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WDIY's Spring Membership Drive:
That's a Wrap!
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Last week, we officially met our goal for the Spring Membership Drive! Thank you to the over 400 contributors who donated. We couldn't be here without you.
We are still finalizing the financial details, but the preliminary number of meals that will be going to Second Harvest Food Bank is 7,391! Well done, eveybody!
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Early Bird Deadline for Groovin' in the Grove Tickets Coming Up | |
Hey WDIY members and listeners, you only have until Wednesday, May 1 to purchase discounted Early Bird tickets for WDIY's Family Fun Day — Groovin' in the Grove 2024! Afterwards, regular pricing takes effect.
We hope you can join us for our 29th birthday celebration on Saturday, May 18 at South Mountain Grove in Allentown. All proceeds support WDIY.
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Volunteer of the Week:
Kathleen McGroggan
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WDIY is proud to honor the more than 120 volunteers that make Lehigh Valley Public Radio Possible.
This week, we are recognizing Kathleen McGroggan! Kathleen is an administrative volunteer who helps answer phones during Membership Drives and staff WDIY's booth at community events. She has been a WDIY member since 2008.
Great job, Kathleen!
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WDIY Classics
Host: Andrew Tomlinson
Monday, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Today we’re going to explore the world of the symphonic poem, a form invented by Liszt in the mid 19th Century. We’ll hear colorful examples by the Russian composers Borodin and Balakirev, and two from Liszt himself, including the wonderful story of Mazeppa, a Ukrainian nobleman who, as punishment for seducing the wife of a Polish count, is stripped naked, tied to the back of a wild horse, and sent packing – only to be rescued by some passing Cossacks! We’ll also hear a dramatic Salve Regina from a Spanish admirer of Pergolesi, and music of Tchaikovsky for cello and orchestra, in homage to Mozart. We’ll hear deceptively simple piano music in Grieg’s Lyric Pieces, and begin and end with Corelli’s astonishing violin sonatas, published on January 1st, 1700, which catapulted the musical world into a new century.
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Hear this and other WDIY music shows after they have aired using our Two-Week Music Show Archive! Available on the WDIY app or wdiy.org.
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The Blend
Host: Arnie Lichten
Monday, 1 - 4 p.m.
Arnie Lichten is back on The Blend today with new music from Frank Turner, Yannis & The Yaw, Madeleine Peyroux, Mark Knopfler, and much, much more.
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Lehigh Valley Arts Salon
Hosts: Paul Willistein, George VanDoren
Monday, 6 - 6:30 p.m.
Special hosts Paul Willistein and George VanDoren look at the winning poems in 19th Annual Lehigh Valley Press Student Poetry Project. Elementary through high school students from all across the Lehigh Valley had a chance to submit their poems to be featured on an episode of Lehigh Valley Arts Salon and published in the 8 Lehigh Valley Press newspapers.
Paul and George talk with first place high school student Haven Simmons from Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, grade 11, who reads her poem. The other first place students, who could not appear, will have their winning poems read by Paul and George — Christele Tanis from Trexler Middle School, grade 8, and Alexandra Hernandez from Freemansburg Elementary School, grade 4.
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At the Movies
Host: Paul Willistein
Monday, 6:25 p.m. during Lehigh Valley Arts Salon
Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson and Cailee Spaeny star in the controversial Civil War. A photojournalist team follows a governmental breakdown in a not-too-distant-future United States. Director Alex Garland (Oscar nominee, original screenplay, Ex Machina) directs. Also starring: Nick Offerman, Jessie Plemmons. Paul Willistein of the Lehigh Valley Press reviews the action, thriller.
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The El-Chaar Chronicles
Host: Karen El-Chaar
Monday, 6:30 - 7 p.m.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently issued rules on toxic chemicals, known as PFAS or more familiarly known as "forever chemicals," in drinking water. Stephanie Wein, Clean Water Advocate with PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center, joins host Karen El-Chaar in a discussion of the new rules and classification of two specific PFAS as "hazardous substances" under the Superfund Law.which would require polluters to pay for clean-up costs.
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Folk Classics
Host: Steve Aaronson
Monday, 7 - 9 p.m.
Today is Earth Day and the first hour of music will be devoted to that event. Featured artists will include David Mallett, Malvina Reynolds, Pete Seeger, and Woodie Guthrie.
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Milestones
Host: Rob Reagan
Monday, 9 - 11 p.m.
The opening hour of tonight's program features plenty of vocal tracks...we'll hear from singers Nancy Reed, Giacomo Gates, Roseanna Vitro, Nicole Zuraitis, JD Walter, and Allan Harris. Hour two will remember drummer Albert "Tootie" Heath, who recently passed at age 88...and since the Heath Brothers ( saxophonist Jimmy and bass player Percy ) were mainstays from the Philadelphia jazz scene, we'll also give a nod to other Philly area greats, such as pianist McCoy Tyner, trumpeter Terell Stafford, guitarist Pat Martino, organ player Joey DeFrancesco, bassist Christian McBride, and sax player Michael Brecker.
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On the Media
Host: Brooke Gladstone
Tuesday, 6 - 7 p.m.
This week's show: Meet the Media Prophets Who Preach Christian Supremacy. Plus, Journalism in Civil War
Former president Trump says he wants to make America pray again. On this week’s On the Media, hear how Christian nationalism is shaping American politics. Plus, what the new film Civil War has to say about the role of journalism when civilizing norms have broken down.
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Live from Godfrey Daniels
Host: Dave Fry
Tuesday, 7 - 9 p.m.
This week's show features new cuts from Ward Hayden and The Outliers, James Murdock and Wild Flower, plus country music from Norman and Nancy Blake, The Red Clay Ramblers, blues from Roy Book Binder and The Nighthawks, French music from Dan Ar Bras and Gabriel Yacoub, women's music from Crys Matthews and Claudia Schmidt, and more.
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WDIY Classics
Host: Karen El-Chaar
Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
At 10:00 a.m., Christopher Jackson, Artistic Director and Conductor of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, provides an overview of the extensive musical and other offerings during the upcoming 116th Bach Festival.
Additional program highlights include Alberto Ginastera's "Variaciones concertantes Op. 23" introducing listeners to the instruments of the orchestra, three of Sir Edward German's "Henry VIII Dances," a suite of music from Leo Delibes' ballet "Sylvia and "Gates of Gold" by Joseph Curiale depicting immigration to California during the Gold Rush of the late 1800s.
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Your Financial Choices
Host: Laurie Siebert
Wednesday, 6 - 7 p.m.
This week's show: Financial Education Resources
Laurie will be live in the studio. Listeners can ask questions live on-air during the program at 610-758-8810 or on WDIY's Facebook, X/Twitter, and Threads pages. Questions can be submitted anytime in advance of the show at yourfinancialchoices.com.
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WDIY Classics
Host: Karen El-Chaar
Thursday, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Lehigh University Choral Arts presents their final spring semester concert on May 3 and 4. Dr. Steven Sametz, Artistic Director and founder of LU Choral Arts, will enlighten listeners at 10:00 a.m. of the program selections and soloists. Along the vein of universities, composer William Schuman was the first president of Juilliard. Enjoy selections from his "New England Triptych" and his orchestration of Charles Ives' "Variations on 'America'" followed by several Alan Hovhaness bagatelles as well as a gamelan selection by composer Lou Harrison performed by his ensemble, Gamelan Si Betty.
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Perspectives
Host: John Pearce
Thursday, 6 - 6:30 p.m.
Our topic is author C.S. Lewis. Guests the Rev. Rick Melazzo and the Rev. John Heinsohn are huge fans of this author. You will learn much about Lewis’ life and writings (some 30 books).
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Charla Comunitaria
Host: Aurea Ortiz
Thursday, 6:30 - 7 p.m.
Aurea Ortiz sits with Raymond Santiago, Executive Director of the Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley, to talk about his work at the Center, growing up and living in Bethlehem, and upcoming Center events.
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Celtic Faire
Host: Rick Weaver
Thursday, 7 - 9 p.m.
This week on Celtic Faire, host Rick Weaver will take a belated look at music inspired by the 1916 Easter Rebellion with a suite from New York fiddler, educator and composer Sean Quinn, as well as from Mary Courtney and Joey Mutis. Also featured will be Celtic music from a French vocalist Julie Abbe, and a look at the music of multi instrumentalist Gabe Donohue in celebration of his birthday last week. Also the Celtic Calendar and the Celtic Cultural Minute where Kate Scuffle will tell us about the Wild Geese, Irish warriors who fought in France.
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Galactic Travels™
Host: Bill Fox
Thursday, 11 p.m. - Friday, 1 a.m.
On this week's Galactic Travels™, Bill Fox concludes the month-long focus on Robert Rich. The Featured CD at Midnight will be Strata with Steve Roach on Hearts of Space Records. You will also hear new music by Jane Rigler, Curtis Bahn, and Thomas Ciufo on Neuma Records and by Ian Boddy on quiet details Records.
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The Blend
Host: Carlos Benjamin
Friday, 1 - 4 p.m.
At 3 p.m., The James Supra Sarah Ayers Trio with Phil Pilorz will be live in the studio in advance of the performance at WDIY's Groovin in the Grove on May 18.
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Unlimited Possibilities
Host: George Libricz Jr.
Friday, 7 - 9 p.m.
Little George and The Old Guy host Unlimited Possibilities (folk and beyond) this Friday evening. Join them as they present tunes from the likes of The Wailin’ Jennys, Mark Knopfler, Bruce Cockburn, Turnpike Troubadours, Alice Howe and Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown. The Old Guy is digging through his stacks to find a polka for your listening pleasure.
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Footlight Parade
Host: Bill Rudman
Sunday, 9 - 10 p.m.
This week's show: Spotlight on Dawn Upshaw
"Spotlight on Dawn Upshaw" -- Here is a classical singer who gracefully crossed over to the Broadway songbook, with rapturous interpretations of music by Sondheim, Gershwin, Bernstein, Rodgers. Blitzstein and Vernon Duke.
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Lehigh University Philharmonic Presents:
Concerto Marathon
Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University, Bethlehem
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This Week's Member Ticket Giveaway | |
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Hey WDIY members, check out the events we're giving away tickets for this Sunday, April 28! Watch your email Sunday at noon for your chance to enter.
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Civic Theatre of Allentown presents:
Pippin
19th Street Theatre, Allentown
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Lehigh University Choral Arts Presents:
I Have Had Singing
Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University, Bethlehem
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If you are a WDIY member who has contributed at least $60 for the year or you are actively supporting WDIY as a Sustaining Member, you are eligible for WDIY's Member Ticket Giveaway! If you are not receiving this member benefit on Sundays, please email shamusm@wdiy.org. | | | | |
