Traveling Music: October 6, 2013
Traveling Music
Shonti Elder
10-6-13
Upcoming Concerts: Tim O'Brien and Darrell Scott, Saturday, Oct. 26 (Whistling Swan), Wendy Williamson Auditorium UAA; Eileen Ivers and the Anchorage Symphony...
Alaska News Nightly: September 30, 2013
State Braces For Government Shutdown; Health Insurance Marketplaces Set To Open; YKHC Lays Off Workers, Cuts Programs; Alaska Tsunami Warning Center Gets New Name; Changes Coming Tuesday To Marine Weather Forecasts For Southwest Alaska; Wrangell Considers Sales Tax Decrease; Hotel Impossible Wraps Up Filming At Alaskan Hotel; Adventurer Publishes ‘Northern Exposures’ Book
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Hands-on Discovery in Portage Valley
Today we’re going to school outside. Douglas Causey is a Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Alaska Anchorage, and most days he’s teaching in a classroom like every other teacher.
But, the one he’s teaching today couldn’t be more different. This classroom is in Portage Valley. And the homework? Catching fish.
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I Am The Pipe Cleaner Master
Creating up to 50,000 artistic pieces a year, Kenneth Williams can shape pipe cleaners into just about anything.
In addition to his business at Anchorage's Sears Mall, Kenneth also creates intricate stop-motion animation films. His unwavering dedication to his craft, along with his kind-hearted personality makes Kenneth an inspiration to anyone who meets him.
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Masterpiece Mystery: Foyle’s War – Sunflower
Foyle is tasked with protecting Karl Strasser, a Nazi officer turned MI5 informant who believes he is in danger. America wants Strasser extradited for his involvement in a wartime event, but British Intelligence is determined to protect him. As Foyle nears a solution to the case, the unfathomable truth of “Operation Sunflower” is revealed.
TV: Sunday, 9/29 at 8:00pm
Last Tango in Halifax: Episode 4
A police search begins for Alan and Celia, who are locked inside the hall without phone service. Fearing for their parents and unable to sleep, Caroline and Gillian open up to one another and form a supportive bond. In the morning, the curator and his assistant find Alan and Celia.
TV: Saturday, 9/29 at 7:00pm
AK: Baby Boost
As in many small towns in Alaska, there are no babies delivered in Wrangell’s hospital. Expectant mothers have to leave town to give birth. When they return, there aren’t many services to help them adjust to life with a new baby. Hannah’s Place is a non-profit that provides free courses for expecting couples and new parents. In exchange for taking these classes, parents have access to a “free” store that has nearly everything an infant needs.
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Alaska News Nightly: September 27, 2013
Denali Commission’s Inspector General Advocates For Dissolving Organization; Newly-Enforced FAA Policies Cause Problems For Alaska Airports; Oil, Gas Exploration May Increase In Chukchi Sea; State, Fairbanks Review New Fairbanks 4 Evidence; Secure Rural Schools Program Extension Approved; ACLU Concerned Over Online Health Information Exchanges; AK: Baby Boost; 300 Villages: Venetie
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Getting Alaska Back on the Global Energy Map
President, ConocoPhillips Alaska, Trond-Erik Johansen was recorded speaking on “Getting Alaska Back on the Global Energy Map” at the Alaska World Affairs Council in Anchorage on September 27, 2013.
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Erin McKittrick
A 4,000-mile trek by two people just out of college is one thing. Repeating that kind of adventure with two kids is something else altogether. Hig and Erin of Ground Truth Trekking have finished their Cook Inlet expedition and they have a new book out.
APRN: Tuesday, 10/1 at 10:00am
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Hamming it up with Stage Talk
A couple of HAMS, or Homeless Actors of Mat-Su show up this week to talk about their company and what shows they have for the upcoming year. Join Thomas G. Jacobs and Mathew Firmin from the Valley on this week's Stage Talk.
KSKA: Friday, 9/27 at 2:45pm
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Anchorage Seeks Surplus Federal Land For Homeless Housing; And State Outraged At EPA Raid
Many Anchorage Assembly members want to delay the vote on the AO37 repeal. Anchorage attempting to obtain 130 acres of surplus federal land near the airport for homeless housing. State outraged at armed EPA raid in Chicken. The Pew Charitable Trust issues a report on Arctic drilling challenges.
KSKA: Friday, 9/27 at 2:00pm & Saturday, 9/28 at 6:00pm
TV: Friday, 9/27 at 7:30pm & Saturday, 9/28 at 5:00pm
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Getting the Flock Ready for Winter
![A clean coop is a good way to start the winter.](https://media.alaskapublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Chicken-Blog-Winter-1-300x225.jpg)
Great Performances: The Hollow Crown – Henry IV – Part 1
Follow Prince Hal’s path to reconciliation with his father and his ascension to the throne.
TV: Friday, 9/27 at 8:00pm
Alaska News Nightly: September 26, 2013
Senators Weigh In On Government Shutdown; Arming VPSOs Discussed At Anchorage Meeting; Man Dies After Being Struck Many Times With Road Sign; Murkowski Secures $50 Million For Legacy Well Clean Up; DEC Proposes New Fine For Particulate Pollution; iPhone Map Leads Drivers Onto Fairbanks Runway; Candidates Compete For Mat-Su Assembly; ‘Strength in Youth’ Highlights Positive High School Statistics
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Electric Vehicles Get a Boost in Juneau
![Amy Skilbred parades her electric vehicle on Fourth of July in Juneau.](https://media.alaskapublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/4th-of-July-Juneau-2-300x225.jpg)
Thousand Invisible Cords
A Thousand Invisible Cords: Connecting Genes to Ecosystems from Thousand Cords on Vimeo.
Can an entire landscape be altered by changes in one plant or animal gene? Science now says yes, and A Thousand Invisible Cords: Connecting Genes to Ecosystems traces the 30-year journey that led to this discovery. It demonstrates that living things are connected in more ways that anyone thought possible. TV: Thursday, 9/26 at 8:00pmAlaska News Nightly: September 25, 2013
New Evidence Suggests ‘Fairbanks 4’ Are Innocent; A Week Later, Shelter Still Home For Mountain View Fire Victims; Two Dead, One Missing Near Alakanuk; Feds Release Affordable Care Act Insurance Rates; Margaret Stock Named MacArthur Genius Grant Winner; Haines Highway Progress Slows; Tourism Pioneer Stan Stephens Dies
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Veteran Spotlight: Col. Suellyn Wright Novak
In the 3rd grade, Suellyn Wright Novak was asked to draw a picture of what she wanted to be when she grew up.
She told her teacher she wanted to be a colonel in the Air Force in Alaska – and the teacher was so shocked at the clarity of her vision that she convened a parent-teacher conference where Novak’s parents.
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Traveling Music 9-29-13
Traveling Music
9-29-13
Shonti Elder
Format:
Song Title
Artist / Composer
CD Title
Label
Duration
Blue Chalk
Gilkyson, Gorka, Kaplansky / John Gorka
Red Horse
Red House Records
4:11
I've Got A Feeling
Tim May / Tim May
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