} } day Concer oli ls H WOSU Public Media • wosu.org • December 2013 WOSU Radio WOSU TV WOSU Members Holiday Concerts on Classical 101 Kids and Family Holiday Specials MemberCard Benefit: • Page 6 on WOSU TV • Page 13 Columbus Dance Theatre • Page 2 VOLUME 34, NUMBER 12 Airfare (UPS 372670) is published monthly except for June, July and August by: ON THE COVER Check out the WOSU Public Media Holiday Concerts WOSU Public Media 2400 Olentangy River Schedule on Road, Columbus, OH Classical 101. 43210, (614) 292-9678 Educational Project Page 6 Wins National Award Copyright 2013 by The Ohio State Imagine students studying Prohibition and University. All rights reserved. No part of learning about the impact of those years on this magazine may be reproduced in any form or by any the many breweries that had flourished across means without express written permission from the German Village. Or studying the meaning of publisher. Subscription is by a minimum contribution of urban renewal and learning how the Interstate $60 to WOSU Public Media, of which $3.25 is allocated to System changed the face of Columbus and Airfare. Periodicals postage paid at Columbus, Ohio. wiped out historic neighborhoods. Those are WOSU’s Marcelita Haskins and Matthew POSTMASTER: Send address changes to two of dozens of digital video segments and Doran, Columbus City Schools Social Studies Airfare, 2400 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, OH 43210 lesson plans developed by our educational Coordinator, with the NETA Educational Award. team as a part of the landmark Columbus WOSU Public Media Neighborhoods project. these to use in your classroom at the columbusneighborhoods.org web site — just Graphic Designer/Assoc. Editor Ann Draghi Columbus Neighborhoods in the Classroom click on “Lesson Plans.” General Manager Tom Rieland are short digital videos designed by and Chief Operating Officer Karen Olstad Director of Marketing for teachers to use with lesson plans and This is the kind of work WOSU’s Marcelita Meredith Hart & Communications other reference materials aligned with state Haskins has been developing for decades academic standards. to better serve teachers across central and Membership Rob Walker southern Ohio. We celebrate Marcelita and Friends of WOSU Board This educational project was recognized all those involved in the project. Using our President Dale Heydlauff in October at the National Educational media production creativity to improve Vice President Karen Ickes Telecommunications Association (NETA) student performance and assist teachers is a Secretary/Treasurer Kathleen McGinnis Conference as the best use of digital media prime goal of WOSU Public Media. Board Members in the classroom. NETA represents nearly Joel Brown Ed Lentz every public TV station in America and its A special thanks to the State of Ohio and Allen Coleman Tiffany Miller awards are highly coveted. the Ohio Humanities Council Dan Cvetanovich Debbie Mitchell Laura Ecklar Christine Mortine for providing the and Fred Hadley Bill Ress el Patricia Hatler Tom Rieland These segments hit home because they are support necessary to Ri Emily Howard Bill Schiffman m about OUR home. Remnants related to many produce Columbus o BethAnn Hullinger Michael Schwaiger T of the lessons are alive and well down the Neighborhoods in Sharron Kornegay David Stallings Ray LaVoie street or a short drive away. the Classroom. WOSU Mission: The mission of WOSU Public Media is to enrich lives through programming You can review all these short segments By Tom Rieland, and community services that educate, inform, and, if you are an educator, access General Manager entertain, and inspire. Questions? Comments? Contact our Audience Services Advocate, Alysia Gobert-Smith, at (614) 292-9678 or via e-mail at [email protected] WOSU MemberCard Benefit of the Month DECEMBER’S FEATURE: Columbus Dance Theatre Present your WOSU MemberCard during the month of December for this special offer! Valid for 2-for-1 admission* all month long. (614) 849-0227 *Subject to availability and restrictions may apply. columbusdancetheatre.com 2 Be a Source of Enlightenment and Joy This Season The IRA Charitable Rollover is a wonderful way for people 70½ years of age and over to make a generous gift to WOSU and satisfy required minimum distributions from their retirement plans. Here’s how it works. • A simple, one-step distribution that you authorize directs money from your IRA straight to WOSU Public Media. • The distribution counts toward fulfilling your required minimum with WOSU Public Media distribution from your IRA. • The total rollover is limited to WOSU Public Media is giving you the Countdown, and Curious George: A Very $100,000 per donor for the tax year. ultimate gifts this holiday season: the best Monkey Christmas. (More family holiday festive fare in programming on WOSU TV, programming can be found on page 13.) Don’t wait…this opportunity ends on 89.7 NPR News and Classical 101. December 31st! Call WOSU’s Amy As you abandon the sleigh for your car, tune Milbourne at (614) 292-3022. WOSU TV takes you around the country in to WOSU Public Media’s radio stations to for yuletide performances, decorating and keep you inspired as you shop for gifts and culinary delights. Friday, December 13 at run holiday errands. Friday nights at 7pm 9pm will feature the opera Silent Night, on 89.7 NPR News features Tinsel Tales 2, a performed by the Minnesota Opera which collection of the best and most requested New to the Board was recently honored with the 2012 Pulitzer holiday stories, and Festivo Alt. Latino, a Latin Prize in Music. Based on a true story, it tells American holiday travelogue through the This fall, BethAnn Hullinger became of a miraculous moment of peace during eyes and ears of four very different Latin the newest member on the Friends World War I. Then, the following Friday, Alternative musicians. For a political twist of WOSU Board. While she is a recent travel on your sleigh to all points in the on New Year’s it’s the Capitol Steps New addition to the Friends Board, public US for Craft in America: Holiday at 9pm Year’s Eve Special on December 27 at 7pm, broadcasting has been a lifelong on December 20. Creativity is captured in the annual year-in-review awards ceremony. passion, and Hullinger has volunteered cultural and religious customs through the in her birth state of Alabama for APT National Gingerbread House competition And every night at 7pm on Classical 101 and WTSU, and at WDUQ in Pittsburgh. in North Carolina to the magnificent enjoy traditional favorites and modern decorations at the Biltmore Estate. Then classics from a Chanticleer Christmas to the Currently, Hullinger assists Carnoustie at 10pm, it’s off to the nation’s capital for Columbus Symphony Orchestra’s Holiday Consulting, Ltd., an environmental The National Christmas Tree Lighting. Pops, a local holiday institution. engineering firm in legal counsel and marketing, and she teaches legal courses Looking for shows for the younger Go to wosu.org for a complete list of holiday as adjunct faculty at Columbus State. viewer? With twelve hours of children’s programming. 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