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   March 2015 
          


 
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WUOT Puts the 'Fun' in Fund Drive
 

If you love Ira Glass, want to get to know NPR Science Correspondent Joe Palca, and enjoy helping worthy nonprofits in our community while supporting WUOT, you'll want to tune in during WUOT's spring fund drive March 23-28.
 

Joe will talk about his work and why he thinks it's important to support public radio on Tuesday. Friday's Community Partnership Day will give you the chance to give the Joy of Music School an updated website with help from Morris Creative Group. And on Saturday, you'll have the chance to win tickets to see Ira's May 30 show AND meet him at a private reception!
 

It's all going to be great fun, and it's all to support the wonderful WUOT programming you love and count on. We hope we can count on you during the drive. Thank you!
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WUOT Endowment Fund Ensures a Bright Future!

 

Matt Shafer Powell has come up with a bunch of ideas on how to raise funds to ensure WUOT is there for you and future generations. Here are just a few:

  • Win the Super Power Ball Extra Plus Lottery and donate your winnings to the station.
  • Pick up every penny you see, and when you have a gazillion, send them to WUOT.
  • Develop a perennial money plant that we can harvest every year to fund WUOT's operations and programming.

Yep, he has a lot of ideas. And all of them are nutty. The best and EASIEST way to preserve WUOT for years to come is the WUOT Endowment Fund.   Learn more about how your additional gift now - or a planned gift later - can help carry WUOT's legacy forward.
 

Thank you! 

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This Month on Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts 

 

March 7  -  Bizet's Carmen
March 14 - Rossini's La Donna del Lago
March 21 - Massenet's Manon
March 28 - Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor 
 

Saturdays at 1 p.m.

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WUOT Recognizes New and Renewing Underwriters 
  

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

  

  


 

The Met: Live in HD Contest Continues

 

The Met: Live in HD's March production features Rossini's La Donna del Lago in its Met premiere. This romantic tale set in in the medieval Scottish highlands stars Joyce DiDonato (pictured) and Juan Diego Florez. Here's your chance to win passes!

 

La Donna del Lago

LIVE: Saturday, March 14, at 12:55 p.m.

ENCORE: Wednesday, March 18, at 6:30 p.m.

Deadline to Enter: Thursday, March 5

 

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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Dialogue

  

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

Brandon Hollingsworth hosts this month's Dialogue. His guest is Erick Baker, host of the public television series Tennessee Uncharted. They'll talk about Tennessee's wilderness areas, and how all of us can experience the state's natural wonders.  


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


Wednesday, March 4, 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.

Jay Clark is the featured guest on Studio 865 this month. 

Wednesday, March 4, at 8 p.m. 

 

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Le Show Begins on WUOT-2
 
Le Show is a one-hour weekly syndicated show hosted by satirist Harry Shearer. Vogue magazine describes Le Show as "wildly clever, iconoclastic stew of talk, music, political commentary, readings of inadvertently funny public documents or trade magazines and scripted skits." 
Sundays at 3 p.m. on WUOT-2

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From the National Desks 
 

The British are very specific about how they take their tea: black,with milk and sugar. But steeping the optimal cup requires a surprising amount of chemistry. The Salt introduces their occasional feature "Tea Tuesdays" to explore the science, history, culture and economics of the brewed beverage.
Photo Credit: Meredith Rizzo/NPR
  http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt

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The Streets Meet The Opera House

The Dallas Street Choir recently performed to a sold-out house. The group, comprised of homeless people, sang with renowned mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade. NPR's Wade Goodwyn has the story for All Things Considered.
Photo: The Dallas Street Choir performed in T-shirts, then changed into formalwear for the Street Requiem. Baritone Russell Rodriguez is in front, far right, in an orange T-shirt. Courtesy of Mark Mullaney.

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What if Apple made iMilk And Nike sold fruit? A designer has reimagined a host of everyday edibles as high-end grocery items. The Salt blog reports that the project explores how branding influences our purchases -- and where the ethical boundaries lie for designers.
Photo credit: Peddy Mergui
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt