Renaissance Bad Boys
We're investigating a line-up of musical bad boys from the Renaissance. Plus, music by Scottish composer Tobias Hume on our featured release, Alas Poore Men.
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We're investigating a line-up of musical bad boys from the Renaissance. Plus, music by Scottish composer Tobias Hume on our featured release, Alas Poore Men.
This Fund Drive 2011 edition of Profiles presents the most engaging moments from this year’s programs.
As I look at my fall garden, I am reminded of the plants that persist year after year regardless of both neglect and challenging weather conditions.
Ronda reads her poems "The Journey Conceived As," "Short Fiction," and "Fateful Tale."
Survey your garden and try to imagine it in spring and summer, and identify dead spots and relocate new perennial divisions to those.
We’re exploring the veil between this life and beyond through music.
A live recording from the 2011 Blue Light Reading Series.
The fall is a good time to plant trees and shrubs, and it is fun to cruise the aisles of stores and nurseries to see if there are good deals available.
A live recording of Curtis Bauer at the 2011 Blue Light Reading Series.
Shana Ritter interviews poet and Indiana University professor Maurice Manning
Fall is a good time to plant new shrubs that will improve the winter landscape. Some shrub genera include both evergreen and deciduous species.
A sampling of music from Anonymous 4's newest album.
We’re honoring the work of Harry Christophers – conductor, singer, and founder of The Sixteen. Plus, highlights from EMA’s Young Performer’s Festival and more.
Featuring a live recording of Curtis Bauer at the 2011 Blue Light Reading Series.
George Walker speaks with theater organist, scholar, and IU alumnus Dennis James—the most acclaimed practitioner of the art of solo silent film accompaniment
Walls of plants, both indoors and out, are trendy, though they were actually featured by the Brazilian designer Roberto Burley Marks over 100 years ago.
A composer who could coordinate more than just his fingers.
Perry Metz interviews Bob Steele, one of the nation’s foremost experts on journalism ethics.
After heavy or prolonged rain, we gardeners venture outdoors and revel in how refreshed the plants look and how easily weeds can be extracted from the soil.
A live performance by Ensemble REBEL from the 2011 Indianapolis Early Music Festival…plus, recorder music from a featured release by Nina Stern.
Murray McGibbon interviews Randy White, artistic director of Bloomington’s Cardinal Stage Company.
When we consistently plant the colors we like it usually happens that the color scheme pleases us overall.
This week, music from one of the many English Henrys.
Moya Andrews interviews economist and new dean of IU Bloomington's Collage of Arts and Sciences Larry Singell.
The plant will grow in relatively poor soil and once established is drought tolerant. All parts of the plant are poisonous so immune to foraging deer.
It's a mini-early-music tour of Rome. We'll visit Vatican City, sample some Roman Carnival music, and more. Plus a featured release by The Cardinall’s Musick.
Often called moss rose, this succulent was first introduced from South America to European gardens in the early 1700’s.
Many thanks to everyone who pitched in. We made our goal, raising over $1000 for Harmonia's online services!
Some theorists heralded the arrival of new musical eras; others chose to reflect on the musical achievements of past generations and peers.
Ben Debus reads his poems "Seeing," "The History of Missing Person 375: Part 3. Wash-day," and "The History of Missing Person 375: Part 4. A."