March 11th, 2010 / No Comments » / by WSLR 96.5 LPFM
A Village for a Family: A Benefit for the Augsburger Family Sunday, March 21, 12pm-6pm Come to the place where it all began for the Augsburger family, the gorgeous Florida cracker ranch where they were married, to show them your support and to celebrate the amazing community that has rallied behind one family. Your community radio station, WSLR 96.5 LPFM, and Sarasota’s Midwives are sponsoring this afternoon of great music from artists you love, such as Tanya Radtke, Recycled Citizen, My Friend Scott, Cope, and Radio-Free Carmela & the Transmitters. Enjoy southern BBQ from Roadside Rib Shack and Budweiser from Gold Coast Eagle, and bring the kiddos for face painting and a bounce house. Many wonderful prizes will be raffled and a great time will be had by all! Suggested donation is $10 for adults and free for kiddos. For more information, please visit www.borninsarasota.com, or call (941) 915-8115.
Date: Sunday, March 21, 2010 (the second day of spring!)
Time: Noon until dark Place: 65 East Road (1 mile east of I-75 off of Fruitville Road behind the Texaco station)
March 11th, 2010 / No Comments » / by WSLR 96.5 LPFM
Thursday, March 11
6 PM
Tonight’s episode of Local Matters will feature a pre-recorded interview with Walt Augustinowicz, chairman of the Better Sarasota Schools For Less political action committee. (www.bettersarasotaschools.com)
Walt will explain his opposition to the school millage referendum now before Sarasota voters.
Following Walt’s interview, Tom Dabney, President of The Argus Foundation will call in to the WSLR studio and explain why he and The Argus Foundation support the school millage. (www.argusfoundation.org)
The conversation will then switch gears when Leymis Bolaños-Wilmott and Allison Dolan from Fuzion Dance Artists stop by the WSLR studio to discuss the “Dream Series” concerts taking place March 27 and 28 at the Historic Asolo Theater at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. (www.fuziondance.com)
If you miss this episode of Local Matters, it will be podcast the following day at www.localmatters.podomatic.com
LOCAL MATTERS…Where local folks drop by to talk about local things that matter
March 7th, 2010 / No Comments » / by WSLR 96.5 LPFM
The Surreal News
Friday, March 12
9 A.M.
Carl Conetta has been co-director of the Project on Defense Alternatives (PDA) since 1991. Prior to that, he was a Research Fellow at the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies (IDDS), editor of the IDDS journal Defense and Disarmament Alternatives, and the Arms Control Reporter. He is well-versed in military strategies; terrorist attacks and how they affect nation building; diplomacy options, NATO expansion and the war in Afghanistan. Learn more at: www.comw.org/pda.
Jordan Buckley will be discussing the traveling Modern Day Slavery Museum exhibit that will be in Sarasota on March 11, 12, 13 and how the exhibit illustrates the plight of underpaid farm workers in Florida.
“Though it’s unlikely to compete for crowds with Disney World, the Modern-Day Slavery Museum may be Florida’s most important new attraction,” says The Village Voice of the exhibit.
The appearance dates are as follows: Thursday March 11
9 a.m to 7 p.m. at New College of Florida
Friday March 12, 5 to 8 p.m. at the Church of the Palms Presbyterian Church, 3224 Bee Ridge Road.
Saturday March 13, 9 a.m. until noon at the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, 3023 Proctor Road.
Each episode of The Surreal News features “A Tannen Weekly” by humorist Pete Tannen, a Media Matters Minute Every and plenty of under reported news items. The Surreal News is streamed live at WSLR.org and is one of many WSLR programs available 24/7 via podcast at www.thesurrealnews.com, which can be accessed from the WSLR podcast links found elsewhere on the WSLR home page.
March 3rd, 2010 / 2 Comments » / by WSLR 96.5 LPFM
Hosted by Jean Peelin, Gray Matters is the radio show for seniors in Sarasota. It is a place for inspiration, information, and laughter, where gray hair signals wisdom, experience, courage, and joy. Each show will have a different theme, such as “Housing Matters,” “Romance Matters,” and “Health Matters,” and every show will end with a smile with “Humor Matters.”
“Housing Matters” was the theme for the March 4 debut of Gray Matters: It’s clear that where we seniors live is completely dependent on our finances and the economy. We will talk first with a realtor who specializes in assisting seniors who are ready to down-size from their long-time homes, then with the administrator of an independent living facility in Sarasota that offers affordable living for those with limited income. Finally we will talk with a Sarasotan resident whose has no home at all.
The next episode of Gray Matters will air Thursday March 18 at 10 a.m. and Gray Matters will soon be available as a podcast as well..
“Gray Matters - Changing the conversation about aging.”
