Pubradio host, Swimmer Diana Nyad progressing in historic swim
“Havana, Cuba (CNN) — Diana Nyad is making good progress in her latest attempt to swim to Florida from Cuba, her crew said Sunday.
‘There’s no stopping her now,’ the crew said on her blog.”
Nyad is a current contributor to public radio station KCRW in Santa Monica, CA, and a former host of the nationally syndicated program “The Savvy Traveler.”
Citizen Kane (1941)
FUN FACT! Orsen Welles was only 25-years-old when he produced, directed, co-wrote, and starred in Citizen Kane. We’re screening his masterpiece this Tuesday for our Cinema Tuesdays series.
Here’s a great review from NPR’s Bob Mondello on the iconic film’s Blu-Ray release last year.
You only have until Sunday, June 17 to submit your ideas for our upcoming placemaking project. TPR wants to know how you would revitalize a public space to make your neighborhood a better community.
We’ve heard some great ideas so far, from a space for mobile food trucks in the Medical Center, to a terrace garden built on the drainage ditch on South Colorado Street between Buena Vista and Ceasar Chavez, to a pop-up used book swap on S.W Military Drive.
What’s your idea?
Five idea will be put up for an online vote next month, and TPR will make the winning idea a reality in September. Submit your idea now on our online interactive map.
Mexican, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Cuban: this is how people of Latin American descent describe themselves. A study by the Pew Hispanic Center shows they want to be known by their country of origin. More than 50 percent of those surveyed do not embrace the terms “‘Latino” and “Hispanic.”
A tornado in the DFW area tossed 18-wheelers yesterday.
A round up of the devastating tornadoes that touched down yesterday in the DFW area, courtesy of KERA in Dallas.
Can beer bolster Texas tourism? Scott Metzger of Free Tail Brewing Co. thinks so.
StateImpact Texas from NPR and our sister stations KUT-Austin and KUHF-Houston have some great interactives on the severity and impact of the drought.
