Focus on Flowers

Collections of Art, Architecture, and Music 29.01.2018 58:54 ↓

Meet The Art Collector Next Door, visit architectural marvel Columbus, Indiana, and more.

Sounds So Nice, Feels So Good 25.01.2018 7:10 ↓

The cornetto is a woodwind instrument with a brass-style cup mouth piece which flourished in the mid 1600’s, in the early to middle-baroque period.

Pollinator Plants 25.01.2018 2:00 ↓

This year, I’m going to buy more plants that provide food and shelter for pollinators.

Cornetto Master Bruce Dickey 20.01.2018 58:54 ↓

Dana Marsh speaks with Bruce Dickey, one of a few musicians who have dedicated themselves to reviving the cornetto, which fell into disuse in the 19th century.

Liatris Is A Monarch Magnet 18.01.2018 2:00 ↓

Liatris attracts lots of those lovely Monarch butterflies into our gardens.

Constitution Expert William Araiza 13.01.2018 58:54 ↓

Steve Sanders speaks with Brooklyn Law School Professor William Araiza about giving new life to the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection.

Native Prairies 11.01.2018 2:00 ↓

Since the 1830s, about 99 percent of American tall grass prairies have been destroyed.

Composer Renee Baker 06.01.2018 58:55 ↓

Janae Cummings speaks with composer, conductor, violinist, and violist Renee Baker.

Vienna Vocal Consort 05.01.2018 7:55 ↓

Machaut's 'Messe de Nostre Dame' is inordinately famous, and is often cited as the first complete polyphonic setting of a Mass ordinary by a single composer.

Ruined And Forsaken Gardens 04.01.2018 2:00 ↓

Poetry by Algernon Charles Swinburne and Oscar Wilde.

Cardinal Stage Company Artistic Director Kate Galvin 02.01.2018 44:33 ↓

speaks with Kate Galvin is the new artistic director of Cardinal Stage Company in Bloomington.

A Thousand Flowers, Each Seeming One 28.12.2017 2:00 ↓

Excerpts from" A Flower in a Letter" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Composer Jake Heggie 23.12.2017 58:54 ↓

WFIU's Aaron Cain speaks with contemporary classical composer Jake Heggie.

Musica Fiorita plays Molter 22.12.2017 7:51 ↓

The young Johann Melchior Molter likely learned the basics of music before attending Gymnasium in Eisenach where J.S. Bach had been a pupil a few years earlier.

Co-Existence 21.12.2017 2:00 ↓

Plants, like people, often seem better because of the virtues of others.

NOVA Producers Paula Apsell and Doug Hamilton 16.12.2017 52:47 ↓

Gena Asher speaks with NOVA senior executive producer Paula Apsell, and NOVA writer-producer Doug Hamilton.

Namesake Gifts For The Holidays 14.12.2017 2:00 ↓

Namesake plant gifts are easy to send and are usually well received.

Geoff Wilson of the Ploughshares Fund 09.12.2017 58:54 ↓

Aaron Cain speaks with Geoff Wilson of the Ploughshares Fund, which works to eliminate nuclear weapons around the world.

Un Jardin à l'Italienne 08.12.2017 6:57 ↓

With the thunderous applause at the end of this CD, you can almost imagine yourself on tour with the Académie in Australia at the Melbourne Recital Centre.

Flowering Onions 07.12.2017 2:00 ↓

The Allium genus is a large one...

LGBT Activist Cleve Jones 02.12.2017 58:54 ↓

Steve Sanders speaks with West Lafayette, Indiana native Cleve Jones

Scented & Double Daffodils 30.11.2017 2:00 ↓

As I look for late season bargains, I look for daffodils that bloom late and are scented as well as double.

Philidor Paris Quartets 29.11.2017 6:45 ↓

Ars Antiqua transports listeners back in time to the gilded 18th century Rococo music rooms of Paris.

Irish Poet Paul Muldoon 25.11.2017 58:54 ↓

Will Murphy interviews Irish poet, editor, critic, and translator Paul Muldoon.

Successes & Failures 23.11.2017 2:00 ↓

November is a good time to evaluate our successes and failures during the past growing season.