NOW COMES THE MYSTERY: Such were the final words of Henry Ward Beecher, famed 19th century abolitionist, evolutionist, suffragist, teetotaler, clergyman and adulterer. As would be attested by Beecher's many avid admirers--among them Sherlock Holmes' biographer and consultant Dr. John Watson, the citizenry of Beecher, IL and everyone here at AIR--the forward-thinking free-lover was no stranger to charade and puzzlement; we therefore find it all the more inspiring that this curious-minded forefather of post-Civil War American society would express in his dying moments his eagerness to discover that which was still yet to come. This week's hosts are no less inquisitive than was Clergyman Beecher, all tracking their varied terrain with eyes primed for the undiscovered. Erín Moure discusses translating previously obscure poetry into English from, among other languages, Galician and Portuguese, while Gage Averhill discusses Alan Lomax's endeavors to record for posterity Haitian music in the years immediately following the end of U.S. occupation of the nation. Fred Tomaselli relates tales of venturing into Williamsburg in the earliest days of its gentrification, House of YES encourages explorations of unfamiliar territory through a variety of workshops and Bruce Adolphe burrows deep into the work of Bronzino in order to emerge properly inspired toward the creation of a new composition. Plus, Kalup Linzy returns to AIR to reveal a new segment of his Variety Show, an event we all curiously await.

DISPATCHES FROM SXSW: AIR's intrepid correspondent Joe Ahearn has been prowling the grounds of The Watermill Center: The Constant Reality Theater, The February Radio Drama
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Episode 8: Swimming Pool Drama - Close Listening #100: Erín Moure Conversation
Poet, translator and essayist Beyond the Subtitles #267: Mitchell Lichtenstein, Happy Tears
Mitchell Lichtenstein's second film is Radio Profiles: House of YES
Sound the Alarm: Gage Averill, Alan Lomax in Haiti
In 1936 and 1937, ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax lived in Haiti and recorded the music he came across. Initially shelved because of poor sound quality, the recordings are now being released by The Kalup Linzy Variety Show: DJ/rupture
Art & Technology: VOLTA NY 2010
After a nearly year-long absence, host Daniel Durning returns to AIR to bring us the sights, sounds and conversations of VOLTA NY. Here, he interviews sound artist AIR Interviews: Bruce Adolphe
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LEGACY ARCHIVES
Yes Yes Y'all: Blade
Charlie Ahearn sits down with the pioneering king of graffiti art Blade, whose work has appeared everywhere from New York subway cars the Whitney to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Click here for more. Our Correspondents, San Francisco #3: Home Galleries
While New York artists who were priced out of Manhattan in the late 90s moved to Brooklyn, similarly crunched San Francisco artists just started making galleries in their own homes. Click here for more. Bald Ego Online: All Bases Covered
Is poetry the proper response to world events? This may be the only place you'll ever find an answer! Click here for more. DJ Culture: Wunmi & The Boundary Band
Tummy Touch introduces Wunmi and, with The Boundary Band, his utterly unique blend of jazz, funk, dance, house, soul and Nigerian Afrobeat. Click here for more. Microgroove Music: Newport Jazz Festival (July 4, 1957)
Audio actuality of a segment of the opening night of the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival, heard exactly as it took place that evening. Available only in the AIR Stream. Sonorama: Kalimantan Strings
A selection of music, both instrumental and vocal, from Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo. Available only in the AIR Stream.