Brad Kimmel, New Executive Director of WFIU and WTIU
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December 2020 Vol. 68, No. 12
Directions in Sound (USPS-314900) is published each month by Indiana University Radio and Television Services, 1229 East 7th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405 telephone: 812-855-6114 e-mail: wfiu@indiana.edu website: wfiu.org Periodical postage paid at Bloomington, IN POSTMASTER Send address changes to: WFIU Membership Department Radio & TV Center Indiana University 1229 East 7th Street Bloomington, IN 47405-5501 WFIU is licensed to the Trustees of Indiana University, and operated by Indiana University Radio and Television Services. Brad Kimmel Executive Director Emma Atkinson Digital News Journalist Laura Baich Marketing Director John Bailey Station Operations Director Patrick Beane Senior News Editor Eoban Binder Director of Digital Media Pamela Boswell-Dike Corporate Development Associate Ethan Burks Multimedia Journalist Aaron Cain Morning Edition Host/ Harmonia Producer Mark Chilla Program Director/Afterglow Host Don Glass Producer A Moment of Science® George Hale Multimedia Journalist George Hopstetter Director of Engineering and Operations David Brent Johnson Jazz Director LuAnn Johnson Syndication and Traffic Manager
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Brad Kimmel Named Executive Director of WFIU and WTIU Brad Kimmel has been appointed the new executive director of WFIU, WTIU, and IU Radio-TV Services (RTV), IU Bloomington Provost and Executive Vice President Lauren Robel has announced. Kimmel, the past president and CEO of WNIN Public Media in Evansville, Indiana, officially begins November 30. "I'm delighted to welcome Brad Kimmel to IU as the leader of Radio and Television Services," Robel said. "Combined with his entrepreneurial spirit, Brad's proven leadership in public media, fundraising and his own successful startup media companies will advance RTV's excellence and visibility." Rob Anderson, assistant general manager of Radio and Television Services, has served as interim executive director over the past year during the search. Kimmel's media background includes the founding and managing of several TV and media companies; working with state, federal and community leaders to increase public funding and station engagement; and development and management of complex budgets. Through his work at WNIN, Kimmel managed a PBS television affiliate, an NPR radio affiliate and a digital department. He recently developed and implemented a strategic plan to help WNIN meet the challenges of rapidly changing technology and consumer behavior, including a transition to a "digital now" culture and an expanded news operation. Kimmel spearheaded a capital campaign that funded WNIN's relocation to the Public Media Center on Evansville's riverfront in 2018. The center is open to the public and includes the only cinema-style public theater in a PBS station in the country. "I'm very interested in the challenge of meeting the needs of media going forward," Kimmel said. "I look forward to building on the great work of WFIU and WTIU, finding more synergies and alignment with IU's incredible faculty and staff, and learning more about what kind of programming we can do at both a regional and national level." Kimmel was previously the acting executive director for WVUT Public Media, owned by Vincennes University, during its executive search in 2015. His independently produced cable program My Classic Car went on to success in commercial TV. He was founder and CEO of Garage Television in Evansville, a network that catered to a garage-life audience interested in cars, boats, motorcycles, woodworking and more. He also founded Bradley David Productions, now doing business as Mad Stache, which produced TV programming for national cable networks and multimedia for outside clients. He produced and directed the award-winning independent film Novem in 2006 and was an Ernst & Young finalist for Indiana Entrepreneur of the Year in 1998 and 2000. Kimmel earned his Bachelor of Science in radio and television management/production with a minor in journalism from Murray State University in Kentucky. He is treasurer of the Indiana Public Broadcasting Station's Board of Directors and co-chairs both the PBS Small Station Association Board of Directors and the Healthy Community Partnership in Evansville. Cover photo courtesy of WNIN
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Robert Siegel December 5/6
For more than 40 years, Robert Siegel’s voice was heard on NPR, starting as a newscaster in 1976. Siegel co-hosted All Things Considered, NPR’s flagship afternoon news magazine, from 1987 until his retirement in 2018. As part of WFIU’s 70th anniversary celebration, Siegel shares stories spanning his career in journalism and reflects on the role of public radio in today’s polarized news landscape.
Kelly King December 12/13
Kelly King is an instructor in the Media School at Indiana University, Bloomington. She has had a long career as a brand designer and marketing consultant, and in 2015 she launched 80/20 Agency, that is staffed by millennials. With help from her staff, her Media School students and her children, King recently authored The Gen Z Dictionary, a humorous handbook filled with definitions and sample sentences that decrypt this generation’s vocabulary, and their opinions about the world.
Ross Gay December 19/20
Poet, author, and Indiana University professor Ross Gay has written several collections of poems and essays, including Against Which; Bringing the Shovel Down; The Book of Delights; and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award. He is also a founding board member of the Bloomington Community Orchard, a non-profit, free-fruit-for-all food justice and joy project. He has received fellowships from Cave Canem, the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference, and the Guggenheim Foundation.
Rania Matar December 26/27
Rania Matar is a Lebanese-born American photographer, whose work is informed by her cross-cultural experience and personal narrative. She explores provocative issues of personal and collective identity, through photographs of female adolescence and womanhood—both in the United States and the Middle East—to expose the underlying universality of these experiences. A 2018 Guggenheim Fellow, Matar’s work has been widely published and exhibited in museums worldwide.
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Clark Terry - Photo by Brian McMillen
Happy holidays, dear listeners! We’ll have some new Christmas releases to feature on our weekday afternoon jazz program Just You & Me this December, including vibraphonist Warren Wolf’s Christmas Vibes, as well as plenty of classic holiday jazz recordings, kicking off with a Vince Guaraldi celebration on Wednesday, December 9 (the 55th anniversary of the premiere of “A Charlie Brown Christmas”). On Thursday, December 24, we’ll close out the Christmas Eve show with our traditional broadcast of Louis Armstrong reading “The Night Before Christmas.” And our Friday evening vocal-jazz-and-popular-song program Afterglow will help wind Christmas down on December 25 with “All Is Calm,” followed by Night Lights’ “Have Yourself a Very Quiet Christmas” at 9. There’s a notable centennial this month for pianist Dave Brubeck, and Afterglow and Night Lights will celebrate that milestone as well. Their respective December 4 programs highlight the recordings he made with singers such as Tony Bennett and Carmen McRae, and his quartet’s 1950s and ’60s international tours on behalf of the U.S. State Department. Afterglow also pays a centennial tribute on December 11 to trumpeter Clark Terry and his work with vocalists Dinah Washington, Joe Williams, and others. Finally, a reminder that we now carry NPR’s weekly program Jazz Night in America, hosted by bassist Christian McBride, Friday evenings at 7 on WFIU2. Stay tuned for 2021!
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1 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Charity Former Ether Game host Mark Chilla returns to the show for a charitythemed quiz in celebration of Giving Tuesday. Join us as we close a day of WFIU fundraising with some classical alms-giving. 10:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER National Heroes Nielsen Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn, Op. 43 Sooyun Kim, Flute; James Austin Smith, Oboe; Tommaso Lonquich, Clarinet; Marc Goldberg, Bassoon; David Jolley, Horn Copland Appalachian Spring Suite for Ensemble
2 Wednesday 8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra JoAnn Falletta, conductor Conrad Tao, piano BARBER: Symphony No. 1 GERSHWIN: Concerto in F major for Piano and Orchestra PENDERECKI: Adagio from Symphony No. 3 BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story 10:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC HAYDN: Symphony No. 95 in C minor, Hob. I:95 (1791) MARTINŮ: Incantation, Piano Concerto No. 4, H. 358; Garrick Ohlsson, piano SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39 Xian Zhang, conductor
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1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA Prokofiev’s War and Peace Valery Gergiev; Anna Netrebko (Natasha Rostova), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Sonya), Elena Obraztsova (Mme. Akhrosimova), Gegam Grigorian (Count Pierre Bezukhov), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Prince Andrei), Vassily Gerello (Napoleon Bonaparte), Samuel Ramey (Field Marshal Kutuzov) Alícia de Larrocha photo by Generalitat de Catalunya
3 Thursday 8:00 PM HARMONIA Not That Dido! Of the 9,896 lines of dactylic hexameter in Virgil’s Aeneid, four lines were set to music by many of the most famous composers of the late 15th and 16th centuries. Why these four lines? Join us to find out and to hear gorgeous polyphony by Josquin, Mouton, Agricola, Lassus, and more. 9:00 PM FIESTA! Alícia de Larrocha Celebrate the legacy of the great Spanish pianist Alícia de Larrocha. We will share some of Fiesta host Elbio Barilari’s favorite recordings of this great artist.
4 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Everybody’s Jumpin’ with Dave Brubeck Dave Brubeck was one of the most influential jazz pianists of the 20th century, and for the celebration of what would have been his 100th birthday, we’re exploring his work with singers like Tony Bennett, Jimmy Rushing, Carmen McRae, and more. 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Jazz Impressions of Brubeck Music from and inspired by the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s international trips to Japan, Mexico, Europe, and Asia.
6 Sunday 6:00 PM PROFILES Robert Siegel
7 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Variations on America GERSHWIN: Cuban Overture (Daniel Barenboim, cond.) GERSHWIN/TOVEY: A Foggy Day (Bramwell Tovey, piano) IVES: The Unanswered Question (original version) (Adolph Herseth, trumpet; Michael Tilson Thomas, cond.) BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (Daniel Barenboim, cond.) IVES/SCHUMAN: Variations on America (Morton Gould, cond.) WILLIAMS: Selections from Lincoln (The People's House and Appomattox, April 9, 1965) (Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director, John Williams, cond.) DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 (From the New World) (Carlo Maria Giulini, cond.) 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS A Christmas Fete A multi-generational sampler of festival holiday music from many lands.
8 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Inside Voices Back by popular demand after it was sidelined in October, the Ether Game Brain Trust gives some much-needed respect to the inside voice of the orchestra: the viola!
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10:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER Culturally Inspired Francaix Trio for Violin, Viola, and Cello Yura Lee, Violin; Richard O'Neill, Viola; Nicholas Canellakis, Cello Schoenfeld Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano David Shifrin, Clarinet; Ida Kavafian, Violin; Anne-Marie McDermott, Piano Prokofiev Quartet No. 2 in F major for Strings, Op. 92 Calidore String Quartet (Jeffrey Myers, Violin, Ryan Meehan, Violin; Jeremy Berry, Viola; Estelle Choi, Cello)
9 Wednesday 8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Los Angeles Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Maraca 2, percussion Joseph Pereira, timpani STRAVINSKY: Fireworks PEREIRA: Threshold (World Premiere) BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 10:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC Conductor: Jeffrey Kahane Soloists (Bach): Sheryl Staples, violin and Liang Wang, oboe Soloist/Cond. (Beethoven): Jeffery Kahane BACH: Concerto for Violin and Oboe MOZART: Symphony No. 33 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1
10 Thursday 8:00 PM HARMONIA Chiaroscuro: Darkness to Light Chiaroscuro is a technique in visual art that tells vivid stories through sharp contrasts of light and dark. Rembrandt, Caravaggio, and Leonardo da Vinci used chiaroscuro in their Renaissance masterpieces. Join us as we uncover moments of darkness and light with instruments and voice. Plus, enjoy our featured release, Soundscape: Leonardo Da Vinci, by Capella de la Torre.
9:00 PM CANDLES BURNING BRIGHTLY A one-hour celebration of Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights with an exploration of Chanukah foods and traditional activities and plenty of music.
11 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Clark Terry and the Singers Legendary trumpeter and educator Clark Terry had a career that lasted for nearly 70 years. For his centennial celebration, we’ll explore Terry’s work alongside singers like Dinah Washington, Joe Williams, and more. 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Rookie of the Year: Curtis Fuller ’57 In 1957 Curtis Fuller arrived in New York City at the age of 22 and preceded to record with Bud Powell, Jimmy Smith, and John Coltrane, as well as making six records as a leader. We take a look at the breakout year of one of jazz’s greatest trombonists.
12 Saturday 1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA Beethoven’s Fidelio Sebastian Weigle; Adrianne Pieczonka (Leonore), HannaElisabeth Müller (Marzelline), Klaus Florian Vogt (Florestan), David Portillo (Jaquino), Greer Grimsley (Don Pizarro), Falk Struckmann (Rocco), Günther Groissböck (Don Fernando)
13 Sunday 6:00 PM PROFILES Kelly King
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14 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Riccardo Muti and Mitsuko Uchida MOZART: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466 (Mitsuko Uchida, piano) VARÈSE: Déserts (Pierre Boulez, cond.) STRAVINSKY: Divertimento, Suite from The Fairy's Kiss STRAVINSKY: Suite from The Firebird (1919 Revision) 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS Make We Merry Jubilant and celebratory selections for the Christmas holiday.
15 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Short-Short-Short-Long It is hard to imagine a composer who cast a longer shadow over classical music. Join us this week to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth and his life and influence. 10:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER The Inventors Debussy Quartet in G minor for Strings, Op. 10 Escher String Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart, Violin I; Brendan Speltz, Violin II; Pierre Lapointe, Viola; Brook Speltz, Cello) Bartók Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion Alessio Bax, Piano I; Lucille Chung, Piano II; Ian Rosenbaum, Percussion I; Ayano Kataoka, Percussion II
16 Wednesday 8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Oregon Symphony Carlos Kalmar, conductor Natasha Paremski, piano PISTON: Symphony No. 7 PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 2 TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”
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10:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Conductor: Kurt Masur BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4
17 Thursday 8:00 PM HARMONIA An Oratorio Quilt As the winter nights get colder, we’ll keep warm with an “oratorio quilt,” weaving together music for the season from France, Germany, and Italy—by composers both devout and mischievous. Our featured release showcases medieval Christmas music performed by Gothic Voices. 9:00 PM FIESTA! Revisiting Mexico Mexico is one of the powerhouses of Latin American music and the cradle of some of the top composers of the 20th century, such as Manuel Ponce, Carlos Chávez, and Silvestre Revueltas. Fiesta goes back to Mexico for a fresh view on the musical life of that great country.
18 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW A Modern Jazz Christmas With the holidays right around the corner, Afterglow explores some more modern takes on Christmas favorites, sung by contemporary jazz singers Kurt Elling, Dianne Reeves, Gregory Porter, and more. 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Conover’s Coming Over: Willis Conover and Jazz at the Voice of America Voice of America DJ Willis Conover helped popularize jazz around the world during the Cold War. We’ll hear some of his broadcasts and speak with his biographer, Terry Ripmaster.
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1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel Donald Runnicles; Lisette Oropesa (Gretel), Tara Erraught (Hansel), Dolora Zajick (Gertrude), Gerhard Siegel (Witch), Quinn Kelsey (Peter)
8:00 PM ST. OLAF CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL F. Melius Christiansen started the Christmas Festival in 1911 at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, as a simple service in word and song for students, faculty, friends, and family. In the 109 years since, it has grown to include more than 500 student musicians who share their gifts with more than 12,000 audience members at the four live concerts—tickets for which always sell out months in advance. Due to COVID-19, the St. Olaf Christmas Festival will not be performed live.
20 Sunday 6:00 PM PROFILES Ross Gay
21 Monday 8:00 CHICAGO SYMPHONY Matthew Halls Conducts Messiah HANDEL: Messiah (Parts 1-3): Amanda Forsythe, soprano; Sasha Cooke, mezzo soprano; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Joshua Hopkins, baritone; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe, director); Matthew Halls, cond.
10:00 PM A CHANTICLEER CHRISTMAS Celebrate the season with song! Steve Staruch hosts this one-hour program of holiday favorites, new and old, presented live in concert by Chanticleer, the superb 12-man ensemble known as “an orchestra of voices.”
10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS American Organist’s Christmas Music for the holiday with a distinctly home-grown flavor.
11:00 PM ALL IS BRIGHT Lynne Warfel hosts an hour of gorgeous, contemplative choral music that tells the traditional Christmas story with songs about angels, the star and the manger scene. Featured artists include Cantus, Chanticleer, Cambridge Singers, Bryn Terfel, Emma Kirkby, Jessye Norman, and a variety of choirs.
22 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME On This Day Premiere performances, first birthdays, and infamous concerts, December 22 was an important day in history for classical music. Tune in and find out what went down. 10:00 PM WELCOME CHRISTMAS! WITH VOCALESSENCE Welcome Christmas is a perennial Christmas favorite from choral group VocalEssence, conducted by Philip Brunelle. Join us for an hour of traditional carols and new discoveries, including the world premiere of two carols from the annual Christmas Carol Contest. 11:00 PM HYGGE HOLIDAY CLASSICS Join host Elena See as she plays a mix of wintry and nostalgic classical pieces designed to accompany listeners as they enjoy cozy wintertime activities.
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24 Thursday 10:00 AM A FESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS Join us for a live, worldwide Christmas Eve broadcast of a service of Biblical readings, carols, and related seasonal classical music, presented by one of the world’s foremost choirs of men and boys and performed in an acoustically and architecturally renowned venue. 8:00 PM HARMONIA There Were Shepherds It may be the Christmas season, but don’t pour the hot cocoa just yet! We’re going outside—not into the snow, but to the pastoral, and probably warm scene of the Nativity.
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9:00 PM CHRISTMAS WITH THE TABERNACLE CHOIR The sounds of the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square floated into many homes during the holidays in the ’60s and ’70s on Goodyear and Firestone albums, bringing lush renditions of favorite Christmas carols. Those warm memories and feelings come right back again in this holiday special. The choir continues its tradition of great artistry with touching arrangements of familiar carols, and surprises with lesser-known melodies that are fast becoming the new classics.
25 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW All Is Calm: A Quiet Afterglow Christmas On this Christmas night, relax at the end of a stressful year with some holiday songs to soothe your soul, sung by Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, and more. 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Have Yourself a Very Quiet Christmas Night Lights pays tribute to the holidays in the mellowest of moods, with music from Joe Pass, Dave Brubeck, the Modern Jazz Quartet, and more.
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8:00 CHICAGO SYMPHONY A Chicago Symphony Chorus Spotlight BRUCKNER: Psalm 150 (Ruth Welting, soprano; Chicago Symphony Chorus, Margaret Hillis, director; Barenboim, cond.) BARTÓK: Cantata profana (John Aler, tenor; John Tomlinson, baritone; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Margaret Hillis, director); Boulez, cond.) BRAHMS: A German Requiem (Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano; Bernd Weikl, baritone; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Margaret Hillis, director); Sir Georg Solti, cond.) 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS An Organist’s Yearbook The annual summing up of a year’s happenings.
29 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Nine Ladies Dancing If you know how the old Christmas carol goes, you’ve got all the clues you need for our seasonal Ether Game! 10:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER Classical Evolution Haydn Quartet in F minor for Strings, Hob. III:35, Op. 20, No. 5 Orion String Quartet (Daniel Phillips, Violin I; Todd Phillips, Violin II; Steven Tenenbom, Viola; Timothy Eddy, Cello) Beethoven Sonata in A major for Cello and Piano, Op. 69 Paul Watkins, Cello; Alessio Bax, Piano
1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA Mozart’s The Magic Flute Erik Nielsen; Susanna Phillips (Pamina), Erika Miklósa (Queen of the Night), Russell Thomas (Tamino), Alan Oke (Monostatos), Nathan Gunn (Papageno), Morris Robinson (Sarastro)
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31 Thursday 8:00 PM HARMONIA The Viceroyalty of Peru The latches on highly ornate baroque doors are high enough that they are easier to reach on horseback than on foot. La Plata Cathedral was one of New Spain’s most magnificent sights to behold. We’ll hear music from this sparkling venue. Our featured release is Tommaso Giordani: Six Duos for Two Cellos. 9:00 PM FIESTA! Imaginary Concert Continuing with our series Imaginary Concerts: think that you are attending a symphonic concert in which instead of hearing one of the so-called the “standard concert repertoire,” the orchestra starts with a colorful Latino overture, continues with a fantastic Latino concerto, and tops the evening with a full scale Latino symphony.
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BENEFIT OF THE MONTH Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site (#169) 1230 N. Delaware St. Indianapolis, IN (317) 631-1888 bhpsite.org Valid for 2-for-1 regular tour admission during the month to enjoy a festive tour of President Benjamin Harrison’s Gilded Age mansion decorated in Gilded Age holiday finery. Excludes LIVE Family Christmas & special events.
UPDATED BENEFITS Community Theatre of Terre Haute (#393) 1431 S. 25th St. Terre Haute, IN (812) 239-9487 ctth.org Valid for 2-for-1 admission during the month.
2 West Bistro (#325) 2 W. Seminary St. Greencastle, IN (765) 658-1000 innatdepauw.com/dining.html Valid Wed.-Sat. for 2-for-1 dinner entrée.
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This month on Craft in America
Friday, December 11 at 9pm and 10pm Craft in America, the Peabody Award-winning documentary series discovering the beauty, significance, and relevance of handmade objects and the artists who make them, returns with the episodes “Storytellers” and “Democracy.” “Storytellers” highlights artists who use narrative to communicate personal and universal truths, creating a uniquely powerful expression of our human experience. Beginning in Alaska, viewers meet one of the nation’s most important multidisciplinary artists, Nicholas Galanin. Descended from a family of Native Alaskan Tlingit and Unangan artists, he challenges the displacement of indigenous art and cultural disruption, offering perspective rooted in connection to land while investigating and expanding intersections of culture and concept in form, image, and sound. “ Democracy” explores how craft is intertwined with our nation’s defining principles. The episode begins with Robert L. Lynch, President of Americans for the Arts, who speaks to the presence of craft in US history and the role of government in the arts. He also guides viewers through several of the significant Washington, DC monuments and memorials, highlighting their aesthetic and emotional resonance. Finally, viewers learn about two distinct examples of democratic approaches to creativity: first, the 1972 exhibition Islands in the Land celebrating handcrafted objects from Appalachia and the Rio Grande Valley; and second, the work-study program at Berea College, where traditional Appalachian craft is kept alive through historic innovative programs that foster a diverse and integrated student body.
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Support the programs you rely on—the news and music you hear each day on WFIU—and save on your taxes at the same time. The CARES Act, which was passed this spring in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, allows individual taxpayers who take the standard deduction to deduct charitable donations of up to $300 on their 2020 federal tax return, even if they don’t itemize. And, for those who do itemize their deductions, the new law allows for cash contributions to qualified charities, including WFIU, to be deducted up to 100% (up from 60%) of your adjusted gross income for the 2020 calendar year. These tax benefits, however, will expire on December 31, 2020. In addition, because WFIU is licensed to Indiana University, your support of WFIU qualifies under the Indiana College Tax Credit program. It’s better than a deduction—it’s a credit that reduces the tax you owe. Take advantage of this tax benefit by filling out Form CC-40 (downloadable from IN.gov/dor) and include it with your tax return filing. It’s money back in your pocket! Learn more about making a tax-advantaged gift to WFIU at wfiu.org/support. Please consult your tax advisor for advice on how the CARES Act may impact your charitable giving. Every donor’s tax situation is unique.
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Save the Date—Giving Tuesday 2020 Is Coming Giving Tuesday, celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, is a special day when people all around the world come together to spread kindness and give back to organizations making a difference in their community. In this time of separation, generosity can make us feel more connected. And so can public radio. Throughout a challenging 2020, you’ve relied on WFIU for trusted reporting that’s helped you and everyone in our community stay informed and safe. You’ve also found solace, respite, inspiration, and connection. And it’s all here at WFIU because of the generous support of our members. As a non-profit that helps your community stay informed and connected, we hope WFIU will be one of the organizations you support on Tuesday, December 1. Our goal is to raise $30,000 in just 24 hours—it’ll be a team effort to get there, yet the impact your Giving Tuesday donation will have is great. And there’s an especially good reason to get involved: A group of generous donors has offered to match the first $20,000 raised on Giving Tuesday—dollar for dollar. We hope you will take advantage of this rare opportunity to have your support doubled. Increase the amount of your monthly investment, renew your membership or make an additional gift if you can at this time. We know there are many great causes to support, and we’re so grateful that you see the benefit of trusted journalism and cultural programs that strengthen our Hoosier communities. It’s only possible with your help. Thank you!
“The local news and programming, such as Ask the Mayor, Earth Eats, and Ether Game, makes a community, not just a radio station.” — Herbert, WFIU Member