The Nathan B. Stubblefield Foundation, license holders of WMNF Community Radio, meets on the 3rd Monday of every month (except for December). The meeting begins at 7:15pm at WMNF’s studios. WMNF is located at 1210 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Tampa, 33603. Please call 813.238.8001 if you need more information. The meetings are… Read more »
A Conversation With Mr. B on Life Elsewhere
By the age of eleven, he planned to be a graphic designer or a radio announcer. Then, Elvis changed his life. Music became a passion. He was there, the night Andrew Oldham discovered the Stones. At art school, he learnt about the Blues, R & B, Soul and Reggae. A visit to New York in ’74 found him… Read more »
A Conversation With James McMurtry On The Next Tuesday Morning Show
On the next Tuesday Morning Show, I’ll air my conversation with James McMurtry. He returns to Skippers Smokehouse November 14 for WMNF. It’s a wide-ranging discussion that touches on, among other topics, his approach to songwriting and creating characters, family and relationships, surviving as a musician in an age of music streaming, and the Florida… Read more »
Listeners Request’s on Life Elsewhere
When the killing of Cecil the lion made headlines, Norman B immediately contacted Gareth Patterson, the acclaimed authority on African wildlife. The resulting interview received numerous compliments, and generated a flood of requests to hear it again. Speaking from his home in South Africa, Gareth explains the truth about the luring of lions like Cecil, to be killed by trophy hunters and the… Read more »
A Halloween Celebration on Morning Energy!!!
HALLOWEEN is just around the corner!!!! Join me, Renna your Radio Flayme for a musical journey about HALLOWEEN this Friday morning!….Some of the topics of discussion will include: Helping people overcome the fear of HALLOWEEN, the dangers of HALLOWEEN make-up, appropriate costumes for work, HALLOWEEN costumes to avoid and why some feel as if HALLOWEEN… Read more »
Local Sustainable Events
On today’s WMNF 88.5 FM Sustainable Living program we talked about two events involving sustainable food and local students taking place in the next couple of weeks. The Temple Terrace Farm 2 School is teaming up with the Temple Terrace Arts Council and Greco Middle School culinary and agriculture students to help raise funds for… Read more »
The Glory of the Ukulele – updated with video!
“If everyone played the ukulele, the world would be a better place.” Jake Shimabukuro The world will be a slightly better place, or at least New World Brewery will be a better place on Saturday night for WMNF’s first ever ukelele festival, Uke It Out. What makes Flea, our music director, host of Monday’s It’s the… Read more »
Authors Diane Roberts and Cynthia Barnett on Women’s POV 10/22
This Saturday, October 24 USF St. Pete will be hosting The Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading from 10 AM – 4 PM. It is truly an extraordinary opportunity to meet and hear a plethora of authors – and there is a Q and A after each presentation so you can ask your own questions. The… Read more »
Art in Your Ear on Women Literally Making their Marks – Print Show at the MFA
On Art in Your Ear (10/16/15) we spoke with the lead people who put together the new show at the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Pete, Marks Made: Prints by American Women Artists from the 1960s to the Present. Easily the best show I have seen in a long time, Marks Made brings together work from… Read more »
Surface Noise Salutes Lou!
As we near the two-year anniversary of the passing of the iconic and iconoclastic Lou Reed, Surface Noise salutes the Velvet Underground leader and super solo artist. Surface Noise misses you, Lou! www.wmnf.org/events/programs/surface-noise
Interviews With Authors
In the latest edition of Life Elsewhere, Norman B reviews some of his favorite books, authors and interviews. 1. Rebecca Scherm is the author of Unbecoming, a remarkable and moving debut novel, “It’s a thriller, a psychological study, a love story and disquietingly disturbing as it is brilliant!” says Norman B. Rebecca reads from her book and explains how her fascination with Grace Kelly molded her femme fatale, noir-like… Read more »
Domestic Violence Awareness on Morning Energy
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS on MORNING ENERGY….October is national Domestic Violence Month. The purpose of this month is for advocates to connect across the nation who are working to end violence. On MORNING ENERGY, we will be diving deeper into this topic through music and useful information. Some of the topics of discussion will include: Defining… Read more »
