February 5, 2016
Ira Glass has been working in public radio since he was 19 years old, almost 40 years. From November 1990 until September 1995 he co-hosted a weekly Chicago Public Radio show called “The Wild Room”. In 1995, the MacArthur Foundation approached Torey Malatia, general manager of Chicago Public Radio with an offer of $150,000 to produce a show featuring local Chicago writers and performance artists. Malatia chose Ira Glass as the host. Since then Ira has hosted and produced “This American Life” from WBEZ. It went national in June of 1996 and today it is distributed by Public Radio Exchange. “This American Life” reaches more than 1.7 million listeners on more than 500 radio stations every week. Source: Wikipedia (I send them money every year)
On April 23rd, Ira Glass is coming to Escher Auditorium on the campus of College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph. The show is titled “Reinventing Radio: An Evening with Ira Glass”. You can join Ira as he discusses how he and his team are reinventing radio, as well as what he thinks make a compelling story. Tickets are available at the box office or at www.csbsju.edu/wow I hope to see you there.
The APHC show this week is another live broadcast from The Fitzgerald Theatre in downtown St. Paul. Once again, Chris Thile will stand in for Garrison. I listened last weekend and I thought the show was very well done. The music was great. Of course I missed the “News from Lake Wobegon” but Duane’s mother was still with us. This week none other than one of the world’s most respected musician, Paul Simon will head the bill. Other guests include composer Andrew Bird, comedian Maria Bamford from Duluth and the Punch Brothers are back along with banjo player Sarah Jarosz. You can watch it live on the internet at prairehome.org or listen on your radio or smart phone.
The dedication of the Coast Guard painting by Little Falls artist Charles Kapsner is tomorrow at 2 PM at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery north of Little Falls. The featured speaker is Dr. Earl Potter, President of St. Cloud State University. There will be a public reception at the Little Falls American Legion afterwards. I hope to see you there.
“Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story” Jimmy Dorr
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