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The Solar Eclipse Is Coming

The Solar Eclipse is taking place on Monday April 8, 2024. It will be the first eclipse over Ohio since 1806. The Eclipse will take place through Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire, plus tiny parts of Kentucky, Michigan, and Maine between 1PM EDT and 4:30PM EDT. Cities on the Eclipse Path include Dallas, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Buffalo, and the Columbus area.

DO NOT STARE DIRECTLY INTO THE ECLIPSE WITHOUT Official Eclipse Glasses.

Events Include:
COLUMBUS
COSI & Land-Grant at Land-Grant Brewing Company (424 W. Town St., Franklinton)
Columbus Metropolitan Library (96 S. Grant Ave., Discovery District)

DELAWARE
First Friday - "The Space to Be" (April 5 in Downtown Delaware)
Darkness Over Delaware (April 6-8) at Delaware County Fairgrounds

DUBLIN
Viewing Parties at Coffman Park (5200 Emerald Parkway) & Riverside Crossing Park (6635 Riverside Drive)

GROVEPORT
Viewing Party at Kidspace (630 Wirt Road)

HILLIARD
Viewing Party at Hilliard Station Park (4021 Main Street)

NEW ALBANY
Viewing Party at Bevelhymer Park (7860 Bevelhymer Road)

POWELL
Solar-Bration at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium (4850 W. Powell Rd.)

SUNBURY
Viewing Party at Freedom Park (890 State Route 61)

WESTERVILLE
Viewing Party at Hoff Woods Park (556 McCorkle Boulevard)

WHITEHALL
Viewing Party at John Bishop Park (4815 Etna Road)

WORTHINGTON
Viewing Parties at Old Worthington Library (820 High St.) & Northwest Library (2280 Hard Rd.)

Here are links to Eclipse Events near you:
FAQ's (from Upper Arlington) - https://upperarlingtonoh.gov/experience-the-2024-total-solar-eclipse/
Tourism Ohio - https://ohio.org/home/eclipse/eclipse
Columbus Metropolitan Library - https://www.columbuslibrary.org/solar-eclipse-2024/
Experience Columbus - https://www.experiencecolumbus.com/eclipse/

REMEMBER THE LADIES

the following history update is courtesy of:

Wednesdays 7pm anonrocknroll
Thurs 7pm Burners Steel Attention
Sexy Saturdaze 11pm

Daymon Dodson's Aunt....

Angela P. Dodson's Key Moments In the Woman's Voting Movement:

http://anonrockcom.files.wordpress.com/2024/03/bsa-hip-hop-please-watch-...

http://www.c-span.org/video/?432753-2/remember-ladies

Paul Robeson 1958 KPFA Interview

Pacifica's KPFA interviewed Paul Robeson in 1958 about democratic socialism, labor, reconstruction and other subjects.

I played KPFA's Paul Robeson interview from Wes Flexner's Rock N Roll Show 7pm, Wednesdays.

wcrsfm.org/files/01%20paul%20robeson%20weekend.mp3

Giving Tuesday - Donate to WCRS

Today is #GivingTuesday, an online day of giving. Consider a donation to WCRS today. Community Radio does have expenses, from marketing to Tower/Antenna Maintenance, and even licensing fees. No amount is too big or too small.

For more on donating, go to http://www.wcrsfm.org/donate.

Pussy Riots’ Revolution Jam Called Riot Days

Pussy Riot Review :
http://columbusfreepress.com/article/pussy-riot%E2%80%99s-roller-skating...

By
Wes Flexner
92.7 / 98.3
7 pm Wednesday
wes@anonrock.com
columbus community
www.anonrocknroll.com

Pussy Riot performed from the stage at the A+R Bar Sunday after making an announcement
‘Pussy Riots isn’t a punk band. Pussy Riot is a protest performance.’

This didn’t deter a woman wearing a Bikini Kill shirt standing next to me from proclaiming “Pussy Riot is the most Punk Rock thing I’ve ever watched.’

Pussy Riot were performing Riot Days a musical piece which is a book, and movie written by Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina about her stint in Russian prisons for opposing Vladimir Putin.

In 2012, Pussy Riot performed their song, “Punk Prayer” in an Orthodox Russian Church.
“Punk Prayer” isn’t sacrilegious with a King Diamond intent.
“Punk Prayer” invites Catholic women into opposition of Vladimir Putin.

Pussy Riot’s singer was sent into Siberia after approaching Judy Chicago’s conversation about female divinity while opposing Putin.

At first, you might question why would Putin respond if some band didn’t like him?
250 people in Columbus, Ohio were at Sunday’s show.
I saw a woman wearing a La Tigre shirt.
Even with a Diplo remix. I would assume Putin wouldn’t worry about the Riot Grrl movement finding a dislike for Putin.

Prior to Riot Days’ performance, Riot Day’s director took the stage.

Riot Days’ director said Putin’s disdain for Pussy Riot started with Pussy Riot spray painting a penis on a bridge which was outside of the KGB in Russia.
I realized why Pussy Riot irritated Putin.

Russia’s Orthodox Church invited Pussy Riot for a performance from women who insulted Putin with vandalism.

We are back on the air on 98.3

Thanks to everyone who donated to our GoFundMe, we are now back on the air on both 98.3 and 92.7FM.

We are now broadcasting on 98.3FM from a tower located near 71 and Hudson St with a directional antenna pointing west. So you should be able to hear us best on the North Side and especially the campus area.

Shout out to the Ohio Link Network who helped us with the antenna installation.

WCRS temporarily going off the air on 98.3

On the weekend of March 10th 98.3 FM will be temporarily going off the air as we work on moving our translator to a new location. We could be off the air for a few months but will stay broadcasting on 92.7 & streaming here at wcrsfm.org.

Please donate if you haven't already to our gofundme to help us cover the engineering and equipment costs associated with the move. Much appreciation to all of those of you who have donated already. As of 2/8/23 we have raised 2.7K out of the 10K we aim to raise.

Help WCRS Move Our Tower & Keep 98.3 On Air!

WCRS-LP FM -- Columbus's community-powered radio station! -- needs to move our 98.3 transmitter tower in order to keep our 98.3 signal on the air ... so we can keep providing people-powered radio to communities in downtown, West, South, & parts of East Columbus! For the last decade+, we've been bringing you all of the weird, eclectic goodness of people-powered local radio programming: from talk to music to reportage to everything in between. Please help keep us on the air, & preserve our coverage across most of the greater Columbus area!

Visit the GoFundMe page to donate.

JAMES GANG VETS-AID CONCERT REVIEW

http://columbusfreepress.com/article/anonrocknroll-presents-bus-stile-activities-james-gang’s-columbus-ohio-vetsaid-concert

Wednesdays ANONROCKNROLL 7pm

photo credit Ron Valle

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