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Discover your new favorite Indiana beverages!
Join Ball State PBS and Indiana Public Radio for the inaugural Public Media Pours, featuring tastings from 13 Indiana breweries, distillers and winemakers, plus:
– Chef Jason Reynolds, Jeff Clark and Deric Stuffel, whiskey experts and creators of A Taste for Whiskey
– Frank Reber from The Caffeinery
– 1925 PubHouse pub treats
– The Mason+Vaughn Project performing live
Saturday, April 11, 3-6 p.m. at Cornerstone Center for the Arts
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Thank you!
We are absolutely astonished! You all blew us away with your generous gifts, and the students couldn't be more thankful! You all helped us a reach a grand total of $12,639 for the Ball State Public Media PMX Program! 🎁 🎉
Stay tuned to our socials because we still have those gift challenges coming up. We are just as excited you guys to see Luke Jones get pied 🥧 and to see if Daniel and Duncan can survive a spicy chicken gauntlet 🥵
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Watch the first installment of new IPR series "Hoosier Matters"
Making your voice heard just got a lot easier. 📢 Delaware County is introducing Vote Centers for the upcoming primaries, are you registered? 🗳️ You can still register to vote in the primaries by April 6 at indianavoters.in.gov.
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Independent Lens: "The Tallest Dwarf"
The Tallest Dwarf follows filmmaker Julie Forrest Wyman as she searches for her place in the little people community and unpacks rumors of dwarfism in her own family. Through intimate stories, creative collaborations, and archival history, the film delves into identity and medicine, asking whether society should change people or the structures that limit them.
Monday, April 6 at 10 p.m. on Ball State PBS
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Lucy Worley Investigates: The American Revolution
In the first episode of the new season, Lucy Worsley investigates one of history’s most explosive break-ups: the 18th century split between Britain and its 13 North American colonies.
Tuesday, April 7 at 9 p.m. on Ball State PBS
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Becoming Elephant: The Orphans of Reteti "Baby Steps"
In the remote wilds of northern Kenya, follow the remarkable journey of orphaned elephants at Reteti, the first community-owned elephant sanctuary in Africa. Raised by Samburu keepers who act as surrogate parents, these elephants, many rescued from poaching, drought, or human-wildlife conflict, are nurtured back to health and prepared for life in the wild.
Wednesday, April 8 at 8 p.m. on Ball State PBS
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Our New World "Episode 2: A Wild Renaissance"
Five ecosystems are reshaped by climate change. Ice fields and underwater forests vanish, replaced by new ecosystems. Humans and animals must adapt as nature transforms at unprecedented speed.
Wednesday, April 8 at 10 p.m. on Ball State PBS
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Pop of Culture
On the latest episode, we get a taste of culinary offerings in ECI: Prabhu Krishnan welcomes us into Bayleaf Indian restaurant in Muncie; Jeff Clark and chef Jason Reynolds from the video series "A Taste for Whiskey" banter ahead of their educational appearance at Public Media Pours; and Cheryl Crowder (Muncie Downtown Development) and Lindsay Montgomery (Aerial Annex) preview a different beverage-themed event.
Catch up on all episodes here.
Fridays and Saturdays at noon on IPR
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Great Performances "Now Hear This | Brahms: Free But Alone"
Johannes Brahms was a quiet, private person, but he lived a full life, bearing a responsibility he didn’t want, a woman he couldn’t be with, and a legacy he couldn’t live up to. Scott Yoo journeys across Germany with pianist Elisabeth Brauss and cellists Johannes Moser and Max Hornung to find a window into Brahms’ inner life.
Friday, April 10 at 9 p.m. on Ball State PBS
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The Ship That Turned Back
This 29 minute "documemory" follows acclaimed filmmaker Irving Saraf's dramatic childhood escape as a seven-year-old Jewish boy from Nazi-occupied Poland to Palestine. Based on Irving’s memoir and creatively reimagined by filmmaker Allie Light, this hybrid film combines memories, art, dramatic reenactments with family, and children’s drawings of key moments in the boy’s life, alongside archival footage curved to fit the personal arc of Irving’s journey.
Saturday, April 11 at 10 p.m. on Ball State PBS
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Call The Midwife "Season 15, Episode 4"
Sister Catherine is distressed when a newborn baby is taken from the maternity home. Sister Julienne shares some news with the Turners and Sister Veronica about Christopher’s father.
Sunday, April 12 at 8 p.m. on Ball State PBS
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The Count of Monte Cristo "The Red Room"
Five years after reinventing himself as the Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond tracks down the men who betrayed him. Deception lets him enter their social circle, but his beloved Mercedes, now married to Fernand, feels uneasy in his presence.
Sunday, April 12 at 10 p.m. on Ball State PBS
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