Showcasing Supports In Your Flower Arrangements
There are various types of items that are used in flower arranging to stabilize the stems of flowers.
Apr 28, 2011•2 min
Focus on Flowers
Focus on Flowers is a weekly podcast and public radio program about flower gardening hosted by master gardener Moya Andews.
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Photography Editor And Scholar Claude Cookman
Yaël Ksander hosts an interview with photographer, editor, and author Claude Cookman.
Apr 28, 2011•52 min
"How To Set The Dinner Table" By Alessandra Simmons
Writer Alessandra Simmons reads her poems "Shalom, A Kitchen," " December 29th," "How to Set the Dinner Table," and "The Grammophone Remembers 1943."
Apr 24, 2011•5 min
Music From Ancient Greece
This week, a look back at a land before time: the music of Ancient Greece.
Apr 22, 2011•2 min
Food Writer Christine Barbour
Annie Corrigan interviews Christine Barbour, food editor for Bloom magazine.
Apr 19, 2011•50 min
Musica Ficta And Spanish Baroque Music
A composer makes a bad political move and almost makes off with some musical gems!
Apr 18, 2011•2 min
More From Post Moxie
Julia Story received her MFA from Indiana University in 2004.
Apr 17, 2011•5 min
Container Preparations: New, Rich Soil And Good Drainage Holes
Growing plants in containers is an alternative for those who have no garden space.
Apr 14, 2011•2 min
"Some Kind Of Birth" By Kristen Renzi
Kristen Renzi reads her poems "Some Kind of Birth," "On Symmetry," and "Original Sin."
Apr 10, 2011•5 min
Christoph Irmscher, Professor Of 19th Century Literature
Gena Asher hosts an hour-long interview with Christoph Irmscher, professor of English at Indiana University in Bloomington.
Apr 08, 2011•51 min
Madrigals Of Orlande De Lassus
One of the most versatile Renaissance composers revisits a versatile format near the end of his life.
Apr 07, 2011•2 min
Pre-Bloom Time: Anticipating Those First Signs Of Spring
Each of us has our own personal method by which we confirm the onset of spring. For me it is when my ground-hugging yellow aconites bloom.
Apr 07, 2011•2 min
Renaissance Poetry: Madrigals, Chansons, and Villancicos
A look at the poetry behind some of the most popular Renaissance vocal music. Plus, Nigel North performs in a featured release of music by Robert Johnson.
Apr 04, 2011•59 min
The Summer Of Black Widows By Sherman Alexie
Poems from The Summer of Black Widows by Sherman Alexie, published in 1996 by Hanging Loose Press.
Apr 03, 2011•5 min
The Song Of The Bugle Fairy (Ajuga)
Ajuga is hardy zones 3-9 and prefers light shade and evenly moist well-drained soil.
Mar 31, 2011•2 min
A Springtime Celebration With Early Music Song And Dance
It's a celebration of Springtime with songs and dance music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and early Baroque.
Mar 29, 2011•59 min
Sex Researcher And Health Educator Debby Herbenick
Annie Corrigan interviews sex researcher, author, and blogger Debby Herbenick.
Mar 28, 2011•51 min
From Post Moxie By Julia Story
"But in the background, a cardinal. Tilting / his head and asking in a fog of bamboo, / bamboo in Indiana." -- from Post Moxie
Mar 27, 2011•5 min
Host Plants For Butterflies
Different species of caterpillars have specific plants or plant families they need for their food.
Mar 24, 2011•2 min
More Poems From Braided Creek
Braided Creek: A Conversation in Poetry by Jim Harrison & Ted Kooser is a unique book composed of unattributed, haiku-like, often hilarious, poems.
Mar 20, 2011•6 min
"Morning Thanks" By John Drinkwater
English writer John Drinkwater wrote the following poem many years ago.
Mar 17, 2011•2 min
Rock Producer Todd Rundgren
"It’s one thing to have hit records; it’s another thing to create something that has become completely incorporated into the culture." —Todd Rundgren
Mar 14, 2011•58 min
"I Am A Finn" By James Tate
This week, more poems from James Tate's book Distance from Loved Ones, including "An Extraterrestrial," "I am a Finn," and "I am Still a Finn."
Mar 13, 2011•5 min
La Ritirata, La Galanía, Nigel North, and Ars Nova Copenhagen
Late-baroque sonatas (Arsis), 17th-century Spanish song (Anima e Corpo), lute music of Sylvius Leopold Weiss (BGS), and "histories" of Heinrich Schütz (Dacapo).
Mar 12, 2011•9 min
"Pruning In March," A Poem By Vita Sackville West
There is an old saying that the time to prune the roses is when the forsythia blooms. Here in my Midwestern garden our forsythia blooms in March.
Mar 10, 2011•2 min
Queen Christina of Sweden
One of the 17th Century’s most famous women—her life, arts patronage, and historic accomplishments are explored as well as music associated with her court.
Mar 07, 2011•59 min
From Braided Creek By Jim Harrison And Ted Kooser
Today, I'm reading poems from Braided Creek: A Conversation in Poetry by Jim Harrison & Ted Kooser, published by Copper Canyon Press in 2003.
Mar 06, 2011•5 min
IU Alumni Association Executive Director J Thomas Forbes
We’re all something larger than ourselves. We’re not one voice, we’re many voices. We’re many campuses. We come from any places. And we go all over the world. —JT Forbes
Mar 04, 2011•53 min
Sonate Al Pizzico and Alfabeto
17th-century music with Stephen Stubbs and Maxine Eilander (ATMA), and Rolf Lislevand with Ensemble Kapsberger (Astree).
Mar 04, 2011•5 min
Ginkgo Biloba Has An Ancient History
One of the earliest trees on earth, identified through fossils, was the Ginkgo biloba, which was one of the predominant trees on earth 250 million years ago.
Mar 03, 2011•2 min
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