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WUOT hosts NPR’s Carl Kasell for Brown Bag Lunch Event March 16
WUOT will bring the beloved public radio personality (he really is the nicest man) and provide soft drinks – all you have to do is bring your lunch and $5 (exact change, please) to help the station cover the cost of Kasell’s visit. Space is limited, so please reserve your seat as soon as possible by calling Cindy Hassil at (865) 974-6167.
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March 2010 "AIRNOTES" and program grid ...
Celebrating Chopin: Garrick Ohlsson in
Recital
2009 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Opera Honors Gala  Now
in the second year, the NEA Opera Honors is the highest award
our nation bestows in opera. Honors are given in five
categories. The 2009 awards went to composer, John Adams; stage
director and librettist, Frank Corsaro; mezzo-soprano Marilyn
Horne (left); general director, Lofti Mansouri; and conductor,
Julius Rudel.Saturday, March 20 at 2:50 p.m.
Music of the Baroque - J.S. BACH: Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to St. John, BWV 245  The
midwest's largest professional chorus and orchestra, Music of
the Baroque specializes in the performance of sixteenth,
seventeenth and early eighteenth century
music.Wednesday, March 31 at 8 p.m.
THIS MONTH ON DIALOGUE
HIGHLIGHTS FROM FRIDAY EVENING JAZZ...
FROM THE NATIONAL DESKS Visit the following links to learn more about stories, reports, people and more.
"Space Taxis" -- The Next Step Toward Flying
Cars? Photo: This artist's illustration shows a Cygnus spacecraft approaching the International Space Station. Orbital Sciences Corp. says they are about a year away from the first launch of their cargo-carrying spacecraft.
Time Flies When You're Having Fun -- Or Just Getting Older  Noted
science correspondent Robert Krulwich looks at the way our
perception of time changes as we age.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122322542
Saving a "Sleeping" Language Photo: Rachel Vilcan, Chitimacha cultural instructor, examines the new Rosetta Stone software for her tribe's "sleeping" language in a training room in Harrisonburg, Va.
Because The Monster Under Your Bed Isn't Causing You Enough Insomnia  Alan
Cheuse has been reviewing books on All Things Considered since
the 1980s. He shares two Science Fiction novels guaranteed to
keep you awake at night. One of them, helpfully, is even titled
Sleepless.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123287779
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As
part of WUOT’s 60th anniversary celebrations,
legendary NPR newscaster and Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell
Me! star Carl Kasell will share his experiences in
public broadcasting and answer questions at a brown bag seminar
March 16 from noon to 2 p.m. in the University of
Tennessee’s University Center Shiloh Room. 
STAFF NOTES
American
pianist Garrick Ohlsson (left) in a solo recital devoted to
Frederic Chopin's 200th birth anniversary, recorded earlier in
Chopin's birthplace of Warsaw, Poland. Music on this very
special program includes Polonaise in A major, Op. 40 No. 1;
Waltz in E flat major, Op. 18; and Polonaise in A flat major,
Op. 53.
Through
sites like Facebook and Twitter, social media are changing the
ways in which we converse, do business and connect with the
world. Is it a fad? Or are we undergoing a
fundamental—and lasting—change in how we
communicate? On our next Dialogue, we’ll
have a panel of social media experts here in the studio to take
your questions. Dr. Jim Stovall teaches on-line journalism
at the University of Tennessee; Bob Wilson is the Director
of New Media at Moxley Carmichael Public Relations; and
Sociologist Julie Wiest studies the ways in which social media
have affected our ability to communicate with each
other. We'll take your calls so join us for the
discussion.
JAZZSET
WITH DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER 
MARIAN
McPARTLAND'S PIANO JAZZ
Under
the new budget for NASA the agency is planning to cancel its own
rocket program and rely on privatized commercial "space taxis"
to get crews into orbit. 
The
Rosetta Stone software company is helping members of the
Chitimacha tribe preserve their language, 70 years after the
death of the last native speaker.