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Norman Gilliland to emcee the
“Home for the Holidays”
Holiday Pops Concert
Friday, December 4
Doors open at 5:30pm / Show starts at 7pm
Racine Festival Hall
5 Fifth Street, Racine
Norman Gilliland will emcee the RSO’s seasonal favorite Home for the Holiday Pops Concert, Friday, December 4, at Festival Hall, conducted by Andrew Massey.
The Horlick Madrigal Singers begin the evenings pre-concert with a rousing welcome to the season. One hundred local high school voices from Lutheran, Park and Prairie choirs join the orchestra in continuing the annual holiday tradition. Everyone is invited to enjoy classic holiday music and to sing along with your favorite Christmas carols.
Information and ticket sales are now online at racinesymphony.org and at 262.636.9285.
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In the spirit of holiday giving, bring an item to donate to the Racine County Food Bank. The RCFB can always use canned fruit, peanut butter, tuna fish, beef stew, canned meats or canned pasta with meat.
Michael Feldman’s Whad’Ya Know?
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Shattuck Auditorium
at Carroll University
218 N. East Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53186
Start
9:30 am
Price
$20 adults, $15 students and seniors (advance)
$25 adults, $20 students and seniors (at door)
Tickets can be purchased by clicking here
(click on Box Office on the site)
or by calling 262-524-7633.
Michael Feldman’s Whad’Ya Know? is a two hour comedy/ quiz/ interview show, currently broadcast on nearly 300 public radio stations across the United States. As part of the Whad’Ya Know? studio audience, you’ll experience the spontaneity of a live radio show, see the faces behind the microphone, Michael Feldman and Jim Packard, and hear the Whad’Ya Know? Trio. You may also get your chance to play the Whad’Ya Know? quiz and win fabulous prizes, not to mention your shot at fifteen minutes of fame!
This is radio the way it used to be: live, unscripted fun! Host Michael Feldman will reveal ‘All the News That Isn’t’ and will interview local standouts in politics, food, contemporary affairs, and general quirkiness. There’ll be live jazz courtesy of the Whad’Ya Know? Trio, and a Waukesha area band will also be invited to play. Audience participation is strongly encouraged.
Note: Because this is a live national broadcast, it is recommended that patrons be in their seats no later than 9:30 a.m. on Jan 23rd.
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Springfield WPR Bus Trip Pictures
Thanks to everyone who joined Kathleen Dunn and Wisconsin Public Radio for our Springfield, IL trip. It was alot of fun!
Click here for more pictures from the trip.
Entire group of WPR travlers outside the Illinois State Capital
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Click above for more information
about Kathleen's health care programs.
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WHAD 90.7HD Is Home To Classical Music
"90.7 HD2 Classical" provides commercial-free classical music in southeast Wisconsin
Listeners who have purchased an HD receiver experience Wisconsin Public Radio’s 24-hour, commercial-free classical music service at home or
in their car. The WPR HD2 Classical music service presents complete symphonies, chamber works, opera arias, art songs, and choral gems. (Check out the complete schedule). WPR favorites like Jim Fleming, Norman Gilliland, Lori Skelton and others share their passion for the music and their depth of knowledge in a relaxing commercial-free format.
WPR celebrates Milwaukee every week by airing the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Sundays at 2:00 p.m. on 90.7 HD2 Classical.
The HD service is free...listeners sign no annual contracts nor pay subscription fees. HD Radio receivers are now available at Flanner's Home Entertainment in Brookfield and at other consumer electronics stores in Wisconsin and on-line.
Wisconsin Public Radio has developed a partnership with the Stefanie H. Weill Center. Click on the logo below to go to the Weill Center site.
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310 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Suite 750-E
Milwaukee, WI 53203
(Voice) 414-227-2040
(Callin) 800-486-8655
(Fax) 414-227-2043
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About the Milwaukee Office
The downtown Milwaukee office of Wisconsin Public Radio opened in 1989 under the management of Bill Estes. Since then, the Milwaukee office has become home to a full-time reporter, two statewide programs and a full-time corporate development officer. Every weekday, listeners from around the state join in on conversations with Ideas hosts Kathleen Dunn and Ben Merens who broadcast out of the downtown Milwaukee office. Chuck Quirmbach is the Milwaukee-based reporter who covers developments and issues in Southeastern Wisconsin that are of statewide interest. The region’s corporate development officer, Joe Marty, helps businesses and organizations support WPR. If you’d like to learn more about Wisconsin Public Radio in southeastern Wisconsin, contact regional manager, Lisa Nalbandian.
Internships
WHAD is always looking for student interns to assist in various deparments. Past interns have gained real-world experience in producing, community relations and news. Please download information about internships to learn more.
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