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This week on ART ON THE AIR our encore show features a singing, songwriting, claw-hammer banjo player, Abigail Washburn, Spotlight on Art Barn’s 2026 Art Blitz on Saturday September 19th

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This week on ART ON THE AIR our entire award-winning encore show features an interview with visionary new age composer, David Arkenstone, Spotlight is on Lakeshore Community Concerts 2026-27

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This week on ART ON THE AIR our award winning encore show features Béla Fleck, Spotlight on Chesterton Art Center’s fall exhibit, and And a spotlight extra - 2026 RockaPelli

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This week ART ON THE AIR an encore interview with Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals whose hits songs include, Groovin and A Beautiful Morning Spotlight on 4th Street Theatre’s 10 minute Play Festival

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This week on ART ON THE AIR our whole award winning encore show features Two-Time Grammy Award-winning pianist, diatonic harmonica player, composer, Howard Levy, spotlight on Lubeznik Art Festival

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR features dressage horse Trainer, Mario A. Contreras, scrimshaw artist Roger Van Boxtel, Spotlight on the 2026 Michigan City Chamber Music in August

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR features the founder of 1455 Literary Arts, Sean Murphy's 2026 Young Poets Anthology, Next Ellen & Tim Kollar's new Gallery 1882, spotlight on the Chesterton Art Fair

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR features Steve Wariner's new exhibit, literary biographer Fiona Sampson's new book, Becoming George: The Invention of George Sand, spotlight on LaPorte's summer concerts

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR features the Americana/Jazz trio, Cento Three O, with Don Cento, next mixed media artist Amy Renzulli, spotlight ion Chicago Street Theatre’s musical Ride The Cyclone

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR we remember our dear friend, the one and only Billy Foster, with an encore interview along with Renee Miles Foster, and spotlight on Lubeznik’s exhibit Kindred Spirits

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR features Northwest Indiana artist, Sabrina Shockey, painter and sculptor, Summer Boezeman, and spotlight on Canterbury Summer Theatre’s 58th Season

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This Week ART ON THE AIR features Kirsten & Brandon Dickerson discussing their film Handmade Future spotlight on Lakeshore Public Media’s viewing of Ken Burns film The American Revolution

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR features host of The TED Radio Hour Manoush Zomorodi discussing her new book Body Electric, Chantal Kreviazuk’s new album In My Own Voice & Spotlight on Miller Beach

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR our whole show features host of NPR’s Weekend Edition Scott Simon's new book Ulysses S Cat and Other Animals I Have Known Spotlight on The Depot Gallery exhibit Feathers

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR features The Singing Author Kelly G Fletcher's new romance novel Highway to Happy, master puppeteer Ralph Kipness, spotlight is on 4th Street Theatre's production of Hamlet

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR a returning interview with professor of linguistics, Dr. Valerie Fridland's new book “Why We Talk Funny, and spotlight on Chicago Street Theatre’s TeenFest

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR a returning interview with professor of linguistics, Dr. Valerie Fridland's new book, WHy We Talk Funny and spotlight on Chicago Street Theater's 2026 Teen Fest in May

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR features colored pencil artist Christine Hubbell, Indianapolis based musician, Scott Tyring, and spotlight on Valparaiso Creative Council’s “Sand & Steel Art Fest “

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR our whole show features the eclectic five-member Northwest Indiana band, Help Hounds, spotlight on Chesterton Art Center’s Art After Dark Outdoor Gala Rooted + Rising

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR feature contemporary painter Anna Ryan Drew, audiobook narrator Shelby Mundt, spotlight ion the 2026 Northwest Indiana Listen To Your Mother on May 3rd

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR features illustrator, Scott Christian Sava's new book Becoming an Artist, playwright Zachary Mark's new play Second Glance, spotlight on PBS The American Revolution.

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR features Elton John tribute artist Craig Meyer, Saxophonist Nick May, spotlight on Books, Brushes, and Bands for Education’s 8th Annual Spring Tea on April 26th

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR features novelist, Jatinder Koharki, iconic Chicago Fashion designer, Paul Sisti, spotlight on LaPorte County Symphony’s presentation of The Elton John Experience

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR features artists Roman and Maria Villareal exhibit at Miller Beach's Marshal J Gardner Center spotlight ion the Area Artists Association exhibit, Anything Goes

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR features musician, Anne Richmond, new LaPorte County Civic Auditorium Director, Rhonda Ashcraft, spotlight on the Dunes Arts Foundation's 75th Summer theater season

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR Elizabeth Gingerich discusses Lakeshore Public Media’s viewing of The American Revolution, epoxy & wood artist Thomas Smiley, spotlight on Miller Arts March exhibit

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR features Nashville-based musician Liz Longley, next Ally the Piper who is renowned for modernizing the bagpipe , and spotlight on Lubeznik Center for Arts spring exhibit

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR our whole show features a sustainable and holistic hair and wardrobe expert, and spotlight is LaPorte County Symphony’s “The New World” concert on March 8th

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR features the co-directors / producers, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt of the PBS documentary American Revolution, spotlight on Experimental Musician Joe Rauen

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR features Chicago music industry writer, Bill Dahl , Kentucky-based watercolor artist Jason Sturgill, and spotlight on Duneland Photography Club's February exhibit

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR features theatre, film, television actor, and musician, Meredith Braun, who appeared as Belle in A Muppet Christmas Carol, and spotlight is on Indiana Ballet Theatre

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR features artist Matthew Kowalski, author and photographer Michelle Steiner, and spotlight is on Chicago Street Theatre’s production of The Half-Life of Marie Currie

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR features actor in “Christmas in Chicago,” Julian Griffith, GRAMMY-nominated violinist Anna Marie Williams, spotlight on the LaPorte County Symphony’s February concert

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR our whole show features the 2026 For The Love Of Art Fair first with photographer Jim Kalka, musician Jake Michael and spotlight on Art Fair, founder, Shireen Cline

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR features Theatre On Skates Academy founder, Michael Orr, next singer/songwriter Robert Deeble, Spotlight on Center for Creative Solutions 17th World Creativity Week

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This New Year’s Week on ART ON THE AIR features the CEO of TJ21 the video and marketing production company , T J Jorgensen, oil artist Bekki Canine, and spotlight on the Tomfoolery Fun Club

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This Christmas Week on ART ON THE AIR features Indiana ceramic artist, Dick Lehman, follow up interview with photographer Tom Doody, and Spotlight on Joseph Pete’s new book, Lost Treasures of Indiana

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features artist, Mark Zanowski, novelist M B Henry, spotlight on filmmaker Nigel David

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features American botanical photographer, Laurie Tennent, young adult novelist, Annie Sullivan, and Spotlight on Falu's Surrender concert series

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features Reel Sound Recording Studio founder, Paul Waters, pastel artist Umalla June, Spotlight is on the Michigan City Messiah’s 61st Year

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This week on ART ON THE AIR our whole show features Chicago-based photographer, Tom Doody, and his recent trip to Ukraine, and our spotlight on the LaPorte County Symphony's Holiday pops concert

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features author David Hoppe, Harshini Ratnayaka of Save the Dunes, spotlight on Chicago Street Theatre’s production of A Charlie Brown Christmas in November and December

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features President of the Northwest Indiana Forum, Heather Ennis and PSP strategic planner, Phillip Barash, photographer Joey Lax-Salinas , spotlight Chesterton Art Center

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features author Michael Schreiber, discussing his new book, Don Bachardy: An Artist’s Life and spotlight on Grant Fitch's one-man rendition of A Christmas Carol

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features museum gift shop manager Michelle Enfield, actor Matthew Williams, and spotlight on the 2025 Interwoven Expressions market

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR features inventor, entrepreneur, writer, actor, singer/songwriter, athlete, and more, Kenn Hundley, Our spotlight is on The La Porte County Symphony’s November 8th Concert

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features designer, illustrator, children's book author Ariana Koultourides, vibraphonist and percussionist, Di’Kobie Berry, spotlight on Carol Estes’ new book

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This week on ART ON THE AIR we celebrate our 7th anniversary and our 8th season featuring singer Lauren Jelencovich, electronic music producer Jae Robinson, spotlight on Lubeznik's November exhibit

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features jazz guitarist, Bill Boris, jazz saxophonist, flutist Tim McNamara, Spotlight on fall events at Miller Beach Arts and Creative District

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features region bassist, Bruce Evans, Father Steven Caraher and George Jurincie about their musical The Bluff, spotlight is on Chicago Street Theatre’s October productions

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features the musical journey of Billy Foster along with his wife and music collaborator Renee Miles Foster, and spotlight on the Chesterton Art Center’s September exhibit

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features artist Andrea Williams, Historic Oakland Cemetery museum store manager Tim Wright, spotlight on the Celebration of the life and music of Billy Foster in September

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This week on ART ON THE AIR our whole show features Two-Time Grammy Award-winning pianist, diatonic harmonica player, composer, Howard Levy, and spotlight on Art Barn's 2025 Art Blitz September 20th

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This Week on ART ON THE AIR features singer/songwriter Hillary Reynolds, Connecticut-based rock trio, The Problem With Kids Today, and Spotlight on LaPorte County Symphony’s 2025 Hoosier Star

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features author Christopher C Gorham, about his new book, “MATISSE AT WAR” Next artist Anneke Dekker, spotlight on fall events in Miller Beach Art and Creative District

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This week ART ON THE AIR features artist Denise Petersen, violinist Nic Orbovich , spotlight on Lakeshore Community Concerts 2025-26 season

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features artist and photographer, Sophie Gamand, an encore interview with Marla Showfer, spotlight on 43rd Annual Lubeznik Arts Festival running August 16th and 17th

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features author Robert Wolf's new book, Coyotes and Stars: Stories from the American Southwest, our spotlight is on Dunes Arts Foundation’s production of See Loves Me

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features virtuoso mandolinist, Sierra Hull, vocalist Danae Franco, spotlight on Chesterton Art Fair August 2nd and 3rd

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features veteran journalist and author Todd S. Purdum, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Executive Director, Melody Capote, spotlight on Miller Beach DANCE ON!

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features New York City-based singer-songwriter Robert Scheffler, ceramic artist David Arreola, and spotlight on Sandra L Young’s “Divine Vintage” walking tourJuly 17th.

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This week on ART ON THE AIR our whole show features GRAMMY® Award winning, internationally recognized vocalist Falu, spotlight on Chicago Street Theatre’s production of “Shakespeare in Love”

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This week on ART ON THE AIR our whole show features a return visit with the Midwest Museum of American Art’s Director and Curator, Brian Byrn, spotlight on Canterbury Summer Theatre’s 57th season

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features artist, and current curator at Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Whitney Bradshaw,and choreographer, stage director, Lyn Knight, spotlight Lubeznik's Summer exhibit

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This week on ART ON THE AIR our whole show features herbalist, author, professor, and nutritional consultant, Brigitte Mars, and spotlight is on Lakeside Artists Guilds’ summer concert series

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This week on ART ON THE AIR our whole show features chief curator and visual arts director of the National Museum of Mexican Art, Cesáreo Moreno, and spotlight is on South Shore Orchestra concerts

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features the director of TV, film, and the stage, John Hancock, artist Robert Stanley, and spotlight on Ceramics Go Outside with Emily Casella

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features the cast of Dunes Art Foundation's production of “Misery” featuring Janet Davies and Kevin Lee Giese and Spotlight on Museum as Lassen’s Resort

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features filmmaker, Jonathan Jackson's documentary, “Living By The Lake,” photographer Michael Nowotny's new book, and spotlight on Tom Torluemke's new book

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features accomplished concert pianist and professor of piano, Jasmin Arakawa, artist and graphic designer Adam Halon, spotlight on Book, Brushes, and Bands for Education

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This week on ART ON THE AIR our whole show features musician, Bethy Love Light, previewing her new song release, “Samadhi," spotlight on Chicago Street Theatre’s TeenFest May 9th and 10th

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features actor and film maker, Michelle Joy Jardine, mural artist, Ahmad Lee, “Reco the Great” spotlight on Indiana Ballet Theatre’s “Sleeping Beauty”

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This week on ART ON THE AIR our whole show features music orchestrator and conductor, Greg Jamrok, and spotlight on Chesterton Art Center's outdoor Un-Gala on May 9th

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features printmaking professor, William Tourtillotte, Syracuse Poster Project director, Jim Emmons, and spotlight on Family Folklore Foundation’s Meg DeMakas

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This week on ART ON THE AIR our whole show features President and CEO for Chicago’s National Museum of Mexican Art, José Ochoa, spotlight on LaPorte County Symphony’s Pops Concert

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features knife craftsman Aric Geeasaman , poet Ryan Steinbeck, and spotlight on Dunes Arts Foundation summer Theater

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features news reporter and author, Carolyn Boiarsky, contemporary quilt maker, Vickie Wheatley, spotlight ion the Center for Creative Solutions 2025 Poetry Showcase.

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features singer-songwriter Nikki O’Neill, actor, playwright and producer, Charbria Shine, spotlight on the Brincka Cross Gardens Renovation

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This week on Art On The Air features musicians Marty and Corinne Lucas along with their many other pursuits, and spotlight on Duns Arts Foundation's presentation of "Two Trains Running"

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features 24/7 Production LLC, Jack and Kim Olesker and their storied career in entertainment and non-profits, and spotlight on LaPorte County Symphony's Spring Concert

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features Lisa Bennett and artist PeQue, art project, actor Madison Meeron in the Towle Theatre's "The Mad Ones," spotlight on Lubeznik Center for the Arts spiring exhibit

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features an indie-folk cellist, vocalist, songwriter, Ellie Barber, Ollella , Next we author Risa August, Spotlight is on Chicago Street Theater

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features country music singer/songwriter, Jessica Lynn , Emmy Award winning filmmaker, Carmen Vincent, Spotlight on the Tomfoolery Fun Club

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features acoustic bluegrass band, Nu-Blu , acrylic artist Gretchen Scott, and Spotlight on the LaPorte County Symphony’s “Animal Kingdom” concert

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features Region author and journalist, Mark Taylor, independent film actor, screenwriter, and producer Derek McMahan, spotlight on the Duneland Photography Club

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features Grammy award-winning guitarist/vocalist Clay Ross, founder of the new artist group, The Art Table, Laura Thiel, spotlight on the 2025 For The Love of Art Fair

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This week on ART ON THE AIR our whole show features the Chesterton Art Center with Billy and Polly Pozzo, new education director Cara Schmitt, spotlight on executive director Hannah Hammond-Hagman

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features the Executive director for the Porter County Museum, Kevin Pazour, Pan-O-Ply Magazines' Dan Breen and Cynthia Davis, spotlight on Meg Demakas' new book.

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This New Year’s week on ART ON THE AIR features a return visit Alan Harrison, next gifted ceramic artist Norbert Shimkus, and spotlight on For The Love of Art Fair

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This Christmas week on ART ON THE AIR features two artists in the 2025 For The Love Of Art Fair, on artist Laurie Schirmer Carpenter and glass artist Edd Johannemann, Spotlight on author, Joseph Pete

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features the 2025 Honorary Artist at the For the Love of Art Fair, Kei Constantinov, glass artist Jerry Ginther , spotlight is on singer songwriter Patricia Tyson' concert

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features the 2025 Honorary Artist at the For the Love of Art Fair, Kei Constaninov, glass artists Jerry Ginther, spotlight is on singer songwriter Patricia Tyson's concert

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features veteran actor and playwright, Charlotte Booker, Chicago realist oil artist Jessica Smit Mattingly, spotlight on LaPorte County Symphony’s Holiday Pops concert

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features Chicago quartet, The Empty Pockets, singer songwriter Patricia Tyson, spotlight on Indiana Ballet Theatre’s holiday classic “The Nutcracker”

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features the premier Groucho Marx impersonator, Frank Ferrante, acrylic artist Zue Stevenson, Spotlight on Family Folklore Foundation’s Meg Demakas discussing her new book

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features sculptor, mixed media artist, Jake Webster, abstract artist and musician Eugenio Cerrosi, Spotlight on Valparaiso Creative Council’s new Artist Hub

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features landscape photographer and professor, Susan L. Moore, vocalist and pianist, Molly Abraham and Spotlight on fall events including their production of “Scrooge."

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This week on ART ON THE AIR our whole show features Jason DeCaires Taylor, who creates underwater sculptures, Spotlight on the 39th Annual Interwoven Expressions and Area Artists Association’s exhibit

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features two local theater directors with Scot PJ MacDonald of the Memorial Opera House and Dion Stover of the Towle Theater, and spotlight on LaPorte County Symphony

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This week on ART ON THE AIR features Chicago-based jewelry artist, Bobbie Rafferty, Indiana Artisan Neelu Jain, Spotlight is on Chicago-based singer/songwriter Michael McDermott