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Fresh off the back of a sold-out run and the highest of critical acclaim at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, the political godfather of UK comedy, Mark Thomas, is back to what he does best; taking down politicians, mucking about, new ideas and finding hope.

This award-winning comedian (is there any other type?) asks how did we get here? What are we going to do about it? Who’s up for a sing-song? After lockdowns and isolation, this show is about the simple act of being in a room together and toppling international capitalism.  

In previous shows Mark has talked about visiting the West Bank and Jenin, lobbying Parliament, walking in the footsteps of the highest NHS officials, playing at The Royal Opera House, making stuff for TV, radio and newspapers and going undercover. This latest outing is more creative fun from one of our oldest surviving alternative comics.

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He is best known for his campaigning Channel 4 series, in which he employed, Michael Moore-style, televisual stunts to get his message across. But his work also has a serious side: in one episode he got an Indonesian military chief to admit on camera that their government used torture.

Thomas has said his passion for politics was inherited from his father, a builder and lay preacher at Clapham's Nazarene Church, even if he didn’t inherit his Thatcherite beliefs.

He won a scholarship to Christ's Hospital public school, but he would frequently play truant, often to the theatre, before going on to study at Bretton Hall drama college in Wakefield.

There he began performing his own sketches and shows, doing benefit shows for the miners' strike while still a student. After college he worked for his father by day and did stand-up by night until he could turn pro.

In 1992, his Edinburgh show was nominated for the Perrier award – the same year the fizzy water brand was bought by Nestle, one of the corporations Thomas now campaigns against so vociferously.

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Mark Thomas , Pete Gionis , Thomas Green

Date: Thu 25 Apr 2024 Venue: Wonderville Price: From £10.00 to £56.00 Plus Will Hitt Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Mark Thomas , Steve Parry

Date: Sun 28 Apr 2024 Venue: The Railway Streatham Price: From £8.00 to £10.00 Plus Sarah Mills, Ricky Bo Lee, Stephen Robert-Walters, Sion James. Collywobblers Comedy Show starts: 19:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Dee Allum , Jacob Hawley , Mark Thomas

Date: Wed 1 May 2024 Venue: The Crown & Treaty Uxbridge Price: From £12.50 to £15.00 Plus: Naomi Wattis, Manraj Bahra, Sion James Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Date: Wed 1 May 2024 Venue: The Crown & Treaty Uxbridge Price: From £12.50 to £15.00 Plus Naomi Wattis, Manraj Bahra, Siôn James Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Date: Thu 9 May 2024 Venue: Station Pub Stoneleigh Price: £13.44 Outside The Box Comedy Club. Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

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Date: Sat 18 May 2024 Venue: Bishops Stortford United Reform Hall Price: From £15 to £17

Comics: Dave Fulton , Gavin Webster , Mark Thomas , Paddy Lennox Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Luke Toulson , Mark Thomas , Pete Gionis , Tez Ilyas

Date: Sat 25 May 2024 Venue: Wonderville Price: From £17.00 to £62.00 Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Luke Toulson , Mark Thomas , Phil Dinsdale , Tez Ilyas

Date: Sat 25 May 2024 Venue: Seven Dials Club Price: From £17.00 to £62.00 Show starts: 20:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

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Date: Sat 1 Jun 2024 Venue: Birmingham MAC Price: Please contact venue or promoters Warm up Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

David Whitney , Mark Thomas , Scott Capurro , Thomas Green

Date: Sat 1 Jun 2024 Venue: Wonderville Price: From £17.00 to £62.00 Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Mark Thomas , Pete Gionis , Scott Capurro , Thomas Green

Date: Sat 1 Jun 2024 Venue: Seven Dials Club Price: From £17.00 to £62.00 Show starts: 20:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Date: Sun 2 Jun 2024 Venue: Bishops Stortford United Reform Hall Price: £13.50 Comics: Colin Hoult , Mark Thomas Two Edinburgh Festival preview shows Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Date: Fri 7 Jun 2024 Venue: Guildford G Live Price: £16.50 Toru warm-up Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Date: Wed 12 Jun 2024 Venue: Hebden Bridge Trades Club Price: £15.00 Warm-up show Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Date: Sat 6 Jul 2024 Venue: Stowmarket John Peel Centre for Creative Arts Price: Please contact venue or promoters Warm-up gig Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Date: Sun 14 Jul 2024 Venue: The Bread and Roses Price: Please contact venue or promoters Warm-up gig Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Date: Fri 19 Jul 2024 Venue: Southend Palace Theatre Price: £16.50 Toru warm-up Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

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The HYMN World Tour is coming to Crocus City Hall in the exciting city of Moscow, Russia on October 29th!

Moscow is also home to the Moscow Kremlin, a fortified complex in the center of the city overlooking the Moskva River to the south, Saint Basil’s Cathedral and Red Square to the east, and the Alexander Garden to the west. It is the best known of the Russian citadels and includes five palaces, four cathedrals, and the enclosing Kremlin Wall with Kremlin towers.

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Three long-time masters of the improvised music world team up here for genuinely touching, meditative sets of improvised music. The trio first performed as a unit in 2006 in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the concert was very special; unusual, unique, and leaderless sound-explorations among three musicians whose ability to listen and respond shone forth during the concert.

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As a member of Rova Saxophone Quartet since 1977, Larry Ochs has made more than two-dozen CDs and 40 tours to Europe and Japan. He has recorded dozens of CDs with his other touring bands including Larry Ochs Sax & Drumming Core with Scott Amendola, Don Robinson, Satoko Fujii, and Natsuki Tamura (“Stone Shift”- 2009 CD; next CD in 2015 on Rogue Art) and Kihnoua with vocalist/performance artist Dohee Lee, Scott Amendola and special guests (“The Sybil’s Whisper”- 2012 CD – music samples here ). He is performing in and composing for more “collective” bands such as: East-West Collective  – with Didier Petit, Sylvain Kassap, Miya Masaoka, Xu Fengxia (“Humeurs” – 2014 CD – music samples ); Ochs-Robinson Duo with drummer Don Robinson (2014 CD = The Throne – l ); Jones Jones  – with Mark Dresser and Vladimir Tarasov (“We All Feel the Same Way”- 2010 CD- music samples ); Maybe Monday – with Miya Masaoka and Fred Frith ( Unsquare -2008 CD);   Shelton-Ochs Quartet with Aram Shelton, Kjell Nordeson and Mark Dresser;   Trio Dave Rempis- Darren Johnston- Larry Ochs ( Spectral – 2014 CD – preview track ). Details on tours and recordings, and several interviews at www.ochs.cc . He has performed with Kronos Quartet, John Zorn, Steve Lacy, Anthony Braxton, Nels Cline, John Lindberg, Scott Amendola, Andrew Cyrille, Butch Morris, Marilyn Crispell, Henry Kaiser, Wadada Leo Smith, Peggy Lee and many others.

Pete Townshend Now Says There Will Not Be a Who Farewell Tour: ‘I Was Being Sarcastic’

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It turns out that when Pete Townshend recently told the New York Times that he was planning on a final Who farewell tour, he was “being sarcastic,” he told the “ Sound Up!” podcast in an interview released today (April 16).

“It feels to me like there’s one thing the Who can do, and that’s a final tour where we play every territory in the world and then crawl off to die,” he told the Times in an interview published last month.

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When asked about that line in relation to his infamous boast — “I hope I die before I get old” — from the Who’s 1965 song “My Generation,” he continued, “That’s a twist, in a sense. ‘Slit Skirts’ was an honest confession of how I didn’t like what I’d become. When I wrote [‘My Generation’], I was celebrating the fact that I was young — I was 18 and surrounded by old people. Now, everybody seems younger. But in those days, everybody seemed older and they all seemed to be messed up, either miserable or poor or working too hard or complaining about something. The song was about, ‘I’m never gonna be like you if I’m old,’ and I don’t think I am like them. I’m happy and I’m struggling still, and I think I’m operating for the greater good — touch wood!” (Hear the full 50-minute interview here .)

However, even his comment to the Times showed a distaste for touring as the Who. Immediately after his statement to the paper above, he said, “I don’t get much of a buzz from performing with the Who. If I’m really honest, I’ve been touring for the money. My idea of an ‘ordinary lifestyle’ is pretty elevated.” As always, time will tell.

“Sound Up!” is hosted by former MTV VJ Mark Goodman and top music journalist Alan Light (both formerly of SiriusXM’s “Debatable”), is produced by Roger Coletti and distributed by Revolver Podcasts.

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Simon Boccanegra review – vast forces bring Verdi’s ‘fiasco’ to vivid life

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester Opera Rara joined with the Hallé under Sir Mark Elder for this semi-staged performance of the original version of Verdi’s opera

T wenty-five years separate the action in the prologue and first act of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra , and very nearly the same stretch of time elapsed between the opera’s first incarnation – whose opening night in 1857 the composer wrote off, a touch unjustly, as a “fiasco” – and its revised second version, premiered in 1881. The latter has more or less kept a foothold in the standard repertory ever since; but it’s the 1857 original, which Opera Rara, those tireless travellers of opera’s byways and branch lines, have polished up in a brand new edition for a studio recording and this concert performance at Bridgewater Hall.

Contours of plot and libretto remain largely intact. The famous Council Chamber scene is the most keenly felt absence – the town square confrontation, which instead concludes Act II, has plenty of personal drama but far less of its replacement’s febrile patriotic charge – and a smaller role for Paolo Albiani means his treacherous machinations lose their Iago-like bite. But the most palpable difference is in the music itself: starker and more declamatory for both orchestra and singers, without the lyrical sweep and splashes of colour that would enliven the 1881 revision.

Colour aplenty was to be had on this occasion, however, from Germán Enrique Alcántara in the title role: his elegant, supple-toned Boccanegra was wholly plausible as corsair, doge, and anxious father. As his long-lost daughter, and at the centre of all the opera’s male attention, Eri Nakamura was a touching, though at times underpowered, Amelia, spinning out some gossamer top notes but not always as expressive in the midst of an ensemble. Tenor Iván Ayón-Rivas was a model of Italian ardency as her lover Gabriele Adorno, while bass Will Thomas was voluminous of voice, if short on nuance, as the conflicted patriarch Fiesco, and baritone Sergio Vitale did his smoothly-sung best to earn a few pantomime boos.

Joined on stage not only by soloists and the Hallé orchestra, but by the Chorus of Opera North and 16 additional singers from the Royal Northern College of Music, Sir Mark Elder marshalled his vast forces with typically sure-footed panache, drawing burnished, coppery tone from the Hallé strings in particular, and vivid, precise performances from both choruses.

It’s fair to say this early Boccanegra won’t be supplanting its successor in the canon any time soon. Nor does it need to: it succeeds on its own merits, as a broadening of horizons, and a reminder that when it comes to Verdi, even a so-called fiasco is generally worth a second look.

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Sunday, 17th March, 7.00pm to 7.30pm at The Museum Of Comedy , The Undercroft, St George Church, Bloomsbury Way. WC1A 2SR

Join Mark for one night only in the Museum of Stolen Things, the first ever pop museum of the nicked. The price is a fiver BUT you have to bring along something stolen to show us to get in. So with your help we will collectively create our museum, in a kind of anarchist version of the Antiques Roadshow. You bring anything from a bookies pen to The Scream by Edvard Munch, be as creative or as pedestrian as you like.

We will be running a drop in evaluation service from 3pm at the Museum for anyone who wants to have their stolen items appraised but can’t make the show. The show is a recording of Mark’s new podcast “Brit-ish” in which he explores our institutions, culture and history in a valiant and possibly vain attempt to find out how the bloody hell we got to this state. Mark Thomas has been going a long time, won lots of awards and will be filching Mark Steel’s identity for the night. Terms and Conditions. *Anyone who does not bring along a stolen item will not be admitted and we will keep your fiver. **All items will be returned at the end of the show unless we like them. ***The Museum of Stolen Things is only 3 minutes walk away from the British Museum.

THERE ARE A LIMITED NUMBER OF SEATS SO BE QUICK!

https://leicestersquaretheatre.ticketsolve.com/shows/873600399

Mark Thomas : Check-Up – Our NHS @ 70

Mark Thomas is 54, the NHS is 70.

UK national average life expectancy is 84.

If Mark makes it to 84 the NHS will be 100

…what will they both look like?

The Edinburgh Fringe season of the show starts soon and later in the year there is a London season at the Arcola Theatre.

This Sunday at the Tron, Glasgow sees the start of Mark’s upcoming show:

Bloody hell we’ve only gone and done it! 

Quick blog from Mark on new show.

Bloody hell we’ve only gone and done it!

Amidst  juggling visas, flights, rehearsals and touring the preview show this has been a hectic time and this is the first chance I’ve had to sit down take a deep breath and reflect on the project.

It has taken 4 years to create “Showtime from the Frontline” from the inception of the idea to the arrival of the performers onstage in front of an audience. Every step of the way has been worth it for us because it has been a brilliantly illuminating and challenging journey.

Our team set out to teach a comedy course in a refugee camp in the West Bank town of Jenin. Some of our students had been through the Jenin Freedom Theatre school and others had never performed before.

Our students – like all students – talk about what they know best, their family, their society, the pressures they feel and the forces they come up against. Our job in Jenin was never to tell people what to say but to teach performance techniques to help articulate and present their experiences in front of a live audience.

We are hugely proud of both what was achieved in Jenin and of this show here, in the UK. We delight and celebrate the freedom of expression throughout the show and its challenging of oppression in any form be it social and familial expectations, the Palestinian Authority or the Israeli occupation.

We believe we have created a joyous, uplifting and unique production that places the voices of young Palestinians centre stage.

At the risk of repeating myself I can not properly tell you how proud I am of their work.

We hope you enjoy it. Salut!

Llangollen Fringe date confirmed for 16th July

Full Llangollen festival line-up is now on their website here

Mark doesn’t often make it to this part of the country so it will probably sell out very quickly!

New show for 2017

Predictable

Few predicted the events of the past year.

Mark sets out to find what the future has in store for us by asking the audience what their predictions for the future are, creating a fantastical, hilarious and sometimes accurate vision of the world.

This show is all about gambling on the future.

Based along the lines of his 2011 show ‘Manifesto’ Mark takes suggestions from the audience to create a snapshot of the future.

The early “work in progress” version of the show is already booked in at the usual venues through July 2017 and all are already on the gigs page here .

Spring tour dates and “The Red Shed” script

Just in – new tour dates for spring 2017 including a week at Battersea Arts and dates around the UK including Scotland, Salford, Sheffield, Newcastle, Taunton and many more – the full listing are found on the gig list .  Plus we have stocks of the programme/script for Mark’s latest show, “The Red Shed” in Mark’s online store. In the store you will also find Domestic Extremist tea towels and aprons and now you can get a matching T-shirt from our friends at Philosophy Football.

Jess Thom and Backstage in Biscuit Land

Five years ago I meet a remarkable woman called Jess Thom. She got in touch saying she had Tourettes and would she be OK to come along to see my show Walking the Wall at the Tricycle Theatre. Instinctively and to be honest with little thought I said she would be welcome.

How wrong I was.

Jess does have pronounced tics and verbal outbursts, which are often funny, creative and beautifully absurd. However, some people in the audience objected to her ‘outbursts’ and complained to the theatre staff in the interval.

All of us were somewhat taken aback by this and Jess ended up in the lighting box, segregated from the rest of the audience for the second half. It was frankly awful. Here was I doing a show about separation and occupation and Jess was segregated from the rest of the community, shut away in a tech box.

Her response was as brilliant and inventive as her utterances. She wrote a show called Backstage in Biscuit Land, celebrating her condition and how people react to it. The show is imaginative, beautiful and different every time. I can not recommend it enough.

Backstage in Biscuit Land is on at the Battersea Arts Centre

19 – 23 jul, it’s wonderful – don’t miss it.

Find out more about Jess and the show here:  http://www.touretteshero.com

My response has been less creative and frankly less useful but I hope is valid nonetheless.

Where possible I try and organise relaxed performances of my shows. The relaxed performances encourage people to come to the show who may have learning difficulties,behavioural issues and syndromes such as Tourettes. There is a short speech at the start of the show to explain that the performance takes a relaxed attitude to noises, interruptions and fidgets, in fact we welcome it. Lighting plans and sound cues are changed to lessen any sudden or shocking change, there is an area set aside for people to leave the auditorium but stay inside the theatre and if they want to return they are welcome to do so.

There are many things we do to try and make the show accessible and welcoming for everyone.

I was delighted that Jess came along to my last show at the Tricycle theatre and the first half became a memorable and surreal double act with her. The show was one of my favourites of that year.

I am also delighted that Trespass returns to the Tricycle with a relaxed performance on the 4th of May.

There is a surtitled performance on the 27th April for those who are hard of hearing.

In other news we have added the ability to pay by credit card in the merchandise store and you now have a choice of whether we use first or second class postage.  Please let us know if there is anything else we can do to make your life easier on the site.

New tour dates in 2016

New tour dates for March/April 2016 now on the Gigs page including Dublin, Glasgow and Barnard Castle. I doubt the sites have the tickets on sale yet but just so you know. Still about 6 dates left to confirm, will post here when they are definites.

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Dateline rice for april 19, 2024.

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Jorie Graham's poetry of the Earth and humanity, set to music An article features "Music for New Bodies," which will be premiering at Rice's Shepherd School of Music April 20. The New York Times http://dateline.rice/apr-19-shepherd FOX News: Israel carries out retaliatory strike against Iran Richard Sindelar, nonresident scholar in global diplomacy at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed. Yahoo! News (This broadcast originally appeared in Fox 26 Online, and it aired four times on KRIV-TV in Houston.) http://dateline.rice/apr-19-sindelar US sanctions: What now for Venezuela's oil sector? Francisco Monaldi, fellow in Latin American energy policy at the Center for Energy Studies, fellow at the Center for the United States and Mexico, director of the Latin America Energy Program at the Baker Institute for Public Policy and a lecturer in energy economics at Rice, is quoted. BNAmericas.com http://dateline.rice/apr-19-monaldi US reimposes oil sanctions on Venezuela MSN (This article originally appeared in GlobalData.) http://dateline.rice/apr-19-monaldi 'Cesspool of AI crap' or slam-dunk success: LinkedIn's AI-powered collaborative articles offer a sobering peek at the future of content Richard Baraniuk, the C. Sidney Burrus Professor of Engineering and professor of electrical and computer engineering and computer science, is quoted. MSN (This article originally appeared in Fortune.) http://dateline.rice/apr-19-baraniuk Al-Sudani receives delegation from Baker Institute in Houston, Texas An article features news that representatives of Rice's Baker Institute for Public Police recently met with Iraq Prime Minister Mohammed S. Al-Sudani. Iraqi News Agency http://dateline.rice/apr-19-baker-institute Sen. Ted Cruz opens up about war in Israel, US border policy, commercial flight safety and more in interview with KHOU 11 An article mentions an election poll conducted collaboratively by Rice and Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy. MSN (This article originally appeared in KHOU Online, and a segment aired on KHOU-TV in Houston.) http://dateline.rice/apr-19-khou

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Lone Star College and Rice University train future STEM professionals An article features news that Rice has renewed a memorandum of understanding and signed an articulation agreement that allows transfer students in Lone Star College's Take Flight program to receive Rice credit for core science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses completed at LSC. Amy Dittmar, Howard R. Hughes Provost, executive vice president for academic affairs and professor of economics, is quoted. Woodlands Online http://dateline.rice/apr-19-lsc Houston mental health tech startup receives industry validation for bioelectronic device An article features Rice research developing the smallest implantable brain stimulator demonstrated in a human patient. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include Jacob Robinson, professor of electrical and computer engineering and bioengineering and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow, and Sameer and Sunil Sheth, adjunct associate professors of electrical and computer engineering. Innovation Map http://dateline.rice/apr-19-im New program to produce innovative, sustainability-focused workforce for energy industry An article features the news that Rice will launch a Master of Energy Transition and Sustainability this fall. Community members quoted or mentioned include President Reginald DesRoches; Thomas Killian, dean of the Wiess School of Natural Sciences and E. Dell Butcher Professor of Physics and Astronomy; and Michael Wong, the Tina and Sunit Patel Professor in Molecular Nanotechnology, a professor and chair of chemical and biomolecular engineering and a professor of chemistry, materials science and nanoengineering and civil and environmental engineering. Innovation Map http://dateline.rice/apr-19-im Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Harris County to block program that would give cash to poorest households An article mentions a study by Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research into Houston residents' support for the idea of guaranteed income. MSN (This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune.) http://dateline.rice/apr-19-kinder

HCC Foundation to honor trailblazing leader Dr. Ruth Simmons at 2024 Gala An article features Ruth Simmons, the Rice President's Distinguished Fellow and trustee emerita, and mentions that she will be honored at the Houston Community College Foundation's 2024 Gala April 20. Katy News http://dateline.rice/apr-19-simmons

Dan Patrick sets off alarm bells for public school advocates with his property tax trial balloon Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science and fellow in political science at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted. Houston Press http://dateline.rice/apr-19-jones Top things to do in Houston this weekend, from Brazilian fest to Earth Day events An article mentions that Rice's Shepherd School of Music will host the world premiere of "Music for New Bodies" April 19-20. Houston Chronicle (This article appeared in the April 19 print edition and in a previous Dateline.) http://dateline.rice/apr-19-shepherd Queer things to do in Houston this weekend, April 18-21 A roundup features the exhibit "Hayv Kahraman: The Foreign in Us," which will be on view at Rice's Moody Center for the Arts through May 11. OutSmart http://dateline.rice/apr-19-moody Kam Franklin, Devin the Dude, Fat Tony to play Saint Arnold 30th anniversary festival Alumnus Brock Wagner is quoted. Houston Chronicle http://dateline.rice/apr-19-wagner

KCBS-AM (San Francisco) Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed about U.S.-Iran relations. http://dateline.rice/apr-19-ulrichsen   (This segment aired twice.) 'WVLT News' Rice is mentioned in a segment about college courses being taught on the lyrical evolution of Taylor Swift. WVLT-TV (Knoxville, Tennessee) http://dateline.rice/apr-19-wvlt   (This segment aired on three affiliates.)

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

First curved data link sidesteps key 6G wireless challenge An article features collaborative Rice research into discovering the world's first curved wireless data link, which could help revolutionize wireless communications. Co-author Edward Knightly, the Sheafor-Lindsay Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and professor of computer science, is quoted. Phys.org http://dateline.rice/apr-19-knightly Rice bioengineers win $1.4 million ARPA-H grant for osteoarthritis research An article features Rice research into reversing the effects of osteoarthritis. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include Antonios Mikos, the Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and director of the Center for Excellence in Tissue Engineering and the J.W. Cox Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering, and Vasiliki Kolliopoulos, a Rice Academy Postdoctoral Fellow. Bioengineer.org http://dateline.rice/apr-19-mikos-kolliopoulos Rice University bioengineers receive $1.4M to combat osteoarthritis News-medical.net http://dateline.rice/apr-19-mikos-kolliopoulos Beyond Neuralink: Meet the other companies developing brain-computer interfaces An article features Motif Neurotech, one of the first startups formed through the Rice Biotech Launch Pad accelerator, which aims to quickly take Rice health and medical technology innovations from concept to clinical trials. Co-founder Jacob Robinson, professor of electrical and computer engineering and bioengineering and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow, is quoted. MIT Technology Review http://dateline.rice/apr-19-robinson Energy expert says the United States produces more crude oil than any country, ever Alumnus Erik Kreil is quoted. NJToday.news http://dateline.rice/apr-19-kreil Bob Maughon, SABIC joins Sustainability LIVE New York Alumnus Bob Maughon is featured. Sustainability Magazine http://dateline.rice/apr-19-maughon

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Emmanuel Concert Series presents organ recital by Ken Cowan Ken Cowan, professor of organ at Rice's Shepherd School of Music, is featured. The Chestertown Spy http://dateline.rice/apr-19-cowan Medicine Hat opera singer coming home for her solo debut Alumna Sydney Baedke is featured. Medicine Hat News http://dateline.rice/apr-19-baedke Four University of Southern Mississippi students awarded prestigious National Science Foundation fellowships An article mentions that Damien Cooper plans to pursue a doctorate in chemistry at Rice. MagnoliaStateLive.com http://dateline.rice/apr-19-cooper USM students, alum earn graduate research fellowships University of Southern Mississippi News http://dateline.rice/apr-19-cooper

USF women's tennis defeats UNT, advances to AAC Championship quarterfinals An article mentions that Rice's women's tennis team will begin play at the American Athletic Conference Championship April 19 as the No. 4 seed against the University of South Florida. GoUSFBulls.com http://dateline.rice/apr-19-womens-tennis Florida Atlantic, South Florida, UTSA, Wichita State advance to quarterfinals TheAmerican.org http://dateline.rice/apr-19-womens-tennis Rice women's tennis preps for AAC Championship quarterfinals in Dallas BVM Sports http://dateline.rice/apr-19-womens-tennis Tulane, Charlotte, Tulsa, South Florida take first-round wins at Men's Tennis Championship An article mentions that Rice's men's tennis team will begin play at the American Athletic Conference Championship April 19 as the No. 4 seed against the University of Tulsa. TheAmerican.org http://dateline.rice/apr-19-mens-tennis Rice men's tennis to compete in AAC Championship quarterfinals as No. 4 seed BVM Sports http://dateline.rice/apr-19-mens-tennis Yasha Zemel: Inspiring journey from small-town Israel to tennis leadership at Rice Owls An article features Rice men's tennis player Yasha Zemel. BVM Sports http://dateline.rice/apr-19-zemel USF baseball hosts Rice for the first time in Tampa An article mentions that Rice's baseball team will play the University of South Florida in a three-game series April 19-21. GoUSFBulls.com http://dateline.rice/apr-19-baseball Rice basketball lands highly rated PG Aaron Powell in recruiting win An article mentions that Aaron Powell is transferring to Rice to play men's basketball. BVM Sports http://dateline.rice/apr-19-powell Nelson Terroba named men’s basketball assistant coach An article mentions that Rice has named Nelson Terroba as assistant men's basketball coach. BVM Sports http://dateline.rice/apr-19-terroba OFFICIAL: Terroba named assistant coach at Rice HoopDirt.com http://dateline.rice/apr-19-terroba DAILY DIRT — April 18, 2024 HoopDirt.com http://dateline.rice/apr-19-terroba Smith signs Rice transfer Keanu Dawes for next season An article mentions former Rice men's basketball player Keanu Dawes. UtahUtes.com http://dateline.rice/apr-19-dawes Weekly rankings notes: New scouting intel joins a dozen new ratings in 2025 college football recruiting class An article mentions that D'Andre Hardeman Jr. has committed to sign with Rice to play football. 247Sports.com http://dateline.rice/apr-19-hardeman ITYT: Full Texas Longhorns spring game preview An article mentions that Rice's football team played the University of Texas at Austin last season. On3.com's Inside Texas http://dateline.rice/apr-19-football 'WTAP News' Former Rice football player T.J. McMahon is mentioned. WTAP (Parkersburg, West Virginia) http://dateline.rice/apr-19-wtap   (This segment aired three times.) Arlington Renegades head back on the road to face in-state rival, Houston Roughnecks An article mentions that the Houston Roughnecks are playing their games at Rice Stadium this season. OurSportsCentral.com http://dateline.rice/apr-19-roughnecks 'KHOU 11 Morning News' KHOU-TV (Houston) http://dateline.rice/apr-19-roughnecks