Episodes
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The Firehouse Follies – Keep Bloomington Weird!
Celebrate Bloomington! Our November 2024 show, hosted by Yael Ksander, featured some great music, including an original song and a hilarious parody from the Four-Alarm Orchestra, and brand-new comedy sketches by the Mighty Firehouse Art Players. They presented some excerpts from filmmaker Werner...
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The Firehouse Follies – Nick Danger Redux
The Firehouse Follies is back! Our first show, November 11, 2023, featured a classic of audio comedy – “The Further Adventures of Nick Danger, Third Eye” by The Firesign Theatre! Kid Kazooey leads the Four-Alarm Orchestra, and the special musical guest is Chris “Geodize” Barth. There’s plenty of...
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WFHB’s Firehouse Follies: Anything Goes
Join WFHB and the Firehouse Follies for another live radio theater broadcast: ‘Anything Goes’- featuring special musical guest Carrie Newcomer with Martinie’s Boogie Three, Gozpel Gurlz, and Cathi Norton, with acting troupe The Unusual Suspects. Broadcasting live from the Ivy Tech John Waldron...
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Remembering Mike Kelsey
Mike Kelsey passed away in July, 2019. He was one of WFHB’s very first volunteers, and over the next 26 years produced some of our most popular shows. Mike was as much a Bloomington Institution as Community Radio itself. His many, many friends gathered to celebrate his life at one of his favorite...
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WFHB’s Firehouse Follies: Order In The Court
Join WFHB and the Firehouse Follies crew for another live radio theater broadcast: ‘Order In The Court’—featuring special musical guests Mark Robinson and Daniel Seymour, with storyteller extraordinaire Arbutus Cunningham. Broadcasting live from the Ivy Tech John Waldron Whikehart auditorium...
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Firehouse Follies – Fireheads & Tales – June 2nd
The WFHB Firehouse Follies invites you to our special, star-studded summer show, Fireheads and Tales, to be presented Sunday June 2nd at the Ivy Tech Waldron Whikehart Auditorium from 4 to 6 p.m. This show features David Ossman and Phil Proctor, now known as “What’s Left of the Firesign Theatre,”...
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Firehouse Follies presents “Superheroes” – Sunday, March 10th
The WFHB Firehouse Follies will be celebrating the coming of spring at the Waldron Whikehart Auditorium March 10 with “Superheroes,” an all new Follies that introduce you to superheroes you may never have seen before. The show will be from 4 to 6 p.m. and feature the music of Croon & Swoon, a...
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WFHB Firehouse Follies presents: Zombie Blues
Join us for the next WFHB Firehouse Follies featuring: The Unusual Suspects Radio Acting Troupe! WFHB Gospel Gurlz & the Firehouse Rounders with Jason Fickel! AND special musical guest The Howlin’ Brothers! PLUS storyteller extraordinaire Arbutus Cunningham! Come be a part of the show in our LIVE...
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WFHB Firehouse Follies presents “Life in the Fast Lane”
The WFHB Firehouse Follies return to the Ivy Tech Waldron Whikehart Auditorium Sunday, August 26, at 4 p.m. with “Life in the Fast Lane,” in which we offering up our usual mix of fast-paced comedy and some great music. Our special guest for the show will be former Bloomington guitar legend Mark...
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Firehouse Follies: ‘Mission Improbable: The Lois Lane Caper’
WFHB presents the next installment of the Firehouse Follies, ‘Mission Improbable: The Lois Lane Caper’—featuring musical guests Monika Herzig and Friends, the WFHB Gospel Gurlz, and the Firehouse Rounders. Broadcasting live in front of a studio audience from the Ivy Tech Waldron Whikehart...
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Firehouse Follies – The Day the Music Died – March 18 @ 4 PM
Join us for the next WFHB Firehouse Follies, featuring: WFHB Gospel Gurlz & Firehouse Rounders The Unusual Suspects Radio Acting Troupe AND special musical guest Tim Grimm & The Family Band! Come be a part of the show in our LIVE studio audience or Tune in LIVE on WFHB Community Radio or Stream…
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Firehouse Follies – “BloomRunner 2017” – Sunday, December 3 at 4 PM
The Firehouse Follies are about to take a brief winter siesta, but before that happens we are delighted to present our winter show for 2017, “BloomRunner 2017,” to be held on Sunday, Dec. 3, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Waldron Whikehart Auditorium. Our musical lineup includes the New Hoosier...
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Firehouse Follies – Through The Looking Glass, Darkly
Join us at the Waldron Auditorium Sunday, Aug. 27, from 4 to 6 p.m. for the autumn edition of the WFHB Firehouse Follies, where, for a mere $10 per ticket (or 2 for $15.00) you can find out exactly what happened when Alice went through that looking glass. You know the fake news about the …
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Firehouse Follies – “The Graduate[s]”
“The Graduate[s],” a show honoring Bloomington’s high school graduates for 2017. Two hours of music and comedy. With special musical guest Michael P. Smith, who Rolling Stone magazine once called “the greatest songwriter in the English language.” Also featuring the WFHB Gospel Gurlz and our...
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Firehouse Follies – When I Was a Cowboy
The WFHB Firehouse Follies have emerged from hibernation, looked around, and have not really seen many shadows. However, we declare it to be Spring on Sunday, March 5, at 4 p.m. at the Monroe Convention Center in downtown Bloomington, when we take the wraps off of “When I was a Cowboy,” a show...
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Firehouse Follies – 200 years of Hoosierness
The WFHB Firehouse Follies are back! Join the cast and crew of our live radio variety show from 4 to 6 p.m. this December 4 in the Ivy Tech Waldron Whikehart Auditorium as we present our winter show, “200 years of Hoosierness.” Our special musical guest for this show is RB Morris, who also serves...
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Firehouse Follies – “What’s Cookin’?”
The WFHB Firehouse Follies are back with “What’s Cookin’?”! Listen and learn recipes for deep-fried chili and lard-fried peaches, with delicious music provided by special musical guest Andy Cohen, Art Heckman, the WFHB Gospel Gurlz and the Firehouse Rounders. Made possible by Ivy Tech Community...
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Firehouse Follies – Wizard of Odd
The WFHB Firehouse Follies spring radio variety extravaganza, “The Wizard of Odd,” featured musical guests Bleu Django, along with the WFHB Gospel Gurlz, the Firehouse Rounders, and storyteller Arbutus Cunningham. We took a trip down the Yellow Brick Road Donald the Scarecrow, Raphael the Tin…
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Firehouse Follies – “Negotiating The Santa Clause”
The Winter 2015 Firehouse Follies, “Negotiating the Santa Clause,” was performed on Dec. 13 in the Waldron Auditorium. Special musical guest was Chicago singer/songwriter Michael Peter Smith, and the show also featured the WFHB Gospel Gurlz and our band the Firehouse Rounders. We presented a…
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Firehouse Follies – Little Boxes
The Firehouse Follies presents “Little Boxes,” a two-hour variety show broadcast live on WFHB Community Radio from the Ivy Tech Waldron Whikehart Auditorium from 4 to 6 p.m., Sunday, September 13, 2015. This show was a part of the station’s 2015 fall fund drive. Music by the Firehouse Follies…
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Firehouse Follies – XXX-L Files
THE BIGGEST THING IN RADIO The Unusual Suspects Radio Acting Troupe FEATURING WFHB Gospel Gurlz & Firehouse Rounders with Opal Fly on saxophone WITH MUSIC FROM Opal Fly and Kapow! The NorTones AND Special guest Gary Sandy
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Firehouse Follies – “Men In Mauve”
ARE THERE ALIENS IN BLOOMINGTON? WFHB’s Firehouse Follies Spring show, “Men in Mauve,” will take a good, hard look at this question. David Olney Master craftsman, acclaimed singer/songwriter and globe-trotting performer David Olney has released 20 albums over four decades, including six live...
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Firehouse Follies – Forbidden Vegetables
The WFHB Unusual Suspects Radio Acting Troupe is pleased to announce that two of our more popular characters from shows past–Penelope Pringle, vascular recovery nurse, and Oprah Operagurl, the only opera singer in the world to accompany herself on the violin–have time in their busy schedules to...
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Firehouse Follies – Ukulele Lady
WFHB Firehouse Follies Presents “Ukulele Lady” The Unusual Suspects Radio Acting Company Special Guest: Mark Stuart Featuring: The Uketones The WFHB Gospel Gurlz The Firehouse Rounders Arbutus Cuningham Originally aired on September 7, 2014 at the Ivy Tech Waldron Whikehart Auditorium
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FLASHBACK: Firehouse Follies – Patchwork Radio
WFHB presents Firehouse Follies Patchwork Radio with special guests Gary Sandy and Diane Kondrat. Produced by Mike Kelsey Directed by Richard Fish Written by Mr. Stuffitupagus and his friends at Occupy Sesame Street Originally broadcast June 3, 2012
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FLASHBACK: Firehouse Follies – “An Evening With Border Radio”
Originally recorded live at the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre on March 27, 2009.
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FLASHBACK: Firehouse Follies – Xmas Plot
Originally aired on Dec. 21, 2008 at the John Waldron Arts Center.
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Firehouse Follies – Behind the Green Door
Recorded live at the Ivy Tech Waldon Whikehart Auditorium on June 1, 2014.
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Firehouse Follies – “Fowl Experiences!”
Firehouse Follies’ “Fowl Experiences” with special musical guests: Small Potatoes. They are joined by storyteller Arbutus Cunningham, Art Heckman, the WFHB Gospel Gurlz, the Firehouse Rounders, and the Unusual Suspects Radio Acting Troupe for a live performance at the Ivy Tech Waldron Whikehart...
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Firehouse Follies – “Leftover Turkeys”
Firehouse Follies’ “Leftover Turkeys” with special musical guest: songwriter Michael Smith. They were joined by Arbutus Cunningham, Art Heckman, the WFHB Gospel Gurlz, the Firehouse Rounders, and the Unusual Suspects Radio Acting Troupe for a live performance at the Ivy Tech Waldron Auditorium....
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Firehouse Follies – The End of Time
This edition of the WFHB Firehouse Follies, “The End of Time,” explores what might happen if the world does indeed end on December 21st. Our musical guest is guitar virtuoso Michael Kelsey, along with The Gospel Gurlz, The Firehouse Rounders, and the Unusual Suspects radio acting troupe. Recorded...
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