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Historically Black To mark the September opening of the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture, The Washington Post invited people across the country to submit photographs of family objects that connect them personally to black history. APM Reports teamed up with the newspaper to create a podcast/radio series spotlighting some of those objects and the stories behind them. Historically Black reveals intimate and surprising aspects of history through interviews, archival sound and music. Episode 1 Wednesday, February 1,8pm Hosted by Keegan-Michael Key and Roxane Gay. Episode 2 Wednesday, February 15, 8pm Hosted by Issa Rae and Another Round podcast duo Heben Nigatu and Tracy Clayton. APM Reports Rewriting the Sentence: College Behind Bars Thursday, February 2, 8pm
Climate One: From the Commonwealth Club Merchants of Doubt Wednesday, February 8, 8pm Steve Chu, President Obama’s first energy secretary, and Dr. Naomi Oreskes, Harvard professor of the history of science, will discuss attacks on science and scientists and whether universities and scientific organizations should accept research funding from fossil fuel companies. Intelligence Squared U.S. Should We Give Trump a Chance? Thursday, February 9, 8pm America Abroad Asia Policy Under Trump: A Honolulu-Toyko Town Hall Thursday, February 16, 8pm California Dream, Undocumented Wednesday, February 22, 8pm This hour-long documentary combines three first-person stories of undocumented Californians with commentary and context by Sacramento State Assistant Professor Heidy Sarabia. Making Oprah Thursday, February 23, 8pm It’s easy to look back at The Oprah Winfrey Show and assume its vast success and cultural impact was all preordained. But WBEZ’s Making Oprah reveals the show’s scrappy roots and improbable rise, through conversations with Winfrey and the mostly female team that produced her show.
City Arts & Lectures Sundays, 1pm, Tuesdays, 8pm and Wednesdays, 2am 2/1 Steve Kerr. 2/5, 2/7 & 2/8 Zadie Smith. 2/12, 2/14 & 2/15 Michael Lewis. 2/19, 2/21 & 2/22 Colson Whitehead. 2/26, 2/28 & 1/1 Kay Ryan and Atsuro Riley.
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Selected Shorts Saturdays, 8pm 2/4 Art and Artists “Varengeville,” by William Boyd, performed by Dan Stevens; “Honey I Twisted,” by Helen Phillips, performed by Heather Burns; “Timeshare,” by Dolan Morgan, performed by Rita Wolf. 2/11 Overcome: A Valentine’s Day Special “Chainsaw Apple,” by Arthur Bradford, performed by Josh Radnor; “First Love,” by Vladimir Nabokov, performed by Edward Herrmann; “The Getaway,” by Dorothy Thomas, performed by Mia Dillon. 2/18 Queens and Babies “Magic and Dread,” by Jenny Offill, performed by Kaneza Schaal; “The Tragic Queen of Carthage,” from The Aeneid, by Virgil, translated by Robert Fagles, performed by BD Wong. 2/25 Women in Clothes (Part 2) “Covet Diary,” by Leanne Shapton, performed by Justin Vivian Bond; “Conversation: You Don’t Know What I Deal With,” by Ramou Sarr, performed by Sonia Manzano; “Conversation: I’m Always on the Floor and Working,” by Mona Kowalska, performed by Sonia Manzano; “The Hat of My Mother,” by Max Steele, performed by Paul Hecht.
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Photos: (l. to r.) courtesy Colin McNulty; courtesy Andrew Nixon/Capital Public Radio; courtesy Janice L. Cotton, 2016.
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Photos: (l. to r.) Making Oprah host Jenn White interviewed Oprah Winfrey on the set of The Ellen DeGeneres Show on August, 29, 2016; Laura Aguilar, featured in California Dream, Undocumented; From Historically Black, a collection of letters, photographs and family items from the correspondence of AJ Micheaux and Lillie Smith Robinson, circa 1890-1899.
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