Transmission Arts Book (PAJ Publications 2010)

Jan. 1, 2009 – Dec. 1, 2010

(free103point9 Project)

Transmission Arts, edited by Galen Joseph-Hunter, with Penny Duff and Maria Papadomanolaki. To be published by PAJ Publications 2010.

We are excited to announce that Transmission Arts will be published by the venerable and respected publisher PAJ Publications next year. The book will feature 150 transmission artists and works spanning early radio experiments of the 1880s up to contemporary artists. Each artist will be represented by an individual work and biography. Essays will place the genre of "transmission arts" in a historical context, laying the groundwork for the definition of a new art genre. The volume will be organized in sections dealing with radio broadcast, sound installation, performance, web-based projects, public works, and composition.

WGXC Les Paul guitar raffle

Jan. 7, 2010 – March 17, 2010: 11 p.m.

(free103point9 Event, WGXC 90.7-FM community radio event)

Win a Les Paul Gibson guitar and help bring community radio to Greene and Columbia counties? Stop by Musica (17 N. 4th St. in Hudson, NY). Raffle tickets for the cherry sunburst guitar are $5 at Musica, and selected WGXC events, or $20 for five tickets. The drawing will be held on March 17, 2010. Buy raffle tickets online here, and online sales end March 16, 2010. More

WGXC Artists' Postcard Benefit

Feb. 14, 2010 – March 31, 2010

(WGXC 90.7-FM community radio event)

Nancy Azara, Isabel Barton, Peter Barton, Doug Beube, Darla Bjork, Victoria Brill, Carl Van Brunt, Dina Bursztyn, David Chambard, Sue Daley, Richard Edelman, Kico Govantes, Mimi Graminski, Steve Gross, Jen Harris, Jan Harrison, Peter Head, Julie Hedrick, James Holl, Rainer Judd, Lisa LaMonica, Ken Landauer, Gay Leonhardt, Norm Magnusson, Paul Matthews, T.P. Moynihan, Portia Munson, Rossi, Lora Shelley, Slink Moss, Deirdre Swords, Susan Wides

Postcard sized artworks are available by artists in support of WGXC. Each card is for sale for $50 (+ $4 sales tax.) Please contact Galen Joseph-Hunter at galen @ wgxc.org or 518-622-2598 to confirm that the work you are interested in is still available and for purchasing instructions.

WGXC is a community-run media project, re-envisioning radio as an innovative platform for local participation. Our inclusive programming connects diverse voices, and distributes information across the public spectrum in New York's Greene and Columbia counties. This multi-faceted project will be much more than just a radio station. With studios in Catskill, Cairo, and Hudson, WGXC activities will include special exhibitions and events, workshops and media training for youth and adults, a news blog with writing and photography, and a local calendar of events, meetings, and other resources.

WGXC volunteers are working hard to launch a 3,300-watt community radio station. More than 78,000 people throughout Greene and Columbia counties will be able to receive the signal on 90.7-FM. WGXC received its license from the FCC and a grant from the US Commerce Dept that will cover 50 percent of our equipment needs. We now need to raise matching funds in order to get on the air.

Experimental Intermedia 2010 Performance Series

March 5, 2010 – March 26, 2010

Experimental Intermedia
224 Centre St
at Grand St., 3rd floor
Manhattan, NY
United States
212-431-5127

(free103point9 Online Radio Event)

Seth Cluett

The Thirty-Seventh Anniversary of EI performances at 224 Centre Street, the Forty-second Anniversary of the Founding of Experimental Intermedia, the Forty-second Anniversary of the 224 Centre Street loft, and, not least, The Twentieth Annual Festival with no fancy name, Part Two (or B). Phill Niblock, curator.

Jon Rose (Australia) Friday March 5
Jennifer Walshe (Ireland) Wednesday 17
Seth Cluett (USA) Thursday 18
Bonnie Jones (Baltimore) and Richard Garet (New York City) Friday 19
Screen Compositions 6, curated by Katherine Liberovskaya Monday 22
Tom Johnson (Paris) Tuesday 23
Ignaz Schick and Margareth Kammerer (Berlin) Wednesday 24
Taka Iimura and Haruyuki Suzuki (Japan) Friday 26

All of the EI March concerts are being streamed on free103point9 Online Radio; to hear the live stream during the posted events: www.free103point9.org (we start at about 9:30, to stream). Tune in at www.free103point9.org. More

Postcards from Gowanus

March 17, 2010: noon – March 19, 2010: 9 p.m.

(free103point9 Sponsored Event)

Postcards from Gowanus is a creative research program exploring a multitude of approaches to mapping Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood.

An exhibit and radio narrowcast will occur at Cabinet’s gallery space March 17-19, with a closing reception and performances on Friday, March 19 from 6-9pm.

Village of Catskill Candidate Forum

March 20, 2010: 10:30 a.m.

Catskill Community Center
344 Main St.
Catskill, NY 12414
518-719-8244

(free103point9 Event, free103point9 Online Radio Event, WGXC 90.7-FM community radio event)

WGXC and the Mid Hudson League of Women Voters will host a "Meet the Candidates" forum at 10:30 a.m. Sat. March 20 at the Catskill Community Center for politicians running in Village of Catskill elections.

WGXC will air the forum live on an internet web stream at www.wgxc.org, and is inviting all members of the local media to cover the event. Recordings of the events will be posted as quickly as possible here and at www.wgxc.org.

For more information:
Fawn Potash/League of Women Voters, 518-929-5764, fawnpotash@yahoo.com

Basic Political Debate/Meet the Candidates Event Format

Event should be no more than 90 minutes long. Candidates need to arrive 15 minutes before start of event. Substitute speakers are not permitted. No campaign literature or materials will be allowed inside the room.

Lots will be drawn in advance to determine the order of speakers for opening remarks. Moderator will be introduced by the sponsoring organization’s spokesperson. Moderator will introduce panel members and go over the rules. Each candidate will have a 3-minute opening statement.

Audience members will be asked to silence all electronic devices. The audience will be provided with index cards/writing implements with which to write questions.
1. No statements
2. No personal remarks
3. All questions must be legible
4. The moderator will choose questions and paraphrase for clarity/appropriateness.

The candidates will have one minute (or two, depending on number of candidates and time available) to answer. The moderator will call on candidates in succeeding order to answer. The moderator has the right to rule on all questions. No one else will be permitted to see the questions before, during or after the event. [Candidates should be reminded that they may take notes and cover issues/comments they missed during the Q&A as part of their closing statement.]

Depending on time available, questions may be permitted from the floor. Questions will be limited to one minute and will be answered as above. The same rules apply as with written questions. Each candidate may have a 2 or 3-minute closing statement.

The moderator will close the event and invite members of the audience to remain in order to have personal conversations with the candidates (must be agreed upon in advance by candidates).

SPEAKING TIME WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE OTHER CANDIDATES AND THE AUDIENCE’S RIGHT TO HEAR ALL CANDIDATES SPEAK.

Candidates are encouraged to bring campaign literature. A table should be set up outside the room for the purpose of distributing the literature. Each candidate will be permitted to display a packet of flyers, position papers, and letters of endorsement or other campaign material. However, each candidate will be allowed only ONE stack of information on the table unless the organizer permits more. More

Talent Show

March 26, 2010: 6:15 p.m.

(free103point9 Event, free103point9 Online Radio Event, WGXC 90.7-FM community radio event)

The Cairo Public Library and WGXC are holding a co-benefit Talent Show Friday, March 26 at Cairo Elementary School, on Main St. in Cairo from 6:15 p.m. All types of performers are welcome -- musicians, jugglers, dancers, mimes, rope tricks, poetry readers, whatever talent you have. $1 registration fee for performers, $2 for bands/groups. You must register in advance and attend mandatory rehearsal Friday, March 19. Talent Show will be MC'd by Mr. Bill Lawrence, Greene County Legislator for Cairo, and former science teacher at Cairo High. Mark Patton will also perform music at the beginning of the show. The Pipe Band of Greene County will perform halfway through the show, led by Pipe Major John Gallagher. $5 admission to attend. The Cairo Library will also have a raffle, and WGXC will sign-up new Founding Members of the community radio station, and sell t-shirts and bumper stickers. Call 622-9864 for more information.