90.7 YOUR Station Volume 3, Issue 5
In This Issue In the Heat of Summer Virginia Climate Fever • Books & Brews By: Caroline McLaughlin • Summer Fun • Vehicle Donation Program • CAC Corner
• Grand Home Furnishings
• May Community Events WMRA’s Books and Brews have featured some memorable reads in Contact Us 2016. “Becoming Madison” tolda president’s coming-of-age story. “Factory Man” showed a human side to international business. Addresss And Lauterbach's “The Chitlin’ Circuit” and “Beale Street Dynasty” 983 Reservoir Street brought the blues into Books and Brews. For our final Books and Harrisonburg, VA Brews until September, Stephen Nash will present his celebrated book, “Virginia Climate Fever.” 22801 “Virginia Climate Fever” takes a new approach on this often-debated, Phone (local) hot-button topic. As a veteran reporter for The New York Times and 540-568-6221 Washington Post, Nash uses his environmental education and journalistic wit to create a book that is informative as well as Phone (toll-free) thought-provoking. “He’s a journalist and a storyteller,” says Martha Woodroof, “and a really funny guy.” 1-800-677-9672 Nash presents climate change on a local level, pinpointing a range of Website possibilities for Virginia’s major cities and more rural areas. Today, wmra.org climate change can narrow its scope from global to regional. In the near future, the Shenandoah Valley may face a host of Al Bartholet different issues than the Chesapeake Bay. Executive Director “Stephen is not preaching, he’s presenting,” says Woodroof. “He WMRA Public Radio presents the science of climate change with a reporter’s objectivity and provides a range of possibilities from the best outcome to the worst.” The book is filled with wit and graphics to illustrate the science behind his words. WMRA MemberCard WMRA’s Books & Brews conversation begins at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3, at Pale Fire Brewing Co. Every card-carrying WMRA member may receive one free beer. Join us and feel the heat before Books & Your WMRA membership Brews takes its summer hiatus. pays for itself with 2-for- 1 dining and admission to events in the listening area and beyond. Contrib- Summer Fun: Looking Ahead ute $60 or more annually By: Julia Nelson and receive your WMRA MemberCard and a list of participating organiza- tion.
Live Streaming
Listen to your favorite NPR and PRI programs live on the Web, including The Red Wing Festival is one of the many events going on in the Valley area this summer The Takeaway, All Things Considered, Morning Afraid you’re going to miss out on events like the Edition, Car Talk, and ever-so-popular Books & Brews during the summer hiatus? Fresh Air. Don’t sweat it. There’s plenty of fun to go around.
Click to stream WMRA Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Showcase Sunday, May 15, 12 – 5 p.m. Ash Lawn-Highland Take My Car Charlottesville, Virginia Please! This year’s class of masters and apprentices will show off skills from fiddling to Cambodian costume making. You won’t want Turn your old clunker to miss this celebration of tradition with craft making, food into funding for WMRA and international music. with the Car Talk Vehicle Garrison Keillor and A Prairie Home Companion with WMRA Donation Program! Saturday, May 28 Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts Call 1-866-789-8627 Vienna, Virginia to learn more! Tune in for Garrison Keillor’s live broadcast of A Prairie Home For program scheduling, Companion Saturday, May 28th at 6 p.m. While some lucky click here members purchased WMRA’s all-inclusive travel package to see the show at Wolf Trap, the event is now sold out.
If you missed your chance to see Guy Noir on stage, don’t miss the radio broadcast! Red Wing Roots Music Festival Friday through Sunday, July 8-10 Natural Chimneys Park Mt Solon, Virginia
It’s a 3-day outdoor music festival featuring 40 different bands.
The Red Wing Roots Festival was founded in 2010 by The Steel Wheels, a folk Americana band from Harrisonburg. This year, the festival will be held at Natural Chimneys Park in Augusta County.
Other bands like Dawes and Shovels & Rope pepper this year’s extensive lineup which is divided between four performance stages on the festival grounds.
General admission tickets for all 3 days are $129. The festival is family friendly and is a popular summer destination for avid campers.
From Motors To Money By: Julia Nelson
Mr. Work Arefaine, an immigrant from Ethiopia, moved to Harrisonburg 34 years ago and it’s been his home since. For most of those years, he and his family have been NPR enthusiasts because it offers such a vast window to the rest of the world.
“I have an app on my phone so I can listen to the local station, no matter where I am in the country,” Arefaine said. “I can also hear it from Ethiopia because of the app.
In 2004, Arefaine opened an Ethiopian restaurant and music venue called The Blue Nile. After deciding to close its doors and start a real estate career two years ago, he was left with a Toyota Previa that had been used for the catering part of his business. He donated the Previa to WMRA as part of the Car Talk vehicle donation program, in which donated vehicles are picked up (or towed, if neces- sary) and then sold at auction. Proceeds from the vehicle sales help to sustain WMRA’s programming throughout the year. “The main thing is I feel good about it, supporting a radio station,” Arefaine said. “Especially because it comes to this station, to the local station. The other thing is I got a tax deductible. [The tax deduction] is very insignificant, but it makes me feel good that I can support my local radio station.”
After more than three decades in Harrisonburg, Arefaine continues to embrace new opportunities and ways of supporting his local public radio station. If you share his affection for WMRA and have a vehicle–car, truck, van, boat, motorcycle, etc.–that you no longer need or want, please consider adding your support to our station through the Vehicle Donation Program. To learn more, click here.
The Phone Call A submission from Patrice Ludwig
I don’t get many calls to my office phone in the JMU Biology department, so I always get a little nervous when the phone rings. I squinted my eyes and winced, and said “Hello,” a voice I recognized as part of my daily life said “Hi Patrice, this is Al Bartholet from WMRA,” as if I need that last part! He explained the purpose of the call was to ask if I would be willing to serve on WMRA’s Community Advisory Council and he went on to explain the role of the Council.
What an opportunity! I was being asked to serve on a Council of a resource I use every single day! I love our local NPR station! There are so many conversations I start with “Did you hear the piece on Morning Edition yesterday?” My kids and I talk about daily news events regularly because they are backseat NPR kids.
So, I said yes! I said because I want to be a part of continuing to make our public radio station great. I said yes because it would make me a more intentional member of a vibrant community. I said yes because I cannot imagine trying to teach my courses without referencing local and national news that I’ve heard on WMRA. I said yes in order to interact with a group of people that is diverse and insightful.
I walk away from each Council meeting excited to be a part of this community. I get charged up for the ideas we generate. I love hearing the insights of the other members. I think the WMRA community is a creative visionary bunch that rallies around our station. It really is an honor to serve WMRA in this way.
I’m so glad I took that call. Steve Davis: Grand Home Furnishings’ Coca-Cola and White-Glove Service By: Caroline McLaughin
Grand Home Furnishings has made its home in the South for the last 105 years and has been a key part of Harrisonburg’s business community since 1965. Customers are greeted with a Coca-Cola and a smile when they arrive, and they are encouraged to make themselves at home. In their 19 stores across Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee, Grand prefers to settle in small communities where they can serve customers for years, or even decades, with white-glove service.
Steve Davis is vice president of marketing for Grand Home Furnishings. In that role, he oversees TV and radio advertising, mailings, event marketing, and all print or online electronic messaging. He considers the company connection to WMRA to be essential in his marketing strategy as well as in the civic-minded focus that Grand Home Furnishings maintains in the community.
“Underwriting gives us an additional level of exposure that introduces us to a select group of consumers, without being in a clutter of other businesses,” says Davis about Grand’s relationship with WMRA. “We’re able to stand out.”
The company also supports other NPR stations such as Roanoke’s WVTF. “[NPR] listeners mirror our ideal customer. We offer good services and products, and we want to give as many benefits as we can to customers looking to make a thought-out purchase.”
WMRA Executive Director Al Bartholet says that the station is very pleased to have Grand Home Furnishings as a long-time corporate sponsor. “This partnership is a great representation of a company that understands quality in its products and the quality represented by the public radio audience.” May Community Events
May 1st, 2016 Pretty Theft Forbes Center for the Performing Arts, Harrisonburg
May 1st – 31st, 2016 Cherishing Our Founders OASIS Fine Art & Gallery, Harrisonburg
May 2nd, 2016 The History of Western State Hospital through Photos Central Library, Harrisonburg
May 3rd, 2016 Books and Brews Pale Fire Brewing Co., Harrisonburg
May 3rd, 2016 Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom Jefferson Memorial Church, Charlottesville
May 4th, 2016 Massanutten Chapter of Archeological society of Virginia Monthly Meeting Bridgewater Municipal building Arey Assembly Hall, Bridgewater
May 4th, 2016 You Can! Live Well! Diabetes Self-Management Program Otterbein United Methodist Church, Harrisonburg
May 4th, 2016 SVTC Tech Nite 16 JMU Festival Center, Harrisonburg
May 5th, 2016 You Can! Live Well! Chronic Disease Self-Management Program White Birch Communities, Harrisonburg
May 5th, 2016 Early American Dance Session First Presbyterian Church, Harrisonburg
Present – May 6th, 2016 You Can! Live Well! Cancer: Thriving and Surviving Program VMCR’s Village Hall, Harrisonburg
May 6th, 2016 Recent Landscapes: Paintings by Mia LaBerge Spitzer Art Center, Harrisonburg
May 6th, 2016 Chocolate Walk Ice House, Harrisonburg May 7th, 2016 Mother’s Day 5K for Peace Bridgewater Lawn Party Grounds, Bridgewater
May 7th, 2016 2nd Annual RWP Run for Roses 5K Cedar Creek Stables, Staunton
May 7th, 2016 2nd Annual Girl Scout Day Ash Lawn-Highland, Charlottesville
May 7th, 2016 Young Artists’ Recital Martin Chapel, Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Harrisonburg
May 7th, 2016 Yellow Brick Road Taster’s Choice George C. Marshall Museum, Lexington
May 7th, 2016 Dave Matthews Band John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville
May 7th, 2016 Zephyrus at 25: The Silver Anniversary Concert St. Paul’s Memorial Church, Charlottesville
May 8th, 2016 Mother’s Day Carriage Rides Edith J. Carrier Arboretum, Harrisonburg
May 8th, 2016 Zephyrus at 25: The Silver Anniversary Concert St. Paul’s Memorial Church, Charlottesville
May 9th – 19th, 2016 Advanced Flower Workshop in Acrylic Wash Edith J. Carrier Arboretum, Harrisonburg
May 12th, 2016 Marshall, Arnold and the creation of American Airpower George C. Marshall Museum, Lexington
May 12th – August 31st, 2016 From Machine to Man George C. Marshall Museum, Lexington
May 13th, 2016 Wine and Cheese Lecture Edith J. Carrier Arboretum, Harrisonburg
May 14th, 2016 Batesville Day 2016 Batesville May 14th, 2016 Family Fun Day Seven Bends State Park, Woodstock
May 14th, 2016 The Battle of New Market 152nd Anniversary Reenactment Virginia Museum of the Civil War, Staunton
May 14th, 2106 Music Feeds Us Benefit Concert for the Blue Ridge Food Bank Trinity Episcopal Church, Staunton
May 14th, 2106 The Doo Wop Project Live Wayne Theatre / Ross Performing Arts Center, Waynesboro
May 15th, 2016 Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Showcase Ash Lawn-Highland, Charlottesville
May 15th, 2016 Music Fees Us Benefit Concert for the Blue Ridge Food Bank Westminster Presbyterian Church, Charlottesville
May 15th, 2016 Environmental Songwriting Contest Connecticut Songwriter’s Association, Mystic
May 17th, 2016 What You Need to Know about Cervical and Ovarian Cancer Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences, Fishersville
May 19th – 21st, 2016 Brigadoon Musical Eastern Mennonite School Auditorium, Harrisonburg
May 20th, 2016 The Woods in Your Backyard Albemarle COB 5th St, Charlottesville
May 20th, 2016 Main Street Singers concert: “Chasing Life” Performing Arts, Luray
May 21st, 2016 MRL & JMU Tech Petting Zoo North River Library, Bridgewater
May 21st, 2106 Discovery Days George C. Marshall Museum, Lexington
May 21st, 2016 Renaissance Night Capital Ale House, Harrisonburg May 23rd, 2016 Valley playhouse Auditions Massanutten Regional Library, Harrisonburg
May 27th, 2016 Sacred Mysteries: A Narrative of the Life of Christ Trinity Episcopal Church, Staunton
May 28th, 2016 A Prairie Home Companion Trip with WMRA Wolf Trap Theatre, Vienna
May 28th, 2016 Playful Puppets Central library, Harrisonburg
May 29th, 2016 Sacred Mysteries: A Narrative of the Life of Christ Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Greenwood
Ongoing Events:
Present – September 22nd, 2016 Crozet Toastmasters Crozet Toastmasters, Crozet
Present – October 15th, 2016 2016 Walk Up Plant Sale Edith J. Carrier Arboretum, Harrisonburg
Present – November 30th, 2016 Washington in Glory: commemorating the first President on English Creamware Washington & Lee University, Lexington
e-notesBrought to You By: Jeremy Benbow Caroline Shaw Julia Nelson Jordyn Imber