Chicago, IL (1888PressRelease)
September 22, 2009 - During September, Vocalo is "Getting Schooled". The whole month we’ll be talking about education, back-to-school, life lessons and how-tos. Vocalo.org invites guests from the Lake Michigan Region to discuss topics of the day.
Full week’s playlist can be viewed here: http://www.vocalo.org/sept21-sept27.
Some highlights:
Special Event: Teach-A-Thon
• Friday, September 25, 3 to 8 p.m. To culminate this month’s look at Education, Vocalo.org host Dan Weissman will host a Teach-A-Thon from the Vocalo.org Studios on Chicago’s Navy Pier. Free and open to the public. Participants will learn how-to’s on sex, rock-n’-roll, DJ’ing, fire-eating and more. Participants are also encouraged to share their own how-to’s with the crowd on the Pier.
September Editorial: “Getting Schooled”
• Friday, September 25, at 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Deborah Caldwell Stone of the American Library Association will talk about Banned Books Week in Chicago. Find out why this year's most banned books include children's book, And Tango Makes Three, and young adult title, Gossip Girls. She’ll be promoting a reading from the authors of six of the ten most banned books on Saturday, September 26. The event is co-sponsored by The American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, the McCormick Freedom Museum and the Newberry Library.
GLBTQ Interest
• Tuesday, September 22, 9 to 10 a.m. William Greaves is with the City of Chicago’s Commission on Human Relations' Advisory Council on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues. They are hosting a celebrity auction on September 22 at 8 p.m. Items for auction include breakfast or lunch with Ron Huberman, CEO of Chicago Public Schools; a fun TV package from ABC 7’s 190 North hostess, Janet Davies; and much, much more. The auction benefits their November event, The Chicago Gay & Lesbian Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
About Vocalo.org:
Vocalo.org is a website and radio station committed to fostering conversation between diverse constituents in the Lake Michigan region. Vocalo.org was started in June 2007 as an initiative of Chicago Public Radio to make public radio more open to the public at-large. The station invites everyone to join the conversation by uploading stories, interviews, and text to www.vocalo.org or by calling the hotline at 888-635-1112. Vocalo.org broadcast live from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and features all-night and weekend mix tapes of content during automated hours. Vocalo.org broadcasts on 89.5 FM to a footprint of 2.5 million residents in northwest Indiana, Chicago and southwest Michigan and streams online live to the world. As of 2009, Vocalo.org’s online community has grown to more than 5,000 contributors.
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