WAMU 88.5 : Community

Community

September 2, 2011

WAMU 88.5 wants to be where you are, whenever you need news and information about the world and your community. We also want to provide space to talk about the day's events with other news junkies in the most news-saturated city in America. Join us and other public radio fans on-air, online, and on your mobile device.

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Twitter

WAMU 88.5 is on Twitter! Stay up-to-the-minute by following the feeds for WAMU 88.5, The Diane Rehm Show, and The Kojo Nnamdi Show – and pose questions (of 140 characters or less, naturally) for both talk shows. You can also follow our newsroom and send news tips and story ideas to @wamu885news.

Find Us On Facebook

Facebook

Find WAMU 88.5 on Facebook for program updates, podcasts, and a place to share what you think about the station and our shows. You can also find The Diane Rehm Show and The Kojo Nnamdi Show on Facebook, too.

YouTube

YouTube

Watch behind-the-scenes interviews with WAMU 88.5's on-air staff.

Community Minute

Learn more about organizations working to make a difference in our offline, bricks-and-mortar community.

Calendar

Check in on WAMU 88.5-sponsored events and special programs we air.

Community Council

Learn more about our citizen advisory board and its activities.

Support WAMU 88.5

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Board of Trustees Public Meeting

American University's Board of Trustees subcommittee on WAMU 88.5 will hold a meeting at 2 p.m., Friday, Sept. 27. the meeting will take place in the Abramson Family Recital Hall of at the Katzen Arts Center, located at 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C. This meeting of the subcommittee is open to the public. Questions can be directed to aubot@american.edu

Arts & Culture

NPR

The Fat Lady Sings For New York City Opera

The New York City Opera will close its doors this month after 70 years of production. Guest host Celeste Headlee talks to composer Anthony Davis whose work X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X premiered at the opera almost 30 years ago.

Food

NPR

Labor-Starved Pear Farmers Buckle Under Bumper Crop

The Pacific Northwest grows the majority of the nation's pears, and this year's harvest is predicted to be the third-largest in history. But farmers are facing a shortfall that's been plaguing many agricultural industries: not enough workers to pick the fruit.

Politics

NPR

Has The US Forgotten Egypt?

Political unrest in Egypt might seem low on the list of concerns for the U.S. government. But one commentator says the situation there needs to be dealt with swiftly. Guest host Celeste Headlee speaks with Shadi Hamid, of the Brookings Doha Center, about the risks of forgetting Egypt.

Technology

NPR

Wanted: A New Generation Of High-Tech Aviation Workers

Millions of U.S. factory jobs have been lost in the past decade. Now, in North Carolina, high school students are being encouraged to think about taking manufacturing jobs. But this isn't the furniture-making or textile labor of generations past — it's a new kind of highly technical work in aviation.