Special Programs: Upcoming Community and Cultural Programs

Airs Thursday, May 9 at 11 a.m. Join the renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir as they Celebrate the Joys of Mother with glorious works such as Gently Raise the Sacred Strain, Morning Has Broken, the Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel, All Through the Night, Hush Little Baby, I Often Go Walking, You Raise Me Up, It's a Grand Night for Singing from State Fair, As the Dew from Heaven, and God Be with You 'Till We Meet.

Bill Beckett speaks with Jennifer Hill Development Director for the The Renzi Education and Art Center about their Jazz & Blues Brunch Fundraiser featuring Buddy Flett and Brady Blade, this Saturday, May May 11, at 11 am at The Shop on Southern Avenue in Shreveport. More Information is available at the Renzi Center  or at 318 - 222 - 1414. 

Airs Tuesday, May 7 at 9 p.m. Buoyed by a Guggenheim Fellowship, the alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa made an album in 2008 which integrated his love of South Asian music and funk and hip-hop and electronic music and kitchen sinks. He's finally getting to tour the music of the record Samdhi now, and with guitarist David Gilmore, Rudy Royston on drums and Rich Brown on bass. This concert is electric, literally and figuratively.

Airs Sunday, May 5 at 6 p.m.  Imagine a world free of genetic diseases, where parents control their offspring's height, eye color and intelligence. The science may be closer than you think. Would it lead to eugenics and a stratified society where only the rich enjoy the benefits of genetic enhancement? Or would the real injustice be depriving our children of every scientifically possible opportunity? Our debaters are Sheldon Krimsky, Lord Robert Winston, Nita Farahany, and Lee Silver. 

Airs Saturday, May 4 at 12 noon.  The 2012-13 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with a live broadcast of Dialogues des Carmélites, Poulenc’s opera about a group of nuns whose faith is tested under the Terror of the French Revolution. Louis Langrée conducts the first Met performance of the opera since 2003, which will feature role debuts by Isabel Leonard as the naïve Blanche de la Force and Patricia Racette as Madame Lidoine, the inspiring new Prioress of a Carmelite convent. Felicity Palmer will reprise her acclaimed portrayal of the ailing old Prioress, Madame de Croissy, and the cast also includes Erin Morley as Sister Constance, Elizabeth Bishop as Mother Marie, and Paul Appleby as Blanche’s brother. Dialogues des Carmélites will be heard live over the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network at 12:00 p.m. CT on Saturday, May 4.