Volume 43 – Issue 1 January/March 2014 In This Issue: Page Three WYSU Joins The McDonough Museum In Hosting Mad About The Arts 2014 For 19 years, Mad About the Arts has sponsors and food and beverage vendors been one of the most anticipated cultural who donated support and services. Page Four events in the Mahoning Valley. Always a combined effort of Youngstown Both the McDonough and WYSU State University departments and staffs are already at work planning organizations, this year the event an unforgettable evening celebrating returns to its original presentation – a contemporary art, jazz, wine tasting partnership between the McDonough and food sampling. The event will start Museum of Art, YSU’s center for at 6:30 p.m. with a presentation of wine Page Five contemporary art; and WYSU 88.5 FM, craft and connoisseurship hosted by Ed the valley’s listener-supported public Goist of WYSU 88.5 FM – an expert wine radio station since 1969. distributor in his pre-public radio days! The main event will follow at 7:00 p.m. as The event will take place on Friday, guests enjoy the sounds of the YSU Jazz February 21, from 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 Ensemble 2. At 8:30 p.m., pianist and p.m. at the McDonough Museum of Art. YSU faculty member Dr. Alton Merrell Page Six It is a fundraiser for both organizations; will take the stage with his jazz trio – the last year Mad About the Arts raised highlight of the event. nearly $30,000, thanks to underwriters, Continued On Page Three 88.5 FM 88.5 FM Radio you need to know. 88.5 Youngstown 90.1 Ashtabula 97.5 New Wilmington Radio you need to know. 88.5 FM Radio you need to know. Program Listings 2014 January/March MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Mid. Mid. 1:00 Jazz 1:00 Midnight - 2 a.m. 2:00 Classical Music 2:00 Midnight - 5 a.m. (Mon. - Fri.) 2 a.m. - 6 a.m. (Sat. - Sun.) 3:00 3:00 4:00 4:00 5:00 5:00 6:00 6:00 Hearts of Space Alternative Radio Morning Edition 6 a.m. - 7 a.m. 6 a.m. - 7 a.m. 7:00 5 a.m. - 9 a.m. 7:00 On the Media Being 7 a.m. - 8 a.m. 7 a.m. - 8 a.m. 8:00 8:00 Weekend Edition Weekend Edition 9:00 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. 9:00 10:00 10:00 Car Talk Classical Music with Barbara Krauss 10 a.m - 11 a.m. A Prairie Home 11:00 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Companion 11:00 Wait, Wait ... Don’t Tell Me! 10 a.m. - Noon 11 a.m. - Noon Noon Noon TED Radio Hour Car Talk Noon - 1 p.m. Noon - 1 p.m. 1:00 1:00 Fresh Air Weekend Wait, Wait ... Don’t Tell Me! Classical Music with 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. 2:00 Classical Music with Gary Sexton Peter van De Graaff 2:00 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Travel with Rick Steves Says You! 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. 3:00 3:00 Fresh Air Sound Medicine A Way with Words 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. 4:00 4:00 Only A Game The Splendid Table 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. 5:00 5:00 All Things Considered Weekend ATC 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. 6:00 6:00 On the Media A Prairie Home Marketplace, 6:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. 7:00 Companion 7:00 Looking Out, 7 - 7:30 Fresh Air 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Thistle and Shamrock 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. Lft, Rgt & Ctr 7:30 - 8 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. 8:00 8:00 Folk Festival with Charles Darling 9:00 9:00 World of Performance Today The Jazz Sofa with The Jazz Sofa with 8 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Opera Rick Popovich Rick Popovich 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. Classical Music, 9:30 - 10 10:00 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. 10:00 Harmonia 10 p.m. - 11 p.m. 11:00 11:00 Classical Music Rhythm Sweet & Hot Now’s the Time Classical Music 11 p.m. - Midnight 11 p.m. - Midnight 11 p.m. - Midnight 11 p.m. - Midnight Mid. Mid. All programs are subject to change without notice. 2 WYSU Joins The McDonough Museum In Hosting Mad About The Arts 2014 Continued From Page One Throughout the evening, guests will sample delectable appetizers, beverages and desserts from a dozen local vendors who have developed creative new menu items just for Mad About the Arts. Tickets are limited, and in great demand! Get your tickets and more information by going to www.wysu.org/madaboutthearts. Tickets For Mad About The Arts On Sale Online Tickets for Mad About the Arts 2014 are on sale as of January 2! They are $80 each, with discounted tickets at $65 each available for the following people: • WYSU 88.5 FM current members; McDonough Museum of Art current members • YSU faculty members, staff and students • YSU Fine & Performing Arts (now Creative Arts & Communication) alumni Mad About The Arts Supports StoryCorps Event At YSU To purchase tickets go to www.wysu. org/madaboutthearts. Tickets will be StoryCorps to Youngstown. StoryCorps mailed. Tickets can also be purchased is an independent nonprofit project with a check or credit card by going to whose mission is to honor and celebrate WYSU offices, located in the basement the lives of everyday Americans by of Cushwa Hall on the campus of listening to their stories. “Voices of Youngstown State University. Tickets the Valley,” StoryCorps Youngstown cannot be purchased with cash. represents the kind of programs that are made possible by events like Mad You must have a ticket to attend Mad Money raised at Mad About the About the Arts. More information About the Arts 2014. Arts 2014 will help to support an about this will be posted at www.wysu. exciting new project planned for this org or mcdonoughmuseum.ysu.edu as For more information call Tricia at 330- summer. WYSU is working with The it becomes available. 941-1777 or email [email protected]. McDonough Museum of Art to bring 3 Now’s The Time with Martin Berger, Saturday, 11 pm 1/4 Illinois Jacquet. Best known as a screaming, high-energy tenor saxophonist, also a mellow ballad player; mostly from 1940s-’50s small group sessions. 1/11 Al Cohn. Lean, linear tenor sax, also a deft arranger. 1/18 Jimmy Rushing. “Mr. Five by Five,” mostly in Basie-flavored sessions. 1/25 Duke Ellington. How fortunate that Duke’s long and splendid career was so frequently recorded! Here are some of those recordings. 2/1 Roy Eldridge. Perhaps the most intense of jazz trumpeters, in varied and excellent company. 2/8 Andrew Hill. Original, fascinating modern-jazz pianist. 2/15 Ralph LaLama. YSU’s own, a pillar of jazz tenor saxophone. Staff Flashbacks 2/22 Stan Getz. An alternate universe We thought you might like to see a few of us “back in the day” – just because! where tenor saxophone combines lightness, precision, and apparent ease. 3/1 Louis Armstrong. We’ll check the master’s several eras, but lean on the virtuosic performances of the ’30s and ’40s. 3/8 Horace Parlan. Modern pianist, firmly based in the blues. 3/15 North Sea Festival. Selections from a major, long-lived European jazz Right: festival. Gary – circa 1979 3/22 Charles Mingus. Fierce, varied performances from the Bottom left: bassist and leader. Tricia – circa 1981 3/29 Terry Waldo. One of the most Top left: persuasive and entertaining of trad- Ed – circa 1990 revival pianists and leaders. 4 A Glimpse, Chapter 4 Every now and then, we ask one of our staff Most influential inventor members to provide a little glimpse into their of the 20th century lives. This issue it is Ron Krauss, who joined Two. Nikola Tesla and Edwin Howard WYSU as chief broadcast engineer in 2005. Armstrong. Hobbies Most helpful development The editing and restoration of classic of the 20th century live radio and music performances. Antibiotics/vaccines. Also, photography and attempting to play the trombone. Ron with two of his large friends – Least useful development the WYSU transmitters. of the 20th century My ideal job Weapons of any sort. And most modern I have it. I enjoy (in no particular order) Ideal retirement location commercial media programming. the music, the staff and the technical It still seems far off, but somewhere challenges. warm and bright would be nice. If I won the lottery I would find a large piece of land to live Short life philosophy Dog or cat person away from the grid, then give the rest to Leave it better than you found it. If that Dogs because they are grateful for the worthwhile causes. is not possible, don’t mess with it. attention. Cats because they permit it. 5 Shortened On-Air Drive is a Hit once again – On the Air and Off! During the recent Fall Fund Drive, Downtown.