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In 2017, four Black artists bought Simone's childhood home in Tryon, N.C., to save it from demolition. Artists inspired by Simone's music raised close to $6 million to make it into a cultural center.

Wednesday, April 2, 2024. Kermit Poling talks with soprano Janani Sridhar about Dreamscape, a Noel Masterworks Concert - being presented Saturday, April 6, at 2pm, in the Noel Memorial Methodist Church sanctuary. Sridhar! will be accompanied by a 22-piece string orchestra,. She will perform a program of music by Benjamin Britten, Manuel de Falla, and Fernando Obradors. Rebecca Vacha, Noel's Director of Traditional Worship, will also perform music by Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov. Admission is free and childcare is provided.

Thursday, April 4, 2024.. Kermit Poling talks with Seva May, who will be one of the entertainers performing at Shreveport Little Theatre's Curtain Up! gala, Saturday, April 13, 6-10 p.m., at the East Ridge Country Club. Along with an evening of entertainment to support the theatre, the gala will celebrate the retirement of SLT's Managing and Artistic Director Dr. Robert Darrow.

The NFL is planning to open this year's season in Brazil. The Sept. 6 match up between the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles will be the first played in South America.

Host Kermit Poling speaks with jazz artist Kathy Kosins and Robert Alford, about Ms. Kosins' coming performances at LSUS.

In Fat Leonard, journalist Craig Whitlock tells the story of a defense contractor who plied Navy commanders with lavish meals, trips, cash and sex workers. In return they let him overcharge taxpayers.

Schumer, D-N.Y., and other top Democrats sent a letter to President Trump yesterday, laying out tough demands ahead of Trump's summit with North Korea. He talks about them with NPR's Rachel Martin.

As cities continue relaxing shelter-in-place mandates and reopening, sports leagues are cautiously readying to compete again.

The White House is fighting China in trade talks, but a new report found top advisers battled over whether to impose tariffs on Chinese imports. The U.N. warns which species are at risk of extinction.

Most of the focus at the Republican National Convention has been on politicians at the top of the ticket. But Mesa, Arizona Mayor Scott Smith is leading a delegation of mayors to Tampa for the RNC. He talks with host Michel Martin about some of the issues local leaders are hoping the national politicians don't forget.