Dec 11th, 2008 · The Screen Actors Guild plans to send strike authorization ballots to more than 100,00 union members on Jan. 2. Votes will be counted on Jan. 23, nearly two weeks after the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, but ahead of the Feb. 22 Academy Awards, the most important date on the Hollywood calendar.
Jun 30th, 2008 · In 1876, Tchaikovsky composed musical snapshots of each month of the calendar year for publication in a St. Petersburg magazine. Pianist Wu Han performs the entire cycle, and discusses the music with Performance Today host Fred Child in NPR's studio.
May 23rd, 2008 · The Memorial Day weekend ushers in not only summer — but the busiest months on the sports calendar. It's baseball time; professional basketball and hockey crown their champions; the French Open tennis tournament gets going; and there's "the greatest spectacle in racing" — the Indy 500. Sports analyst Stefan Fatsis talks with Michele Norris.
May 8th, 2008 · Israel is commemorating the 60th anniversary of its creation according to the Hebrew calendar. In 1948, there were 650,000 people when the Jewish state was declared, and now there are more than 7 million Israelis.
Apr 14th, 2008 · A golfer from South Africa has squashed Tiger Woods' bid for a calendar grand slam. Trevor Immelman won the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Ga., with relative ease Sunday. Woods was favored this year to win all four professional majors in the same year.
Feb 29th, 2008 · On this leap day, senior producer Steve Proffitt offers a solution to eliminate calendar confusion and give each month exactly 28 days. He gets some support for from an unlikely source -- film director Peter Bogdanovich
Feb 5th, 2008 · The campaign for a party nomination will not end on Super Tuesday. Clinton and Obama now must court the party's superdelegates, while all of the candidates will continue to fundraise. Next on the calendar are primaries in Nebraska, Ohio, Virginia and Texas.
Jan 11th, 2008 · Michigan is next on the presidential campaign calendar with its primary on Jan. 15. For the Democrats, it's not a contest since they've avoided campaigning in the state because Michigan moved its primary to January in violation of party rules. There is no such reticence on the Republican side.