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On this final episode of The Spark: Martha Woodroof agreed to sit down and discuss her life and career... in essence, to be the final guest on The…
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On this episode of The Spark: Rita Dove, former U.S. Poet Laureate and WMRA's December Books & Brews author, discusses her life, poetry and the sound of…
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When Staunton’s Cliff Garstang won a state-level award for his novel, What the Zhang Boys Knew, no one was more flabbergasted by this than he was. WMRA's…
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Greg Tutwiler was working as a DJ and doing some writing when work sent him to MerleFest. Now he is the energy and expertise behind Americana Rhythm…
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Live music, a film narrated by Robert Redford about adaptive athletes, and demonstrations of adaptive equipment are among the items scheduled during…
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A chat with wise youngperson Linzy Cumbia, who designed our APP. So if you listen to WMRA through an iPhone, thank him. You can find out more about the…
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Martha meets historic-building-saver Luke Ramsey of Ramsey Restoration. Images of tumbledown and restored log cabins, mansions, slave quarters, barns, and…
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Bill Painter of Harrisonburg explains his 40+ year fascination with The Lord of the Rings and with the Middle Earth backstory. There’s a lot of Middle…
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“Five Things the Church Can Learn from Women’s Roller Derby” is a Kelly Figueroa-Ray essay for the Huffington Post. HuffPo religion-blogger Kelly…
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On WMRA's The Spark, we meet noise-rocker Natalie Strickland. What is noise rock? Here's insight from Wikipedia, from StrongBad, and from Natalie's band…
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Hot glass blowpipe rule #1: DON'T INHALE. The 1500+ degree air sears the lungs. It's dangerous work with beautiful results. Glassblower Lisa Aronzon chats…
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We meet David Currier who sculpts and also works as an art-enlarger: other sculptors ask him to scale-up their art. He's also the artist behind the comic…