12/20/01
Museum Quilt Reproductions Hit Stores
Tamar Charney

As you thumb through catalogues or go to the store in search of the perfect gift, you'll doubtless come across jewelry, furniture, and other items whose brand name is that of a museum. More and more museums are allowing companies to reproduce items in their collection. As Michigan Radio's Tamar Charney reports even products from University museums are showing up in stores.

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12/6/01
Museum Display Exposes Prejudice
Tamar Charney

From about the time of the Civil War until the Civil Rights movement there was a proliferation of anti-Black caricatures and stereotypes. They appeared during a period when Jim Crow laws were in effect. And everyday objects from ashtrays to fishing lures were adorned with these caricatures. In Big Rapids these artifacts are being used by a museum to teach about prejudice. Michigan Radio's Tamar Charney visited the museum and has this report.

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11/26/01
Close Listening
Tamar Charney

It's been said that we live in a visual culture. We make sense of the world through television, movies, and photographs. But an art exhibit at the Slusser Gallery in Ann Arbor explores how sound helps us understand the world. Michigan Radio's Tamar Charney reports.

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11/16/01
New State Department Promotes Michigan Culture
Tamar Charney

The head of Michigan's newest state department has been traveling around the state recently. He's been talking with people about Michigan's history, arts, and libraries. Michigan Radio's Tamar Charney reports.

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11/16/01
Found Magazine
Jonathan Menjivar

We all leave things behind. Shopping lists, notes, receipts. One Michigan man has figured out something to do with all this stuff we leave behind. Michigan Radio's Jonathan Menjivar has the story.

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You can find out more about Found Magazine at their website, foundmagazine.com or by attending their event at Ann Arbor's Shaman Drum Bookshop on Saturday November 17.

11/15/01
New DVD Teaches Art of Animation
Tamar Charney

A new DVD is being premiered this evening at Grand Valley State University. It pushes the limits of DVD technology to teach about an older technology -- animated films. Michigan Radio's Tamar Charney reports.

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11/15/01
Lincoln Exhibit Drawing Crowds
Matt Shafer Powell

Tourism has suffered a major blow since the September 11th attacks. As a result, museums across the country are struggling to get people through the turnstiles. But one West Michigan museum is enjoying record attendance, thanks to an exhibit honoring one of the nation's most revered presidents. The Abraham Lincoln exhibit at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum might be succeeding because of the attacks, not despite them. Michigan Radio's Matt Shafer Powell has this story…

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11/9/01
Orfeo Comes To Ann Arbor
Tamar Charney

A number of community arts groups in Ann Arbor have come together to create a new staging of a 230 year old opera. It's bringing in some big international opera stars and it may also help launch the careers of some young divas. Michigan Radio's Tamar Charney reports.

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11/6/01
Hemingway In Michigan
Tamar Charney

Recently scholars and fans of Ernest Hemingway got together. The conference wasn't in Key West, Paris, or the other cities people associate with the author of Farwell to Arms and other classic works. Instead it was in Petoskey where each year the Hemingway in Michigan Society meets. As Michigan Radio's Tamar Charney reports, the Northeastern corner of lower Pennisula is an important place in the world of Ernest Hemingway.

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10/8/01
Wearing History: Friends of Fashion's Past
Tamar Charney

In Paris, Milan, and London fashion shows are used to show off the latest designs. In other cities and towns, fashion shows more likely are used to raise money for local charities. But one group in the Upper Peninsula uses fashion shows to teach about history. Michigan Radio's Tamar Charney reports from Chassell Michigan.

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10/8/01
Design, Michigan Style
Tamar Charney/Matt Shafer Powell

When you hear the word design you might think fashion design, but every product you'll wear or use today whether its your shirt, your car, or your stapler was designed by somebody. A group of exhibitions in Flint is taking a look at America's contribution to design. Michigan Radio's Matt Shafer Powell reports.

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9/28/01
Nudes in Our Midst
Tamar Charney