Published - March 30, 2024
In case you haven’t heard — there’s a total solar eclipse coming April 8! Check It Out hosts Tom Walters and Maggie Foster speak with Emily Stewart, Senior Director of Education and Curation for the MOST. There are free events at the museum and at libraries to help people experience the eclipse.
Published - March 30, 2024
“I love the way some music suddenly takes you to the other side of Alice’s looking glass, in a kind of absurd, subtle, technicolor transition.” – Caroline Shaw We bring our global trek to a close with music from home. Enjoy these works from women from the U.S. “Looking Home, Part 4” Jennifer Higdon: Sky Rising Palisade Trumpet Collective “Sojurn” Mark Records 57041 Jessie Montgomery: Soul Force New York Youth Symphony; Mark Repper, conductor “Works by Florence Price, Valerie Coleman, and Jessie Montgomery” Avie 2503 Valerie Coleman: Umoja: Anthem of Unity New York Youth Symphony; Mark Repper, conductor
Published - March 28, 2024
Bill Gleason is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and a recruiter for the Central New York Chapter of the Disabled American Veterans. Bill tells host Dan Cummings the DAV desperately needs more drivers to transport thousands of veterans each year, to and from their appointments at the Syracuse VA Medical Center. Gleason also talks about being a Marine Master Gunnery Sergeant, who served both in Vietnam and in the 1991 Persian Gulf War. If you can help with the DAV driver shortage, please call Bill Gleason at 315-425-4343.
Published - March 28, 2024
Mary Giehl has become a specialist in reinventing herself. In this Checkup from the Neck-up, she tells how her feelings guided her from pediatric nurse, to ER nurse, to ICU nurse, to new rock climber in her 40s, to a Syracuse University art professor, to being a real-life “Spiderwoman,” climbing up sheer rock walls the world over! She’s still clinging and climbing at age 70…and advising her friends on how they can make “soft falls.” Listen to Giehl’s conversation with host Rich “Dr. Neckup” O’Neill, and this month’s co-host, Nicole “Zestful Aging podcast” Christina.
Published - March 28, 2024
RISE: Refugee and Immigrant Self-Empowerment, is a non-profit organization providing critical services to New Americans in our community. RISE offers assistance including transportation, interpretation, education, even a farm where immigrants can grow their own food to sell at market or serve to their families. This month’s guests on Our New Neighbors are Zeeshan James, RISE’s Director of Care Management, and Care Manager Hamadi Mukoma. Zeeshan and Hamadi share their personal stories with hosts Maryna Bagovska and Ibrahaim Mohamed, and talk about how RISE serves the community. Find out more about RISE’s annual fundraiser, the Night of Nations.
Published - March 28, 2024
Arts Education is expected to be a major focus for Syracuse’s new STEAM School, and Redhouse Arts Center is raising the bar for professional arts education in our region. At Redhouse, participants study with Broadway performers, professional directors, and leading arts educators from both our area and from New York City, to prepare themselves for a career in the arts industry. In this Innovate to Educate, host Jody Manning talks with Redhouse Director of Education Marguerite Mitchell and Redhouse Education Department Coordinator Ben Borenstein, about their programs. We also welcome to the show program veterans Emma Mollapour, a student at
Published - March 27, 2024
The Avian Flu has hit the Galapagos Islands, home for some of nature’s rarest bird species. What are worldwide science journals saying about it? Also in this edition of Science Today, Dr. Rich Kopecky tells us about a rare, but frightening way Alzheimer’s Disease can be transmitted from person to person. Plus, how handwriting boosts brain connectivity, and how typing everything can hurt your brain power. Finally, the teen-age brain, and how high levels of THC in marijuana can have a very bad impact on them.
Published - March 23, 2024
“Challenges are what you feed off as a composer.” – Charlotte Bray This week we continue our trip around the world with a look to the West. These are works firmly rooted in the western classical tradition, but the women creating them are making them their own. “Looking West, Part 4” Lera Auerbach: Amen, from 72 Angels Netherland Chamber Choir; Peter Dijkstra, conductor Raschèr String Quartet “Lera Auerbach: 72 Angels” Alpha 593 Charlotte Bray: Zustände Mariani Klavierquartett “Charlotte Bray: Chamber & Solo Works” Alliance 6371 Dani Howard: Symmetry Mainly Two “Live at Listenpony: Mainly Two” Listenpony 001 Christine
Published - March 21, 2024
Six concerts in two days? No problem for the members of the Syracuse Orchestra. Maestro Lawrence Loh stopped into the studios to tell us about the concerts this weekend – and introduce to that most antique of instruments, the typewriter! Find out the twist with this weekend’s performance. All the concert information, and information about the rest of the Syracuse Orchestra season, is available here.
Published - March 21, 2024
In this edition of Central Current Radio, host Rick Wright talks with a real pioneer in higher education, Dr. William Pollard. Dr. Pollard served as dean of the Syracuse University School of Social Work starting in 1989, and later became the founding dean of SU’s School of Health Services and Health Professions, now known as the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics.
Published - March 20, 2024
The fourth candidate for the Music Director position with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra is Octavio Más-Arocas! Mid-day host Diane Jones spoke with Octavio and orchestra managing director Sarah Chandler about his experience with the orchestra and community this week, and got to know a bit more about him, including the love of music he learned to embody from Kurt Masur. More about the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra is available here.
Published - March 16, 2024
With each episode of Check It Out, listeners get to meet the people who make the Onondaga County Public Libraries special. This time, hosts Tom Walters and Maggie Foster welcome local author of graphic novels, Frank Cammuso. Hear how he got his idea for the Knights of the Lunch Table, who Salem Hyde is based on, and much more.
Published - March 16, 2024
“I have been influenced in my thinking by both west and east.” – Nelson Mandela We’re heading east now, to Asia, with music and performers from China, Japan, South Korea, and India. “Looking East, Part 4” Bill Whelan: Emerald Tiger Vanessa-Mae, violin “Choreography” Sony 90895 Chen Yi: Shuo Ying Quartet “Dim Sum” Telarc 80690 Karen Tanaka: Prismes Malmö Symphony Orchestra; Juni’chi Hirokami, conductor “Japanese Orchestral Music” BIS 490 Vilmos Montag: Sonata for Double Bass and Piano Mikyung Sung, double bass Jaemin Shin, piano “Mikyung Sung: The Colburn Sessions” Modus Vivendi Media 2301 Sunji Hong: Missa Lumen de lumine Trio Mediaeval
Published - March 15, 2024
Schola Cantorum of Syracuse presents a program of Symphonic Motets this weekend. Founder and artistic director Barry Torres came to the studios to talk about the concert, and give us some insight into discovering how early music was truly performed. We also learned about some of the exciting growth that is happening with Schola! More from Schola Cantorum of Syracuse is available here.
Published - March 14, 2024
(#43, 3/14/24) In this episode of CNY Latino Podcast, the Founder, owner and President of CNY Latino Media, Hugo Acosta, and his girlfriend – who is also – the Editor-in-Chief, radio and podcast producer Marisol Hernandez, will be talking about CNY Latino’s continued celebration of its 20th anniversary, which occurred in February. En este episodio, el propietario fundador y presidente de CNY Latino Media HUGO ACOSTA, y su novia, que también es la editora en jefe, productora de radio y podcast MARISOL HERNANDEZ, tomarán (y probablemente tomarán mucho y “demasiado” – jajaja) sobre CNY Latino celebrando 20 años el pasado
