September 5 3:00-4:00 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor
Ed will highlight paintings, sculpture, and architecture that evoke the spirit of America’s growth. Among works of art described will be another look at Diego Rivera’s great Detroit Industry mural, hallmark of the DIA.
August 29 • 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor
Ed welcomes back Tracee Glab, Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, the Flint Institute of Arts. Tracee will describe her moving and eerie exhibition, “Edvard Munch,” which is on view through September 6. Munch’s tragic early life certainly set the stage for his relentlessly personal artistic style. What is less well-known, perhaps, is his constant searching for new ways to express that vision. In 1894 Munch dove into printmaking in all its variety — etching, drypoint, engraving, lithography, even woodblock. The result in this stunning exhibition of 20 prints is a beguiling beauty made more poignant by its fragility, and by Death’s ever-present specter.
More at: Flint Institute of Arts
August 29 • 3:30-4:00 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor
A review by Ed of several paintings and prints by Edvard Munch. Themes such as sickness, medicine, rural-urban dislocation, and the Romantic tradition will be explored. Ed will also describe his recent trip to Michigan’s “Great North,” and the thoughts it inspired.
August 22 • 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor
Ed is delighted to welcome back Dr. Jeanine Basinger, Founder and Curator of The Wesleyan Cinema Archives, and Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies, Wesleyan University, in Middletown,
Connecticut. Author of many acclaimed books spotlighting Hollywood’s Golden Age as well as the influence of women in film, the war genre, and the role of marriage in movies, Jeanine returns to discuss the utopian/fantasy films of the 1930s.
More at: http://wesleyan.edu/cinema/
August 8 • 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor
Join Ed for an encore broadcast of his third interview with renowned maritime historian, John Maxtone-Graham, who died July 6. Originally airing last March 7, Mr. Maxtone-Graham regales us with witty and nostalgic tales of the great age of ocean liners, particularly of Lusitania, and the subject of his final book, the S.S. United States. A tribute to a true poet of the sea, listeners will be inspired by his knowledge, conviviality, and unsurpassed ability to tell a story.
August 8 • 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor
Acclaimed writer and performer, Barry Yourgrau, engagingly chronicles his odyssey to ‘sane-itize’ his life in his new book, Mess: One Man’s Struggle to Clean Up His House and His Act. Getting out-from-under a host of art and paper clutter accumulated over decades was no easy task. Barry describes how, through much introspection, discipline, and love, he managed to succeed.
More at: http://barryyourgrau.com/
August 8 • 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor
Ed concludes his review of late Victorian aesthetic painter, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, with descriptions of his greatest paintings and the artist’s ‘rediscovery’ in the 1960s.
July 25 • 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor
Our guest is Missouri art appraiser and auction expert, Charles Keller. Charles is returning to the show to describe ways we can protect our valuable cultural assets: fine art, antiques, jewelry, books, etc. His insights will offer tips to make the caring for and safeguarding of valuables easier and more efficient.
Charles Keller @ International Society of Appraisers
July 25 • 3:30-4:00 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor
Ed will highlight this year’s Ann Arbor Art Fair, describe artists and their work, and discuss other cultural events such as the recent exhibition, Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit, at the Detroit Instite of Arts.
July 18 • 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor
Join Ed as he welcomes back actors Peter Ostrum and Paris Themmen from the perennially-popular 1971 classic, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Peter, who starred with Gene Wilder and played Charlie Bucket, and Paris (Mike Teevee), will return to Detroit’s historic Redford Theatre this weekend for screenings of the film, autograph signings, and commentary about their experiences in the film.
More at: redfordtheater.com
July 11 • 3:00 – 3:30p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor
Our guest will be Dr. John Guy, curator with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, who will give us an on-air tour of the exhibition, The Royal Hunt: Courtly Pursuits in Indian Art, opening on June 20 in New York City.
More at: metmuseum.org
July 11 • 3:30 – 4:00p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor
Ed welcomes Mr. Michael Tayter, owner of the Elevation Burger restaurants in Ann Arbor. A new sponsor, Mike will describe the development of Elevation Burger, and just why it is so successful as ‘fast-food’s alternative.’
Ed will then end the broadcast with some observations on art and cultural events in our area: (Rolling Sculpture and the Art Fair).
July 4 • 3:00 – 3:30p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor
Ed welcomes back Dr. Susan Grace Galassi, Senior Curator at The Frick Collection in New York City. Dr. Galassi will describe the stunningly bbeautiful Flaming June, painted by Sir Frederic (later, Lord) Leighton in 1895. Combining Pre-Raphaelite classicism with a modern turn-of-the-century aesthetic, Flaming June is regarded as Leighton’s masterpiece, and is on exhibition until September 6.
More at: frick.org
July 4 • 3:30 – 4:00p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor
Join Ed as he spotlights The Fourth of July in Art, with images celebrating two centuries of American freedom. Earlier in the day Ed will appear in the Ann Arbor Fourth of July Parade, again riding with Bob Elton in one of Bob’s fabulous classic cars.
June 27 • 3:00 – 3:30p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor
John Goodwin, President and Publisher of Galaxy Press, returns to highlight the just-released sc-fi anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. 31. John will not only describe this year’s winning writers and illustrators, but will state the case for literary forums like Writers of the Future in elevating contemporary science/fantasy literature to an exciting new level.
More at: galaxypress.com
June 27 • 3:30 – 4:00p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor
Ed regales the audience with a review of the film legacies of Sir Christopher Lee and Patrick Macnee.