Renew Early: Win an iPad: Early Bird gets the iPad! Renew your membership or become a new member before our fundraiser begins on Monday, March 22 and you'll be automatically registered to win a new Apple iPad. You’ll also be registered for all of our other spring fundraiser prize drawings! Make a gift to NCPR Now

Spring Haiku: The sap is rising, the flowers are stirring, and its time for our annual visitor haiku challenge. Bare your soul along with the soil. Email your Haiku | Read submissions

The Beat Authority: we have a new man on the scene in Europe, bringing us stealthy jazzy funk from Austria. Also, Argentinian rock en espanol forefathers Los Fabulosos Cadillacs get reimagined in a new tribute album. Fri 3 pm

Readers & Writers: Our guest was poet Christian Bok, author of Crystallography and Eunoia. Listen on the R & W page

Name That Blog: Ellen Rocco will be introducing a new blog about what’s going on inside the station and in communities across the region. Everyone on staff will post, and your contributions of photos and posts will be included occasionally, too. But we need a name. Ellen is confounded. Nothing sounds right. Email your suggestions.

Music Rewind: Listen to the latest locally-hosted NCPR music programs anytime:
The Beat Authority | String Fever
The Blue Note | The Radio Bob Show
Music for a Monday | The Folk Show
Jazz at the Ten Spot | FM in the AM
Cutaway | The Bridge