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Our 2009-2010 local concert series continues March 21st with a broadcast from the Greensboro Symphony!

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Triad Arts Up Close: Music for a Great Space \| March 15th \| TAUC host David Ford gets up close and personal with the world's greatest piano accompanist, Warren Jones. \| Read more
Triad Arts Up Close: TAW 100312 \| March 12th \| Twin City Stage combines Elvis music, a pinch of Shakespeare, 50s dance moves, and a full rock and roll band in its exciting production of All Shook Up. Bob Moody and the Winston-Salem Symphony will share their virtuosity with Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings and Chris Thiele's Concerto for Mandolin. And Lexington Youth Theatre is off to find the Who people in Seussical the Musical. \| Read more
Umm Kulthum: 'The Lady' Of Cairo \| NPR \| Kulthum's legendary concerts were broadcast live from Cairo, on the first Thursday of each month from the 1930s to the early '70s. The Arab world's buzz and bustle stopped, from Medina to Marrakesh, from Jeddah to Jerusalem. Shops closed. Families gathered to listen for four, five, even six hours of rapture. Read more
First Listen: She And Him, 'Volume Two' \| NPR \| M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel's second collaboration as She and Him is more confection than confessional, but it's a kind-natured one. Hear the timelessly sunny pop of Volume Two in its entirety, a week prior to its release. Windows Media RealAudio

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16-20 Year Prison Sentence for Keith Carter Keith Carter faces a maximum of 20 years in prison. This is his sentence in connection with the shooting death of a Winston-Salem police officer. WFDD's LeShea Agnew was at Carter's sentencing this morning and has more.
Keith Carter Sentenced Keith Carter has been sentenced to the maximum allowable punishment under North Carolina law. Yesterday the 25-year-old was convicted of 2nd degree murder and one count of inciting a riot with a deadly weapon. On Friday morning Superior Court Judge William Wood handed the 25-year-old Carter a sentence of no less than 202 months (16 years, 10 months) in prison. WFDD's LeShea Agnew was at the Forsyth County Hall of Justice when the sentencing was read.
Grief, Rage Fuel Juarez Mothers' Search For Justice
In the throes of a vicious drug war, Mexico's border city of Juarez — with its endless wave of kidnappings and executions — has become one of the most violent places on earth. The city is shouldering unfathomable sorrow, and its mothers are the most public face of that suffering. 3 With Ties To U.S. Consulate Killed In Mexican City Taliban: Kandahar Bombings 'Warning' To NATO A Wrenching Task To Win Marjah's Hearts And Minds

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The Business Report | Friday, March 12, 2010 | In WFDD's Business Report, economic recovery across North Carolina will be slow and uneven. The Business Journal's Justin Catanoso spoke with us from WFDD's Greensboro studio and connects the dots for WFDD's Kathryn Mobley.

The Business Report | Friday, March 5, 2010 | In WFDD's Business Report: almost 2,000 job openings in the Piedmont Triad. The Business Journal's Justin Catanoso explains to WFDD's Kathryn Mobley. He spoke with us from WFDD's Greensboro studio.

Unemployment Rate Doubles For Older Women | NPR | The number of long-term unemployed women ages 45 to 64 has more than doubled in the past year. As many as 900,000 women in this age group have been without work for at least six months. Read more

More Employers Make Room For Work-Life Balance | NPR | Kristy Stumpf, the HR director for a software firm, works from home two days a week — and greets her daughters at the bus stop after school. It's not just parents pushing for flexible work hours these days; millennials and aging boomers are also helping persuade employers to rethink what it means to be on the clock. Read more

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88.5 WFDD, the NPR® news and Triad Arts station broadcasting from Wake Forest University, is the only public radio station of its kind located in the Piedmont Triad. It broadcasts news, information, and public affairs programming covering the arts, people, and institutions in the area from both its Winston-Salem and Greensboro studios.

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