Traveling Music 3-16-14
Traveling Music
Shonti Elder
3-16-14
Format:
Song Title
Artist / Composer
CD Title
Label
Duration
Raglan Road
Roger Daltrey with The Chieftains / Traditional
The Chieftains. An Irish Evening
RCA Victor
5:23
West Coast of Clare
Maura O'Connell...
TAU has some “magic to do” with their production of Pippin
Steven Alvarez and John Fraser from Theatre Artists United (TAU) visit Stage Talk this week to talk about their upcoming production of Stephen Schwartz's ever-popular musical Pippin opening March 21st and running through March 30th.
KSKA: Friday, March 14, at 2:45 p.m.
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Algo Nuevo: February 16, 2014
Here’s the Sunday, February 16, 2014 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments...
Algo Nuevo: March 2, 2014
Here’s the Sunday, March 2, 2014 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments...
Algo Nuevo: March 9, 2014
Here’s the Sunday, February 9, 2014 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments...
An Alaskan Abroad (in Spain)
Today we’re exploring Spanish cuisine. Meneka Thiru is a food blogger for the group Anchorage Food Mosaic, and she’s been living is Spain for the past several months.
She says most of her culture shock has been food related.
Alaska Edition Friday March 14, 2014
The state Senate brings a Constitutional amendment addressing school funding to the floor but returns it to committee. The House is looking at a bill that would require schools to teach students about sexual assault, sexual abuse. The Iditarod - a look back at the race. Gov. Parnell's appointment to the board of assessors withdraws. The Senate takes up firearms on campus. Dan Coffey is running for mayor of Anchorage. The Anchorage branch of the National Archives will close.
KSKA: Friday, March 14 at 2:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 15 at 6:00 p.m.
KAKM: Friday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, March 15 at 4:30 p.m.
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AK: Machine Shop
Manufacturing – like everything else – is becoming more computerized, but instead of replacing craftsmanship, digital technology is opening up possibilities for students to create things in ways that simply weren’t practical five or ten years ago. Three kids at Sitka High School are building a tool – really just a customized piece of metal – to do an unsung, but important, job in the community. And their collaboration points toward a future where we’ll make stuff differently.
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Traveling Music 3-23-14
Traveling Music
Shonti Elder
3-23-14
Format:
Song Title
Artist / Composer
CD Title
Label
Duration
A Man's A Man For A' That
Old Blind Dogs / Robert Burns
Old Blind Dogs Play Live
Green Linnet
5:09
Never...
Algo Nuevo: March 16, 2014
Here’s the Sunday, March 16, 2014 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments...
Grooming The Trails
Today we’re grooming ski trails. The Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage has a long list of tasks from ski lessons, to biathlon training, to races.
But almost all of their focus is devoted to one thing; grooming trails.
An Alaskan Goes to the 2014 Whitney Biennial
About a year ago, I received an email that professor Michelle Grabner would be one of the three curators of the 2014 Whitney Biennial Show. I asked Grabner if I could shadow her on her year long adventure of artist selection.
The Whitney press office dismissed my project.
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Seafood Kebabs on Forbidden Rice
The early Persians were onto something.
Skewered meats, seafoods and vegetables deftly seasoned and grilled or broiled to perfection are easy to whip up and always a hit. The variations on these Alaskan seafood kebabs are endless.
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Trails Bring Communities Out and Together
It’s been a tough year for snow, with warm temperatures across the state making trails conditions less than ideal. No one knows that better than the 1,300 skiers that hit the trails for the Tour of Anchorage.
But trails, even in this not-so-wintery winter, bring people together to get outside and have some fun.
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Cyrano’s All The Great Books (abridged)
Seen a good book lately? How about eighty-six? In ninety-eight minutes. Join Jaron Carlson and Jay Burns, two-thirds of the cast of Cyrano's Theatre Company's production of All The Great Books (abridged), another in the series of hilarious shows developed by The Reduced Shakespeare Company (those folks who brought you The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)) as they give us a backstage tour as to how it all comes together. All The Great Books (abridged) runs March 28th-April 20th.
KSKA: Friday, March 21, at 2:45 p.m.
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Alaska Edition: Why I Read – The Serious Pleasure of Books
Author and essayist Wendy Lesser discusses her latest book Why I Read with poet Robert Pinsky. Their conversation explores the ways that literature and, especially, poetry touch readers and change their lives as Cambridge Forum continues its series My Life Touched by Art.
KSKA: Friday, March 21, at 2:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 22, at 6:00 p.m.
AK: Didgeridoo
You might not expect an ancient Aboriginal instrument from Australia to find its way to Alaska. But walk around downtown Ketchikan on a warm day and you may hear 15-year-old Kinani Halvorsen playing her didgeridoo. She’s played the unusual instrument for three years. And she hopes to bring the didgeridoo into the mainstream band practice.
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An Alaskan Art Critic at the Whitney
Townsquare 49 contributor and certified art critic Jean Bundy recently attended the Whitney Biennial art show in the big apple.
The Whitney museum boasts the finest collection of 20th century American art, and calls their Biennial the country’s leading survey of modern art.
Geese in an organic Alaskan garden
The weather has been warm and beautiful, the days are getting noticeably longer, and the snow is slowly melting. These are all wonderful things, but this year the sure sign of spring at Woodside Gardens is goose eggs!
Gerdie has laid 3 eggs so far this season, and it has me excited for the year to come.
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Chilaquiles: A Hearty Mexican Breakfast
There is no limit to my love of the food and flavors of Mexico.
All the spicy, fragrant chiles, simmering sauces, creamy refried beans, fresh lime and cilantro...Mexican is my ultimate comfort food.
See the recipe.