| Date |
Title |
Producer |
| 9/11/97 |
Seven Enigmas |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
Dancer Peter Sparling and painter Jim Cogswell got a couple of scientists
involved in creating a multimedia dance performance. The performance
Seven Enigmas used Dr. John Clark's hubble telescope images and a
dancing grid created by bio-statistician Fred Bookstien. The work
speaks to the similarities between the arts and the sciences. But
it wasn't just the artists who benefited from the collaboration. Bio
-statistician Fred Bookstien came away from the project with a new
way to present data. Interviews
Peter Sparling - University of Michigan Professor of Dance &
Director of Dance Gallery
Jim Cogswell - University of Michigan Professor of Art
Fred Bookstien - University of Michigan Distinguished Research Scientist
Biostatistics |
| 9/18/97 |
Nicolas
DelBanco |
John
Walters |
| |
Description
Old Scores has been gaining acclaim from reviewers around the country.
Nicholas DelBanco reads from his new novel and talks about writing.
Interviews
Nicholas Delbanco - Professor of English University of Michigan
|
| 9/22/97
|
Chinese
Art Restoration |
Bob
Whitman |
| |
Description
There are some fields where the artisans are so rare you have to wait
YEARS just to get on a waiting list for their services. This was the
problem faced by the University of Michigan Art Museum when it tried
to get repair work done on its collection of Chinese paintings. Bob
Whitman reports on how the museum cured its own headache and developed
a service for other museums faced with the same problem. Interviews
Marshall Wu - Senior curator of Asian Art - University of Michigan
Kuway Wong - Conservator |
| 9/25/97 |
George
Winston |
Bob
Skon |
| |
Description
Pianist George Winston is best known for his instrumental compositions.
But, he's very involved in producing and promoting Hawaiian Slack
Key Guitar. As Bob Skon learned Winston is not only a talented guitar
player, but a tireless advocate of Hawaiian Slack key players and
history. Winston spent the month on September touring Michigan.
Interviews
George Winston |
| 10/2/97 |
Marching
With the Band |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
Every afternoon in the fall between 4:45 and 6:15 Ann Arbor marches
to the beat of the University of Michigan Marching Band rehearsal.
The sound of the Victors can be heard for miles. Michigan Radio's
Tamar Charney wandered over to Eblel field on a recent Friday afternoon
and filed this diary of a rehearsal. Interviews
Francesca Avaldi - Marching Band Rank Leader
Mike Morrison - Snare drum player
Nicole Young - Clarinet player
Rita Conway - Ann Arbor homemaker
Natalie - 9 year old spectator |
| 10/6/97 |
Hunt's
Guide to Michigan |
Bob
Whitman |
| |
Description
Following their highly popular guide to Michigan's Lower Peninsula,
Don and Mary Hunt of Albion have just released a new book which focuses
on a part of Michigan most people don't know very well. Hunt's Guide
to Michigan's Upper Peninsula helps people discover "the celebrated
places and hidden treasures of the wild and historic region."
Interviews
Mary Hunt |
| 10/9/98 |
Find
Your Way to the Mall Museum |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
The New York Times recently reported that museum attendance is on
the rise. The reason museum going is somewhat similar to one of this
country's favorite pass times - mall going. The Sloan Museum in Flint
has been bringing serious museum exhibits to a store front in the
Genessee Valley Center. Educational Curator Steven Laux explained
why the museum is at the mall and gave a tour of the current mall
exhibit called Find Your Way a look at navigation and way finding.
Interviews
Steven Laux - Curator of Education, Sloan Museum |
| 10/15/97 |
Garage Sale |
Wendy
Nelson |
| |
Description
What seemed like a typical garage sale in Grand Rapids ended up surprising
many passers-by. Outside the home of art professor Conrad Bakker,
nearly a hundred and fifty items were on display: ranging from a file
cabinet, to a violin case, to books, to an old typewriter. But nothing
at this 'sale' was for sale...yet. The so called "garage sale"
was actually an exhibit of very realistic looking sculpture by Bakker.
Interviews
Conrad Bakker - professor of sculpture Calvin College
Various people at garage sale exhibition |
| 10/16/97 |
Evolution
of Whales |
Sam
England w/ Tamar Charney & Joan Silvi |
| |
Description
A new exhibit about whale evolution has been created by the University
of Michigan Exhibit Museum Interviews
Amy Harris - University of Michigan Exhibit Museum |
| 10/20/97 |
Geoffrey
Been: Fashion as Art |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
The Toledo Museum of Art launched its first ever fashion as art exhibit
recently. The exhibit features 35 garments by American designer Geoffery
Beene that show the simple, elegant, and innovative designs for which
he's famous. To make clothes move with the wearer Geoffrey Beene came
up with new ways to design and construct clothing and started approaching
clothes as sculpture Interviews
Geoffrey Beene - Fashion Designer
Nadine Smith - Community Liason - Toledo Museum of Art
Pamela Parmal - curator - Rhode Island School of Art and Design
Various people at exhibition opening |
| 10/21/97 |
The
Pink Dot |
Tamar
Charney & Mike Perini |
| |
Description
One of the jobs of art is to help us look at ourselves and the world
in a different way. The Heidelberg Project did just that for Mike
Perini. He has a pink polka dot on the hood of his car. It was painted
by Tyree Guyten the creator of the Heidelberg Project in Detroit.
Becoming a part of the Heidelberg Project gave Mike Perini a new outlook
on life and art |
| 11/11/97 |
Windmill
Island |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
As a drive around the edge of just about any city will show, we've
been hard at work building large houses in the fields. For many people
these are dream houses complete with large bathrooms, yards, kitchens,
and garages. But as we're building our dream houses are we building
our dream communities. In Holland Michigan a different type of subdivision
is being planned on that tries to build community - European style.
Interviews
Kurt Brandle - Professor Emeritus University of Michigan School
of
Architecture
Bill Bird - Potential Windmill Island home buyer
Jenine Bird - Potential Windmill Island home buyer
Greg Holcomb - Urban Planner and Project Manager for the City of
Holland's Windmill Island Project |
| 11/17/97 |
Mary
Shrines |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
The Virgin Mary sits in photographs next to red sports cars, swimming
pools, garden gnomes, and flowers. Jennifer Steensma, a photographer
and professor of art at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, creates conceptual
photography - series of works connected by a theme. Her series of
photographs of people's Mary Shrines is called Interpreting Mary.
Through this series of photographs she's hoping to learn more about
the shrines that fascinated her as a child and meet the people that
buy a manufactured garden statue and turn it into Folk Art and a religious
expression. Interviews
Jennifer Steensma - photographer and professor of art at Calvin
College |
| 12/8/97 |
Sharon
Sutton |
Todd
Mundt |
| |
Description
The Michigan Women's Hall of Fame recently inducted a woman whose
life has been marked by achievement and change. Her name is Sharon
Sutton. She's a University of Michigan professor of Architecture,
as well as, an artist, musician, author, and psychologist. She talks
about the difficulties she has faced being an African American woman
in a field dominated by white males. Interviews
Sharon Sutton |
| 12/9/97 |
Orchestra
Outreach |
Wendy
Nelson |
| |
Description
Across the country, many symphony orchestras are facing hard times.
It's getting tougher and tougher to fill the audience, and many orchestras
are operating at a deficit. So some orchestras, like the Grand Rapids
Symphony, are taking steps to build the audience of tomorrow. They've
created orchestra trading cards - baseball like trading cards that
help kids get more involved with the personalities and "stats"
of an orchestra. (But unlike Baseball Cards collector's stores aren't
quite snapping them up.) The symphony is also going into the schools
to break down stereotypes about classical music and classical musicians.
Interviews
Melia Peters - Education Director, Grand Rapids Symphony
Bill Vits - Leader Next Generation Sextet and Principal Percussionist,
Grand Rapids Symphony
Matt Ducharme - Store Manager, Collectors Emporium |
| 12/9/97 |
Meet
Lou Spisto |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra named Lou Spisto, Director of the Pacific
Symphony Orchestra to be the new President of the DSO. Spisto is known
for innovative and aggressive marketing and outreach programs. Tamar
Charney talked with Spisto about the challenges and opportunities
that come with the job of DSO President. Interviews
Lou Spisto - New President, Detroit Symphony Orchestra |
| 12/10/97 |
Jackie
O.: An Avant Guard Opera |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
University of Michigan Professor of Composition Michael Daugherty
has been writing his musical compositions with the television on.
Daugherty is a composer who pens symphonies about Superman and chamber
music about Elvis. As Michigan Radio's Tamar Charney reports the influence
of television and American pop culture comes through loud and clear
in one of Daugherty recent works. An opera about Jacqueline Kennedy
Onassis. Interviews
Michael Daugherty - University of Michigan Professor of Composition
and composer of Jackie O, The Metropolis Symphony, and many other
acclaimed modern classical works |
| 12/12/97 |
Changing
Global Values |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
If you find yourself more interested in leisure pursuits and looking
for a certain quality of life than making money, you're not alone.
Professor Ronald Inglehardt has been surveying values in 60 countries
for almost two decades and says this is an international trend. He's
also found huge decreases in Church attendance in every highly industrialized
nation except the United States. Interviews
Ronald Inglehart - University of Michigan Professor of Political
Science and Program Director, Institute for Social Research
|
| 12/16/97 |
Photo-Nature
Walk |
John
Walters |
| |
Description
For photographers Carl Sams and Jean Stoick the most fertile ground
for stunning images is right here in Michigan. They've just published
a book of wildlife photographs called "Images of the Wild."
Michigan Radio's John Walters went on a nature walk with the two photographers
and learned about composing images and working with nature to create
artistic images. Interviews
Carl Sams - photographer
Jean Stoick - photographer |
| 12/17/97 |
Raymond
Tanter |
Bob
Whitman |
| |
Description
University of Michigan Professor Raymond Tanter served as a member
of the National Security Council Staff and took part in arms control
talks during the Reagan administration. He has a new book called Rogue
Regimes: Terrorism and Proliferation. As Bob Whitman reports the book
examines some of the challenges the US may face as it tries to deal
with countries Tanter considers the "rogues of the world Community.
Interviews
Raymond Tanter - Professor of Polictical Science University of Michigan
|
| 12/19/97 |
David
Daniels |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
David Daniels has been capturing the attention of critics and concert
goers around the nation with his extraordinary talent. And up until
about a month ago he made Ann Arbor his home. Michigan Radio's Tamar
Charney has the story of how David Daniels found his true voice. He's
a countertenor. Interviews
David Daniels - opera singer
George Shirley - Professor of Voice, University of Michigan
Richard Miller - Professor of Voice, Oberlin University
|
| 12/31/97 |
The
Beast Awakens |
Bob
Whitman |
| |
Description
University of Michigan Philosophy graduate Martin Lee is the co-founder
of the Media watchdog group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. He
has a new book out called the Beast Reawakens. The book looks at the
resurgence of fascism, extremism, and nazism since World War 2. Martin
Lee was back in Michigan recently and he spoke with Michigan Radio's
Bob Whitman about The Beast Reawakens. Interviews
Martin Lee |
