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NEC | oN thE housE | 3.5 x 9.875” | 12.19.11 Advertisements your community bank On the house. And what a house. NEC faculty and students host over 900 concerts a year in world-renowned Jordan Hall. That’s superb classical, jazz and world music, for free. What are you waiting for? necmusic.edu/concerts Artists’ Books . . Books By Artists at the BoSTon ATHenæuM October 12, 2011–March 3, 2012 10½ Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108 www.bostonathenaeum.org This exhibition of remarkable & unexpected artists’ books from the Boston Athenæum’s outstanding collection includes works by Russell Maret, Laura Davidson, Ryoko Adachi, Stephen Dupont, Harriet Bart, Xu Bing, Iliazd, and more than two dozen others, among them examples not previously exhibited. open to the public Monday through Wednesday, 9:00 am to 8:00 pm; Thursday and Friday, 9:oo am to 5:3o pm; Saturday, 9:oo am to 4:00 pm. For details about becoming a Boston Athenæum member, visit bostonathenaeum.org or call 617-720-7641. 22 Full schedules: wgbh.org; Get magazine online: wgbh.org/gopaperless
Radio Spotlight Innovation Station Boston is known around the world as a hub of ideas, tackling issues from renewable energy and infrastructure to health care and technology with innovative solutions. In October, radio host Kara Miller launched a new program, Innovation Hub, on 89.7 WGBH, Boston Public Radio, which delves into the cool new ideas percolating in the metro-Boston area, examining how they are born and exploring what they mean for the future of our society. An assistant professor of English at the University of Massachusetts/Dartmouth, where she teaches journalism, Miller’s articles have appeared in The Boston Globe, The National Journal, The Boston Herald, Boston Magazine and The International Herald Tribune, and she’s been a frequent panelist on WGBH’s Beat the Press. Miller recently chatted with WGBH’s Jennifer Goebel about her new program and why radio is an ideal platform for talking about innovation. QHow did the idea for Innovation Hub come about? was guest-hosting Greater Boston and we A I were doing a segment on innovation, so I asked friends and people in my social network to point me in the direction of local innovators. I got an incredible number of responses, and I realized that we had something special here. I got referred to inventors of medical devices, fashion pioneers, groundbreaking patent lawyers—an amazing range. I brought the idea to Phil Redo, 89.7 WGBH’s managing director, and he felt it fit in well with the station’s priorities, so we decided to launch a show about what’s new and innovative in Boston. QTell me about the program’s format. A The show is divided into two 30-minute segments, and each half focuses on a “big question”—it could be anything from urban education to green energy, to government. Some of the shows focus on actual physical inventions, but others are more about big ideas. Essentially, we start with a problem, such as “How can you improve urban education?” Then we look at the issues: Is the root of the problem that urban kids have nowhere to go and nothing to do in the afternoons? If that’s one of the roots, what kinds of afterschool programs really work for kids? Each show has two separate guest panels, and we aim to feature people with different experiences and points of view. QWhat makes Boston a good place for innovation? A Boston has great universities, which attract young people who are coming up with all kinds of ideas in technology, gaming, science, retail. And the depth of the research community and the great minds here create a perfect environment for the incubation of new ideas. When professors or students come up with ideas for start-ups, they often want to stay close to their schools, so they headquarter them here. Kendall Square recently put in a “Walk of Fame” for great innovators, a testament to the importance the community places on ideas. QWhy is radio a good platform for a program like this? A Radio gives you a good chunk of time. You can get into deep discussions, and the ideas and innovations we’re talking about are so interesting and appealing that they fit in a long-form radio program better than they would in the kinds of shorter, bite-sized segments that exist on commercial radio and TV. QWhat does it take to do a weekly hourlong program like Innovation Hub? A A lot of preparation. Of course, one of the biggest parts is booking the panel: getting the guests we want, getting people who can speak about what they are doing on the radio, and making sure we have a good balance of perspectives. I also have to do a lot of research and background reading so that I understand the need for innovation, and so that I can challenge the panel to address the real issues and stumbling blocks that have proven to be intractable in the past. I want to be able to draw the panelists out and hear what they have to say. Then people can judge for themselves whether they think these innovations will work. QWhat drew you to doing this kind of program? A My best qualification for hosting this program is that I’m really interested in ideas of all kinds: science, education, the economy, the arts. Having that diverse range of interests, and being fascinated by the work people are doing, is what inspired this program. I’m an idea person, like so many other NPR listeners, and I’m interested in hearing how things are going to change, and how the future is going to look before we’ve seen it. QWhat accounts for the enduring popularity of radio? A I think there are two reasons. First, radio has that ability to allow long-form conversations. I love listening to Teri Gross [Fresh Air] when she has somebody on that I’m interested in hearing. I want to hear them at length. And second, you can’t watch television in your car or when you’re doing something else, like cooking. But if you’re getting dinner ready, let’s say, your body is occupied, but your brain is listening to the radio. Also, I sometimes like the fact that you don’t see people. It allows you to get beyond what people look like, and to focus on what they’re saying instead of whether their haircut is any good, what they’re wearing and other distractions. QHow did you first connect to WGBH? A I grew up in Carlisle, Massachusetts, so my connection to WGBH probably goes back to when I was five years old watching Sesame Street and other kids’ programs. I also liked Julia Child. I remember once, when I was eight, my mom had to take something to a party, so I wrote down a Julia Child recipe for a chocolate cake, writing as fast as I could to keep up with what she was saying. It turned out really well, and since my mom did not normally bake, we were all impressed. My favorite program on television now is Charlie Rose. He’s an idea person, too, and one of the people who inspired me to become a journalist. That’s really the best of what WGBH does: inspire people. And I hope that’s one of the things Innovation Hub will accomplish. Tune in Innovation Hub Saturdays at 7am and Sundays at 10pm on 89.7 WGBH, or listen online anytime at wgbh.org/radio. Schedules, program info, playlists: wgbh.org/897 23
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NEC | oN thE housE | 3.5 x 9.875” | 12.19.11<br />
Advertisements<br />
your community bank<br />
On the house.<br />
And what a house.<br />
NEC faculty and students host<br />
over 900 concerts a year in<br />
world-renowned Jordan Hall.<br />
That’s superb classical, jazz<br />
and world music, for free.<br />
What are you waiting for?<br />
necmusic.edu/concerts<br />
Artists’<br />
Books . .<br />
Books By<br />
Artists<br />
at the BoSTon ATHenæuM<br />
October 12, 2011–March 3, 2012<br />
10½ Beacon Street<br />
Boston, Massachusetts 02108<br />
www.bostonathenaeum.org<br />
This exhibition of<br />
remarkable & unexpected<br />
artists’ books from the<br />
Boston Athenæum’s<br />
outstanding collection<br />
includes works by<br />
Russell Maret, Laura<br />
Davidson, Ryoko Adachi,<br />
Stephen Dupont,<br />
Harriet Bart, Xu Bing,<br />
Iliazd, and more than<br />
two dozen others, among<br />
them examples not<br />
previously exhibited.<br />
open to the public<br />
Monday through Wednesday,<br />
9:00 am to 8:00 pm;<br />
Thursday and Friday,<br />
9:oo am to 5:3o pm;<br />
Saturday, 9:oo am to 4:00 pm.<br />
For details about becoming<br />
a Boston Athenæum member,<br />
visit bostonathenaeum.org<br />
or call 617-720-7641.<br />
22 Full schedules: wgbh.org; Get magazine online: wgbh.org/gopaperless
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