WWFM - Site Search

The Sunday Opera: Bright Sheng's "The Dream of the Red Chamber" from the San Francisco Opera

An opera based on an 18th century Chinese work called the “pinnacle of Chinese fiction” by Bright Sheng and David Henry Hwang is this week’s Sunday Opera…

Lara (Victor Polster) is impatient to become the girl she knows herself to be, in Lukas Dhont's <em>Girl</em>.

'Girl': Belgian Drama About A Young Trans Ballet Student Is On Point

A precise performance from young Victor Polster grounds this closely observed tale of Lara, a trans girl impatient with the process of transition.

Picture Perfect: November 16 - Family, Community and Country

There’s more to Thanksgiving than turkey and football. We’ll hear music from movies reflective of what’s best in human nature and most admirable in the…

This Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo provided by the Jefferson Police Department shows the scene of an accidental shooting in Jefferson, Ga. Jaxon White had turned 3 two days earlier. His parents, Wendy Brock and Roger White Jr., were washing Rogers pickup in the driveway. The boy climbed in the open drivers side door, found the handgun his father kept in the center console and stood on the seat. His father, nearby, screamed the boys name to tell him to put down the gun, as Jaxon looked down the barrel. Then, a loud pop. The boy collapsed from a gunshot wound to the head. His pulse stopped in an ambulance. (Jefferson Police Department via AP)

Doctors Take On Gun Violence, NRA Pushes Back: A New Battle Over Policy

A major doctors' group demands immediate action on gun violence, calling it a public health crisis. The National Rifle Association demands doctors “stay in their lane.”

Marc-André Hamelin Visits Between the Keys December 4th

This week on the ASCAP Deems Taylor Virgil Thomson Award winning program Between the Keys, The Classical Network's Artist-in-Residence Jed Distler catches…

This Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, file photo shows a frozen section of the Ross Sea at the Scott Base in Antarctica. (Mark Ralston/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Traversing Antarctica: Stories Of Crossing The Continent Unaided

Cold, alone and at the bottom of the world. We’ll hear the stories of the men who’ve sought to walk, unaided, across Antarctica.

Inmates wait to enter their assigned cell block after arriving at the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy, Calif in Feb. 20, 2014. (Rich Pedroncelli, File/AP)

With Trump's Endorsement, What's Next For Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Bill?

President Trump throws his support behind a rewrite of federal sentencing laws. What’s brought us to this point where politicians from both sides of the aisle are pushing for criminal justice reform?

The Piano Matters: Nov. 14

Distant Mirror: Nov. 30 - Renaissance Instrumental Music

The Folger Consort visits Distant Mirror Friday night with a program of Renaissance instrumental music from their CD Playing with Fire: Fiery…

"Why We Dream — The Transformative Power Of Our Nightly Journey," by Alice Robb. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

In Your Dreams: New Book Goes Inside 'The Transformative Power Of Our Nightly Journey'

Why do we dream? To defrag the brain? Unbound our unconscious? There’s new science on the purpose of our nightly journeys.

Search results for