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Ira Glass To Visit Memphis For An Evening Of Storytelling And Music

Stuart Mullenberg

Darel Snodgrass talks with Ira Glass about his upcoming performance in Memphis, Reinventing Radio: An Evening with Ira Glass, Saturday, October 5, 2013, at the Orpheum Theatre.

The show features Glass -- radio pioneer, host, and creator of This American Life -- as he mixes live stories with pre-taped quotations and music. He will also be featuring a “best of” segment from some of the series’ funniest moments.

With a career in public radio that spans four decades, Glass’ editorial direction has lead This American Life to receive several Peabody and DuPont-Columbia awards. The show, which premiered on Chicago’s public radio station WBEZin 1995, is now heard on more than 500 public radio stations each week by over 1.7 million listeners.

Tickets are available for purchase online at the official Orpheum Theatre website, by phone at 901-525-3000, at the ticket counter at The Booksellers at Laurelwood, and at all Ticketmaster locations.

I began piano lessons at age 6, trumpet at age 9, and began teaching myself the guitar at 10. My electronics knowledge comes from my father, who had the RCA television and stereo shop in my hometown of Pocahontas, Arkansas for nearly 20 years. My dad is still fixing televisions at age 79.