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Afternoon Magazine Archives for month of April 2009

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Monday thru Friday noon to 4 pm Central

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

1:06 pm

The Capitol Steps' "Politics Takes a Holiday" April Fool's Day

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Thursday, April 02, 2009

1:06 pm

Listening Below the Noise: A Meditation on the Practice of Silence

Anne D. LeClaire, Journalist, Radio News Broadcaster, and Newspaper Columnist

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Categories: Behavior

Thursday, April 02, 2009

2:45 pm

The University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine Open House, April 4, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Chris Beuoy, Director of Communications, University of Illinois College of Veterninary Medicine

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Categories: AnimalsUniversity of Illinois

Thursday, April 02, 2009

2:45 pm

Champaign County Moon Walk 2009 Update

Jamie Kleiss, MPH, CHES, Health and Wellness Program Coordinator, University of Illinois Extension, Champaign County

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Friday, April 03, 2009

1:06 pm

Dog Behavior

Carole Lindholm, Dog Trainer

Jim Kuehl, Dog Trainer

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Categories: Animals

Friday, April 03, 2009

2:45 pm

Nico and Lola

Meggan Hill, Writer

Susan M. Graunke, Photographer

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Categories: Animals

Monday, April 06, 2009

1:06 pm

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

David Grann, a Staff Writer at The New Yorker

This is a repeat broadcast from Friday, March 13, 2009, 1:06 pm

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Categories: Exploration

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

1:06 pm

Your Call Is (Not That) Important to Us: Customer Service and What it Reveals about Our World and Our Lives

Emily Yellin, Writer

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Categories: BehaviorBusiness and Economy

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

2:45 pm

The Living Tree Program, Parkland College

Susan Goldenstein, Foundation Coordinator, Parkland College

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Wednesday, April 08, 2009

1:06 pm

Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

H. W. Brands, Dickson Allen Anderson Centennial Professor of History, University of Texas, Austin

This is a repeat broadcast from Wednesday, March 04, 2009, 1:06 pm

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Categories: Biography

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

2:45 pm

Understanding Close-Up Photography: Creative Close Encounters with or without a Macro Lens

Bryan Peterson, Professional Photographer; Founder of the online photography school The Perfect Picture School of Photography

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Categories: Photography

Thursday, April 09, 2009

1:06 pm

A Great Idea at Any Age: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books

Alex Beam, Columnist with The Boston Globe

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Categories: Cultural Studies

Thursday, April 09, 2009

2:45 pm

The Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture Program Food Film Festival 09, April 15

John Marlin, Visiting Research Specialist in Agriculture

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Categories: EnvironmentFilm/Movies

Friday, April 10, 2009

1:06 pm

Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause

Tom Gjelten, Award Winning NPR Correspondent covering intelligence and national security issuses: Panelist on Washington Week, PBS

This is a repeat broadcast from Friday, February 20, 2009, 1:06 pm

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Categories: CaribbeanCuba

Friday, April 10, 2009

2:45 pm

40 North/ 88 West Boneyard Arts Festival, April 16-19

Megan Wolf, Director of Resouce Development 40 North / 88 West

Steven Bentz, Director of Operations, 40 North / 88 West

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Monday, April 13, 2009

1:06 pm

Standing By: The Making of an American Military Family in a Time of War

Alison Buckholtz, Journalist

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Categories: FamilyMilitary

Monday, April 13, 2009

2:45 pm

A Rare Breed of Love: The True Story of Baby and the Mission She Inspired to Help Dogs Everywhere

Jana Kohl, Psy.D., Writer, Artist, Psychologist, and Animal Welfare Advocate

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

1:06 pm

Dread: How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu

Philip Alcabes, Associate Professor, Urban Public Health, Hunter College School of Health Sciences

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Categories: DiseaseHealthPublic Health

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

2:45 pm

The Prairie Ensemble Concert, Celebrating Mendelssohn at 200 with Mark Moore, tuba; Friday April 17 7:30 PM First Uited Methodist Church, Champaign

Kevin Kelly, Music Director

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Categories: Music

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

1:06 pm

Healing Through Exercise: Scientifically Proven Ways to Prevent and Overcome Illness and Lengthen Your Life

Jorg Blech, U.S. based Science Correspondent for Der Spiegel

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Categories: Health

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

2:45 pm

The Second Annual Parkland College Story Shop

Dorothy Voyles, Special Assistant to the President, Parkland College

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Categories: Writing

Thursday, April 16, 2009

1:06 pm

Hot Dog: A Global History

Bruce Kraig, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, History and Humanities, Roosevelt University and Food Historian

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Categories: FoodHistory

Friday, April 17, 2009

1:06 pm

Moon Handbooks: Illinois

Christine Des Garennes, Travel Writer and Journalist with The News-Gazette

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Categories: TravelUnited StatesIllinois

Friday, April 17, 2009

2:45 pm

Spring Open House at Japan House, Saturday, April 18, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Cynthia Voelkl, Assistant Director, Japan House

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Categories: University of Illinois

Monday, April 20, 2009

1:06 pm

Computers and You

James F. Eyrich, Wireless Network Designer, Campus Information Technologies and Education Services, University of Illinois

Debbie Fligor, Network Engineer, Campus Information Technologies and Education Services, University of Illjnois

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Categories: TechnologyComputersInternet

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

1:06 pm

Not Your Mother's Weeknight Cooking

Beth Hensperger, Award Winning Cookbook Writer

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Categories: CookingFood

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

1:06 pm

Sita Sings the Blues

Nina Paley, Cartoonist and Award Winning Animated Filmmaker

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Categories: Art and DesignFilm/Movies

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

2:45 pm

Let Me Eat Cake: A Celebration of Flour, Sugar, Butter, Eggs, Vanilla, Baking Powder, and a Pinch of Salt

Leslie F. Miller, Writer and Graphic Designer

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Categories: Food

Thursday, April 23, 2009

1:06 pm

The Triple Bind: Saving Our Teenage Girls from Today's Pressures

Stephen Hinshaw, Ph.D., Chair and Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley; and Professsor of Clincal Psychology, University of California, San Francisco

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Categories: AdolescentsBehaviorGender issuesPsychology

Thursday, April 23, 2009

2:45 pm

First Annual iWalk for Vision at the University of Illinois Champaign Urbana

Kimberly Musil, Sophomore, ACES, University of Illinois and Event Publicity Coordinator

Christina Hahn, Sophomore, LAS, University of Illinois and Event Publicity Coordinator

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Categories: University of Illinois

Friday, April 24, 2009

1:06 pm

"Have You Seen...?" A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films

David Thomson, Biographer, Film Critic, and Contributor to The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, Movieline, The New Republic and Salon

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Friday, April 24, 2009

2:45 pm

Symply Too Good to Be True: American Version

Annette Sym, Cookbook Writer

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Categories: CookingFood

Monday, April 27, 2009

1:06 pm

Still Alice: A Novel

Lisa Genova, Ph.D., Actress, Novelist, and Online Columnist for the National Alzheimer's Society

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Monday, April 27, 2009

2:45 pm

Vandalism to Art at the University of Illinois Native American House

Robert Warrior, Ph.D., Professor, English Department and Director of American Indian Studies Program, University of Illinois

Edgar Heap of Birds, Artist and Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma

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Categories: CrimeRace/EthnicityNative Americans

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

1:06 pm

The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia

Andrew Liu, Beijing based commentator on new media, technology, and journalism

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Categories: TechnologyInternet

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

1:06 pm

How We Decide

Jonah Lehrer, Editor-at-Large for Seed magazine

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Categories: Science

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

2:45 pm

Inside Iran

Mark Edward Harris, Writer and Photographer

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Categories: Photography

Thursday, April 30, 2009

1:06 pm

The Armchair Birder: Discovering the Secret Lives of Birds

John Yow, Freelance Writer

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Categories: Birds

Thursday, April 30, 2009

2:45 pm

Champaign County Computer & Electronics Recycling Event, May 2, 8:00 AM-4:00 PM

Trina Bailey, Operations Manager, W.I.T.S., Danville

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Thursday, April 30, 2009

2:45 pm

Sustainable E-Waste Design Competition, University of Illinois

William Bullock, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Industrial Design Program, School of Art and Design; and Product Interaction Research Laboratory Director, University of Illinois

Amy Cade, Senior, Industrial Design, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois

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Categories: Art and Design

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