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What happens when we lose the traditions, recipes, and rituals that connect us to our culture? Grammy-winning artist and host of Ritual, Tarriona “Tank” Ball joins PBS Film Club to explore the cost of assimilation, the importance of preserving cultural traditions, and what it means to reclaim our heritage. From family recipes to New Orleans’ Black Masking traditions, we discuss how rituals shape our identities and what it takes to pass them on to future generations.
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Of the 41 stores studied, 30 ended the period charging the same price as when tracking began.
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How is AI reshaping eye care and vision science?
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JessicaLee-Photography/FlickrHumans aren't the only ones to send their kids to daycare. Turns out giraffes do the same thing!
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A celebration of rock 'n' roll in an emerging era of electric guitars, long-playing records, studio wizardry, and social change.
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Bloomington-based writer Colleen Wells reads her poems “The Sounds of Silence,” “Nature or Nurture,” “Rummy & Chummy,” “He’s Gone,” and “it’s really a crapshoot.”
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A French expatriate promised her nephews Ohio Valley acreage if they made the voyage, entreating them to bring along apricot cuttings and eau de cologne.
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Danny WilliamWe’re saying goodbye to Nice Work this week. For our last show, hosts Tyler Lake and Alex Chambers talk about some of their favorite moments, look back at stories and interviews and reflect on what they hoped the show would accomplish.
In case you missed it
Carmen McRae was one of the most respected jazz singers in the business for four decades. This week, we’ll explore her early recordings for the Decca label in the 1950s.
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Browse the playlist from this week's show
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Wikimedia CommonsWe’re continuing our series on music in and about the Americas during the first centuries of European colonization with a focus on Southern New Spain and the Portuguese Empire in South America. Join us as we explore the musical legacies of sixteenth and seventeenth-century Peru, Guatemala, Brazil, and more.
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In 1957 tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins was at the peak of his first great period, playing with a confident, swinging, and radical abandon both as a leader and with Max Roach and Miles Davis.
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A plant that attracts butterflies to our garden is the pincushion flower. The botanical name is Scabiosa, and these plants usually have blue, white, or pink flowers. As their common name suggests, the shape of the flower resembles a pincushion as the central florets form a rounded shape. -
The ordinance now goes to Mayor Kerry Thomson for her signature. If Thomson vetoes the legislation, a two-thirds vote of the council could override. -
Council president Isak Asare cast the sole vote against. His proposed $2.5 million cut to general fund spending failed to make it past his colleagues at the previous meeting. -
But much of the original $868M federal allocation remains out of reach for now. -
Indiana voters are disillusioned with government and the elected officials in charge, according to a poll from Free Press Indiana. -
Hoosiers are also displeased with Gov. Braun and the direction he’s taking the state. -
The first patches will appear Saturday, Oct. 17, when Indiana’s football team hosts Ohio State at Memorial Stadium. -
Two complaints are against Republican Max Engling and two are against Democrat Beau Bayh, who are running for Indiana Secretary of State against Lincoln Party candidate Greg Ballard. -
Lawmakers exchanged barbs Wednesday over the question of whether tax abatements for large businesses and data centers are effective. -
The parole board is scheduled to begin hearings Friday. Gov. Mike Braun will decide whether to commute Weisheit’s death sentence.
