November 21 • 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

Ed is delighted to welcome back University Musical Society President, Kenneth C. Fischer. Ken will regale us with performance details about UMS’ superb new season, as well as stories ‘from the Hill.’ Of special note is President Obama’s awarding of The National Medal of Arts to UMS, which Ken received personally from the President during a recent ceremony at The White House..

More at: ums.org

November 21 • 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

Ed picks up the thread of Detroit Institute of Arts Director Salvador Salort-Pons last week in highlighting various works and exhibitions at the Museum.

more at: dia.org

November 14 • 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

Ed is delighted to welcome back Dr. Salvador Salort-Pons, now Director of the Detroit Institute of Arts, who will showcase the European Romantic movement by describing renowned examples of art from the DIA’s permanent collection.

More at: dia.org

 

November 14 • 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

Dr, Catherine Williamson of Bonhams auction house will highlight an outstanding auction, TCM Presents…Treasures from the Dream Factory, taking place November 23, in New York.  Dr. Williamson will discuss the importance of the collections being sold and describe iconic pieces, such as a complete Dorothy costume from The Wizard of Oz; a dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in River of No Return; and a Rosebud sled from Citizen Kane.

more at: bonhams.com

November 7 • 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

Ed will welcome noted Ann Arbor Huron High School English teacher and author, Robert Fox.  Mr. Fox will describe his new book, Love & Vodka : My Surreal Adventures in Ukraine.  Traveling to Ukraine in pursuit of his future wife, what he really gets is a whole lot of culture!

More at: fowbooks.com

November 7 • 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

October 31 • 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

October 17 • 3:00 – 3:45 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

Ed welcomes back noted screenwriter and TV producer, John McNamara,  whose much-anticipated motion picture, “Trumbo,” tells the story of famed Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, and of his struggles with being blacklisted by The House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947.  Trumbo’s vindication will come in 1960, when Kirk Douglas publicly acknowledges his authorship of the script for “Sparticus.”  Hear John McNamara’s description of Trumbo’s eventual victory over institutional injustice.

More at: IMDB

October 17  • 3:45-4:00 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

Ed will describe several current art exhibitions as well as his experience interviewing acclaimed actress, Tippi Hedren, during her visit to Detroit’s historic Redford Theatre, October 16-18.

More at: Redford Theatre

October 10 • 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

Our guest will be acclaimed historian Ian W. Toll, who will describe his latest book, The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944, published by W.W. Norton.  Mr. Toll’s second installment to his Pacific Theater trilogy, it asserts the crucial importance of the Marianas campaign to the U.S. Navy in its strategy to choke Japan’s war economy.

More at: wwnorton.com

October 10  • 3:30-4:00 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

Performance Network Theatre presents Edward Albee’s masterpiece, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?  Join Ed as he welcomes director Suzi Regan and award-winning actress, PNT Associate Artist, and Eastern Michigan University professor, Terry Heck.

More at: pntheatre.org

October 3 • 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

September 26 • 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

More at: mfah.org

September 26 • 3:30-4:00 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

Ed will conclude his survey of American Regionalist painters Grant Wood, John Steuart Curry, and Thomas Hart Benton.

September 19 • 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

Ms. Paula Maynard, Director of Volunteers, Group Tours and Press at Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home, in Manchester, Vermont, will describe the history and collections of the estate created by Robert Todd Lincoln in 1905. Of special note will be the Georgian Revival manor house and Mr. Lincoln’s private Pullman railcar.

More at: hildene.org

September 26 • 3:30-4:00 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

Ed will highlight the murals, paintings, and prints of the American Regionalist artists,
c. 1930-1942.

September 12 • 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

Ed welcomes WAAM News and Operations Manager, Dan Martin, an accomplished
photographer specializing in capturing Detroit’s classic architecture.  Dan will describe his favorite buildings and public spaces in The Motor City.