Open Studio: Living Michiana
Episode: #1021
Airdate: Sunday, February 10, 2008 @ 7:30pm
Re-air: Thursday, February 14, 2008 @ 5:30pm

You may remember Edisher Savitski from last season of Open Studio. We featured him when he won the International Piano-e-Competition and as a bonus performed two classic pieces. This time around Edisher will be talking about the extraordinary technology of connecting a Disklavier piano from his home in South Bend to an exact replicate located in New York City. This technology might be the new way to teach piano remotely no matter where someone is located in the world!

Website: www.ny1.com/ny1/Living/technology.jsp

On this week's Vickers Review, Jon recommends a black and white film entitled, "Dead Man" starring Johnny Depp. This movie takes place in a western town called Machine, where Depp is the main character, William Blake, who runs into some trouble and is left for dead. A Native American, Nobody, played by Gary Farmer, finds him. "Nobody" thinks that Depp's character is the ghost of the poet William Blake and prepares him for the journey to the spiritual world. With a soundtrack done by Neil Young, this film will be a movie to add to your viewing list!

Hungry for Mexican food but don't have the budget to go out? Mike Petrucelli from the South Bend Tribune has the solution! Five-dollar fajitas. All you need is one onion, one pepper, one clove of garlic, one pound of pork steak, a few tortillas and a few things you have lying around the kitchen and you're set to make something a restaurant will charge you $8.95 for.

First, peel the garlic and slice it thinly. Peel the onion, cut it in half from top to bottom (not crossways). Then slice the halves from top to bottom. Core and seed the pepper (green, red, yellow, it's your choice), then slice it into half-inch strips. Do the same with the meat. Heat 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-high to high heat. Sauté the garlic until just beginning to brown, about 20 to 30 seconds, then add pork, onions and peppers, along with a little salt and pepper, a quarter teaspoon of dried oregano and about a teaspoon of ground cumin. Cook until the pork is cooked through (but make sure the peppers stay brightly colored and still slightly crispy). At the last minute, add a tablespoon or two of dry sherry, white wine or even a little tequila, if you have it. Serve this immediately with warm tortillas. You can vary this easily. Use chicken or beef instead of pork. Use different spices. Don't use any meat. It'll fill you up no matter what you do. In fact, with a little rice on the side (which costs pennies!), I have fed four people. So try it. It's easy, and it's cheap.

Keith Scott is our musical guest tonight. Performing for the past 20 years, Keith has toured all over the U.S. and Europe performing the blues. You can catch him playing locally and in Chicago at The House of Blues. Check out his website for his list of upcoming gigs! Tonight, please enjoy his song, "Love and Money".

Website: www.heavyblues.com

Obesity in children has increased over the past several years. Keeping kids healthy and fit can be fun for them and we have found the place that is geared towards children newborn to 15 years old. Monkey Business is a gym located in Granger in the new Toscana Park that has specially made exercise equipment for kids. Not only does Monkey Business have treadmills and stationary bikes, they offer several classes from yoga to salsa tots to Zumba, a Latin inspired dance class.

To learn more or sign up your child, call the number or stop by Monkey Business today!

314 Toscana Blvd
Granger, Indiana
Phone: 574.273.9551

In our LAKE Magazine segment, we will be featuring Chris Jaworski who takes different pieces of old farm equipment, tools and supplies and makes incredible welded steel sculptures. One of his biggest joys is to make people smile when they look at the different size pieces he creates, which can be small animals to 15-foot long dinosaurs! Check out the website link below to see more of his unique steel assemblage sculptures.

Website: www.chrisjaworski.com


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