Snapshots: Wyoming, Kentwood news you ought to know

By WKTV Staff

victoria@wktv.org

Quote of the Day

“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain”

~Bob Marley

Tons of talent in one colorful exhibition

Dreaming, thinking
ready for my happy day*

‘Livin’ Is Easy’ summertime exhibition opens June 1st at LowellArts. Feast your senses on depictions of beautifully weathered objects; local Michigan waterways; animal and aquatic life forms; and whimsical figurative work. More details here. *Lyrics from Uriah Heep’s Easy Livin’.



Ready for some summertime fun?

Don’t settle for the
summertime blues

Soon the bell will ring on the end of the year and children will be home for the summer. Follow these handy-dandy tips to avoid the summertime blues. More here.



Look! It’s the International Space Station!

We are all made of stars

A gentle reminder that on Wednesday, May 29 (Hey! That’s tomorrow!), WKTV Government 26 will be featuring live coverage of the International Space Station Russian Spacewalk. Read all about it right here. Don’t miss it!



Fun fact:

3%

That’s how much more milk cows produce when they listen to relaxing music. Just ask the researchers at the University of Leicester. And then there is 2% milk, which is generally available at your local grocer’s. Has nothing to do with music, though.


(Do these look like Guernsey cows to you?)


The Ingenues, an all-girl band and vaudeville act, serenade the cows in the University of Wisconsin, Madison’s dairy barn in 1930. The show was apparently part of an experiment to see whether the soothing strains of music boosted the cows’ milk production. Go here to read the NPR story about it.
Angus B. McVicar/Wisconsin Historical Society



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