9/10/08

Drama of Science: A Play That Has Theater Goers Setting With Mathmeticians and Physicists (mp3)

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A British play makes its exclusive U.S debut in Ann Arbor tonight. The play is called "A Disappearing Number." It won the British equivalent of the Tony Award for Best Play last year. It kicks off the season for the University Musical Society. And as Michigan Radio's Jennifer Guerra reports, expect to see a lot of mathematicians and physicists in the audience.

Interviews
Simon McBurney - Artistic Director of Complicite's A Disappearing Number
Jeff Lagarias - Mathematics Professor at the Unviersity of Michgia

9/22/08

Two Worlds: Deaf and Hearing (mp3)

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Some people belong to both the hearing world and the deaf world. Michigan Radio's Kyle Norris has the stories of several of people who are hearing, but grew up in the deaf community. And who culturally live with one foot in each world.

Interviews
Brenda Warwick - Adrian Resident
Tom Bull - Author "On the Edge of Deaf Culture"
Sherry Hicks - Performer

9/25/08

Northern Arts: Earthwork Music (mp3)

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Far from Detroit Rock City sits a tiny island in Lake Michigan called Beaver Island. And it's there where a group of northern Michigan musicians decided to hold a week-long retreat. Michigan Radio's Jennifer Guerra caught out with them at their campsite to talk about their music and the lovely peninsula they like to call home.

Interviews
"Daisy" May Erlewine - musician
Seth Bernard - musician
Susan Fawcett - musician

9/26/08

Deep Wood Press: Keeping Alive the 500-Year Old Tradition of Fine Letterpress(mp3)

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We continue our Northern Arts series with a visit to the deep woods of Mancelona. It's a small village just north of Traverse City. That's where you'll find Chad Pastotnik hard at work, perfecting a craft that's been around for centuries. Michigan Radio's Jennifer Guerra dropped by his Deep Wood Press studio for a lesson in the fine art of letter press.

Interviews
Chad Pastotnik - owner, Deep Wood Press

9/27/08

Of Wood: Jan Burda (mp3)

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Jan Burda loves wood. Whether it's a towering beech tree in his old growth forest; the wood he burns to heat his long cabin and will soon burn in the energy-efficient house he's building; or a downed cherry tree that he uses to make his guitars. In fact, Burda loves wood- and his woods in Southwest Michigan so much that he's decided to protect it from development....forever. Producers Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister have this audio profile of Jan Burda - guitar maker, performer, teacher and woodsman.

Interviews
Jan Burda - Guitar Maker

9/29/08

Bay Bucks: Artists in Grand Traverse Use Their Skills to Promote Local Currency (mp3)

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Our Northern Arts series continues today with a look at something called local currency. It's one of the few things NOT affected by the country's financial crisis on Wall Street. The Grand Traverse area has its own currency, but not too many people know about it. The local arts community hopes to change that. Michigan Radio's Jennifer Guerra reports.

Interviews
Brad Kik - founding Bay Bucks board member
Dede Alderman - musician, Bay Bucks member
Tim Hartford - Financial Times economist
Jody Gonyea - Traverse City resident

9/30/08

Art Farm: Artists Up North are Heading Back to the Land for Creative Inspiration (mp3)

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The Grand Traverse region is rich with farmland, woods, creeks and streams. All of which can provide artists with some ecological inspiration. For the final installment of her Northern Arts series?Michigan Radio's Jennifer Guerra introduces us to a couple places up north where kids and adults can commune creatively with nature.

Interviews
Penny Krebiehl - Little Artshram founder, Art Farm Camp teacher
Caitlin Strokosh - executive director, Alliance of Artists Communities
Brad and Amanda Kik - ISLAND founders