HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM WICN!

ABOUT US      |       PROGRAMS       |       CONCERTS      |      SUPPORT US      |     SHOP  Dear Listener,       Hope you had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Hanukkah and Kwanzaa! We truly hope the holiday season brings you together with family and friends. WICN will keep the music coming, and as an added treat we are going to feature a jazz radio drama.      Order your WICN wines for the new year celebration. Details are below. We sampled the wines last week and, if you enjoy wine, you will be pleasantly surprised.       The end of 2012 is very near. There is still time to make your end-of-year donation to WICN! Please make your tax-deductible pledge at WICN.org. Have a great week and, as always, thanks for listening! Gerry Weston General Manager Share a bottle of WICN wine.  Support Jazz on the radio!     What a thoughtful holiday gift this would make for that music lover in your life!  With the help of Benefit Wines, you can now show your support for jazz by purchasing a bottle or a case of WICN's wines!  A portion of each purchase goes to support the programs on WICN 90.5 FM, Jazz+ for New England. For more information, please click here.   Order Now... Programming of Note:   Song Travels with Michael Feinstein: Lari White    Wednesday, December 26, 6PM  With three Grammys to her credit, Lari White has carved out a multifaceted career as an award-winning recording artist, hit songwriter, producer, independent record-label owner and versatile actress. She's widely regarded as Nashville's "Renaissance Woman."  Read More...    Folk Revival:  Phil Ochs Thursday, December 27, 2012 A tribute to the words and music of one of the great topical folksingers of the Folk Revival period, featuring an interview with Phil's sister, Sonny Ochs.  Phil would have turned 72 this December. Read More...     Jazz Set: Dave Brubeck Friday, December 28, 2012  Coming up on his 89th birthday, host Dee Dee Bridgewater poses the rhetorical question, "Who in jazz today traveled and worked more than Dave Brubeck?"  From Newport he opens with a medley by his mentor Duke Ellington, moves on to "Stormy Weather" (it was a beautiful day) and "On the Sunny Side of the Street." Reprising this show, we celebrate this singular artist and his last, long-running group, and say farewell. Read More...    Inquiry: John Galluzzo & Julie Zickefoose Sunday, December 30, 9PM      Massachusetts historian and natural historian John Galluzzo decided that for the year 2011 he would take a 30 minute hike in a green space in every town and city in the state.  Tune in tonight and listen to John talk about what the real goal of this amazing project was; what some of his favorite places in the state were and what he learned along the way.  At 9:30pm, Inquiry welcomes back artist, writer and natural historian Julie Zickefoose  to talk about her new book: The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon bonds with Common Birds.  This sumptuous and fascinating book details her decades long experiences in rehabilitating young birds and is one of the best natural history books published this year. Read More...    Business Beat: Grace Ross Sunday, December 30, 10 PM     In February 2012, Congress put a temporary end to a divisive fight over extending unemployment benefits that left Massachusetts unemployed workers with at least a 57- week extension on their unemployment benefits. As Worcester Mag reported at he time, "Problem is, say local organizers, no one consulted with the unemployed before taking the vote. Grace Ross is an organizer for the Worcester Unemployment Action Group. Tune in as she talks with host Steve D'Agostino about how we get unemployed Americans back to work doing good jobs at good wages. Read More...    Public Eye: Dallas Jessup Sunday, December 30, 10:30PM    Did you know that 1 in 4 women in the United States will become a sexual assault victim? Just how can young high school and college age women protect themselves from potential predators?  Al's guest is Dallas Jessup, founder of "Just Yell Fire."  This organization is 2 million women strong and they have developed some truly effective ways of deterring date rape. Read More...        In This Issue WICN Wines Thelonious Monk Underwriter of the Week As you make your tax deductible donations at the close of this year, please consider WICN in your giving.  The music you rely on every day is possible because of the support of listeners who become members.  CLICK HERE to check out our Membership options and Thank You Gifts!  or call 508-752-0700 Artist of the Month Thelonious Monk One of the most influential figures in American music, Thelonious Monk developed his primarily self-taught talent as he revolutionized jazz music from the 1940s until the end of his life in 1982. The virtuosic-jazz pianist gave us a whole new approach to improvising, including more dissonance and percussive bursts to bring his music to a new level. He is second to Duke Ellington as the most recorded jazz composer and one of only five jazz artists to be on the cover of Time magazine.  Read More... Underwriter of the Week          Thank you Baystate Savings Bank for providing underwriting support!  Vehicles For Charity Thinking about selling your car, boat, motorcycle, truck, or other vehicle? Donate it to WICN instead, and support the programs you love. WICN Underwriters   See More...   WICN   |   50 Portland Street   |   Worcester   |   MA   |   01608

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