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Chicago Public Radio Presents… Third Coast Filmless Festival
1/25/2010
CHICAGO, IL, January 25, 2010 – Chicago Public Radio [WBEZ 91.5FM] is pleased to announce the Third Coast Filmless Festival – the 7th event in the second season of Chicago Public Radio Presents… hosted in collaboration with the Third Coast International Audio Festival and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago – taking place Saturday, March 6, beginning at 11:30 am at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago Avenue.
Chicago Public Radio Presents... So Many Ways to Tell a Story!
1/11/2010
Chicago Public Radio [WBEZ 91.5FM] is pleased to announce the sixth event in the second season of Chicago Public Radio Presents… So Many Ways to Tell a Story! – taking place Wednesday, February 17 at 6:00 p.m., with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. at Chicago Children’s Museum, 700 East Grand Avenue (located on Navy Pier). This event is a special collaboration with Chicago Children’s Museum, our first specifically for families.
The 2nd Annual Winter Block Party for Chicago’s Hip-Hop Arts
12/7/2009
CHICAGO, IL, December 7, 2009 – Chicago Public Radio [WBEZ 91.5FM] is pleased to announce the next event in the second season of Chicago Public Radio Presents… will be The 2nd Annual Winter Block Party for Chicago's Hip-Hop Arts on Sunday, January 17, 2010, taking place at the Victory Gardens BIOGRAPH Theatre, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue.
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Ira Glass Of 'This American Life' Gets Inside Real People's Lives
Hartford Courant | 3/22/2009
When the radio program This American Life first aired in 1995, it featured quirky, thought-provoking nonfiction stories, like the one about a girl who grew up on a turkey farm.
Defogging the Economic Crisis
American Journalism Review | 3/10/2009
In February, for the third time in a year, This American Life's producers departed from the usual format to tackle the daunting challenge of explaining the global financial crisis to an increasingly perplexed public.
Glass’ house: Host brings radio to Paramount stage
The Hook | 2/2/2009
If you’re looking for an epiphany– like the kind radio listeners hear on the documentary program This American Life every week– in the story of how host Ira Glass came to be in radio, you won’t find it.
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