Iowa Talks broadcasts set for Fridays in January

WSUI continues its Iowa Talks Live from the Java House program this month. Highlights include a presentation by World War II veterans, a preview of the Shadow's Child production coming to Hancher Auditorium, and performances by two renowned Iowa musicians.

WSUI AM 910, the University of Iowa's public radio station, broadcasts the program at 10 a.m. Fridays from the coffee house at 211 E. Washington St. The shows are repeated the same evening at 10 p.m.

Hosted by Ben Kieffer, the show combines live local music with lively talk about contemporary arts, community, scientific, and cultural issues. The live Iowa Talks show is free and open to the public at the Java House. It also is broadcast in streaming audio on the station's web site.

Details about upcoming broadcasts:

Jan. 10

• Iowa blues meets Turkish folk music when blues legend Patrick Hazell and well-known Turkish singer and composer Bahri Karacay, also a UI research scientist in pediatrics, perform their unique mix of world music, a result of three years of collaboration.
  

Jan. 17

• Dan Knight, an internationally renowned pianist, composer, and protégé of jazz great Dr. Billy Taylor, celebrates life as he takes the stage for a live performance and discussion of his recent battle with prostate cancer.
  

Jan. 24

• Artists from the company Urban Bush Women provide a preview of their upcoming Hancher production Shadow's Child, which spins the tale of a girl from Mozambique trying to fit in after her family moves to Florida. they do this through dance, song, puppetry, and imaginative sets and costumes. Female high school students participating in a weeklong residency with the company will join the artists to talk about the moving story's wider significance.
  

Jan. 31

• Every day, 1,500 of the more than 19 million World War II veterans living in the United States pass away. With this in mind, Congress created the Veterans History Project, which seeks to collect and preserve the oral histories of veterans. In this broadcast, several Iowa veterans involved in the project will recount their stories. Singer Betsy Hickok and pianist Dan Knight will perform classic tunes from the 1940s era.
  

-prepared by University News Services