Week of 30 March 2009
Thursday - April 2, 2009
What WABE means to you
As we wrap up our pledge drive, we’ve asked listeners “What WABE means to you?”
Tomorrow will be the last day for our spring fund drive. It’s a time when we encourage listeners to become a new or renewing member to the station. Here are what some listeners have to say about what WABE means to them.
To become a new supporting member or to renew your pledge click here.
AJC - Shane Harrison
AJC Best Bets writer Shane Harrison talks about what’s going on around Atlanta this week.
- Ann Nesby - Mall at Stonecrest
- Bennett Street Art Walk
- Marietta First Friday Art Walk
- Studioplex Art Stroll
- Hamlet - Shakespeare Tavern
Wednesday - April 1, 2009
Atlanta Sounds: Starlight Six Drive In
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Starlight Six Drive-in was built in 1950. Its the last drive-in theater in Atlanta. They show double-feature first run movies. Unlike years ago, where movie goers heard films through parking meter like speakers, today people tune into the onscreen image with their car radio.
You can submit your ideas for Atlanta Sounds, here.
Paste Magazine
Thursday - Neko Case - Variety Playhouse
Tuesday - Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 - Variey Playhouse
Wednesday April 8th - Maria Taylor - The Earl
Tuesday - March 31, 2009
Oakland Cemetery Restoration
It was just over a year ago that a rare, but devastating tornado tore through Atlanta. Its destruction hit a number of south Atlanta neighborhoods. But it was Historic Oakland Cemetery that the storm left nearly in ruins, leaving hundreds of unearthed trees and thousands of one-of-a-kind markers shattered in its wake.
Now, about half the repairs at Oakland Cemetery that are eligible for reimbursement from FEMA have been completed. But whether the other half will be finished in time for the federal agency’s October deadline, remains up in the air. Kate Sweeney has this report.
Kate also wrote an article for Atlanta Magazine. Click the link to check it out.
Atlanta Sounds: MARTA Train Op
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The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority was created in 1965 and now the 9th largest transit system in the US with a service population of over 1.5 million.
You can submit your ideas for Atlanta Sounds, here.
Monday - March 30, 2009
Atlanta Sounds: Square Dance
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There are fifteen clubs included in the Metro Atlanta Square Dancers Association, Atlanta Sounds visited the Peachtree Squares. The caller heard here is Dan Mitchell.
MASDA teaches and participates in Modern Western square dancing, which was established in the 1930s and ’40s by Colorado teacher Lloyd Shaw, though traditional square dancing has roots in 17th century European folk dance.
You can submit your ideas for Atlanta Sounds, here.
Local Book Events
Executive Director of the Decatur Book Festival and curator of verb.org Daren Wang stops by to talk about local area books and book events.
March 30th - Patti Digh - “Life Is A Verb”
March 31st - Laurie Halse Anderson - “Winter Girls”
April 3rd - Poetry at Tech
April 4th - Walter Mosley - “The Long Fall”
- PBA 30 Video Online
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- Now on WABE Classical
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- Now on WABE News
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- Now on Ahora
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