Komen Columbus To Likely Avoid Boycott Of May ‘Race For The Cure’
After three days of controversy, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity said it is reversing its decision to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood.
I had a chance to witness the first joint rehearsal of the Columbus Jazz Arts Group and BalletMet yesterday. They rehearsed at BalletMet and will be at the Capitol Theatre at the Riffe Center today as they prepare for the premiere of JAZZ MOVES COLUMBUS in partnership with WOSU. Our team provided video excerpts for [...]
You can join the OSU campus and the Columbus community in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first American to orbit the earth. And he lives right down the street with his lovely wife Annie. There are big ticket events and multiple free events that are part of this celebration throughout the month of February. [...]
Check out this great feature on “Jazz Moves Columbus” in today’s Philanthropy Friday from Columbus Foundation/Columbus Underground. Be sure to also check out the rehearsal/interview video and help spread the word of this groundbreaking event which opens February 2nd at the Capitol Theatre at the Riffe Center!
There is not a more efficient or entrepreneurial public broadcasting system anywhere in the world. Yet, funding for public broadcasting remains under attack. Just this past week, threats made their way into the presidential campaign discussion. We must remind our elected officials — and those who wish to be elected — that public broadcasting is [...]
WOSU’s ArtZine, funded through the Greater Columbus Arts Council, is producing some wonderful video shorts about the central Ohio arts community. See all of these great features on exhibits and artists at: http://beta.wosu.org/artzine/ Consider this feature on an exhibit at the Dublin Arts Council related to Down Syndrome that has had over 15,000 online views [...]
WOSU presents a new half hour documentary: Jesse Owens: Enduring Spirit airing nationally on the Big Ten Network this Tuesday night at 9 pm following the Ohio State basketball game on BTN. If you miss it, tune in to WOSU TV for our premiere of the documentary on Sunday, February 12th at 6:30 pm. It [...]
A dozen past staffers of WOSU AM reminisced about the old days of AM radio in Columbus. Fred Andrle moderated two recordings with the announcers.
Effective December 9, 2011, WOSU Public Media will no longer broadcast its NPR and local news programming schedule on 820 AM, which has been duplicated over the past year on 89.7 FM in central Ohio. Listeners should switch over to 89.7FM to continue receiving the quality news programming they have come to expect such as [...]
As you may have read, The Big Give from the Columbus Foundation leveraged more than $8.7 million for area nonprofits—a truly extraordinary day of giving in central Ohio. The Foundation announced today that WOSU Public Media raised an estimated $50,398.87 and will receive $6,541.65 in matching dollars and $1,182.48 in credit card fee reimbursements, totaling $58,123.00 [...]
It’s a night for bluegrass and the banjo on WOSU TV this Friday night starting at 9 pm with the PBS Arts special hosted by Steve Martin on the history of the Banjo and followed at 11pm with Tony Ellis’s Quest. Our WOSU documentary crew led by Brent Davis travels to Circleville, Ohio to profile banjo [...]