QuickTake Northwest
Posted by April Baer at December 4, 2006 07:25 AM
A downloadable newscast suitable for iPod frolics, or your desktop MP3 player.
In today's QuickTake:
--Kulongoski, back from Iraq, ready to unveil budget plan
--Affordable housing so rare in NW--even realtors want it!
--Conferece on global warming's reach into Indian Country
--Alt fuels news: Biodiesel in the Basin, and Idaho's geothermal hotspots
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Featured music:
Track: Hatian Fight Song (Live)
Artist: Charles Mingus Quartet (with
Album: Basquiat Salutes Jazz
Label: Prestige
Today's featured links:
One of NPR's top stories this morning is an investigative piece on Soldiers Seeking Mental Health Treatment Facing Hurdles and Prejudice. Listen for the second part on All Things Considered, which starts at 5 this afternoon.
Also, there's a nifty pair of stories, here
and
here on the development of Hinglish--a sort of Hindi/English hybrid spoken in many of India's biggest cities. Fun stuff.
Around town....
Tonight's another PICA PSU Monday lecture, featuring James Lavadour.
In Bend, I've got a series of screenings featuring the Best of the Bend Film Festival. The first is tonight, with additional screenings tomorrow and Wednesday.
Lookign ahead to tomorrow, Imogen Heap is playing at the Crystal Ballroom tomorrow.
Portland Civic Theatre Guild holds a staged reading of Bell Book and Candle tomorrow in Portland.
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