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The Thistle and Shamrock
9:56 am
Thu May 17, 2012

Thistle And Shamrock: Celtic Romance

Celtic band Solas.
Courtesy of the artist

Originally published on Wed May 16, 2012 4:13 pm

Lose yourself in the sound of soulful ballads and songs of loving, leaving, and loneliness in new and traditional Celtic music of the heart.

Copyright 2012 National Public Radio. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.

Arts & Culture
7:00 am
Tue May 15, 2012

Edamame: Exotically Familiar

When eating at a new restaurant for the first time, you might want to try something different. It could be a dish that features the best of a certain region of the world, or maybe it's just something you can't pronounce.

Scott Hutcheson went out of his comfort zone with edamame, and was hooked.

Smoked Edamame

1 bag frozen edamame

Water

Salt

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Arts & Culture
6:19 pm
Fri May 11, 2012

Nature's Storyteller: The Life of Gene Stratton-Porter

Stratton-Porter had talents and intelligence that brought her one of the largest reading audiences of the 20th century.  And she was, through and through, a Hoosier legend that we celebrate even today: photographer of nature, writer, conservationist, Gene Stratton Porter.

Arts & Culture
5:50 pm
Fri May 11, 2012

Lafayette Chamber Singers SU 5/13

“Let’s Celebrate” the Lafayette Chamber Singers’ 40th anniversary Spring Concert, takes place on Sunday afternoon.  Artistic Director Clayton Lein offers this preview of the program.

Arts & Culture
5:48 pm
Fri May 11, 2012

Lafayette Chamber Singers Celebrates 40 Years

The Lafayette Chamber Singers will celebrate 40 years of music-making Sunday afternoon at  their Spring Concert.  Artistic Director Clayton Lein shares some memories.

Arts & Culture
2:29 pm
Fri May 11, 2012

WL unveils new feature in the Village

The sculpture, Point of Departure, sits at the corner of Northwestern Ave and State Street in West Lafayette.
Beverly Shaw / City of West Lafayette

A sculpture from a local artist has a new home in West Lafayette.

Ben Sutter’s Point of Departure has been installed outside Greyhouse Coffee on the corner of Northwestern and State Streets.

Greyhouse owner Jason Tennenhouse helped the project along from its early stages. He says it represents the experience of many Purdue students.

"There's a point of departure represented as they go up the hill and cross in front of the coffee shop and go to campus. There's also a point of departure when you're graduating and you drive down that hill for the last time and you're off to another part of the world for your career."

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Arts & Culture
8:51 am
Mon May 7, 2012

This American Life Live! at Eastside 9 and Wabash Landing 9

On Thursday, May 10th at 8, Host Ira Glass and friends will perform an episode of This American Life on stage at NYU's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in NYC, and send it live via satellite to  movie theaters across the country including Eastside 9 and Wabash Landing 9.

The show will feature popular contributors David Rakoff and Mike Birbiglia, music by the rock band OK Go, dance performance by Monica Bill Barnes & Company, original animation and short films, comedy, stories and special surprise guests.

Click here for more information.

 

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