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MIDWEST BEAT with Tom LoungesTUESDAY, MARCH 10th89.1FM-LAKESHORE PUBLIC RADIOstreaming: www.lakeshorepublicmedia.orgMusical Guest: LIZ BERG of THE GALWAY GALSTONIGHT'S PROGRAM welcomes musical guest LIZ BERG of Chicago Celtic music group THE GALWAY GALS to talk about the performance they are bringing to downtown Crown Point on Tuesday, March 17th.GALWAY GALS will be the pre-Twilight Parade entertainment and perform vintage and contemporary Celtic/Irish music from 4-6:30pm in front of the historic County Courthouse in the Square. They will play traditional Irish reels, jigs and sea shanties, along with unique treatments of such modern Irish/Scottish rock and pop artists as The Cranberries, Thin Lizzy, U2, Annie Lennox, and Van Morrison, among others.

Lakeshore PBS will premiere the 8th season of the hit topics-based nationally syndicated ‘Whitney Reynolds Show’ Monday, October 21, 2024 at 6:30 pm. Whitney Reynolds joins us to give a sneak peek of the upcoming season. Historically, The presidential election has an impact on the markets, both in the weeks leading up to and after election day. As another heated election inches closer, Northwest Indiana financial advisor Greg Hammer believes investors can take steps to protect their portfolio, regardless of the political headlines. But up first, we’ll speak to Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch as she tours the Hoosier state advocating for early childhood development, road safety and mental health services. All of that on this edition of Regionally Speaking.

A Puerto Rican singer feels like a clam, an Argentine indie rocker's ode to a woman as deep as the Western Pacific, and a Brazilian legend who is ready to navigate the stormy sea. We're in a maritime mood this week, spinning records that are as cool and deep as diving into the ocean.

About a dozen former officials warn that President Trump is using clearances to stifle free speech. Trump said Friday that he is also likely to revoke clearance for a top Justice Department official.

NPR Music remembers musicians — singers, songwriters, instrumentalists — and other visionaries we lost in 2016. Explore and celebrate their musical legacies.

This week on ART ON THE AIR we feature award winning author Sharon Biggs Waller, Art Z featured artist Jackie Kalin, and Spotlight on South Bend ’s For the Love of Art Fair in March.

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss March Madness, the new world of paid college athletes, and bobblehead crime.

The Feeling of Jazz, Program No. 147 originally airing October 20, 2013 and airing again January 23, 2022, featured a spotlight on American jazz trumpeter and composer Clifford Benjamin Brown (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956) and jazz drummer and composer Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007), in music presented by Kent Lindquist. Meanwhile, co-host Bill Satterlee presented music from artists like Debbie Keeton, Chet Baker, George Shearing and more. Engineered by Dave Woodworth.

The Feeling of Jazz, Program No. 458 airing May 22, 2022 featured a second installment of Jazz Stars playing the Jerome Kern Songbook, that is the compositions of Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945), in music presented by co-host Kent Lindquist. Meanwhile, co-host Al Corns featured other main stream jazz artists like Jo Jones, Vince Guaraldi, Count Basie and more. Engineered by Dave Woodworth.

Simone Popperl is an editor for NPR's Morning Edition and Up First. She joined the network in March 2019, and since then has pitched and edited stories on everything from the legacy of burn pits in Iraq, to never-ending "infrastructure week," to California towns grappling with climate change, to American alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin's ascendance to the top of her sport. She led Noel King's reporting on the early days of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Steve Inskeep's reporting from swing states in the lead up to the 2020 Presidential Election, and Leila Fadel's field reporting from Kentucky on the end of Roe v. Wade.