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Population Media Center Wins Award

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A non-profit located in Vermont has been honored for its work making a difference in some two dozen countries around the world. The Shelburne-based Population Media Center recently received a Peter F. Drucker Award granted to social organizations that demonstrate innovation and positive change in peoples’ lives.
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Vermont Lags Nation In Charitable Donations

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As 2009 ends, charitable organizations across Vermont are hoping that donors will take a last chance to be generous-and perhaps get a tax break or two.  But a new report puts the state near the bottom in the nation when it comes to the number of dollars donated per capita. And yet, the tough economy is also showing a surprising silver lining.
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Passenger Rail Expansion Tied To Stimulus

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Vermont transportation officials should learn within the next few months whether they will receive a $73 million federal grant that could help expand passenger rail service from Rutland to Burlington.
In Concert @ 8

Live at the Concertgebouw

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Antonio Pappano conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in music of Ligeti, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Leif Ove Andsnes, and the Symphony No. 2 of Sibelius.
Jazz with George Thomas

Jazz: Earl Hines, Michel Petrucciani, Sam Coslow

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We begin with Cocktails For Two, written by Sam Coslow who was born December 28, 1902 and move through pianist & composer Earl Hines’ work with Louis Armstrong in 1928 to his great solo and trio recording done in the 60’s & 70’s. Pianist Michel Petrucciani, also born on this date, gives us a virtuoso reading of Billy Strayhorn’s Take The A Train.