Recess Monkey, Northwest Quilts, and the Future of Robots
Megan Sukys/Dave Beck
01/22/2008
At 2:08 p.m. – Recess Monkey
If you want kids to learn, first you have to get their attention. Jack Forman, Drew Holloway, and Daron Henry have found a way to do just that. All three are local elementary school teachers and members of the Seattle band Recess Monkey. Their music gets both parents and kids dancing along, but more importantly, it keeps students engaged in the classroom lessons – from solving math equations to painting pet rocks.
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At 2:20 p.m. – The Language of Quilting
Quilts are for the bed. Unless, they hang on the walls in museums and galleries. The art of quilting has come a long way. Gwen Maxwell Williams is a founding member of the Pacific Northwest African American Quilters. She shares how she got into the quilting and why it's not just for old ladies or people in the rural South.
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At 2:40 p.m. – Gavin Borchert
Today, classical music critic Gavin Borchert shares highlights from Penderecki: Symphony no. 8, Lieder der Vergänglichkeit ("Songs of Transience"); Dies irae; Aus den Psalmen Davids. Recently the Polish modernist has turned from his sonically explosive style of the '50s and '60s to a lusher palette, composing large orchestral works which in some places seem to pick up where Berg or even Mahler left off. His gorgeous Symphony no. 8 (2005) is a song–cycle of poems by various German poets (Goethe, Rilke, Hesse) set for three soloists, choir, and orchestra. He composed Dies irae in 1967 for the dedication of the International Monument to the Victims of Fascism at Auschwitz, and his Aus den Psalmen Davids for choir and percussion dates from 1958.
At 2:50 p.m. – Using Robots To Help Humans
The human hand is capable of more delicate movement than comparable organs of any other animal. It can wield a tool or weapon as easily as it can make a subtle gesture. So when a human loses her hand, she's lost a remarkable implement. Yoky Matsuoka wants to ensure a loss like that isn't permanent. She runs the Neurobiotics Lab at the University of Washington. That's where she and her staff build robots that function like hands and other human body parts. Jeannie Yandel takes a tour of the lab.
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