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The Signal, a weekly radio magazine produced by WYPR, is devoted to exploring Maryland's thriving artistic and cultural scene.
The Signal, hosted by veteran WYPR personality Andy Bienstock, promises to transport listeners to the region's cultural back roads: the studios, recital halls and basement workshops where art is conceived and brought to life.
The minds behind The Signal senior producers Aaron Henkin and Lisa Morgan, as well as Bienstock -- share an abiding love for the tradition of radio storytelling. Every program is crafted like a book of short stories, a radio quilt sewn together with thoughtful narrative transitions and embroidered with contemplative musical interludes.
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Signal film critic Josh Slates has reported on the film festivals at Sundance, Toronto, Cannes, and Sitges. Now, Slates has added ‘Hong Kong’ to his passport. He joins The Signal’s Aaron Henkin for a look the Hong Kong International Film Festival.
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Ken Kolodner has formed a musical partnership with his son, Brad. Together, they play music with Brad on banjo and Ken on hammered dulcimer and fiddle. The result harkens to a time when generations shared musical traditions as commonly as family recipes and folktales. Ken and Brad join The Signal’s Lisa Morgan for music and conversation.
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On March 17th, Baltimore lost one of its most original and revered poets: ‘Blaster’ Al Ackerman. Blaster’s longtime friend and publisher, Rupert Wondolowski of Shattered Wig Press, shares a remembrance.
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Film critic Josh Slates is just back from the 37th Hong Kong International Film Festival, and he fills us in on the latest in martial arts and action cinema, from Herman Yau’s “Ip Man: The Final Fight” to Wong Kar-Wai’s “The Grand Master”
We’re joined by father-and-son duo Ken and Brad Kolodner, who play old-time music together on banjo, fiddle, and hammered dulcimer
Plus: Signal contributor Rupert Wondolowski shares a remembrance of his friend and fellow poet, the late ‘Blaster’ Al Ackerman
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We visit a fitness instructor who specializes in training senior citizens.
We ride the MARC train with a commuter who’s turned his hours on the rails into an album of electronic music.
We drop in at the Enoch Pratt Free Library to meet the team that gets all those returned books back on the shelves.
We pedal along with a bicyclist who tags the city streets with digital graffiti.
We scope out Baltimore’s Transportation Management Center, where the city’s intersections are monitored – and manipulated – by remote.
And we talk money with the mind behind Baltimore’s alternative currency, the B Note.
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A visit to the Meadow Mill "Senior Sculpt" class of fitness instructor Jon Kaplan, who specializes in training senior citizens.
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MARC train commuter Peat Biby has turned his hours on the rails into an album of electronic music and photography called, On the Marc.
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We drop in at the Enoch Pratt Free Library to meet the team that gets all those returned books back on the shelves and ready to be checked out again.
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We scope out Baltimore’s Transportation Management Center, where the city’s intersections are monitored – and manipulated – by remote.
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We pedal along with bicyclist/artist