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   August 2015 
          


 
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You're Invited to WUOT's Open House Aug. 6

Sarah Fitch, Kevin Richard Doherty and Phillip Marlowe enjoy the cupcakes


 

WUOT fans, it's time to party!

Mark your calendar and plan to join us for WUOT's annual open house Thursday, Aug. 6, from 4 to 7 p.m.!

 

You'll get to join (silently!) Brandon Hollingsworth in the broadcast room while he hosts All Things Considered; listen to live music performed by Kevin Richard Doherty, Linda Barnett, Sarah Fitch, Peter Johnson, with Eileen Downey on the piano; get your face painted by Faces Gone Wild; enjoy delicious treats from Three Rivers Market, Holly's Eventful Dining and Magpies; meet our award-winning news staff ; share what keeps you up at night with WUOT's Tenn Words; test WUOT's microphones and we'll send you the recording; get a behind-the-scenes tour of the station; relax with a 15-minute chair massage from Aaron Searcy, L.M.T.; explore WUOT with a station trivia hunt; and, enter to win door prizes including tickets to the Knoxville Film Festival, UT's Clarence Brown Theatre and the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, CD packages and more.

 

We hope you'll join us for this fun, family-friendly-and feel free to bring other public radio fans!


Directions and more information

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Live Jazz Joins Pubs 4 Public Radio 
 
We've been having a lot of fun putting the pub in public radio this summer, and we hope you'll join us for the next event, which starts around 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, at
As always, your BEERS benefit WUOT because Suttree's will donate a portion of the night's profits to the station. But this time, your EARS benefit too!

 

That's because you'll be listening to LIVE JAZZ. Our very own Randy Fishman, host of WUOT's Last Set at Birdland (Fridays at 9 p.m.), plays a mean sax, and he and three other members of The Fish Skales will provide some great tunes from 6:30-7:30.

 

Please plan to join us Sept. 3, to enjoy brews, jazz and some great conversation for a great cause: WUOT Public Radio!
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Coming Up on LA Opera on Air

LA Opera logo

1 - Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"

8 - Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro"

15 - John Corigliano: "The Ghosts of Versailles"

22 -  Massenet: "Thais" (archival broadcast)


 

San Francisco Opera Begins Aug. 29

29 - Verdi's 'Rigoletto"

Saturdays at 1 p.m. 

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Knoxville Symphony Orchestra on air in August

 

Aug. 3 - Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra

Concert from November 2014 - Principal Quartet
Aug. 10 - Masterworks Concert from Jan. 2015
Guest conductor Lawrence Loh/Cellist Julie Albers
Aug. 17 - Masterworks Concert from Feb. 2015 with the Knoxville Choral Society
DVORAK: Stabat Mater
Aug. 24 - Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra Concert from Jan. 2015
Aug. 31 - Masterworks Concert from Mar. 2015
James Feddeck, conductor/Conrad Tao, piano 


Mondays at 8 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 July. 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.  
 


 


 


 

Super Sleuths Solve K-Town Capers in WUOT Contest


 

One thing's for sure about Knoxville: This town loves A Prairie Home Companion

and folks love to write "who-done-its" to win some tickets!

WUOT received 24 entries for the K-Town Caper Contest. There were stories about kidnappings, murders, cemeteries...even a lesson on the plight of honeybees! In other words, a mysterious good time was had by all, especially the committee members who got to read these excellent adventures in K-Town.
 

Three stories stood out. And the winners are (follow the links to read the winning entries):

Congratulations! Each of these fine folks will receive two tickets to   A Prairie Home Companion's "The America the Beautiful Tour," dinner with the cast prior to the show and the chance to meet Garrison Keillor at the Tennessee Theatre Aug. 13.
 

Thanks to everyone who submitted a story for the contest, and special thanks to the Historic Tennessee Theatre and AC Entertainment for partnering with WUOT on this literary lovefest for Guy Noir, pulp fiction mysteries, and A Prairie Home Companion. 
 

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Artist Mug Contest Ends Soon
 

Lucy Kniseley and Toby Boulet show off their historic WUOT mugs
Share your creative, artistic side with WUOT Public Radio and your design just might end up on one of our fund drive mugs! You have the chance to become a lasting part of WUOT when you enter the fifth annual Artist Mug contest! We're looking for an original image that shows your love of WUOT, its programs or the station's home in East Tennessee. If your design is selected, we'll feature it on the coffee mug for the fall 2015 or spring 2016 fund drive.

We welcome all styles of artwork, from cartoon to watercolor to photography - as long as it ultimately can be put into a high-resolution digital format. The winning design will be featured on the mug thank-you gift that goes to hundreds of listeners as well as on our website and Facebook. The winning artist will receive significant on-air mentions during the fund drive, on our website and also in a large mailing.

You better hurry!! All entries must be received by 6 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 31.

Details and entry guidelines. Questions? Contact Jennie Caissie at jcaissie@utk.edu or 865-974-9558.

Please forward this to anyone who may be interested.
 

Have fun, and good luck!
 

 
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Dialogue

  

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

A tireless ambassador for women's athletics, Joan Cronan built the Lady Vols program into one of the most recognizable and respected in the country.   Now retired, Cronan has written a book "Sport is Life with the Volume Turned Up".  On our next installment of Dialogue, Joan Cronan will join us to reflect on her time as Women's Athletic Director at UT and discuss the ways in which her career in athletics has taught her lessons about business and life. 


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


Wednesday, August 5, 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.

Robinella is the guest on this month's Studio 865, a re-broadcast of a previous show. On Flipside, Cindy Lou Douglas, from the Chop Shop, digs deep in the wells of Americana to uncover some hidden gems.

Wednesday, August 5, at 8 p.m. 

 

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From the National Desks 

 
Is That A Bottom Fact?
Today's lingo seems creative, but slang in 19th-century America was every bit as colorful. NPR's Linton Weeks reports on 12 lost expressions for the NPR History Dept. project.
http://www.npr.org/sections/npr-history-dept 
Photo: Bathers at the beach,1897/Library of Congress

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The Test That Can Look Into A Child's (Reading) Future
Researchers say they've come up with a 30-minute test that can predict a child's language skill and diagnose learning disabilities. NPR's Cory Turner reports for Morning Edition.
http://www.npr.org/sections/ed

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Can Yogurt's 'Good' Bacteria Chill Us Out?
Research shows that beneficial microbes play a critical role in how our bodies work. It turns out yogurt is more than just a snack or breakfast staple -- its bacteria facilitates a lot of communication between our gut and our brain.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt