KNAU update for Sept. 27 — Pledge Drive Lite, Chaco Canyon Chocolate, and more

Immediately following Morning Edition today we will draw for the George Averbeck Sacred Datura Glass Vase. Contribute now for a chance to win this amazing vase at KNAU.org.

We are wrapping up week two of KNAU’s Fall Fundraiser- thank you to all the listeners from across the region who have called, gone online and sent back their mailer. Because of your support we have under 10K to go to reach the $185K goal. This goal directly reflects the costs to bring you the programming you turn to daily.

In this week’s Poetry Friday segment, Rick Abasta reads “Jackpot” from his collection “All Eyes on Me.” It’s a stark look at the double-edged sword of tribal casinos. Learn more at KNAU.org.

Sunday at noon, right after Sunday Baroque, listen for a selection of recent recordings made at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on Arizona Encore. The program includes an arrangement of Beethoven’s Fur Elise by the Canadian Brass, Cesar Franck’s Piano Quintet in f minor, and violinist Daniel Hope playing a Bach Violin Sonata.

Arizona Encore, Sunday at noon on Classical KNAU with a repeat Tuesday evening at seven.

Monday evening on Symphony Night, the world-renowned Chicago Symphony sticks pretty much to the 20^th century with compositions by Aaron Copland, Frank Bridge, Sergei Prokofiev and a world premiere by French composer Bruno Mantovani.

CSO guest conductor Marin Alsop welcomes Daniil Trifonov for his reading of Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto … and as you can see, she’s a very busy musician.

Tune to Classical KNAU Monday evening at seven for Symphony Night with the Chicago Symphony.

Live music Sunday: NAU faculty clarinetist Cris Inguanti at Kitt Recital Hall. His program of woodwind chamber music includes music by Malcom Arnold, Elliott Carter, Madeleine Dring, Jean-Michel Damase, and Camille Saint-Saens. Kitt Recital Hall 4pm.

A new study by The Nature Conservancy shows forest thinning and prescribed burns cause a short-term loss of carbon to the atmosphere, but save carbon in the long run. Learn more at KNAU.org.

In May 1902, a young man with a black beard and tousled hair, stood beside the Muddy River in a place later submerged by the waters of Lake Mead. Leslie Goodding inspected an unusual willow tree there—shrubby with long, slender branches and festooned with dangling, pale-yellow catkins. Learn more at KNAU.org.

Chaco Canyon has fueled scientific curiosity for more than a century, with each discovery made at the world heritage site spurring only more questions about the people who lived there. One thing is for sure: chocolate was part of life at the once-bustling ceremonial and economic hub. Learn more at KNAU.org.