PRE Takes You to the Conventions!

Join Public Radio East as we broadcast live coverage from the 2008 Presidential Conventions! First we travel to Denver, August 25th - 28th, for the Democratic National Convention.  Then we're off to St. Paul, September 1st - 4th, for the Republican National Convention.  Be sure to tune in to the News and Ideas Network for the speeches, the commentary and the analysis during this exciting presidential election!

Looking forward to what's coming up...

...Saturday at 12:30pm on the News and Ideas Network, NPR Weekend Edition entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell is your host for The Treatment.  This week Elvis Mitchell hosts director Susanna White (Bleak House, Jane Eyre) who has directed four episodes of the HBO series Generation Kill, based on the book by Evan Wright. ...Sunday at 10:00am on the News and Ideas Network, join Travel with Rick Steves as they explore Sicily & Germany's Black Forest.  If you like the people and rhythm of Italy you'll love Sicily. Tour guide Alfio di Mauro offers insider tips on getting the most out of a vacation to the frenzied-yet-laid-back island. Also, German tour guide Christoph Dressler tempts Rick with ideas for visiting Germany's Black Forest region, including mineral spas and power hikes. ...Monday, September 1, join the News and Ideas Network at 6:00pm for the special Sand Still In My Shoes.  Capturing that end of summer mood, when we look back on our travel to places that restored our strength, and replenished our souls, while at the same time reluctantly let go of our summer selves and shift toward the regular rhythms of work, school, and home.  This Sunday on An Evening with the Jazzman, Tom welcomes Lee Mergner, Editor and Publisher of Jazz Times magazine to the program. Lee will be bringing with him future releases for the next few months. Tom will showcase those discs and, with Lee, tell you more about the artists. An Evening of Jazz Talk with Tom the Jazzman and Jazz Times publisher Lee Mergner this Sunday on an Evening with the Jazzman Sunday 6-11 pm on all the Public Radio East stations.

Coming up on Public Radio East

Coming soon to Morning Edition... A recent report issued by the Southern Aids Coalition discusses an alarming increase in cases of HIV and AIDS in the south.  Public Radio East’s Megen George recently spoke with Dr. Diane Campbell with the Brody School of Medicine.  Dr. Campbell says the epidemic facing the Southern Region of the US is reflected in Eastern North Carolina. You can hear the story Wednesday, 8/20 at 7:40 am during Morning Edition on Public Radio East. Coming soon... Libertarian Mike Munger is a candidate for Governor. We'll talk with the Duke University professor. Coming soon... The price of gas and groceries aren't the only things on the rise.  The cost of childcare is going up as well.  We'll hear a report from PRE's Megen George.   This week on The Down East Journal... Cases of AIDS and HIV in Eastern North Carolina are at epidemic proportions.  We’ll learn the reasons behind the high numbers.  Explosive growth of aquatic plants in the Trent River has some concerned about the health of the river.     Those stories and the weekly arts calendar, this week, on The Down East Journal.  Fridays at noon on all of the Public Radio East Stations and Saturdays at noon on the News and Ideas Network. On Classical Music for Eastern North Carolina at 89.3... Public Radio East, presenting the MTT Files, Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT).  In this series, Michael will metaphorically pull out some of his "files" files full of ideas about music and art, and reminiscences of the legendary artists he's known throughout his career.  Catch MTT Files Saturdays at 1:00pm on 89.3 throughout eastern North Carolina and on 88.5 in Swanquarter, NC. The great Austrian composer Gustav Mahler completed nine symphonies, most of which are more than an hour in length.  On this week's "Complete Work," Public Radio East music director Sefton Wiggs will present Mahler's Symphony No. 7.  First heard in September of 1908, this work is sometimes known as "Song of the Night" because the second and fourth movements of the five-movement work are called "Night Music."  Listen at 8pm on Tuesday August 19 for this beautiful example of late Romanticism in a recording with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yoel Levi.

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