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Eye on the Triangle creator Saja Hindi runs down the latest news in her last program as host. Then Tyler Everrett previews the Wolfpack football schedule From the Sidelines. In a special extended VIP, Saja talks with John Morris, founder of the popular community blog Goodnight, Raleigh! and several members of his staff. Then Jacob Downey previews the Stars in the Round fundraiser for the Shakori Hills Community Arts Center in Hear This.
In VIP, Saja talks about the growing Hispanic population in Raleigh with members of the NCSU student group Mi Familia, an NCSU student group serving as a social, cultural and political forum for students and the surrounding community interested in experiencing and promoting the richness of the international Hispanic and Latino community/culture.
Winston-Salem band Jews and Catholics is the focus of Hear This. On Community Canvas, Jacob talks with Warren Buff about Reconstruction, the 10th Occasional North American Science Fiction Convention August 5-8 in Raleigh. Finally, Tommy’s Wolfpacker of the Week is about Raleigh Wars.
There are two VIPs this week: NCSU Sustainability Outreach Coordinator David Dean and Student Senate President Stephen Kouba. Dean will talk about his office and Kouba will discuss the recent $900 tuition increase at N.C. State. The D.H. Hill Color Wall is the subject of Community Canvas and Hear This focuses on the MusicSpark component of September’s SparkCon Festival.
EOT host Saja Hindi runs down the latest news, followed by From the Sidelines with Tyler Everett. Our VIP segment was a rebroadcast of our Feb. 15, 2010 live in-studio interview with Teach for America on-campus student coordinator Joe Wright and future Teach for America teacher and WKNC general manager Mike Alston, N.C. State Peace Corps Recruiter Marques Anderson, and senior in graphic design Ana Andruzzi. Wright and Anderson discussed the organizations they represent and the benefits students can take from joining these service corps. Andruzzi talked about her decision to teach in Prague after graduation through Teaching English as a Foreign Language and what she hoped to get out of it.
In community canvas, Saja talks with photographer Rob Fisher about his black and white photography exhibit for First Friday at Vintage 21. Hear This previews the Friends of the Brussels Chamber Orchestra’s Cross Currents Festival. Finally, Alison Harman chats with Wolfpacker of the Week Laura Maruzzella, senior in art and design.
This week in EOT we took primary focus on the current conflict in the middle east.
In this week’s EOT we chose some of our favorite segments from the past year and served them up for you to enjoy!
For all of you baseball fans out there, stay tuned to WKNC this week for the three NCSU Baseball ACC Championship games. The Wolfpack will take on Clemson Wednesday night; airtime on WKNC will begin at 8 p.m. For NCSU vs. Georgia Tech tune into WKNC Friday evening at 8 p.m. Saturday’s game when NCSU faces Virginia Tech will also air at 8 p.m. Go Wolfpack!
For more information about Wolfpack Baseball, check out their website.
Artspace, the downtown Raleigh-based visual arts center, will hold its 2nd annual Give and Take fundraiser tomorrow evening. Artspace is a non-profit “creativity impresario,” if you will, providing all ages with an accessible and welcoming outlet for artistic expression since 1986.
Tomrrow (Thursday, May 13) will be the 2nd installment of their initiative to provide scholarships to the Artspace Summer Arts Program to area children. Attendees will have the opportunity to purchase artwork and donate to the cause. The findraiser starts at 7pm, and local favorites the Bowerbirds are set to perform at 9pm; tickets are available at Artspace (201 East Davie Street), by phone at 919.821.2787, and at the door. Full details are available here.
Many of you may have heard about the recent flooding in Nashville, Tennessee due to torrential rains. While the rains have come and gone, the water still hasn’t. I visit Nashville frequently to see friends and can’t help thinking now, seeing pictures of flooded streets, how I was just there last in October. Fortunately, my friends are fine; however, many individuals and businesses in Nashville are not. Places I saw just six months ago are now awash with muddy floodwater. The Grand Ole Opry has had to relocate temporarily, and Vanderbilt University has had to postpone their exams.
Nashville is Music City, USA, and it is disheartening to think what might be lost if they don’t receive the help they so desperately need. Clean-up will undoubtedly take time, but it is important that we remember our neighbors to the west and do what we can so they can get back to making music and everyday life as soon as possible. If you’re looking for ways to help, you can contact Hands On Nashville or the Middle Tennessee Red Cross. Nashvillest also has information on their website about ways to help as well as resources for victims in case someone you know or love was affected.
As the semester winds down and students begin embarking off on their individual lives outside of school, we here at WKNC would like to remind you that you can take us with you anywhere you go. Whether you’re staying in the area (a very wide area in WKNC’s case, since we now broadcast in 25,000 watts!) and still tuning in the old-fashioned way at 88.1FM, or if you’re heading out of the area you can tune in from anywhere online at www.wknc.org/listen.
And, if you have a smart phone, you can even get on the internet that way to listen. Just in case you forget about all I’ve just said, the street team here at WKNC spent the morning Monday tagging the Free Expression Tunnel on NC State’s campus as a friendly reminder. So take a stroll, have a listen, and keep us with you all summer long!