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Holiday Programs for 2007 - December 05, 2007
Hanukkah
December 7
1:00pm Hanukkah Lights - Acclaimed authors explore Hanukkah traditions in original stories
December 8
9:05pm Happy Joyous Hanukkah - Features a concert by the award-winning band the Klezmatics
10:05pm Chanukah : A Time for Schtick - An hour of high-jinks and fun, including some great jokes for the holiday season
Solstice
December 22
9:00pm Northern Lights: A Solstice Celebration- A celebration of dancing and music-making to welcome the Solstice and warm the spirit at the darkest time of the year
10:05pm Paul Winter Solstice Concert - Winter's unique exploration of the solstice tradition in cultures near and far
Christmas Eve
December 24
4:00pm The Pea Green Boat Christmas Eve - With Skipper Annie Garde
5:00pm All Things Considered & Montana Evening Edition- NPR News and Montana News unitl 7:30pm
7:30pm Tinsel Tales: NPR Christmas Favorites - Stories that touch on the meaning of Christmas, with David Sedaris, Bailey White, John Henry Faulk
8:30pm A Christmas Carol - By Dickens. Read by Walt Dunlop
10:50pm A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols - Broadcast today from King's College in Cambridge, England
12:50pm A Choral Christmas Card- The best choral ensembles from around the country, highlight America's vocal celebration of the holiday
Merry Christmas
December 25
4:00am Morning Edition- NPR news
6:00am Handel’s Messiah - Live from Philadelphia
8:00am Bach’s Christmas Oratorio - From Carnegie Hall
10:08am Morning Freeforms - Christmas with Montana Public Radio host Michael Marsolek
12:01pm BBC World Service - International news
12:25pm A Christmas Memory - A reading by Gus Chambers
1:00pm A Christmas Carol - Jonathan Winters presents a distinctive reading of Dickens' holiday classic
2:06pm A Holiday Music Tour with Judy Collins - Judy Collins headllines, plus Steve Earle, Jesse Colin Young, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Tish Hinojosa and many more
3:00pm Peter Ostrushko’s Heartland Holiday 2007- A musical journey featuring traditional and ancient carols
4:00pm Blind Boys of Alabama Christmas Show- Christmas classics and gospel favorites
5:00pm All Things Considered - NPR news
7:00pm This American Life- Christmas special
8:00pm Selected Shorts - Christmas special
9:00pm Carols for Dancing - Carols performed by Renaissonics — an award-winning improvisatory Renaissance dance band
10:00pm Concordia College Christmas Concert - A 400-member choir and orchestra conducted by Rene Clauson
11:00pm A Jethro Tull Christmas with Ian Anderson
12:00am The Pleasures of Winter- A range of seasonal folk music
1:00am The Christmas Revels: A Celebration of the Winter Solstice
Kwanza
December 26
8:30pm A Seasons Griot - The tales and traditions of African American and African peoples
New Year’s Eve
December 31
8:00pm Toast of the Nation Welcomes 2008- Live from Boston, New York, Washington DC, Minneapolis, and San Francisco
11:00pm New Year’s Eve Live with Garrison Keillor - Airs until 2:00am. The cast of A Prairie Home Companion and other musical guests celebrate the new year
Happy New Year
January 1, 2008
9:00am New Year’s Day from Vienna - The Vienna Philharmonic’s annual, live, worldwide concert of waltzes, polkas, and marches
11:00am Capitol Steps - The annual New Year’s Day edition of “Politics Takes a Holiday”
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| Northwest Area Foundation Grant Funds News Reports on Poverty Issues |
Through 2008 the Montana Public Radio News Department will be presenting regular feature stories about issues of poverty in Montana. This project is made possible with a two-year, $78,500 grant from the Northwest Area Foundation. The funding will enable Montana Public Radio to add a half-time reporter to its staff for the duration of the project, as well as cover costs for field recording equipment and travel throughout western and central Montana. News Director Sally Mauk says, “I’m excited about the project and the opportunity to get our news staff out to many Montana communities to report on such an important and timely topic.”
The Northwest Area Foundation approached Montana Public Radio with this opportunity for funding coverage of poverty issues, after beginning successful projects with Minnesota Public Radio and Seattle’s KUOW. The Northwest Area Foundation’s mission is to help communities in an eight-state region (including Montana) reduce poverty. www.nwaf.org.
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