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WVIK Studios
Friday, October 16 at 7:00am - Documentary Premiere
The Figge Art Museum
Tuesday, September 29 at 6:30pm - WVIK Hosts Sneak Peak at New G...
The Figge Museum of Art in Davenpor...
Saturday, June 20 at 11:00am - WVIK Hosts Sneak Peak at New G...
The Figge Museum of Art in Davenpor...
Saturday, June 20 at 11:00am
Tuesday, November 24 A Thanksgiving Powwow will be held from noon-2 p.m. in Building 1 of Black Hawk College in Moline. The host drum is the Rainy Mountain Singers. Call (309) 796-5433 for details...
Debra Spark bases her novel, "Good for the Jews," on the biblical story of Esther. The story revolves around Ellen, young and involved with the school superintendent; Mose her older cousin and a teacher, and the new high school principal...
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This
week on "Saturday Morning Live! (Portions Recorded)" Don Wooten's guest
is Beth Carvey-Stewart, director of the Hauberg Museum at Black Hawk Park Historic Site in Rock Island.
Upcoming guests include Roald
Tweet, Nov. 28; Hannah Holman, cello soloist with QC
Symphony, Dec. 5; and Dave
Coopman, author of book on WOC hi...story, Dec. 12. Listen at 90.3 FM from 10 am to Noon.
WVIK 90.3 FM, Augustana Public Radio Hello, Michelle O'Neill here (WVIK News Editor). I've set up a WVIK News fan page here on Facebook. So far, I'm the only one who's posted, but who knows? If enough people become fans, WVIK News Director, Herb Trix, may join the fun and start posting, too. Just click on the link below, and then become a fan.
Do you have questions or comments about Morning Edition from WVIK and NPR? For questions about WVIK News stories, listeners may email us at... wvik_news@augustana.edu. Or call the newsroom at...309.794.7551. Our mailing address is... WVIK News Augustana College Rock Island, IL 61201 _____________________________...______________ Inquiries and comments about NPR stories may be mailed to... Morning Edition c/o NPR 635 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 Listeners may contact Morning Edition on the web at . . . http://www.npr.org/contact. The listener services telephone number at NPR is . . . (202) 513-3232 10 a.m.-5 p.m. ET Monday - Friday. And to comment on the program, listeners may call...(202) 842-5044.
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"Coming Home: Veteran Profiles" This Wednesday...
NPR News observes Veterans Day this year with a series of veteran profiles --
one from each of the U.S. wars in the last 60 years, from World War II to Iraq
and Afghanistan. In the profiles, veterans will share what it was like for them
to return home and re-enter society. ...Tune in to WVIK for Morning Edition
& All Things Considered,
Wednesday, Nov. 11 to hear their stories. Online at wvik.org
Murray Brown's "The Book Shopper: A Life in Review" is a part memoir but mostly reading advice. Murray is a newspaper book reviewer who spends a lot of time in used book stores. He has found that most book lovers are not necessarily people lovers...
Joseph Kanon continues his fictional work on the post WWII era with a fascinating look at Hollywood. "Stardust" has it all: the luxurious cross country trains filled with celebrities, paranoid producers, flashy cut throat gossip columnists, politicians suspicious of Communists and labor strikes...
WVIK 90.3 FM, Augustana Public Radio Enhance your experience of this exhibit at The Figge by listening to "Art Talks" with Bruce Carter in the WVIK web archives!
www.figgeartmuseum.com
thursdays at the figge tours events exhibitions for members news podcast
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Out & About: Roald Tweet will be at the Rock Island Library on November 12th for a Frieze Lecture: “Lord Tennyson’s Reaction to 19th Century Science.”
Alfred, Lord Tennyson enjoyed a long tenure as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
from 1850 to his death in 1892. He expressed concern in his writing about the conflict b...etween faith and scientific knowledge. Tweet tells us why. Free/open to the public.
www.rockislandlibrary.org
Join Augustana College and your Rock Island Library for the 12th annual Frieze Fall Lecture series! New topics are offered at 2 p.m. on Thursday,Nov. 5 andNov. 12, in the Community Room of theMain Library.Upcoming topics include:
See MoreArnie Bernstein's book, "Bath Massacre: America's First School Bombing," investigates the first mass murder at a U.S. school. On May 18, 1927, Andrew Kehoe set off hundreds of pounds of explosives at a school in Bath, Michigan. Thirty-eight children and six adults died...
WVIK 90.3 FM, Augustana Public Radio Happy Halloween! This week on "Saturday Morning Live! (Portions Recorded)" Don Wooten's guest is Mindy Heusel, Halloween fan. Listen at 90.3 FM from 10 am to Noon.
