Story County Community Foundation
A vehicle for charitable giving designed to benefit the needs of Story County.
Funding for cultural projects at KHOI comes from a generous donation from Ames Commission on the Arts.
LOCAL TALK 23 February 2021 Meetz
Karen Kedrowski, Director of the
Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics (a political science professor at Iowa State University. Her research agenda focuses on women and politics and civic engagement.) U.S. Rep. Katie Porter – an Iowa native who represents California’s 45th Congressional District and has earned a reputation for her tough questioning and use of visual aids during congressional hearings – will give a virtual presentation on Feb. 26 as the Spring 2021 Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics.
âSymFunny,â a new childrenâs book, teaches children about literacy with a fun twist on words. By purchasing this book, customers can support the local author and illustrator, in addition to Fairmount Center for the Arts.
Jeannie Fleming-Gifford, executive director of the Fairmount Center for the Arts, came up with the idea for SymFunny in 1999. Ms. Fleming-Gifford was the education director for the Columbus Symphony Orchestra for several years, where she noticed a difference between what children expect to see at the orchestra hall compared to what they actually saw.
When children heard the word âconductor,â they thought of someone who operates a train. She recalled a time when a child saw a seat reserved with a sign that said âusher,â but the child thought that the seat was reserved for the popular musician, Usher. Ms. Fleming-Gifford and her co-author, Anna Magnusson, were inspired by these incidents to write a book that teaches children about h
Airs Tuesday nights from 8:20 - 9:30 PM
Heart2Heart Messages is a show about connections we share. This show started at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to help encourage connection and inspiration and has broadened into an ongoing conversation of the heart that we all share as humans.
Guests are invited to read a message (a poem or writing) or may be interviewed by host Anna (Banana) Magnusson, who also responds by matching the message with a song played on the air.
You are invited to share your heart to Heart message on the show.
Anna Magnusson/Co-host, Producer, and Engineer, I Am Able IOWA
/Co-host, Producer, and Engineer: I Am Able IOWA
Anna Magnusson was adopted from Seoul, Korea and grew up in Iowa. She went to high school in Des Moines and earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Iowa. Following her days at the University of Iowa, she worked for Opera Carolina, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, and Kids Voting. She also worked in the Advancement department and earned her master’s degree in public administration at Wright State University. She lived in England for over three years before returning to her home state in 2018. Her most recent position is with the Iowa Able Foundation serving as their executive director.