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Museum Mondays: Facing Our Community

Saturday, November 17th, 2012 by WLOY Staff

Facing Our Community is a small exhibition of the original artwork of Maryland middle and school students. The theme of the exhibition is Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe. This is the perfect opportunity to learn about the African culture of the past, while engaging and supporting the young community of artists whose work is displayed.

Be sure to take a trip down to The Walters Art Museum, 600 N. Charles St. Baltimore, MD. The exhibit will be open until Sunday, February 3rd. For more information please call 410-547-9000!

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November DJs of the Month: Anthony Medina and Jeffrey Poulos

Wednesday, November 14th, 2012 by WLOY Staff

Congratulations to Anthony Medina and Jeffrey Poulos of Know Your Role for becoming November’s DJ duo of the month! Anthony and Jeff are two of WLOY’s amazing new DJs on air on Mondays from 3-4pm. Know Your Role features flashbacks of classic rock and hilarious “Know Your Role” talk segments from these incredibly enthusiastic and dedicated WLOY volunteers. Be sure to tune in on Mondays to check out the hype!

Who will be next month’s DJs of the Month? Keep listening and checking back here to find out! You can even head over to our Facebook page to vote!

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Thursday: Singer/Songwriter Workshop with Matt Hutchison

Tuesday, November 13th, 2012 by WLOY Staff

Join WLOY and former Fools and Horses band member Matt Hutchison this Thursday from 9-11 p.m. in the Reading Room for an exclusive Late Night event! Bring an instrument or simply bring a friend and enjoy a musical performance, FREE of charge. Also, while at the event, enter a FREE raffle for your chance to win tickets to see Dan Deacon at the 9:30 Club OR All Time Low at Ram’s Head Live. As always, refreshments will be provided. See you there!

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Museum Mondays: Won’t You Celebrate With Me?

Saturday, November 10th, 2012 by WLOY Staff

This exhibit honors the Life and Poetic Legacy of Lucille Clifton portrayed through the photographs of Lynda Koolish in conjunction with Furious Flower Poetry Center, James Madison University. Lucille Clifton exhibits the epitome of a life well lived, which is depicted in this exhibit. You are invited to get to know former Maryland Poet Laureate this Museum Monday!

On display at the Central Library, 400 Cathedral St., until January 6, 2013

400 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

Open: 10:00am – 5:00pm

For more information please visit this website.

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New Releases 3 November 2012

Wednesday, November 7th, 2012 by WLOY Staff

This week we’ve got some great new music. Gary Clark Jr. released his debut album, and Bat For Lashes, Ty Segall, and A Fine Frenzy are all back with amazing new releases. Also making the chart are Dinosaur Eyelids, and Sky Ferreira, a couple of up and coming artists that have no shortage of tallent. Check back weekly for even more new release

	Artist	Album	Recommended Tracks	RIYL
1	Bat For Lashes	The Haunted Man	1,3,6	The Beta Band, The Dismemberment Plan
2	Sky Ferreira	Ghost EP	4,2,1	Alanis Morisette, Cat Power, Aimee Mann
3	Gary Clark Jr.	Blak and Blu	1,3,4,8	Jack White, Trombone Shorty
4	Dinosaur Eyelids	Conflagration	5,2,3	The Black Crowes, The Presidents of the United States of America
5	Ty Segall	Twins	1,5,3	The White Stripes, Pavement
6	A Fine Frenzy	Pines	2,8,4	Fiest, Cat Power, Ellie Goulding

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Tourism Tuesdays: Poe at CENTERSTAGE

Tuesday, October 30th, 2012 by WLOY Staff

Hometown favorite Bruce Nelson stars in this biographical production about the final years of Baltimore’s beloved emblem of oddness, Edgar Alan Poe. Reviews have said, “This new script playfully and poignantly adds up the sum of a life lived.” Don’t miss out on this weeks Tourism Tuesday!

Where: 700 N. Calvert Street
Baltimore, MD 21202

When: October 17, 2012 – November 25, 2012 | 12:00am – 12:00am

For more information, visit centerstage.org

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Streaming work in progress

Wednesday, October 24th, 2012 by The Professor

Streaming is up – just click that LISTEN NOW button up on the right 🙂

If you want to stream directly to your iOS device: http://wloy.streamguys.com/live/live.stream/playlist.m3u8

For Android/Blackberry users: http://war.str3am.com:8130/live

Let us know if you are still having issues please. We are working on the iTunes connection now… Thanks for all your patience!!

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Wacky Wednesday: Monster Mash Dance Party!

Wednesday, October 24th, 2012 by WLOY Staff

When: Wednesday, October 31st from 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Where: Modawmin Mall, 2401 Liberty Heights Avenue
The Modawmin Mall is hosting the Halloween Kids Fest this Wednesday, October 31st. Kids Fest is a seasonal celebration featuring plenty of family friendly activities. Parents are welcome to bring their children ages 2-12 for an evening filled with games music and a costume contest! All kids are welcome and encouraged to come in costume! Children must be accompanied by an adult. The mall will host trick-or-treating for kids from 6pm to 8pm. Come and celebrate this Halloween with the family this Wacky Wednesday!

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Late Night Concert

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012 by WLOY Staff

Join WLOY this Thursday, Oct. 25, from 9-11 p.m. in McGuire Hall for a FREE Late Night Concert featuring Baltimore duo goatFISH and Loyola band The Palace at 4am. Enter a raffle at the event for your chance to win tickets to the 9:30 Club, the Fillmore or Rams Head Live. This is an event you DON’T want to miss!