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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
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!
Source: www.figgeartmuseum.com
thursdays at the figge tours events exhibitions for members news podcast
WVIK 90.3 FM, Augustana Public Radio
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 between faith and scientific knowledge. Tweet tells us why. Free/open to the public.
Source: 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:
Arnie 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.
Kapka Kassabova has written a delightful memoir called "Street Without a Name: Childhood and Other Misadventures in Bulgaria." I was especially interested in the book because the Bettendorf Public Library where I spent so many years has a partner library in Montana, Bulgaria and I had spent a...
WVIK 90.3 FM, Augustana Public Radio To hear the latest "montage" of news stories from Herb Trix, Tegan Wendland, and me (Michelle O'Neill), click on the "Michelle and Kensy" ReverbNation link.
Source: www.reverbnation.com
After working at Cottage Hospital in Galesburg for 7 years as a respiratory therapist, Michelle moved to Carbondale to study broadcasting at Southern Illinois University. At WSIU Public Radio, she volunteered as a reporter & anchor for two years. ...
WVIK 90.3 FM, Augustana Public Radio Just for fun: Who would you choose as the faces on a 'Mt. Rushmore' monument to classical music?
WVIK 90.3 FM, Augustana Public Radio is playing great classical music this morning during Fall Fund Drive. Some timeless favorites, plus contemporary works like "New Beginnings" by Peter Boyer.
Diane Ackerman has a new book of essays called "Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day." This is the third time I've interviewed Ackerman and each time I become a bigger fan: of her powers of observation, of her vocabulary and of her optimism...
Mardi Link, a former crime reporter, is the author of a fascinating true crime story called "Isadore's Secret: Sin, Murder and Confession in a Northern Michigan Town." The crime scene is Holy Rosary Church in the little town of Isadore...
WVIK 90.3 FM, Augustana Public Radio
You can get involved: volunteer to answer phones during our Fall Fund Drive
We'll Provide training and snacks in return for a few hours of your time.
Numerous shifts available. Call 309-794-7741 or email us at wvik@augutana.edu for more information or to sign up.
Time:7:00AM Friday, October 16th
Location:WVIK Studios
