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  • For the past 42 years, the Mexican singer and author has been entertaining children with songs he sings in English and Spanish. Orozco's passion revolves around teaching children to be bilingual through music.
  • The Southwest Florida-based band Exploding Pages performs live in studio ahead of the anticipated release of their brand-new album “Steady Midnight.” The…
  • This week marks the unofficial start of summer -- and it wouldn't be summer without a big list of books to help pass the time. Karen Grigsby Bates offers a wide-ranging selection, from biography to barbecue.
  • The teen-pregnancy comedy Juno received four Oscar nominations Tuesday, including a best actress nod for Ellen Page. Page discusses what it's like being the youngest nominee in the bunch and her future plans.
  • With almost no major reviews or marketing, the coming-of-age story Hairstyles of the Damned has sold 20,000 copies and gone into its third printing. Scott Simon talks with the novel's author, Joe Meno.
  • Decades after his mother's passing, John Cruitt reaches out to his third grade teacher, Mrs. Doyle.
  • The new film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood starring Tom Hanks is now in theaters. So, we’re listening back to a conversation WGCU’s John Davis had…
  • The biopic of landscape painter J. M. W. Turner depicts a man whose mind is barely engaged by anything other than his work. He's a mystery, and his art is magically indefinite — just like the movie.
  • Author Robin Sloan has written short stories and worked for Twitter. His new book brings those two worlds together to argue that embracing digital culture doesn't mean you have to give up the treasured books — and values — of the past.
  • Lawrence Tureaud recently arrived for jury duty in Chicago. The Associated Press reports when asked about his assignment, The A-Team star said, "I pity the criminals today."
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