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Keeping the arts in business

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This economy has people in Vermont’s arts scene looking at practical questions of keeping community theater, gallery exhibitions and music festivals in business.  Also, two Vermont rivers may earn the congressional designation of "wild and scenic." And VPR’s Steve Zind continues our series of reports from Iran.
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Council asks: Why roads, not rail?

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The state will borrow an additional $10 million for transportation projects as part of an economic stimulus package. But members of a state advisory council were dismayed to learn this week that none of that money will go to improve the rail network in Vermont.
VPR Presents

Ken Burns: No Ordinary Lives

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Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns’ "The War"explores the most intimate human dimensions of World War II. This worldwide catastrophetouched the lives of every family in America. In this presentation, Burns talks about the film and demonstrates that in extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives. Presented in collaboration with the Vermont Humanities Council’s "First Wednesdays" Lecture Series.  
VPR Presents

The Sounds of Spanglish

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Spanglish – the intercourse of Spanish and English – is used daily by millions of Americans. This emergence of Spanglish as a form of communication is one of the more influential markers of an America gone Latino. In a Vermont Humanities Council "First Wednesdays" Lecture, Amherst College Professor Ilan Stavans explores the Spanglish and its political clout.
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Planning Vermont’s Future

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Once a generation Vermonters have come together to assess their values and their hopes for the state’s future. The Vermont Council on Rural Development is leading this generation’s conversation. Also, eels have disappeared from Lake Champlain. We talk about efforts to bring them back. And, holiday choral music from the group Counterpoint.