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WMRA Holiday Schedule 2014

WMRA Holiday Specials for 2014

Saturday, Dec. 20th
12pm  Winter Solstice Celebration
Celebrate the return of the sun and the warming of the heart with Paul Winter's All New 34th Winter Solstice Celebration. On the darkest night of the year, we head back to New York's Cathedral of St. John the Divine to hear The Paul Winter Consort and the glorious Cathedral Pipe Organ. The performance brings traditional holiday favorites and new sounds from around the world with special guests Ivan Lins and Renato Braz.

2pm  All Songs Considered for the Holidays
It's the sixth edition of a weird holiday tradition from NPR Music. Host Bob Boilen and friends trade holiday cheer and snarky barbs while bringing you the best holiday songs from new and emerging breakout bands. Hear renditions of great holiday music you'll never hear at the mall or your mother's house.

Tuesday, Dec. 23rd
7pm  Air Play – Happy Holidays
WMRA’s own presentation of local classical performances will celebrate with a special mix of holiday music from around the region.

Thursday, Dec. 25th
3pm  Tinsel Tales 3: NPR Christmas Favorites
You tune to NPR for holiday stories of all kinds; funny, touching, insightful, and surprising. Hear the latest version of evergreen delights while driving to the mall, entertaining friends, or relaxing in front of a crackling fire. Hosted by Lynn Neary.

Monday, Dec. 29th
3pm  Innovation Hub – Ringing In The Future
"Innovation Hub" has a New Year's resolution: give you a glimpse of what you’ll need to know for 2015. At the start of the New Year, "IHub" looks at the research, industries, gadgets and more that will change our world.

Thursday, Jan. 1st
3pm The Capitol Steps: Politics Takes a Holiday New Year’s Edition 2014
Help say good-bye and good riddance to 2014 with the Capitol Steps and their annual year-end review.  It’s all in their hour-long special of “Politics Takes a Holiday!”  This year will feature all-new awards, such as:
            “Is that guy jumping the White House fence or is he just really into Michelle’s ‘Get Moving’ campaign?  “You say ISIS, I say ISIL.  Let’s call the whole thing off.”  And of course, “I scream, you scream, we all scream EBOLA!”
            The Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them.  In the years that followed, many of the Steps ignored the conventional wisdom ("Don't quit your day job!"), and although not all of the current members of the Steps are former Capitol Hill staffers, taken together, the performers have worked in a total of eighteen Congressional offices and represent 62 years of collective House and Senate staff experience.

Matt Bingay is the Executive Director and General Manager for WMRA and WEMC.