PRX Ready to Launch

John posted on Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 | Station Newsletters

Great new things are coming to PRX this spring. Take a peek.

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May 1, 2012

PRX Ready to Launch

Hi friend of PRX,

Get ready. There is a lot of cool stuff on the pad at PRX!

Marc Maron is back with six fresh shows coming in May. Add the 10 already on PRX and you have a summer run!

Blank on Blank comes to PRX May 11. Combine interview outtakes with context. Obama’s slip of the tongue is just one tale on Blank on Blank.

The Spring for Music series from WQXR returns to Carnegie Hall showcasing one exciting orchestra a day for a week starting May 8.

American Routes presents a FREE Woody Guthrie special June 27. Here’s the preview.

8, presented by LA Theatre Works. Brad Pitt, George Clooney, and the drama surrounding the anti-gay marriage proposition in California. Comes out Friday!

And there’s even more good stuff coming soon.

Blast off,
John

Spring for Music

from WQXR

This May the Spring for Music festival returns to Carnegie Hall, showcasing some of North America’s most exciting orchestras.

Each three hour program will showcase a different orchestra: the Houston Symphony, the Edmonton Symphony, the New Jersey Symphony, the Alabama Symphony, the Milwaukee Symphony and the Nashville Symphony.
All programs are free. Grab the promos now!

Studs Terkel

Would have been 100

On May 16, the radio pioneer Studs Terkel would have been 100 years old.

Working With Studs is a remarkable story of archival audio and memories.

Want more Studs? Many more selections here.

Series and Specials

Book ‘em!

Grab your programming calendar, we’ve got many new shows and specials from your favorite series.

State of the Re:Union is back for their third full year of production. Listen now: Vermont and Washington state. More coming. Air windows open in June.
The Moth Radio Hour 600 Series is calling your name. Check out the five fresh shows for Spring. Air window opens May 25.
FREE one hour program from Sound Opinions, 1967: Rock & Roll Comes of Age. Listen up!

Other Good Stuff

AIR and Union Docs are teaming up for this year’s Sounds Elemental weeklong audio intensive. The deadline is May 18, 2012.

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