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Local businesses offering Write a Will Day
Western Reserve Public Media and LEAVE A LEGACY® Summit/Portage/Medina, partnered with Roetzel to sponsor Write a Will Day next week.

Published in the Akron Beacon Journal, May 13, 2013

'May 4th Voices' play on Channel 49, and other TV highlights for the week
"May 4th Voices" (10 p.m. Friday, WEAO Channel 49): This is a video production of the stage play inspired by first-person narratives about the May 4, 1970, shootings at Kent State University.

Published in The Plain Dealer, April 28, 2013

The To-Do list — week of April 28
"Voices" sneak preview — A video production of the play May 4th Voices will get a free sneak preview at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Kent Stage and then be televised by WNEO/WEAO (Channels 45/49) at 10 p.m. Friday.

Published in the Akron Beacon Journal, April 26, 2013

Kent artist featured on Western Reserve PBS May 3
A documentary about Kent artist Joseph O'Sickey will premiere on Western Reserve PBS (WEAO 49.1) on Friday, May 3, at 9 p.m. The production showcases the remarkable life of the 94-year-old artist, who will receive the 2013 Ohio Governor’s Award for the Arts on May 15.

Posted on Kent Patch, April 15, 2013

The Kent Stage to screen "May 4th Voices"
A preview of the video production “May 4th Voices” will be held on Thursday,May 2, at 7 p.m. at the Kent Stage. The production will premiere on Western Reserve PBS (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1) on Friday, May 3, at 10:30 p.m.

Posted on the Kent State University website on Monday, April 8, 2013

Kent State tragedy told in film and book
David Hassler’s play “May 4th Voices,” which is about the 1970 student protest at Kent State University that turned deadly, premiered on the campus in 2010.

Published in The Vindicator on Thursday, April 25, 2013

Artist Joseph O'Sickey to be Profiled in Western Reserve Public Media Documentary
Kent-based artist Joseph O'Sickey is the subject of an upcoming Western Reserve Public Media documentary.

Posted Wednesday, April 3, 2013, Akron Area Arts Alliance

Western Reserve Public Media is helping to get 'Every Citizen Online'
Western Reserve Public Media in Kent is helping to bring area residents struggling with computer technology up to speed through a free educational course.

Published Monday, April 1, 2013, Record-Courier

PBS offers Earth Day shows in April
Western Reserve PBS (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1) will celebrate Earth Day — April 22 — with the following TV programs about the the natural world, environmental change and green technology.

Published Saturday, March 30, 2013, Youngstown Vindicator