Writer Mary Dezember reads the poems "Pure Poetry & Art" and "Sun Shining Through" from her book Still Howling,

Have you ever wondered why giraffes have such long necks?

These are good plants for an informal, colorful, easy-care planting that will show up well from a distance.

IU's legendary president Herman B Wells didn't set out to be a university administrator. According to his father, he was “practically raised in a bank”.

As films became increasingly risqué in the Roaring 20s, Hollywood attempted to preempt governmental intervention with a self-regulating system, the Hays Code.

Schoolhouse Rock made its debut on Saturday morning TV in 1973. And this week on Afterglow, we’re exploring the many jazz singers—like Blossom Dearie, Grady Tate, and Jack Sheldon —who helped shape the sound of the popular educational series.

Everyone needs at least one place in their lifetime when they can experience that feeling. Where you are greeted by a combination of familiar sights, sounds, or scents and suddenly become relaxed and rooted on this earth.

“Heli” means sun and “anthus” means flower.

Although she never wrote down to her readers, Fort Wayne's classicist wrote for what would today be called a “popular” audience.

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Since 2018, Early Music America has hosted its Emerging Artists Showcase, a series presenting the rising stars of early music and historical performance. This hour on Harmonia, we’ll hear a fifteenth century French program by ensemble Ars Poetica, one of three laureates to perform on the 2025 showcase.

Eric Rensberger grew up in Elkhart County, Indiana and has lived in the Bloomington area since 1979. On this edition of the Poets Weave, Eric reads “A Return,” “Clutter,” “3/10/14,” and “A Cursing.”