Yvonne Boose

2 weeks ago | northernpublicradio.org | Yvonne Boose

Next year marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of America's Declaration of Independence. A benefit concert for an annual festival will highlight this milestone. This year is the 40th annual Woodstock Folk Festival will take place. Carol Obertubbesing is the president of the festival.

2 weeks ago | northernpublicradio.org | Yvonne Boose

Welcome to Poetically Yours. This segment highlights poets from northern Illinois. Today’s episode features Carol Obertubbesing. Obertubbesing grew up in Union City, New Jersey and saw the New York skyline every day of her life until she left. In 1969, she became part of the first coed class at Princeton University. She said that was the defining event of her life. The Princeton Alumni Weekly published an article she wrote about her experience as one of the first women to attend Princeton.

3 weeks ago | northernpublicradio.org | Yvonne Boose

An initiative that highlights Black, Indigenous, People of Color at the Freeport Art Museum is approaching its end. Four years ago, the museum made a five-year commitment to give BIPOC artists a place to showcase their works. Jessica Modica is the executive director of FAM. She said there were some key things learned, starting with the decision to create an 80 percent BIPOC exhibition committee.

3 weeks ago | northernpublicradio.org | Yvonne Boose

Read in EnglishEl mes de marzo es el Mes Nacional de la Historia de la Mujer. Una música del norte de Illinois comparte sus vínculos especiales con un pionero del área de Rockford. Jane Addams es conocida por muchas cosas. Ella fue la cofundadora de Hull House en Chicago, la primera mujer estadounidense en ganar un Premio Nobel de la Paz y miembro fundadora del National Child Labor Committee, por nombrar sólo algunos.

4 weeks ago | northernpublicradio.org | Yvonne Boose

Welcome to another episode of the Poetically Yours Extended Podcast. This month’s podcast features Esther Belin. Belin is a Diné poet, multi-media artist, and educator. She’s this month’s guest editor of the March issue of the Poetry Foundation Magazine, which focuses on language. We talked about her love of poetry and how it reminds her of her native language. Thanks for listening to another episode of the Poetically Yours Extended Podcast.