Airwaves (1980-07)
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AIRW\VES A Service of Continuing Education and Extension - lSTI University of Minnesota , Duluth VOL. 1, NUMBER 9 JULY 1980 an interview with Frank Foster see page 6 JULY MUSICAL EVENTS JULY 2 - House Restoration, Duluth Come Blow Your Horn! Duluth •Pickin ' and Grinnin' Folk Music Preservation Alliance, New Duluth Playhouse Production, Depot Theatre, Workshops at Spirit Mountain . New Prairie Ramblers 4th of July Public Library, Noon 8 p.m. Instruction for all ability levels on Celebration, Tofte, MN. Afternoon guitar, banjo, dulcimer, harmonica, parade and square dance. Consider the Humble Comic Book with JULY 6 - Excursion Train Rides Along plus folk singing, folk dancing, and Paul Roen, New Library Meeting the St. Louis River, nine-mile round evening concerts. From 6 p.m. July 4 "Welcome Home" Bluegrass Festival, Room, 2 p.m. trip originating in Gary-New Duluth, through 2 p.m. July 6. July 25, 26 & 27 in Riceville, Iowa, Lake leaves periodically from Boy Scout Hendricks Park - 30 miles South of Children's Puppet Show, New Library Landing. •Early Music Recorder Workshop with Spring Valley. Featurirlg the Doug Children's Room, 2 p.m. Shelley Gruskin, College of St. Diliard Band. Choreographer's Showcase Dance Scholastica, June 27 - July 2. Tyomiehen Vaimo, Marshall Concert with guest dancers and the Winnipeg Folk Festival, July 11, 12 &: Performing Arts Center, University of Duluth Ballet, Cathedral High School •University of Minnesota-Duluth 13, Birdshill Provincial Park. Featuring Minnesota-Duluth, opening night sold Auditorium, Rice Lake Road, 2 p.m. Summer Music Camps. Swing choir, artists such as Norman&: Nancy Blake&: locally. concert band, jazz band and orchestra James Bryan, Dan Crary, Ramblin Jack Come Blow Your Horn! Duluth for students ninth grade and older. June . Elliott, U. Utah Phillips, Stephane Unreal Time Film Series, Part III, Playhouse Production, Depot Theatre, 15-21 and June 22-28. Grappelli, Mike Seeger, Doc Watson, Animation and Film Graphics, College 2 p.m. many, many more. For information of St. Scholastica Science Hall •Workshop in Off-Loom Weaving write 17 I Lilac Street, Winnipeg, Auditorium, 8 p.m. The World's Smallest Circus, UWS Techniques with British guest artist Manitoba R3M 151 or call (204) 284- Children's Theater production, Canal Peter Collingwood and University of 9840 or 284-8487. Special tours of the Duluth Library, Park, 2 p.m. Minnesota-Duluth faculty. June 23- Glensheen Mansion, a Spirit of the July 7. Minnesota Bluegrass & Old Time Mountain Renaissance Festival, special South Pacific, Marshall Peforming Arts THE TWELFTH ANNUAL NORTH Music Ass'n. Festival, August 8, 9, &: 10 children's programs, plays, much more. Center, University of Minnesota- SHORE ART FAIR at Wildwood Campgrounds, Taylor For information call 218-726-7977 . Duluth, 8 p.m. Falls, MN. To order tickets aryd for WORKSHOPS July 12 &: 13, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. further information contact JULY 3 - Kaleidoscope Children's Lutsen Ski Hill, Lutsen, MN. M.B.O.T.M.A. , P.O. Box 9782, Program, New Duluth Public Library •Beginning and Intermediate/ Advanced Minneapolis, MN, 55440 or call (612) Plaza, 2 p.m. Booth space, judging, chair lift rides, 633-9473. Modern Dance Technique classes with guest dancer Jeff Slayton, former musical theater performances, Alpine Ethnic Music, John Berquist, New Slide, refreshments, all and more. Telluride Jazz Festival 1980, Encore in Duluth Public Library Meeting Room, member of the Viola Farber Dance Telluride, July 25, 26 &: 27, featuring 2 p.m. Company, New York City. June 23 July 6. For further information call MN. Toll Ron Carter, Slide Hampton, Phil · Free 1-800-232-0071 or 218-663-7212. Woods, Eddie (Lockjaw) Davis, many The Worker's Wife, American premiere me·,-. For information on tickets and of the Finnish play directed by David concessions call (303) 728-4204, or write Hanhilammi, Marshall Performing The Telluride Jazz Festival office, P.O. Arts Center, University of Minnesota- Box 336; Telluride, Colorado 81435. Duluth, 8 p.m. Sir Benedict's Tavern on the Lake, Ulf Bjorlin and Sven-Berti! Taube in Wednesday Night Picklin', 8-10 p.m., Concert with the Duluth-Superior 805 E. Superior St., Duluth, MN., 728- Symphony Orchestra, Arena QllLL14CTJ5 1192. Auditorium, 8 p.m. fJ fJ TWEED MUSEUM OF ART JULY 4- Volksmarsch Family Hike, 10 . and 20 km, special trials for the elderly JQLf} EXHIBITION SCHEDULE and handicapped, Spirit Montain fJ fJ JUNE 23 - JULY 13 - Kurt Culp Graduate Campgrc;mnd Office, registration 8 a.m. fJ ~------_;_-- fJ Exhibition Lecture Gallery - Noon. · fJ fJ fJ 3-5 DOUG MAYNARD BAND fJ JUNE 28 - OCT. 5 - Selections from the Come Blow Your Horn! Duluth permanent collection, Alice Tweed Playhouse Production, Depot Theatre, fJ 10-12 WILLIE & THE BEES fJ Tuohy Room. 8 p.m. fJ 17-19 NIC NUKE& THE MELTDOWNS fJ JULY I - 27 - Minnesota Energy - an City Band and Fireworks Display, fJ 24 -26 FATTCITY fJ artist curated exhibition - Main Gallery Harbor Drive, 8 p.m. band, 9:45 p.m. fireworks fJ fJ and Balcony court fJ M-W 1-2, 7-9 JOHN WARD fJ JULY 15 - 27 Cindy Snodgrass project - fJ fJ Studio Gallery JULY 5 - Michigan Street Market and Family Artsfest, Special foods, arts fJ fJ JULY 15 - AUG. 3 - Photographs by - performanc.:s, and activities. Depot- fJ 14-16,21 -23,28-30 Grace Hanson - Lecture Gallery Library block, 506 West Michigan Street, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. fJ OPEN STAGE fJ fJ HOSTED BY JOHN WARD fJ Excursion Train Rides Along the St. DULUTH FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS Louis River, nine-mile round trip fJ fJ ongmating in Gary-New Duluth, fJ fJ JULY I - Money Talks: Investment leaves periodically from Boy Scout Advice, New Duluth Public Library, Landing. fJ • • fJ Noon. Volksmarsch Family Hike, 10 and 20 fJ'----------fJ The Muppet Movie, New . Duluth km, special trails for the elderly and Public Library Children's Area, 2 p.m. handicapped, Spirit Mountain Campgrouni;l,Office, registration 8 a.m. - Noon ffl COCKT41L5 Duluth' s Stained Glass Slide Presentation, New Library Meeting Room, 2 p.m. Folk Music Concerts with Pickin' and Grinnin', Spirit Mountain, 5 and 8 p.m. Minnesota Energy: An artist-curated B u1n1nu fJ exhibition, Tweed Museum of Art, Choreographer's Showcas.e Dance University of Minnesota-Duluth, Concert with guest dancers and the opening reception 7-9 p . m . Duluth Ballet, Cathedral High School, Auditorium, Rice Lake Road, 8 p.m. ETJT€RT4Inro£nT Unreal Time Film Series, Part II, i f.1__ 2502 LONDON RD . _FJ Animation and Film Graphics, College South Pacific, Marshall Performing of St. Scholastica Science Hall Arts Center, University of Minnesota- -~rnrnrnrnrnrnrnrnrn0rnrnrnrnrnrnrnrnrnrnrnm- Auditorium, 8 p.m. Duluth, 8 p .m. 2 SUPPORT PUBLIC RetxFt to,the Listener RADIO Airwaves is a monthly publication of WDTH-FM, the public radio station at the University of Minne- REPORT TO THE LISTENER month. Cathe will also be doing an put to me nearly a year ago. sota, Duluth. A yearly membership Events Calendar in each month's in WDTH costs just $20. Member- On July 14, barring any complications, "Airwaves". If you are sponsoring or The festival encompasses virtually WDTH will have its first ever full-time know of an event that you think would every art form, and for the scope that ship entitles you to receive "Air- engineer. His name is Ralph (Kirk) be appropriate, let us know at WDTH, such an attempt represents, quite well. waves" mailed directly to your Kersten. Ralph has 13 years of 130 Humanities Building, University of Hats off to Dale Huffington and Gloria home. experience in television, and eight years Brush for their full-time work with Minnesota, Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota Write or call us at University of in FM radio. 55812. part-time compensatio~ to bring ~t off. All that's lacking now 1s the audience, Minnesota, Duluth,' 130 Humani- ties Bldg., Duluth, Minnesota This is one of the biggest steps forward SENIORS RADIO and I plan to spend all of ~y July WDTH has ever taken, and I would like entertainment dollar at the fesuval. 55812,218-726-7181. to personally welcome him aboard, and As I reported in last month's Report, we THE WINNIPEG FOLK FESTIVAL thank you who have become subscribers are looking for business support for our WDTH STAFF July I I, 12, 13 of WDTH for making it possible. senior citizens project, and so far we Station Manager ..... Tom Livingston have received $500 from Minnesota Program Director ....... John Ziegler If I hadn't already committed myself, I We should also not forget those who Power and Light Company. There has Asst. Program Director .. Paul Schmitz would be tempted to go to Winnipeg have worked on a part-time basis as also been a considerable amount of Engineering ............ Peder Nelson again this year. There is a sterling line- engineers at WDTH. The job of part- interest shown by local businesses. We Seniors Project ...... .. Jean Johnson time engineer can be a thankless one. will keep you posted. up that includes Doc Watson and Pete To support yourself, you've got to have Seeger, and just about everyone else The University of Minnesota is a full-time job as well, but when who is anyone in folk music. Therein THE VINYL BLOW committed to the policy that all something goes wrong in the middle of lies the problem. If they had I 00 instead persons shall have equal access to the night you have to get up and fix it, Duluth Festival of the Arts of 200 musicians at the festival, they even though you will be at your full- could charge less, and still make money, it's, programs, facilities, and em- e.ven with a smaller audience.