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At some point, when I become a father, my kid gets this. No questions asked.

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Artistic director Robert Simpson talks about the memorial concert his Houston Chamber Choir presents, marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Robert Simpson talks with St.John Flynn. Love our shows? Show us by donating a few bucks here: bit.ly/UQweya. Donations contribute directly to your own continued audio happiness!

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What purpose does public art serve?

Next Wednesday, the four most recent winners of SFMOMA’s SECA Art Award will dive into a conversation about public art with writer Michelle Tea at SFJAZZ in Hayes Valley. Don’t miss this conversation (and don’t miss the preceding happy hour, either)! Get tickets + more info here.

This event is part of Live Projects 2, SFMOMA’s new bi-monthly series of on the go events featuring conversation, film, and exploration.

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We chat with pioneering experimental, feminist and queer filmmaker Barbara Hammer, one of the independent artists whose work is featured in the fifth annual Houston Cinema Arts Festival. Barbara Hammer talks with Bob Stevenson. Love our shows? Show us by donating a few bucks here: bit.ly/UQweya. Donations contribute directly to your own continued audio happiness!

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In this series, Classical 91.7's music librarian Chris Hathaway reviews new additions to our ever-growing CD library. This month, Chris reviews new recordings of Beethoven, Wagner, and Howard Blake.

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That's a lot of superstar in one picture!

Renée Fleming as The Marschallin, Susan Graham as Octavian. Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier. San Francisco Opera. 2000. 

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Actors Nicole Rodenburg and Michael Bakkensen talk about the Alley Theatre’s production of Venus In Fur, David Ives’ provocative comedy about sexual politics. Nicole Rodenburg and Michael Bakkensen talk with St.John Flynn. Love our shows? Show us by donating a few bucks here: bit.ly/UQweya. Donations contribute directly to your own continued audio happiness!

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Artistic director Marlana Doyle and choreographer Peter Chu preview 2|2, a program of contemporary dance works presented by Houston Metropolitan Dance Company. Marlana Doyle and Peter Chu talk with Bob Stevenson. Love our shows? Show us by donating a few bucks here: bit.ly/UQweya. Donations contribute directly to your own continued audio happiness!

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Artists from the Saint Cecilia Society play chamber music by French composer Gabriel Pierné, previewing the recital Journey to the Land of Dreams. Melissa Suhr, flute; Emily Mitchell, harp; Yung-Hsiang Wang, violin; René Salazar, viola; and Barrett Sills, cello, perform and talk with St.John Flynn. Love our shows? Show us by donating a few bucks here: bit.ly/UQweya. Donations contribute directly to your own continued audio happiness!

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Vince Giordano's band The Nighthawks do a lot of the music for the HBO series Boardwalk Empire. On today’s Fresh Air Giordano explains what makes big band jazz different from the jazz we know today:

What we’re hearing is almost like a unique language that is not spoken that much anymore because of the way these musicians in those years phrased [music]. It was very exciting. It was very on top of the beat.  [At that time] there was a limit to what you could do in jazz, mainly because jazz was right at the beginning and it was very melodic and for lack of better words, a lot of fun.

Photo of Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks via NYT

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LaToya Ruby Frazier, (Ajax Way) from the series Notion of Family, 2011, gelatin silver print, 50.8 cm x 60.96 cm

Today is the final day to vote for LaToya Ruby Frazier as the recipient of the AIMIA | AGO Photography Prize. Frazier will receive $50,000 dollars if she is selected as the winner, which would go a long way to support her effort in raising awareness about the social and political disenfranchisement that plagues her hometown, Braddock, PA and much of the North American towns that make up the “Rust Belt.” 

To vote for LaToya Ruby Frazier click here.

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Happy Birthday, Mindy Kaufman

"WHAT WOULD YOU BE IF NOT A MUSICIAN? A ski instructor, but it’s too late for the U.S. Ski Team!”

Read the whole Q&A with Kaufman, a member of the Philharmonic’s flute section and our piccolo. Kaufman was one of several Philharmonic musicians who coached underprivileged music students November 2 at an event hosted by the Harmony Program. Read about it here.

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"Death is not the worst that can happen to men, Harry."

"Harry, good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others."

"He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it, Harry."

"Harry, how can you prove whether at…