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Keynote addresses and presentations from the 2007 DePaul Faculty Teaching & Learning Conference. It is DePaul's 11th Annual Conference on Teaching & Learning. This year's conference focuses upon the creative tensions present in our varied points of instructional contact. How do we as teachers address these tensions in our lives, with our students, in the classroom or on the internet?
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A couple of retired guys that spent their careers making television dish on the good, bad and ridiculousness of life for people of color in America. They tear apart the news of the week, explore the complexities of race, and talk to people far more interesting than they will ever be.The Chino is Matt Chan, who made his mark in the cable television industry by creating the hit reality series “Hoarders”.The Chicano is Enrique Cerna, a long time Seattle broadcast journalist who managed to survi ...
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Ep 122 UNFILTERED with Debora Juarez, Omari Salisbury and Enrique Cerna
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This episode was recorded the day after former Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz appeared on the Jason Rantz radio show where he denied accusations of misconduct from female staff members. In the interview, Diaz also came out as gay. We break down the interview and reaction to it. Also, we discuss the aftermath of the deadly shooting at Garfield Hig…
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Juneteenth marks the date on June 19, 1865, when news of the Emancipation Proclamation finally reached the last remaining enslaved people in Texas. We talk with Davidson College historian Hilary Green about how Texas commemorations in the 19th century led to the declaration of a national holiday in 2021. We also get an overview of the Juneteenth ev…
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On this episode, Chino Y Chicano host Enrique Cerna talks with author/ activist Luis Miranda, Jr. about his new memoir, RELENTLESS: My Story of the Latino Spirit That Is Transforming America. He may be known as the father of Broadway star Lin-Manual Miranda, but before his son became famous, Luis Miranda, Jr. made his mark as an activist, political…
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Bach Akademie Charlotte’s 2024 Bach Festival returns to various locations around Charlotte and this year’s festival is called “Bach Akademie Charlotte Goes to Italy.” While it is indeed a Bach festival, it’s bookended by opening and closing concerts that focus on music from Italy, namely Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 . We …
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Ep 120 UNFILTERED Protests and Business Backtrack on DEI
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Chino Y Chicano/ Converge Media present another episode of UNFILTERED with former Seattle City Council member Debora Juarez and Converge Media founder Omari Salisbury. They joined Chino Y Chicano host Enrique Cerna to examine the impact of the protests over the Israel-Hamas War. Do these protests make a difference? Are outsiders hijacking the purpo…
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Trumpeter Rodney Marsalis is a member of the famous New Orleans musical family and the leader of the Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass. We talk to Marsalis about his career and the group's upcoming concert at Gardner-Webb University. Learn more about the Summer in the Springs with the Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass Concert Pictured: Th…
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The Salisbury Symphony has been looking for a new music director this season, and they will audition their final candidate at their concert called "Hope and Lifting." Daniel Wiley will conduct the orchestra in music of Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, and Omar Thomas. Wiley is currently assistant conductor with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Pops. …
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The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra is producing an immersive event called "Merge" that combines modern symphonic music with electronic dance music and synchronized visual projections. Resident Conductor Christopher James Lees talks about the symphony's foray into new territory and the collaboration that brought it to life. Learn more about the MERGE:…
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Charlotteans Lorne Lassiter and Gary Ferraro helped found the former Mint Museum of Craft and Design in uptown. They've also donated dozens of pieces from their own collection. The exhibit "Craft Across Continents" features many of those works in glass, wood, ceramics, and textiles. On this edition of the Piedmont Arts podcast, we tour the exhibit …
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Kalena Bovell, a candidate for Salisbury Symphony Music Director, will lead the orchestra in a program called "Musical Inspirations." Bovell made her professional debut as the Chicago Sinfonietta's Assistant Conductor in 2015 and has led performances at the BBC Proms and the Kennedy Center. She also recently had her opera debut at Volcano Theatre w…
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The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra (CSO) shared news that the organization has raised more than $40 million toward a goal of $50 million for its endowment. CSO President and CEO David Fisk discusses why having a significant endowment makes the orchestra stronger, and he provides details about the vital programs the endowment campaign will enable in t…
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Seattle lost a great storyteller and community activist. Matt Chan passed away from kidney cancer on Saturday, March 30. He was 71 years old. After appearing on the first UNFILTERED, Matt knew his declining health would not let him continue. He told his Chino Y Chicano podcast partner, Enrique Cerna that he wanted UNFILTERED to continue because he …
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Charlotte's nonprofit Blumenthal Arts hosts touring Broadway shows, symphony concerts and the ballet, among other things. But it's also branching out to other kinds of events, like the Immersive Van Gogh exhibit a couple of years ago. David Boraks talks with Blumenthal Arts CEO Tom Gabbard about another big immersive exhibit coming to Charlotte and…
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Chino Y Chicano Ep 118 Rest in Peace, Matt Chan
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The Chino, Matt Chan passed away on Saturday, March 30. Cancer took his life. His spirit and a legacy of family, community and friendship remain strong. The Chicano, Enrique Cerna remembers his best friend and how his full life brought joy, humor, love and strength that will never be forgotten. Read: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/obitua…
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The Charlotte Shout! festival is produced by Charlotte Center City Partners and showcases Charlotte's creativity, innovation, diversity, and resilience. It includes music acts, art installations, community conversations, culinary events, and more. We talk to Rick Thurmond from Charlotte Center City Partners about the festival's importance to our cu…
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Ep 117 Historian Rick Shenkman on Cognitive Dissonance and support of Donald Trump
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As a college student at Vassar, Rick Shenkman was a fervent supporter of Richard Nixon. As the Watergate scandal unfolded, Shenkman was unwavering in his defense of Nixon. He was a poster boy for cognitive dissonance, unwilling to admit he was wrong about Nixon. But the firing of Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox in the infamous Saturday Night Massa…
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Traditionally, composers have written music with a group of musicians in mind, painstakingly transcribing or notating their ideas as sheet music. But these days, many work on a computer loaded with a digital library of instruments and sounds. That’s the case for the next generation of composers in training at Davidson College. We visit with music p…
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The Marriage of Figaro considered one of the greatest operas of all time, is billed as a comic opera but addresses serious themes such as tension between the social classes. Find out more about this masterpiece, and its important place in history by listening to a conversation with Dr. Scott MacLeod, associate professor of music and director of Hig…
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One Voice Chorus was founded in Charlotte in 1990 to bring together lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and LGBTQIA+ affirming people to celebrate their lives through song. Since that time the chorus has grown in membership from 25 to more than 90 singers. Executive Director Micah Deer fills us in on the organization's history, purpose, and progra…
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UNFILTERED features Enrique Cerna, Matt Chan, Debora Juarez and Omari Salisbury. The four weigh in with candid insights and opinions on local, regional, national news affecting our lives. UNFILTERED is a co-production of Chino Y Chicano and Converge Media. On this premiere episode, we talk public safety as Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell holds the firs…
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Ep 115 Mike Fancher, Washington Coalition for Open Government
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The Chino Y Chicano mark National Sunshine Week, a time to shine a light on the importance of public records and open government. But according to Mike Fancher, retired Seattle Times executive editor and currently the president of the Washington Coalition for Open Government that sunshine is lacking especially in our state legislature. The independ…
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Thorgy Thor, a classically trained musician who first came to national prominence on the television series RuPaul’s Drag Race , is the guest on this episode of Piedmont Arts. After a recent appearance at Davidson College, she spoke to us about how she developed the concert program Thorgy and the Thorchestra which has been performed with orchestras …
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Ep 114 Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Maria Hinojosa
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Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Maria Hinojosa joins the Chino Y Chicano. Maria talks about her upcoming visit to Washington State University’s Pullman campus where she will be honored with the Edward R.Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award from the Murrow College of Communication. She will receive the award and give the keynote address at the 48th A…
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The Salisbury Symphony is auditioning candidates for music director. Michelle Di Russo, a candidate for the position, will conduct their "Enchanting Sounds" concert in Keppel Auditorium. She'll lead a program of music by Piazzola, Saint-Saens, and Rimsky-Korsakov. Di Russo is from Argentina, and currently the Associate Conductor in her second seaso…
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Each year, Charlotte Master Chorale presents a "Unity Concert" with the goal of building bridges in the community through the shared experience of choral music. This year's concert is called "Unity: Earth" and is Saturday, March 9 at 4pm at First United Methodist Church in Charlotte. The ensemble will perform the North Carolina premiere of Jake Run…
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Ep 113 Washington State Senator Nikki Torres
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Washington state Senator Nikki Torres joins the Chino Y Chicano to talk about her proposed legislation to help DACA recipients. Senate bill 5631 would require state agencies to clearly identify programs and services that accepts applicants with federal Deferred Action for Childhood status. Torres is a Republican representing the 15th legislative di…
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One of the most extraordinary figures in American classical music is someone you may never have heard of. Mary Cardwell Dawson, born in 1894 in Madison, NC, was a musician, teacher, and founding director of the National Negro Opera Company, the longest-running, all-Black opera company which helped launch the careers of many singers. Now her story i…
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Chino Y Chicano Ep 112 Matt’s Cancer; Enrique’s Stolen Car; Mayor Needs to Deliver
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On this episode, Matt talks about the recent struggles of his cancer fight. Enrique speaks out about his anger and frustration of having his car stolen. Also, the Chino Y Chicano weigh in on Amazon helping to revive the Chinatown-International District Night Market. Plus, the pressure on Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell to produce results now that he ha…
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Research suggests there are significant neurological and academic benefits to children who learn to play a musical instrument. However, most school systems wait until 6th grade to offer band or orchestra programs, and many kids simply do not have access to instrumental instruction until it's offered at school. Cornelius Youth Orchestras wants to ch…
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The Charlotte Master Chorale's Chamber Singers will present concerts called "Art & Science" at Christ Episcopal Church in Charlotte and Davidson College Presbyterian Church in Davidson. The centerpiece of the concerts is a multi-media symphony, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci , by composer Jocelyn Hagen. The work uses the latest video syncing te…
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Burnt Reeds is a reed quintet of local professional instrumentalists. Their concert called "Homegrown Melodies" features newly commissioned works by local composers. It's a project that brings together not only composers but also music producers, local independent mixed media artists, and of course musicians -- from a variety of backgrounds. Three …
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North Carolina Baroque Orchestra will perform concerts called "Splendid Music from the Time of King George III and Queen Charlotte" in locations across the Charlotte region. The program includes works by Chevalier de Saint Georges, Handel, Mozart, Avison, and others. Frances Blaker, the ensemble's artistic director and conductor, explains how the c…
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The inaugural Black Notes Project Music Festival makes it debut at Charlotte's Knight Theater. The two-day festival celebrates and amplifies Black music and artistry and will honor the classical orchestral tradition while situating it alongside contemporary musical innovation. Nationally known artists such as harpist Brandee Younger and opera singe…
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Ep 111 Finalists Forum for Seattle City Council Position 8
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The Chino Y Chicano meet at the Converge Media Studio for a conversation about the public forum featuring the eight finalists for Seattle City Council position 8. The city wide council seat is vacant after Teresa Mosqueda was elected to the King County Council. The city council will decide who will fill the post on Tuesday, January 23. We look at t…
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On this episode, the Chino, Matt Chan updates us on his cancer fight. The latest news is concerning. Matt talks candidly about what he now faces. Read: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/obituaries/chinatown-international-district-activist-matt-chan-dead-at-71/ Hear Rick Shenkman on the BBC Radio Program Sideways: https://www.bbc.co.uk/progr…
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The Metropolitan Opera's Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition has auditions across the country. The competition is designed to discover promising young opera singers and assist the development of their careers. The North Carolina District holds auditions and approximately 25 singers will compete to move on to Regionals in Atlanta. The event is op…
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Ep 109 Washington State Senator Joe Nguyen
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Washington State Senator Joe Nguyen joins the Chino Y Chicano to talk about the critical issues facing lawmakers in the 2024 legislative session. Nguyen is a Democrat. He was elected to the state senate in 2019. He represents the 34th District which includes White Center, West Seattle, Vashon Island, and part of Burien. Nguyen is chair of the Senat…
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Washington Congressman Adam Smith joins the Chino Y Chicano to talk about his struggle with chronic pain, anxiety and depression. Smith has represented Washington state’s 9th Congressional District for 26 years. He details his physical and mental health challenges in his book Lost and Broken: My Journey Back from Chronic Pain and Crippling Anxiety.…
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After a search that has lasted more than two years, the Charlotte Symphony has announced their next Music Director: Kwamé Ryan. Originally from Trinidad, Ryan has an impressive resume and has worked around the globe. He was General Music Director of the Freiburg Opera from 1999 to 2003 and Musical and Artistic Director of the National Orchestra of …
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Caritas a Cappella ensemble presents a concert of Christmas and holiday music in Charlotte. The set will include settings of familiar carols as well as beautiful motets written by modern and Renaissance composers. And this time, the ensemble will be led by their new artistic director, Dr. Jeremy Mims. By day, Jeremy is Associate Professor and Direc…
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Since 2007, Jaime Mendez has anchored the only locally produced Spanish language television newscast on KUNS, the Seattle Univision affiliate. KUNS is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group which also owns KOMO television in Seattle. Sinclair has decided to drop the Seattle Univision affiliation beginning January 1, 2024. To fill the Spanish languag…
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Ep 106 Israeli Human Rights Lawyer/UW Lecturer Dr. Smadar Ben-Natan
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Dr. Smadar Ben-Natan is a longtime Israeli human rights lawyer who is currently teaching and lecturing at the University of Washington. She is an expert on Israel and Palestine. Ben-Natan joins the Chino Y Chicano to talk about the Israel-Hamas war. She provides important context in understanding the current conflict and the tensions it has raised …
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Ep 105 Washington Tenth District Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland
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Marilyn Strickland represents Washington’s 10th Congressional District. She was sworn into office on January 3rd, 2021. Three days later Trump supporters attacked the United State’s Capitol. Strickland joins the Chino Y Chicano to talk about the dysfunction in Congress, the Trump threat to democracy and the continuing challenge to voter rights. Rea…
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Ep 104 Lahaina Homeowner Shirley Enebrad on the Maui Wildfires Aftermath
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Lahaina homeowner Shirley Enebrad updates the Chino Y Chicano on the aftermath of the Maui wildfires that destroyed her home, and took the lives of more than 100 people including one of Enebrad’s tenants. Enebrad returned to Maui in October to survey what was left of her home, and to help family and friends still dealing with the trauma of the fire…
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Ep 103 Lori Matsukawa, Author of Brave Mrs. Sato
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Retired KING 5 Anchor/Reporter Lori Matsukawa joins the Chino Y Chicano to talk about her children's book Brave Mrs. Sato. It is a fascinating story of picture brides, Japanese culture, Lori's family history and her childhood in Hawaii. About the author (2023) Emmy award winning journalist Lori Matsukawa tells a charming tale based on two real-life…
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The Charlotte Civic Orchestra presents its annual Christmas Extravaganza at the Halton Theater at CPCC’s Uptown Campus. The program features a sixty-piece orchestra, performances by the Charlotte Youth Ballet and Diamond Elite Dancers, the Holiday Singers, and soloists, plus the combined choirs of the Marvin Ridge and Porter Ridge High Schools. Dr.…
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Ep 102 Victoria Beach, Chair, SPD African-American Community Advisory Council
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Victoria Beach, chair of the Seattle Police Department’s African American Community Advisory Council joins the Chino Y Chicano with some blunt talk about the recent city council election, police staffing and relations, gun violence in Seattle, and the direction of the city. Read: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/obituaries/chinatown-intern…
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Growing up in a farmworker family in Mattawa, Washington, Jose Iñiguez became enamored with opera. He dreamed of one day becoming an opera singer in spite of his father’s misgivings. Today he is living his dream and heading up Encanto Arts, a non-profit that promotes the arts in underserved rural communities. Iñiguez joins the Chino Y Chicano to ta…
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Dr. John Michael Cooper, Dr. Sequina Dubose, & Dr. Justin Smith on the Margaret Bonds Symposium at Queens University
Composer, pianist, and social justice activist Margaret Bonds is one of the twentieth century's more remarkable American artists, and her reputation is growing in stature among twenty-first century music lovers. There's a terrific opportunity to learn more about this remarkable woman and her music when Queens University hosts the Margaret Bonds Sym…
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Ep 100 Marty Jackson, Executive Director of the Southeast Network Safety Program
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The Chino Y Chicano podcast marks its 100th episode as it joins the Converge Media program line up. Converge Media is a leading producer of culturally relevant content in the Pacific Northwest. On this 100th episode, we focus on the disturbing increase in gun violence in Seattle with Marty Jackson. Jackson is the executive director of the Southeast…
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