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Erica Anderson-Senter reads "Midwestern Poet's Incomplete Guide to Symbolism,"** "Something I Might Say," and "The Definition of Prayer."
The early years of Ella Fitzgerald, as she established herself as one of the greatest big band vocalists and jazz singers of all time.
Philosopher Susan Neiman on why the left should be wary of wokeness, how Germany’s reckoning with its past has become more complicated, and why the differences between two European philosophers - Immanuel Kant and Michel Foucault – matter for politics today.
From Dreiser Hall on Indiana State University's Campus: learn about Indiana's whooping cranes, hear the Nova, a synthesizer-guitar mashup, visit Historic Markstown, and tour the Carmel Festival of Ice.
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Constellation Stage and Screen's American Fast, the story of a basketball star, Khady Salama, leading her team in March Madness during Ramadan, premieres March 23.
Troubadours have been romanticized and reimagined in popular culture for centuries now, but rarely does that evocative re-imagination include the many women among these elite poet-musicians of medieval Southern France. This week on Harmonia, the music of the women troubadours, known as “trobairitz.”
We pay tribute to the late jazz singer Carol Sloane, who passed away in January. I’ll chronicle career interpreting the American songbook, from her first recordings in the 1960s through her late career Renaissance that stretched into the 21st century.
Patsy Rahn reads "The Roots of Kindness," "A Contemplation of Death," and "Reverie."
We spend an inordinate amount of money, effort, and time securing a daily cup of coffee. The caffeine effect is a little less than 5 hours for an 8 oz. serving.
Todd Burkhardt is a veteran, and he’s started asking other veterans to do needle felting with him. And drawing. And making masks. This week, what happens when vets do art.
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This hour, we’ll explore the enduring popularity of Hildegard von Bingen, and a variety of approaches to her music.
Lisa Kwong reads "On the 42nd Anniversary of My Father’s Swim from China, 10/17/2015" and "The Baby Behind the Cash Register at Canton Restaurant."
Joni Mitchell was named the 2023 recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. This week, we’ll pay tribute to Mitchell, by hearing her songs performed by jazz singers like Tierney Sutton, Dianne Reeves, and many more.
Sam’s day job involves removing invasive plants and restoring native ones. Fire is one of the ways he does that. He’s a lifelong hunter, too - that’s what got him into landscape restoration. This week, a walk in the woods with Sam Shoaf.
Director Crystal Manich discusses how a new opera allows Anne Frank's words to resonate in a new way.
Geoffrey Simon returns to Bloomington to lead the ensemble he helped to create, and a young piano virtuoso takes on Rachmaninoff.
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Before they were tragic characters in nineteenth-century opera, courtesans were the original Renaissance women: highly educated, socially refined, independent figures with significant literary, artistic, and musical training. This hour on Harmonia, we’ll explore the sound world of courtesans / from sixteenth-century Venice to Qing dynasty China and beyond.
Erica Anderson-Senter reads "Qualifications for a Lover," "This is How a Poet Gets Over Heartbreak," and "To the Red-Bellied Woodpecker in my Neighborhood."
We feature Nina Simone, the "High Priestess of Soul," in her most natural element: live on stage at venues like Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, and the Newport Jazz Festival.
