E-Notes
Nov. 2015
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WUOT Fall Fund Drive a Success!

Thanks to YOU, WUOT's fall fund drive reached the overall goal for the week!
 
If you haven't pledged yet, it's not too late: Visit WUOT's website to donate to the public radio station that gives you amazing programming every day of the year. It's also not too late to ask for a thank-you gift if your donation qualifies for one, AND you can count your donation as part of your end-of-year, tax-deductible charitable gifts!
Volunteer Eric McAnly shows off his packing prowess.
WUOT could not have successful drives without tremendous support from our members, volunteers and community partners. Thank you to the 112 volunteers who generously donated their time to help us with everything from answering phones, running tallies, and picking up food, as well as the volunteers who will help mail reminders and thank-you gifts in the weeks to come.

Thanks also go to our community partners:  Aubrey's, Cruze Farm Dairy, Good Golly Tamale, Holly's Eventful Dining, The Tomato Head and Three Rivers Market. And it just wouldn't be a fund drive without Access America, which donated a toll-free phone line to make it easier for listeners outside of the Knoxville area to call in. 

On Pet Pledge Day Wednesday, you exceeded the goal of 400 pledges! Dream Katcher Lodge will donate $1,000 to Human-Animal Bond in Tennessee (HABIT) AND $1,000 to WUOT! HABIT will use the donation to buy a logoed tent, tablecloth and banner so it can better promote its services and increase its volunteers to reach even more people in need.Thank you! In other news, dogs won by a whopping 453 to the cats' 369. Better luck next drive, cat lovers.
Matt Shafer Powell models the car sun shade thank you gift

You came through again on Friday, exceeding the 400-pledge goal on Community Partnership Day!  Thanks to YOU, Avison Young will donate $3,000 to Ijams Nature Center so it can update and improve Mead's Quarry. Ijams partners with River Sports Outfitters to entertain and educate children from the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley in Ijams' Getting Kids Outdoors camps. Part of Avison Young's donation will be used to expand the current dock so even more children can discover the natural world.

But that's not all: In the spring of 2016, Ijams will launch a new program called Adaptive Paddling, which will allow people with physical challenges, including brain injuries, to enjoy paddling and other water activities. Part of the donation will be used to purchase equipment such as special padding for kayaks as well as improve the landscaping to improve wheelchair accessibility and boat transfers.

We also were fortunate to have generous challenges from members Kevin and Samantha Pack of Runners Market, Mike from Knoxville, Jenny Hines and Tom Jester, Jeff Mellor and Doris Gove, Rebekah Everett, Dr. Hnilica and The Itch Clinic, Talissa and Kurt, Sara Orellana and the WUOT 91.9 Inc. Board.

Each time WUOT has a fund drive, we are humbled by and so thankful for the generous individuals and organizations that make this station possible. We are proud to serve you. Thank you, everyone!
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Thanksgiving Day Specials

10 a.m.- Thanksgiving with Cantus
11 a.m. - The Science of Gratitude - Feeling grateful may be the true key to healthy and happiness. The program is narrated by the Academy Award-winning Susan Sarandon.
12 noon - The Splendid Table's "Turkey Confidential" (2-hours)
Lynne Rossetto Kasper, award-winning host of public radio's national food show The Splendid Table®, will be available to answer listener questions throughout the live, two-hour program. (800) 537-5252 
2 p.m. - Giving Thanks, with John Birge (2-hours) Guests are: Christopher Kimball, founder, editor, and publisher of Cook's Illustrated Magazine, and host of public television's most-watched cooking show, America's Test Kitchen; and Stephen Hough, world famous concert pianist, composer, prize-winning poet. He'll share his essay "Thanksgiving for Thanksgiving" which he wrote for the London Telegraph
Win passes to Bolshoi Ballet and 
The Met: Live in HD

The next Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema is George Balanchine's opulent Jewels (recorded), an abstract work celebrating the cities and dance schools of Paris, New York and St. Petersburg, each bound to its own precious stone and starring Olga Smirnova in Diamonds.
John Neumeier's tragic masterpiece, The Lady of the Camellias, follows in December. Special thanks to Fathom Events, BY Experience and Pathé Live.
 
Jewels
Sunday, Nov. 15, at 12:55 p.m.
The Lady of the Camellias
Sunday, Dec. 6, at 12:55 p.m.
We're also partnering with the Metropolitan Opera to send you to The Met: Live in HD. Acclaimed artist and director William Kentridge applies his unique theatrical vision to Berg's notorious femme fatale who shatters lives, including her own. Soprano Marlis Petersen plays the title role.
 
Lulu
LIVE: Saturday, Nov. 21, at 12:30 p.m.
ENCORE: Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 6:30 p.m.
 
To enter, email Cindy Hassil with the title of the event in the subject line by Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 5:30 p.m., and include the following information in the body of the message:
  • Name and date of the show
  • Preferred theatre (West Town Mall 9 OR Tinseltown)
  • Your name and phone number
If you want to enter more than one contest, please send a separate email for each contest you enter. We'll do a random drawing and contact the winners by email. Good luck!
WUOT Recognizes New and Renewing Underwriters

The following organizations became new underwriters or renewed their support of WUOT in October. 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! 
Knoxville Symphony on the air this month

KSO October Masterworks Concert
Marcelo Lehninger, conductor
Gabriel Lefkowitz, violin
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 1 
RAVEL: Tzigane
DEBUSSY: Two Preludes
RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome
Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 8 p.m.
 
Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra
November Chamber Classics Concert
James Fellenbaum, conductor
MOZART: Serenade K. 525, "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"
WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll
MOZART: Serenade No. 12
MOZART: Symphony No. 35, "Haffner"
Tuesday, Nov. 24, at 8 p.m.
Dialogue

Our next Dialogue show is devoted to our TennWords project.  Host Matt Shafer Powell will sit down with Ragan Schriver from the UT College of Social Work.  They'll go through some of the 650+ responses we've received to our Tenn Words  question "What keeps you up at night?"  Some are funny, some are weird and some will break your heart.  We also have some exciting developments to tell you about. 
Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 1 p.m. 
Submit your own response to our Tenn Words question here.
Check out our Instagram and Twitter feeds.
Subscribe to Brittany Crocker's Bedtime Stories podcast.
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Studio 865/Flipside

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

This month on Studio 865:  While visiting from her new home in the Virgin Islands, Christa DeCicco, of Christabel and the Jons, stops by and shares a lovely solo performance and discusses her latest project.
From the National Desk

The pumpkin patch at Waldoch Farm in Lino Lakes_ MN
Spooky News: Weather Cuts Into Pumpkin Crop
Heavy rains have damaged much of the pumpkin crop in the Midwest. Canned pumpkin giant Libby's says there should be enough to fill your pies for Thanksgiving, but after that, things will be tight.




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Why Siri & Other Computer Voices Still Mispronounce Words
They may sound perfect in sci-fi films, but in the real world computer voices such as those used for Siri, Cortana and Google Now don't seem to be able to say some words correctly. NPR's Laura Sydell examines why for All Things Considered and shares some listeners' favorite flubs.


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Autumn Trend Alert: Gourds
Cinderella pumpkins just don't cut it for fall decor anymore. Squash and gourds come in all sorts of colors and sizes -- and as far as consumers are concerned, the stranger, the better. NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday digs into the world of ornamental gourds.
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