Florida lawmakers introduced the Sunshine Protection Act to Congress this week. The legislation would make year-round Daylight Saving Time permanent in the US.
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All Night Jazz: Tommy FlanaganTonight on All Night Jazz, Steve Splane kicks off a weeklong tribute to piano legend Tommy Flanagan.
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The first day of the Gasparilla Music Festival drew a sold-out crowd to Curtis Hixon Park on Saturday. Headliners included the Avett Brothers and 2017 NPR Tiny Desk Contest winners , Tank and the Bangas. But the nonprofit organization that plans and runs the festival also committed 50 percent of the spotlight to local acts.
Florida Matters
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gave an anti-tax, pro-environment State of the State address Tuesday, asking lawmakers to be bold as they tackle issues like education, school safety and health care.
Classical WSMR
Program: Evening Masterwork
Tchaikovsky was pretty busy during the autumn of 1880. He was working on two pieces back-to-back, and to the composer, they were total opposites. One was an overture that he said he wrote “without any warm feelings of love and so, it will probably be of no artistic merit.” That would be his famous 1812 Overture. The other was a beautiful, Mozart-inspired serenade, and this one he seemed to like a...more...
University Beat
A University of South Florida music composition professor's latest work is getting a high-profile debut this week at the hands of the Florida Orchestra . Baljinder Sekhon ’s “Stars” will open a trio of Masterworks Series concerts that also feature Holst’s “The Planets” and Debussy’s “Nocturnes.”
All Night Jazz
Program: All Night Jazz
Tonight on All Night Jazz, the “Other Nine to Five,” Steve Splane kicks off a weeklong tribute to piano legend Tommy Flanagan. Plus he’ll cruise the Caribbean with a visit to St. Thomas on the Jazz Trip @ Ten. Then later, on the Midnight Standard, we’ll hear a version of Misty. The adventure begins tonight at nine on WUSF 89.7.
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