March 2, 2012

Featured Programs on KSJD March 3rd-9th

Saturday, March 3rd

Tune in to KSJD for Mountain Stage at 1pm on Saturday afternoons for a line-up of fabulous live musical performances. This week's guests include Wanda Jackson, Joe Ely, Carolyn Wonderland, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & The Wronglers, and the New Rope String Band.

Sunday, March 4th

Big Picture Science returns to Sundries at 9am Sunday morning. In this week's episode, a tour of watery solar system bodies that hold promise for biology. Dig beneath the icy shell of Jupiter's moon Europa, and plunge into the jets of Enceladus, Saturn's satellite. And although Mars is rusty and dusty, it wasn't always a world of dry dunes. Did life once thrive here? Science-fiction author Robert J. Sawyer joins in, and relates how these exotic outposts have prompted imaginative stories of alien life.

Monday, March 5th

Perishable artifacts such as sandals, blankets, and baskets present a unique opportunity to touch a part of prehistoric life that is rarely seen. Join us for the Monday morning Zine at 8:30 as we talk with a local perishable artifact specialist about her work on some of the earliest collections of these objects taken from archaeological sites in southeast Utah.

Wednesday, March 7th

Western films present a romantic and sometimes whimsical portrait of the history of our region. Tune in to the Wednesday morning Zine at 8:30 as we explore what makes Westerns so fun to watch, and discuss what to expect at the upcoming Mancos Western Film Festival.