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The WHQR Fall Drive 2023 - Phone Teams

The Annual Meeting of Friends of Public Radio will be held on Monday, June 26, at 6pm in the MC Erny Gallery at WHQR, 254 North Front Street Suite 300 in Wilmington. We hope you are able to join us.The formal business of the meeting will be to elect new Board members for a 3-year term through June 30, 2026. All WHQR members in good standing (those who have made a donation during the 2021-2022 fiscal year) may vote. We'll also hear reports from the Board and station management on this historic past year's events and plans for the future. As always, there will be time for public comment.Refreshments will be served as we celebrate the past and look toward the future of your public radio station. Please join us. RSVP to join us in person by emailing rsvp@whqr.org - let us know how many people will be attending.

This week, Rhonda talks with Mike Williams, curator of the exhibit "Continuum of Change", part of Initiative 1897, and one of 18 arts venues participating in Fourth Friday Gallery Night on July 23 in downtown Wilmington.

On Monday, July 12th, host Ben Steelman of the Star News will sit down (virtually) with author Lee Zacharias to discuss her new book, "What a Wonderful World This Could Be."

How does the HQR Newsroom work? The new monthly virtual event, Ask The Newsroom, answers your questions. Join us for a live zoom every fourth Wednesday featuring the WHQR News staff. Station Manager Kurt Wilson moderates the discussion. HQR News staff guests may include: Rachel Lewis Hilburn, Ben Schachtman, Hannah Breisinger, Rachel Keith, Kelly Kenoyer, Ken Campbell, Doc Jarden, Katelyn Freund, Rhonda Bellamy, and special guests.

On this episode of Around Town, Rhonda speaks with Nancy King, artistic director of Opera Wilmington, and accompanist Jerald Shynett, who talk about the Great American Songbook concert on Sunday, May 16, at 3:00 in the courtyard of Cameron Art Museum.

On this episode of Around Town, Rhonda speaks with Gareth Evans, director of the Bellamy Mansion, and Primus Robinson, president of the Cape Fear Jazz Society, who talk about Jazz at the Mansion, a summer jazz series that kicks off on May 13 with contemporary jazz quartet Burning Bridges.

In this series, we're catching up with some of the UNCW/WHQR past Graduate Fellows. Next up is Michelle Billman! Michelle joined WHQR as a graduate news…

In this series, we're catching up with some of the UNCW/WHQR past Graduate Fellows. Next up is Michelle Crouch. Michelle was the Member Services Fellow…