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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...
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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...
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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
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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:
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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...
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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.

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A perennial favorite of Don's "seven" faithful fans. ~ Michelle O'Neill
October 28 at 5:06pm
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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...
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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. ...
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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?

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Had some great responses! Here's a recap:
Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Beech, and Scott Joplin ( hows that for PC Rushmore)
Stockhousen,Schonberg, Varese, Henry, Webern ( Musique' Concrete Rushmore)
Copeland, Bernstein, Ives, Thompson, Foss ( American Rushmore)
Rimski-Korsikov, Tchiakovsky, Mussorsky, Qui, Scriabin ( Russian Rushmore)... Read More
Purcell, Vaughn-Wms, Howells, Morely, Britten ( English Rushmore)
(thanks, Bill!)
October 28 at 10:33am
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And, from our friends at QCSO:
Mark Russell Smith and James Dixon? Ludwig Becker, the first Music Director?
October 28 at 10:35am
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Ken Barcus (center) is NPR's Midwest Bureau Chief, based in Cleveland, OH (which is also where he grew up).
October 20 at 3:34pm
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WVIK 90.3 FM, Augustana Public Radio NPR's Ken Barcus visited WVIK before fund drive.

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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.

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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...
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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...
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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