| Date |
Title |
Producer |
| 1/7/98 |
Adopt a Sculpture |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
Split Ring by Clement Meadmore stood over the foundation in front
of Hudson's in Grand Rapids Woodland Shopping Center for more than
20 years. But now the hudge black metal ring is wainting in storage
to find out who's going to adopt it. Interviews
Steve Lash, Manager of Concept Design at Michelin |
| 1/7/98 |
Business of Perugino |
Wendy
Nelson |
| |
Description
An exhibition of works by renaissance artist Perugino (Peru-jeeno)
opened in Grand Rapids to rave reviews from both the local and national
media. But the spotlight's not just on the show, there's been a lot
of attention given to its location. Michigan Radio's Wendy Nelson
reports. Interviews
Celeste Adams - Director Grand Rapids Art Museum
Joe Becherer - Curator of Perugino
Various Grand Rapids residents |
| 1/8/98 |
Tires in All Colors |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
Tires can now be purple, green, red, you name it. And you can see
some of these colorful tires at this year's North American International
Auto show. Colored tires are a new idea that originally came out of
the Michelin student design competition. Interviews
Steve Lash - Manager of Concept Design at Michelin |
| 1/9/98 |
Tekqua |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
One of the things that draws people to the North American International
Auto Show is the way out dream cars that push the boundaries of car
design. Insiders call them concept cars. But there's more to a concept
car than just fun, many advances in car technology originated in these
fantasy cars. Michigan Radio's Tamar Charney reports that students
designed one of this year's wildest concept cars. Interviews
LaShirl Alexander - Student Center for Creative Studies
Carl Olsen - Director of Automotive Design, Center for Creative
Studies
Steve Lash - Manager of Concept Design at Michelin
Tony Weir - Director of Sales Carriage Carpets
Allan Brock - Design Engineer, Honda |
| 1/21/98 |
Borka's Books |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
Recently films and personal stories about the disintegration of Yugoslavia
have started to emerge. These works are often resonate with people
when news reports and other accounts of the war haven't. Michigan
Radio's Tamar Charney reports there a woman living in here in Michigan
who has been telling the tales of her life in Yugoslavia through talks
and books. Interviews
Borka Tomiljenovic - author and speaker |
| 1/26/98 |
WQRS Rocks |
Jerome Vaughn |
| |
Description
Symphonies around the country have been contending with declining
ticket sales and other budgetary woes. As Jerome Vaughn reports, symphonies
aren't the only organizations having a tough time selling classical
music: Classical music radio has fallen on troubled times. Detroit's
commercial classical station WQRS recently changed its format to alternative
rock. Interviews
Dick Kernan - radio industry analyst
Ken Kiesler - Professor of conducting, University of Michigan
Mary Wischusen - Professor of music, Wayne State University
Donovan Reynolds, General Manager, Michigan Radio |
| 1/29/98 |
The Seventh Dream |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
The headlines are everywhere - stories about children and violence.
A few years ago, the Flint Youth Theater group turned the violence
children live with into a theatrical work called "The 7th Dream."
Monologues, interpretive dance, and video montage offer true accounts
of violence in young people's everyday lives. All the text in the
piece was culled from writings by students in the Flint School System.
("The 7th Dream" was presented on Capitol Hill on February
4 and 6.) Interviews
Stephanie Eider - 15 year old actor
Linda Moxam - Director of Development, Flint Youth Theater
Bill Ward - Artistic Director, Flint Youth Theater |
| 2/5/98 |
Gwen Frostic |
Gretchen Millich |
| |
Description
91 year old Gretchen Frostic makes block prints of the natural world
that surrounds her studio in Benzonia Michigan. Her prints and studio
are a popular destination for visitors around Michigan. Gretchen Millich
visited Frostic to talk about her life and the creative process.
Interviews
Gwen Frostic - artist
Doug Stevens - gallery patron
Linda Stevens - gallery patron |
| 2/16/98 |
Historic Flags |
Bob
Whitman |
| |
Description
Michigan's Capitol has undergone a complete restoration. The building
looks almost exactly as it did when it opened in 1897. But there is
one element still missing--the battle flags Michigan regiments carried
with them in the Civil War. Today, the Capitol Committee and the State
Historical Museum are trying to raise money to preserve the flags.
Interviews
Kerry Chartoff - Capitol historian |
| 2/18/98 |
Exquisite Corpse |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
A surrealist parlor game is being played in caf5s, homes, and schools
all over Ann Arbor. The local popularity of this game called Exquisite
Corpse is due to an exhibit at the Ann Arbor Art Center called the
Exquisite Corpse, Revealed. Michigan artists were teamed up to play
Exquisite Corpse. The exhibit consists of the art work that is created
by the game. Interviews
Richard Rubenfield - Professor of Art, Eastern Michigan Univseristy
Ellen Wilt - mixed media artist
Casey Malone - Manager Espresso Royal Cafe
Jim Shultz - 5th Grade Art Teacher, Ann Arbor's Mack School
Stephanie - student at Mack School |
| 2/18/98 |
Art Commission |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
The Ann Arbor City Council approved a resolution to form the Ann Arbor
City Arts Commission. The new commission will act as a clearinghouse
for public art projects in Ann Arbor. Interviews
Ingrid Shelton - Mayor of Ann Arbor |
| 2/19/98 |
Narratives and Museums |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
Kimberly Camp, president of the Museum of African American History
in Detroit, tells the story of African American history. She's giving
a talk as part of a series of lectures presented by the University
of Michigan Institute for the Humanities called "Museums and
Narrative." The lectures look at the narratives or stories told
by museums. Interviews
Jasmine Allinder, Fellow at the Humanities Institute. |
| 2/24/98 |
COSI - Ned Kahn: Weather Artist |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
A traveling exhibit of science sculpture has made its Midwestern stop
at Toledo's Center of Science and Industry, or COSI. Michigan Radio's
Tamar Charney caught up with the creative force behind this exhibit.
He's Ned Kahn, a sculptor who uses the forces of nature as his medium.
Interviews
Ned Kahn - sculptor and installation artist
Bill Booth - President of COSI Toledo
Stephanie Chion - Special Events Coordinator of COSI Toledo
Various children at exhibit |
| 3/2/98 |
East Grand Rapids Movie |
Wendy
Nelson |
| |
Description
Go to any video store, and you'll see there's no shortage of movies
about high school students and their antics. So hearing the news that
a Hollywood studio is making yet another one of these films might
elicit a yawn from most people, but not in East Grand Rapids. Adam
Hertz is a 1991 graduate of East Grand Rapids High and his screenplay
about the attempt of four high school boys to lose their virginity
prior to prom has resulted in public outrage and critical editorials.
Interviews
Shelia Pantlind - Assistant Principal, East Grand Rapids High School
Students at East Grand Rapids High School |
| 3/5/98 |
Monet at Ann Arbor |
Tracey Samilton |
| |
Description
"Monet at Vetheuil", an exhibit at the University of Michigan
Museum of Art, features paintings that chronicle Monet's life during
a harsh winter in Vetheuil. During that period, Monet discovered he
could revisit a scene time and time again: a realization that yielded
some of his most famous serial works - waterlilies, the haystacks
and cathedrals. The exhibit has been a blockbuster for the U-M Art
Museum. Interviews
Carol McNamara - Director of the U-M Museum of Art
Charles Stucky - Curator of Kimball Museum and Monet Scholar |
| 3/12/98 |
Odawa with Teacher Kenny Pheasant |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
Odawa is a Native American language that originated in the Great Lakes
area hundreds of years ago, yet until recently the language was all
but extinct. But now Odawa is experiencing something of a revival.
As Roger Wight reports, Kenny Pheasant is even teaching Odawa in northern
Michigan's public schools. Interviews
Kenny Pheasant - teacher of Odawa
Don Hungerford - principal Northport Elementary School
Cary LeRieox - student |
| 3/17/98 |
New Teaching Strategies |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
New technology has been changing everything from art to science. Looking
at a national radio project called Education FOREcast News Service,
Michigan Radio's Tamar Charney examined how teachers are being more
effective thanks to technology. In Midland, Dow High School took part
in a study evaluating some new anatomy teaching tools. Interviews
Lee Kosky - Biology teacher, Dow High School, Midland
Claudia Douglas - Professor of Education Technology, Central Michigan
University
Dr. William Burkel - Professor of Anatomy, University of Michigan
Various Students at Dow High School |
| 3/26/98 |
Nuns |
Wendy
Nelson |
| |
Description
Music therapy isn't new. In fact, it's been used in the U.S. for at
least 50 years. But the popularity of music therapy has grown significantly
in recent years. As it catches on, music therapists are reaching out
to new groups, and in West Michigan forging some interesting alliances.
Wendy Nelson has a look at how music therapy is being used to change
the lives of autistic children and juvenile delinquents. Interviews
Sister Mary Margaret - Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist
Sister Ann Frances - Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist
Phillip Morrow - Court Worker
Various children and teens at the convent |
| 4/7/98 |
DSO EuroTour '98 |
Tamar
Charney & |
| |
Description
In April and May Detroit Symphony Orchestra heads to Detroit Metro
Airport to embark on a whirlwind European concert tour. It will be
the first major tour in almost a decade. Orchestra members talk about
acting as ambassadors for Detroit, the rigors of touring, and the
difference between European and American audiences Interviews
Stephen Molina - Assistant Principal Bass Player
Richard Fisher - violin player |
| 4/7/98 |
Our Two Nutcrackers |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
This year the Detroit Opera Theater will house a traditional performance
of the Nutcracker as well as the Harlem Nutcracker. The Ann Arbor-based
University Musical Society commissioned Donald Byrd to create the
Harlem Nutcracker in 1996. Now with the help of the Arts League of
Michigan, the University of Michigan, and the Detroit Opera House,
it will play in Detroit. Interviews
Dennis Archer - Mayor of Detroit
Ken Fischer - President, University Musical Society |
| 4/7/98 |
Hillary Clinton |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
The University of Michigan's Year of Humanities and Arts (YOHA) is
concluding with a speech by Hillary Clinton. The First Lady will discuss
the Millennium Project and efforts to celebrate and promote this century's
history and heritage. |
| 4/9/98 |
Patrick "The Twig Guy"
Dougherty |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
Sculptor Patrick Dougherty travels around the country weaving sticks
into large walk-through sculptures. He created one of these pieces
last year for Western Michigan University. And now with the help of
volunteers and interested passersby, Dougherty is building 12 of these
fairy tale-like spiraling structures on the corner of the University
of Michigan campus. Tamar Charney takes a look at how he builds these
nest-like creations. Interviews
Patrick Dougherty - sculptor
Mary Craig - University of Michigan Arts Coordinator
Samual Rast - 7 year old volunteer
Mary O'Neil - volunteer
Hubert Rast - volunteer |
| 4/15/98 |
Last True Story of the Titanic |
Bob
Whitman |
| |
Description
April 15th was the 86th anniversary of the night the world hasn't
forgotten -- the sinking of the Titanic. What happened that night
has been the subject of heavily researched articles, books and films.
Yet new facets of the story keep turning up. A Michigan marine artist
named Jim Clary was involved in the hunt for the liner. He's written
a book called "The Last True Story of the Titanic." Bob
Whitman paid him a visit to see his artwork and to talk about the
Titanic. Interviews
Jim Clary - Marine artist and Titanic researcher |
| 4/20/98 |
H-Net |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
A new web site called Michigan Culture Link is a joint project by
the Michigan Humanities Council, The Michigan Council for Arts and
Cultural Affairs, Michigan State University, and H-Net: Humanities
and Social Sciences On-Line. The web site features a state wide calendar
of cultural activities, resources for schools and teachers, and lists
of touring performers and speakers. Interviews
Kurt Dewhurst - Michigan Humanities Council and Michigan Council
for Arts and Cultural Affairs
Mark Kornbluh - Executive Director H-Net |
| 4/25/98 |
Gilmore: The Man, Myth, &
Festival |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
The fourth Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival celebrates
keyboard music and the artists who play them with concerts, master
classes, and public education programs: more than 100 events - all
held in the communities surrounding Kalamazoo. Gilmore was a philanthropist
who supported struggling artists. After his death the Gilmore Festival
and Gilmore Artist Award were established by the Gilmore Foundation.
Michigan Radio's Tamar Charney has a look at the festival and the
unusual selection strategy employed by the Gilmore Artist Award.
Interviews
Irma Vallecillo - Artistic Director, Gilmore Festival
Julie Cook - Marketing Director, Gilmore Festival |
| 4/27/98 |
Alpenhorns |
Wendy
Nelson |
| |
Description
A couple of Grand Rapids horn players have taken up a new instrument
- the Alpenhorn. So far, neither musician is playing the alpenhorn
professionally, but they are making use of the 12-foot-long alpenhorn
as a teaching tool. It seems the large, unusual looking and sounding
instrument is turning heads and interesting people in horns.
Interviews
Margaret Gage - French Horn, Grand Rapids Symphony & novice
Alpenhorn player
Paul Austin - Music Instructor, Grand Valley State University &
novice Alpenhorn player
Various bystanders at the lake where Gage & Austin practice
the Alpenhorn |
| 4/28/98 |
Detroit Boys Choir |
Jerome Vaughn |
| |
Description
It was announced earlier this week that a New York tradition is coming
to Detroit...to stay. Efforts are underway to create a Detroit version
of the Boys Choir of Harlem. The Boys Choir of Harlem is best known
for its fabulous singing...Singing which has lead to worldwide tours
and a number of recordings. And now the organization is looking to
enrich the lives of inner city children elsewhere, by lending its
expertise to fledgling choirs in other cities. Interviews
John Boyd - minister & leader in the creation of Detroit Boys
Choir
Horace Turnbull - Executive Vice President of Harlem Boys Choir
|
| 4/30/98 |
Richard Tillinghast: The Professor's
House |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
Poet Richard Tillinghast's newest endeavor is reciting poetry with
his son's band. The nationally known poet, essayist, and University
of Michigan professor of English joined the band because it's fun
and it's a way to interest a new generation in poetry. Michigan Radio's
Tamar Charney introduces listeners to Tillinghast's poetry and his
collaborations with musicians and visual artists. Interviews
Richard Tillinghast - poet and University of Michigan Professor
of English
Josh Tillinghast - Drummer, Poignant Plecostomous |
| 5/6/98 |
Arthur Miller |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
University of Michigan graduate and award winning playwright Arthur
Miller was honored at a dinner in New York City. At the dinner Miller
and UofM President Lee Bollinger spoke of plans to construct an Arthur
Miller theater in Ann Arbor. The two also recounted tales of Miller
discovering his talent as a playwright while a UofM student. Miller's
new play Mr. Peter's Connections is being performed at New York's
Signature Theater Company. Interviews
Arthur Miller - playwright
Lee Bollinger - President, University of Michigan |
| 5/7/98 |
CMU Broadcasting |
Joan
Silvi |
| |
Description
At their latest meeting, trustees at Central Michigan University unanimously
reaffirmed their commitment to C-M-U's public broadcasting system,
which is one of the largest in the nation. The vote seems uncontroversial,
but the events leading up to it have been anything but that
Interviews
David Brandon - Board of Trustees Chairman, Central Michigan University
Russ Heron - Former Director of Broadcasting, Central Michigan University
Coleen McNamara - Director of Michigan Cable Television Association
& Board of Trustees, Michigan State University
Rae Goldsmith - Spokesperson for Central Michigan University President
Leonard Plachta |
| 5/12/98 |
Girl Givers |
Wendy
Nelson |
| |
Description
The word "philanthropist" is likely to conjure up images
of wealthy old businessmen, doling out money in the name of doing
good and reducing their tax liability at the same time. But in West
Michigan, an innovative program is challenging that image introducing
young women to the world of philanthropy, using a hands-on approach.
Michigan Radio's Wendy Nelson reports on "Young Women for Change."
Interviews
Katie Bodie - participant , Young Women for Change
Kristen Gootjes - program coordinator, Young Women for Change
Betsy Dole - Philanthropist
Various participants, Young Women for Change |
| 5/21/98 |
I
Am Opera |
Michielle Corum |
| |
Description
Twice a week, inner city children have been gathering to learn about
opera, thanks to a program developed by the Interlochen Center for
the Arts. The program is called Interlochen Arts Mentorship, or "I
Am." Interlochen alumni in the Detroit area are working with
the Michigan Opera Theater to interest children in opera. Michelle
Corum takes listeners though a day at the "I Am" opera workshop.
Interviews
Jeff Norris - Voice Instructor, Interlochen Center for the Arts
Alaina Brown - "I Am" Opera Workshop Mentor
Shuleah Holmes - Highland Park Boys and Girls Club Leader |
| 5/22/98 |
Putt Putt Modernism |
Mike
Perini & Tamar Charney |
| |
Description
The Flint Institute of Arts is showing an exhibit called Putt Modernism.
It's a nine-hole Putt-Putt golf course designed by artists. Many of
the holes offer an artist's commentary on societal issues like the
homeless, AIDS and censorship, while others look at the lighter side
of culture and kitsch, sending up everything from Elvis to putt-putt.
Mike Perini takes listeners on a journey through the Putt Modernism
course. |
| 5/27/98 |
Portraits of Pride: Michigan's
Veterans |
Wendy
Nelson |
| |
Description
A West Michigan photographer is working to keep the images of veterans
in the public eye for more than just Memorial Day. The exhibit "Michigan
Veterans of Five Wars" features portraits of Michigan's veterans
captured on film by David Dejonge. Interviews
David Dejonge - photographer
Harry Mullian - 103 year old veteran |
| 6/5/98 |
Pewabic Pottery |
Gretchen Millich |
| |
Description
In the City of Detroit, a small ceramics business has been operating
for nearly a century. Pewabic Pottery became famous in the early 1900s
during the Arts and Crafts period for its distinctive handmade tiles.
As Gretchen Millich reports, Pewabic is now enjoying new-found popularity.
Interviews
Ken Newman - architect
Diana Ferris - Pewabic Tile maker |
| 6/5/98 |
Face 2 Interface: New Media &
the Spectator |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
Face to Interface: New Media and the Spectator is an art exhibit currently
on view at the Ann Arbor Art Center Exhibition Gallery. Works from
five different new media artists from around Michigan are exhibited
on a computer of sorts. Michigan Radio's Tamar Charney got a tour
of the exhibit from the exhibit's curator who says he's hoping people
will start evaluating New Media Art the same way they do more traditional
art. Interviews
Paul Marquardt - Face to Interface Curator |
| 6/19/98 |
National Youth Orchestra Festival |
Michelle Corum & Roger Wight |
| |
Description
In June, over 500 of America's top young musicians gathered in Interlochen,
MI, to take part in the National Youth Orchestra Festival. It's the
first time in decades that such an event has taken place in this country.
Over the course of the five-day festival, these students study with
conductors and musicians from leading orchestras as they prepare and
perform festival repertoire. Reporter Michelle Corum prepared a sound
portrait during the National Youth Orchestra's first rehearsal with
conductor James DePriest. Then Roger Wight talked with students and
faculty at the conclusion of the festival to find out how things worked
out. Interviews
James DePriest - Festival Artistic Director
Various Orchestra Members |
| 6/25/98 |
Quilts |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
An exhibit called "To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions"
shows how quilting was introduced to Native American communities by
European missionaries and the craft very quickly gained popularity
as quilts were adopted into tribal rituals and practices. But, even
though quilting shows up in just about every tribe from here to Hawaii,
it has been an overlooked native art form until now. Marsha MacDowell
and Kurt Dewhurst of the MSU Museum have curated the exhibit for the
Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian to let more people know
about native quilting traditions. Interviews
Kurt Dewhurst - Director MSU Museum
Marsha MacDowell - Curator MSU Museum
Chris Haraburda - Quilter from Grand Rapids |
| 6/26/98 |
Green Acres |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
On June 26, an illustrated children's book, The Gardner, will be awarded
a Caldcott Honor for its illustrations. This same book has already
claimed over a dozen awards ranging from a Christopher to an ADDY
Honor. The book's creators are David Small and Sarah Stewart. Small
is a writer and illustrator with over 24 children's books bearing
his name. He and Sarah Stewart have created three books together including
The Library and the Money Tree which are favorites of adults and children
alike. Small also draws for the Wall Street Journal and the New Yorker.
Michigan Radio's Tamar Charney took a drive out to the couple's historic
home on Michigan's Saint Joseph River and found out the couple's feelings
of being out of place in rural Michigan feed the emotional content
of their children's books. Interviews
David Small - illustrator
Sarah Stewart - writer
Hallie Decker - child actor reading from book |
| 6/29/98 |
Asylum Sale |
Michelle Corum & Tamar Charney |
| |
Description
People from all across the state drove to Traverse City for a look
at items at an unusual liquidation sale. Along with historic furniture
and books, the Northern Michigan Asylum sold off its wheelchairs,
leather restraints, and other antique medical devices including a
fever inducer cabinet and a early electro-shock machine. Interlochen
Public Radio's Michelle Corum stopped by the old hospital to have
a look at the items and the people interested in purchasing pieces
of medical history. Interviews
Judy Owens - antique appraiser
Various purchasers and onlookers at the sale |
| 6/30/98 |
Calder |
Wendy
Nelson |
| |
Description
Over the span of his long and productive career, Alexander Calder
created more than 16-thousand works of art - from his early wire sculptures,
to the mobiles he invented, to his later public monuments. In Michigan
he's best known for the piece he created for Grand Rapids. And perhaps
more than anywhere else in the world, Grand Rapids is a place where
Calder's art has worked its way into people's everyday lives.
Interviews
Celeste Adams - Director, Grand Rapids Museum
Michelle Enter - Grand Rapids City Election Director
Gordon Olson - City Historian
Various Grand Rapids Residents |
| 7/1/98 |
Lighthouse Museum |
Roger
White |
| |
Description
Mackinac City is one of four places being considered as the site of
a national lighthouse museum. During the past several months, the
Lighthouse Site Selection Committee has visited Staten Island, NY;
Point Judith, RI; and Hull, MA. Recently they paid their visit to
Mackinac City. Roger Wight tagged along with the committee during
the visit and talked to people in Mackinac City to find out what they
think about having a lighthouse museum in their town. Interviews
Brad Jones - Mackinac Area Tourist Bureau
Richard Moel - Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers' Association
Wayne Wheeler - Lighthouse Museum Site Selection Committee
Various Mackinac City Residents |
| 7/12/98 |
Michigan's Great Outdoor Culture |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
Few family trips to a state or a national park are complete without
the campfire presentation about nature with a park ranger. This summer
visitors to Northern Michigan's parks find that the campfire programs
are about Michigan's history and culture instead of flora and fauna.
Tamar Charney reports on Michigan's Great Outdoors Culture Tour
Interviews
Nancy Matthews - Public Affairs Officer, Michigan Humanities Council,
Marquette
Mike "The Past in Person" Derrin - Actor, Musician, and
Historical Interpreter |
| 7/13/98 |
African American Disc Jockeys |
Scott
Pohl |
| |
Description
A new book, written by a Telecommunications professor a Michigan State
University, explores the history and importance African-American disc-jockeys
in the United States. In "Legendary Pioneers of Black Radio,"
author Gilbert Williams examines how these DJ's became popular and
how they changed radio and the lives of their listeners. Interviews
Gilbert Williams - Telecommunications Professor, Michigan State
University Archive tape of Lucky Cordell - Chicago DJ |
| 7/15-17/98 |
Behind the Art: A Diary of an
Artist |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description "It's so
funny because I wanted to be an artist so I could express myself and
create and do what I wanted...but now I have to be creative on demand."
These words are part of an audio diary kept by potter Melissa Emery
as she creates work for an upcoming art fair. It would seem artists
like Melissa lead a charmed life creating art, traveling the country
to art fairs, and generally following their muses. But things aren't
quite so rosy. The stress of uncertain finances take their toll, as
does the pressure of having to be creative on a deadline. Behind the
Art: A Diary of an Artist is a first person radio story told through
Melissa's comments during the five days she spent wired with a microphone.
|
| 7/17-18/98 |
Saginaw Carousel |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
An unusual carousel opened to the public in Saginaw. It's unusual
because it's hand carved. These days carousel horses are made from
fiberglass, or occasionally by carving machines. But, for the past
year and a half firemen, priests, and other people from all walks
of life have been spending hour upon hour making a carousel the way
they were made at the turn of the century. Michigan Radio's Tamar
Charney took a ride on the carousel and found out how this community
project came to be. Interviews
Gerald Willis - Celebration Square Carousel, Master Carver
Andrew Forrester - Director Saginaw Children's Zoo
Pam Leckie - Children's Zoo Board Member
Carol Allen - Carousel Financial Manager
Jim Smith - Retired Preacher & Carousel Volunteer
Dick Stringer - Retired Bank Trust Office & Carousel Volunteer
Errol Burton - Retired Fireman & Carousel Volunteer
Duane Brethauer - GM Factory Worker & Carousel Volunteer |
| 7/15/98 |
5
Foot Art |
Rick
Jenness, Stephen Kantor & Tamar Charney |
| |
Description
Michigan Radio sent interns Stephanie Kantor and Rick Jenness to the
Ann Arbor Art Fair to search for unusual art that's catching people's
fancy. And sure enough there among the pottery and jewelry were five-
foot-tall human statues made from molded resin that was then painted.
There's a Catholic cardinal, an old potato-picking man, a violinist
and an 18th century French man. These realistic-looking, almost life-size
sculptures are created by an artist new to the Ann Arbor Art Fair
-- Susan Gysler of New York State. Interviews
Susan Gysler - artist
Various people at the Art Fairs |
| 7/17/98 |
Anti Art Fair |
Rick
Jenness & Tamar Charney |
| |
Description
Rick Jenness went to an Ann Arbor park to talk with residents and
find out how art fairs affect the lives of Ann Arborites.
Interviews
various Ann Arbor residents |
| 7/17/98 |
Bird on a Stick |
Mike
Perini |
| |
Description
A satirical commentary in song about the questionable quality of some
of the "art" at the Ann Arbor Art Fairs. |
| 7/24/98 |
US
Savings Bond Artist |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
A new series of US Savings Bonds features artwork by a Detroit area
artist. Interviews
Gary Ciccorelli - graphic artist |
| 7/24/98 |
Human Zoo |
Wendy
Nelson |
| |
Description
The Human Zoo is a piece of performance art that comments on the current
state of the human condition. The mixed messages that society gives
to women are portrayed by the Menstrual Minstrel in the "Uterine
Room." The "Crack Room" and "AIDS Room" illustrate
the toll disease and addiction take on society. Other rooms comment
on domestic violence and other societal ills. There's also a "Bad
Mime Room" -- yes, the mime talks! Interviews
Greg Bliss - Human Zoo-keeper and creator of the Human Zoo
Kim Kleinhans - Menstrual Minstrel in the Human Zoo
Various Visitors to the Human Zoo |
| 7/27/98 |
Voices: Crime Prevention Through
Art |
Tamar
Charney |
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Description
As emphasis in juvenile justice has shifted from prevention and rehabilitation
to punishment, new programs aimed at preventing crime by diverting
kids to other activities are often criticized. For the past year,
Kalamazoo has been experimenting with one of these controversial programs.
A year-long pilot project called "Voices: Positive Self Expression"
is a crime prevention program that teaches young people art. It's
run by the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts and funded by a Law Enforcement
Block Grant. Michigan Radio's Tamar Charney has a look at Voices during
one of its last sessions before funding ends in September.
Interviews
Mary Whalen - Voices photography Instructor
Toni Baldwin - Voices Director, Kalamazoo Institute of the Arts
Emisha MacMillian - 13 year old Voices participant
Debbie MacMillian - mother of Voices participant
William Chapman - Probation Officer, Kalamazoo County Circuit Court
& Board Member, Voices
Phillip Settles - Steering Committee Member, Kalamazoo County Taxpayers
Association. |
| 8/17/98 |
Sculpted Book World |
Tamar
Charney |
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Description
The next time you are rummaging through piles of old books at a garage
sale or a used book store take a look around you. Among the other
fellow readers or collectors you may discover artists - shopping for
their art supplies. Michigan Radio's Tamar Charney reports on artists
who create sculpture with books. Exhibits at Cranbrook Art Museum
and the U of M Special Collections Library show how artists make art
from books that have been painted on, burnt, cut up, and left outside
to weather and rot. Artists such as Michele Duchamp started using
books this way almost a century ago. Interviews
Irene Hoffman - Associate Curator - Crankbrook Art Museum
Gerry Craig - artist
Sharon Wysocki - artist |
| 8/20/98 |
Blind Art Camp |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
While many people assume being blind would cut a person off from the
world of art, a Western Michigan man's work shows that art that is
aesthetically pleasing to the eye, is often aesthetically pleasing
to touch. Paul Ponchillia is a professor at Western Michigan University,
a sculptor, and the organizer of camps to make up deficits when visually
impaired kids are mainstreamed. For years he's run a sports camp,
now he's put together an art camp. The kids learn sculpture, drama,
and storytelling. We visit Ponchillia at his studio and the camp to
learn how art can be done by sight or by touch. Interviews
Paul Ponchillia Western Michigan University Professor of Blind Rehabilitation
Jared Wright - camper |
| 8/21/98 |
Angels at the DIA |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
On Sunday, Aug. 23, the exhibit "The Invisible Made Visible:
Angels from the Vatican" becomes visible to the general public
at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Michigan Radio's Tamar Charney got
a preview of the exhibition. Interviews
Father Allen Duston - Vatican's Director of Exhibitions. |
| 9/11/98 |
Sleeping Bear Book |
Michelle Corum |
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Description
A famous legend has been put into written and illustrated form, sold
in bookstores, and proposed as the "official state children's
book." But seeing the legend turned into a commodity bothers
some people. Reporter Michelle Corum talks with some storytellers
about their relationship with the story of the mother bear and her
cubs who must swim across Lake Michigan. Interviews
Simon Otto - Ojibway storyteller
Kathy Jo Wargin - author of book "The Legend of Sleeping Bear
Ann Marie Ooman - writer and storyteller |
| 10/1/98 |
International Computer Music Festival |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
The 23rd International Computer Music Conference's 1998 gathering
was held in Ann Arbor. Musicians, engineers, computer programmers,
and physicists gather to share ideas about using computers in music
and other related art forms. It's a conference that helps create innovations
in music, art, dance, and the tools that create these art forms. Michigan
Radio's Tamar Charney has a look at the conference and a tool that
turns a dancer's body into a musical instrument. Interviews
Mary Simoni - Conference Chair & Director, University of Michigan
Department of Music and Technology
Burton Bearden - Composer, Bowling Green State University. |
| 10/8/98 |
That History Word |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
Remember the term pluralism? If, in the decades after junior high
American history class, you're still feeling like maybe you don't
quite understand the term and why it's so important to the history
of this country, there's a web site that might help. Michigan Radio's
Tamar Charney visited the site with its two creators to find out:
what is pluralism? Interviews
David Halsted Director of MSU's center for Russian and European
Studies
David Bailey a professor of History at MSU
Archive tape from W.E.B Dubois and Margaret Sanger |
| 10/8/98 |
Tillinghast CD |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
Follow up story on new CD by poet and University of Michigan Professor
Richard Tillinghast. Interviews
Richard Tillinghast - Poet and University of Michigan Professor
of English |
| 10/26/98 |
Shattered Mirror |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
A new experimental opera opens Wednesday (Oct 28th) at the University
of Michigan. It's called The Shattered Mirror and it's based on the
myths and ideas of Joseph Campbell. Michigan Radio's Tamar Charney
stopped by a rehearsal to talk to the opera's creator about the work
and some of the new instruments created for the opera. Interviews
Michael Udow, University of Michigan Professor of Music and
Principle Percussionist Santa Fe Opera |
| 10/27/98 |
Book Terrors |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
The scholarly or academic book has always been a niche publication.
But the future of these books about narrow but often important topics
may be in question. Michigan Radio's Tamar Charney has a look at a
series of forums being held at the UofM that look at the future of
the paper based academic book. Interviews
Tom Trautman - Director University of Michigan Humanities Institute
Wendy Lougee - Director Digital Initiatives University of Michigan
Libraries |
| 10/31/98 |
Haunted Lighthouses |
Michelle Corum |
| |
Description
Lighthouses are meant to attract attention, and that they do. Michigan
has a lighthouse museum in the works. And lighthouse trading cards
are being swapped like baseball cards. But lighthouses can also be
mystifying, even eerie. For Halloween Interlochen Public Radio's Michelle
Corum offers this look at spooky Great Lakes lighthouse stories.
Interviews
Christopher Knight - Audio book author
Frederick Stonehouse - Northern Michigan Marine Historian
Marilyn Fisher - Gulliver Historical Societ |
| 11/2/98 |
Blue Stain |
Frida
Waara |
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Description
Lake Superior's shoreline is a magnet for artists. Whatever the woods
and waters do to their souls is sure to show up in their poems, paintings,
or photographs. For craftsmen the influence may not be so obvious,
but reporter Frida Waara found a cabinetmaker in Marquette with a
"Lake Effect" all his own. Interviews
John Jansinski - Marquette Craftsman |
| 11/5/98 |
Steppettes Tap Dancing |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
Tap dance has experienced a resurgence over the past decade or so,
thanks in part to the introduction of Hip-Hop into tap. A Flint area
trio of teenagers is starting to make a name for themselves with their
hip-hop-inspired tapping. Michigan Radio's Tamar Charney takes a look
at the history of tap dance and the changes in the art form that have
inspired the Steppettes. Interviews
Bruce Bradley - Founder Creative Expressions Dance Studio
Frances Bradley - Steppette
Alexandria Bradley - Steppette
Kandee Bradley - Steppette |
| 11/13/98 |
Secret Spaces |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
Whether it's to hide, play, or create imaginary worlds kids seek hideouts,
forts, attic stairways, and other small secret spaces. But there are
people who are concerned that kids are losing the opportunity to find
these special places particularly the outdoor ones. Interviews
Bob Grese - Professor Landscape Architecture, University of Michigan
Gerald McDermott - author and illustrator whose childhood secret
space was a stairwell at the Detroit Institute of Arts
Marianetta Porter - Professor Art and Design, University of Michigan
and consultant on park design for Latino Family Services of Detroit
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| 11/20/98 |
Between Two Worlds: Arab Americans in Detroit |
Marisa Helms |
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Description
A new exhibit at Michigan State University called "Between Two
Worlds: Arab Americans in Greater Detroit" aims to introduce
people to the rich tapestry of Arab-American culture. The exhibit
features mementos of everyday life, from photographs of a full century
of immigration to religious artifacts and traditional musical instruments.
Interviews
Nadim Dlaikon - nye player
Yvonne Lockwood - curator MSU Museum
Ann Rassmussen - Professor of Music, College of William and Mary
Ishmael Ahmed - Director ACCESS |
| 11/23/98 |
Magnificent Obsessions |
Wendy
Nelson |
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Description
A group of West Michigan museums is showcasing the sometimes unusual
and often-times vast collections of area residents. The collections
feature canoes, autographs, wooden boxes, and even lips. Wendy Nelson
has a look at the Grand Rapids Public Museum's exhibit, "Magnificent
Obsessions." Interviews
Pete Daly - Grand Rapids Public Museum
Irene Thornburg - salt & pepper shaker collector
Mariel Crutcher - "The Lip Lady" collector of lip themed
items
Elizabeth Miele - antique purse collector
Also, Crayon Collector, Doorknob Collector |
| 11/26/98 |
Harlem Nutcracker |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
The Harlem Nutcracker is well on its way to becoming a holiday classic.
The music comes from Duke Ellington's version of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker
Suite. Additional music from composer David Berger. Michigan Radio's
Tamar Charney spoke with David Berger and members of the Detroit children's
cast about the Harlem Nutcracker. Interviews
David Berger - composer
Jessica Cartland - 11 year old dancer
Charlee Goldspeed - 11 year old dancer |
| 12/4/98 |
Composer for Hire |
Tamar
Charney |
| |
Description
For most performances classical musicians play the standard |
