RIDERS IN THE SKY Riders in the Sky Utah Public Radio and Cache Valley Center for the Arts present a special broadcast featuring the classic cowboy quartet Riders in the Sky; Saturday, May 17, 8:30 to 10:00 P.M. The program was recorded live in April at Logan’s historic Ellen Eccles Theatre. Riders in the Sky have chalked up more than 5400 concert appearances in 50 states and 10 countries appearing in venues everywhere from the Nashville National Guard Armory to Carnegie Hall, and from county fairs to the Hollywood Bowl. For thirty years, the quartet has preserved classic Western music passed (more...)

FUSION HD3 RADIO NOW ON AIR AND ONLINE USU Student Station The first phase of Fusion HD3, Utah State University’s student-operated radio station, has been launched. Listen online here. Fusion’s radio broadcast will become available when Utah Public Radio completes the first phase of digital conversion now underway and currently being tested. Fusion HD3 officially becomes UPR’s third digital channel. Listeners must purchase a digital or "HD" radio receiver in order to pick up the broadcast signal in Cache Valley. Coming soon will be a list of places you can purchase an HD radio of your own. The online stream, listed above, will continue to be available.

MIRACLE FOR MARIUS "A Miracle for Marius" ...the first in a series of reports about two Utah students volunteering at a Romanian orphanage. Part one features the story of the cultural challenges and life changes of two young friends determined to make a difference. Visit teamMarius to find out how you can help out. During Part 2 in the series "A Miracle for Marius" meet the young boy from Romania recovering from a home fire that left him without his parents. Ashley Ludlow and Jessica Free are two twenty year old university students from Utah who began the Marius Burn Fund. HEAR THE STORY>> PART 1>> PART 2>> PART 3>> PART 4>>

SUMMERFEST ARTS FAIRE UPR is a sponsor of this years Summerfest Art Faire in Logan, Utah. Summerfest is a juried art festival that features more than 130 artists from across the country, live entertainment and good food. Mediums include oil and watercolor painting, fiber art, acrylics, sculpture, pottery, photography, jewelry and more. Admission is free. Summerfest activities include a wide variety of live music performances from rock to opera, folk music and blues, as well as a Plein Air art competition. Artists have two days to take in the fantastic landscape, from rolling farmland to craggy mountain canyons, all within a 20-minute drive. Visit the Summerfest website to find more information and directions to the event.

STORYCORPS LOCAL INTERVIEWS Thanks to those of you who participated in interviews and served as ambassadors or volunteers while StoryCorps was in Logan. Local StoryCorps interviews are archived here. MORE>> BLOG SPOT>>

RATTLESNAKES IN THE WASATCH FRONT Reported by Sheri Quinn Rattlesnakes in the Wasatch Front are leaving their dens right now to hunt. They are less likely to bite in the Spring, they are focused on getting food. The Great Basin rattlesnake is the only species of rattlesnake that lives in the Wasatch Front. They are abundant but their populations have decreased dramatically. HEAR THE STORY>> SEE ALL UPR SPECIALS>> BRAIN DAMAGE Reported by Kerry Bringhurst Nearly half of Traumatic Brain Injury accidents in Utah occur in rural communities. Utah State University’s Center for Person’s with Disabilities (435-797-8810) and the Brain Injury Association of Utah (800-281-8442) have received funds to oversee a pilot project to study Traumatic Brain Injury services. The second in a series on Traumatic Brain Injury and what one Disability Service Coordinator is doing to prepare for the influx of veterans with ware related TBI. HEAR THE STORY: PART 1>> PART 2>> SEE ALL UPR SPECIALS>> SPACE GARDEN Reported by Sheri Quinn Scientists from Russia, NASA, and Utah gathered at the Space Dynamics Laboratory in Logan, Utah recently to study how plants in outer space can benefit humans both physically and mentally. HEAR THE STORY>> SEE ALL UPR SPECIALS>> UNIVERSITY SMOKING Reported by Kerry Bringhurst Members of Associate Students at Utah State University have voted to support a plan to ban the use and sale of tobacco products on the campus. Utah Public Radio’s Kerry Bringhurst says the ban would be the first on at a Utah institution of higher education. HEAR THE STORY>> SEE ALL UPR SPECIALS>> USU SHUTTLE MISSION Reported by Sherri Quinn Utah State University is part of an international space shuttle mission scheduled to launch tomorrow morning before dawn. Astronauts aboard the shuttle Endeavour will deliver experiments designed at a USU physics laboratory to the International Space Station. HEAR THE STORY>> SEE ALL UPR SPECIALS>>

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA
  2006-2007 Season

The Metropolitan Opera (Met) season moves ahead on Utah Public Radio as the Met continues its hugely successful radio broadcasts, one of the longest-running classical music series in American broadcast history. Live Metropolitan Opera Saturday radio broadcasts can be heard from http://129.123.59.120/redir.php?page=http://operainfo.org/ and here at UPR.org.

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