See a great show and support WMPG at the same time! Corey Harris and Cedric Watson in concert at Stone Mountain Arts Center on Friday, February 7, 2020. A portion of the proceeds will benefit WMPG! Info and tickets StoneMountainArtsCenter.com. Thanks go to Stone Mountain Arts Center for supporting WMPG !
On WMPG’s Monday night program Let’s Talk, Abdi Iftin, a Somali refugee, USM student Abdi and the author of the riveting memoir “Call Me American” was a guest and spoke with Dave Wade about his escape to the US from worn torn Mogadishu and his lengthy journey to become an American citizen. Gain insight into what Abdi went through. Click here to listen.
WMPG will again be hosting our renowned Fat Tuesday party. This will be the 25th year that we celebrate Mardi Gras with our volunteers, listeners, USM and the greater Portland Community. It all happens on February 25, 2020 from noon to 2pm at the USM Woodbury Campus Center in Portland.
Monday, December 9 at One Longfellow Square~~ update – Audio Link of full show!
Full recording of entire show linked here! Bluegrass! It was not so long ago in Portland that live Bluegrass shows were not easy to find. Volunteers at WMPG started the WMPG Bluegrass Spectacular, an annual event to showcase the bluegrass scene, small but mighty, in and around Portland.
It’s Giving Tuesday, and we have an idea and an ask. We are dedicating Giving Tuesday to our Youth Programming! Can you help us?
One of the programming specialties that WMPG is particularly proud of is our Youth Programming. Saturday 8am there’s ChickensRPeople2. Then at 9am, it’s Middle School Mic Drop. And on Tuesdays, the high school students produce Blunt Youth Radio Project. These dedicated young people receive training in all the creative, technical and ethical journalism aspects of making public affairs radio!
Begathon ended on September 25. WMPG asks our listeners to show their love for this unique homegrown station with your financial support…. a celebration of radio freedom…of public access to the public airwaves! You can donate on-line right now by clicking here!
Tune into some classic Chicago Blues with Mike Halmo as he “Grooves Down the Blues Highway”, Wednesday 5-7pm. One of Chicago’s premier guitarists, Lurrie Bell may be calling in to chat about his career and his upcoming show this Thursday at OLS. A true “blues child”, Lurrie is the son of the famed Chicago blues harmonica player Carey Bell.
Tune into WMPG 90.9 FM or on the web at www.wmpg.org this Wednesday January 29, 5-7pm.
Keeping the blues alive!
