Mulcahy, and Logan Brill
May 18 - Pink Martini featuring The von Trapps, (Special one hour performance), The Parkington Sisters, Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo, and Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound
May 25 - Robert Cray Band, Blind Boys of Alabama, John Hammond, and Dumpstaphunk