Britain to broadcast Minnesota programs on BBC 3 weekend
BBC 3 will air a 32 hour Minnesota themed weekend from June 1 and 2 reaching 3 million listeners. Minnesota Orchestra and Opera performances join jazz guitarist Leo Kottke while BBC reporters feature Minnesota politics, arts, Mayo Clinic, and the Minneapolis Sound tour. Garrison Keillor, John Updike, and others join a documentary on Baseball in America. Saint Paul Sunday Morning and American Radio Company finale are included. BBC World Service will air parts. The simulcast marks BBC 3’s second abroad broadcast after Berlin last year.
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Arts festival comes to Gaithersburg
Gaithersburg hosts a five day arts festival with a May 14 reception at City Hall Gallery featuring the American Institute of Architects. May 15 offers a poetry coffeehouse at City Hall, May 16 introduces a juried art exhibit at Montgomery Playhouse followed by Pinchpenny Phantom of the Opera. May 17 brings the Jolly Little Singers from Russia to Lakeforest Mall, and May 18 includes Kathleen Jacobs and Puppets at Montgomery Playhouse and a jazz program at Gaithersburg Upcounty Senior Center, concluding with An Evening of Jazz at Gaithersburg High School. All events are free with tickets for jazz, puppet show, and Pinchpenny. Tickets available at City Hall weekdays 8:30 to 4:30.
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