http://whqr.org en http://whqr.org/post/projection <p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Every upgrade is not necessarily an improvement. Commentator Shane Fernando opts for the tried and true (and the legendary) as he designs this year’s Cape Fear Shakespeare on the Green.</span></p><p><em>Commentaries here on WHQR.org do not necessarily reflect the views of WHQR Public Radio, its editorial staff, or its members.</em></p><p> Tue, 21 May 2013 11:00:00 +0000 Shane Fernando 36752 at http://whqr.org Projection http://whqr.org/post/no-excuse <p></p><p>Excuses come a nickel a dozen, and few are worth repeating. Over his lifetime, Philip Gerard has certainly heard his fair share. But the excuse he'll share with us today is, if not singular, certainly outstanding.&nbsp;</p><p><em>Commentaries here on WHQR.org do not necessarily reflect the views of WHQR&nbsp;Public Radio, its editorial staff, or its members.</em></p><p> Thu, 16 May 2013 11:00:00 +0000 Philip Gerard 36478 at http://whqr.org No Excuse http://whqr.org/post/backdoor-dragon <p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Few of us consider the day-to-day struggle for survival taking place around us—from mice dodging cats under houses to flies writhing in spider webs. The struggle continues in today’s commentary with our environmental expert, Andy Wood.&nbsp;</span></p><p>Do you have an environmental question for Andy Wood? Leave it in the comment box below this post, and he will be sure to get back to you.&nbsp;</p><p></p><p><em style="line-height: 1.5;">Commentaries here on WHQR.org do not necessarily reflect the views of WHQR Public Radio, its editorial staff, or its members.</em></p><p> Tue, 14 May 2013 11:00:00 +0000 Andy Wood 36337 at http://whqr.org Backdoor Dragon http://whqr.org/post/snakey <p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The depths between couch cushions are notorious for eating everything—keys and loose change especially. But Community Commentator Suesan Sullivan lost something a little more substantial—and slippery. And in today's commentary, she finds out you have to be crazy like a fox to successfully capture a snake.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Do you have a story or idea you just have to share? Find out how you can become a&nbsp;</span><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 22px;"><a href="http://www.whqr.org/communitycommentary" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(12, 76, 162);">community commentator.</a></strong></p><p><em><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Commentaries here on WHQR.org don't necessarily reflect the views of WHQR&nbsp;Public Radio, its editorial staff, or its members.</span></em></p><p> Thu, 09 May 2013 11:00:00 +0000 Suesan Sullivan 36088 at http://whqr.org Snakey http://whqr.org/post/molecular-memory <p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The science behind olfactory memory--recalling a person or moment in connection with a scent--requires an understanding</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;of the limbic system, the hippocampus, and other, complicated processes&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">taking place in the human brain. &nbsp;Or, just a close listen to the poetically rendered memories of Community Commentator Paige Owens. In today's commentary, she shares a few of her treasured memories with her late father.</span></p><div>Paige Owens is the Assistant Director of the New Hanover County Public Library, and author of <em>George the Library Duck Finds a Friend</em>. Her philosophy: if life hands you a lemon, turn it into a great story.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Do you have a story or idea you just have to share? Find out how you can become a&nbsp;</span><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 22px;"><a href="http://www.whqr.org/communitycommentary" style="color: rgb(12, 76, 162); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">community commentator.</a></strong></div><div>&nbsp;</div><p><em>Commentaries here on WHQR.org don't necessarily reflect the views of WHQR Public Radio, its editorial staff, or its members.</em></p><p> Tue, 07 May 2013 11:00:00 +0000 Paige Owens 35969 at http://whqr.org Molecular Memory http://whqr.org/post/measure-measure <p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Shakespeare’s </span><em style="line-height: 1.5;">Measure for Measure</em><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> may be far more likely to show up on an English syllabus than in a political science lecture. But Commentator Gwenyfar Rohler thinks the play has more to offer the world than a few, lyrical lines.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Cape Fear Shakespeare on the Green will be performing </span><em style="line-height: 1.5;">Measure for Measure</em><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> at the Greenfield Lake Amphitheatre starting June </span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">7</span>^th<span style="line-height: 1.5;">. Visit their<a href="http://capefearshakespeare.org/Performance_Dates.html"> website</a> for more information.</span></p><p><em><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Commentaries here on WHQR.org don't necessarily reflect the views of WHQR Public Radio, its editorial staff, or its members.</span></em></p><p> Thu, 02 May 2013 11:00:00 +0000 Gwenyfar Rohler 35689 at http://whqr.org Measure for Measure http://whqr.org/post/accidental-southerner-edgar-allan-poe <p></p><p>John Sallis said, "We are all of us who believe passionately in literature, all of us who write professionally... we are all Poe's children." Nan Graham claims he is not only the first real American author, but the first Southern writer too.</p><p><em>Commentaries here on WHQR.org don't necessarily reflect the views of WHQR Public Radio, its editorial staff, or its members.&nbsp;</em></p><p> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:29:27 +0000 Nan Graham 35333 at http://whqr.org Accidental Southerner: Edgar Allan Poe http://whqr.org/post/taxing-experience <p></p><p>The old adage suggests if you want a job done right, you have to do it yourself. But, there are other ways to get the same result. Commentator Philip Gerard's father found if you can make someone else do the job, over and over again, even perfection is a possibility.&nbsp;</p><p><em>Commentaries here on WHQR.org don't necessarily reflect the views of WHQR Public Radio, its editorial staff, or its members.&nbsp;</em></p><p> Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:00:00 +0000 Philip Gerard 34917 at http://whqr.org A Taxing Experience http://whqr.org/post/water-precious-resource-0 <p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">We turn on taps and it appears, jump into sparkling pools and it catches us. Too little can dry us into husks and too much can drown us. Water--life on Earth simply would not be without it, yet Commentator Andy Wood suggests we think too little of one of our most precious resources. In this commentary, he helps us get more familiar with that essential liquid and challenges us to learn more.&nbsp;</span></p><p><em>Commentaries here on WHQR.org don't necessarily reflect the views of&nbsp;WHQR&nbsp;Public Radio, its editorial staff, or its members.</em></p><p> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:00:22 +0000 Andy Wood 34919 at http://whqr.org Water—A Precious Resource http://whqr.org/post/best-sandwich-world <p></p><p>As the coordinator of the Bachelor of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing at UNCW, Tim Bass constantly has the unexpected thrown his way. But there is one constant he can look forward to every afternoon. Today, as our featured community commentator, he shares his favorite lunch with us, with a special visit from The King of Rock and Roll himself.&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Do you have a story or idea you just have to share? Find out how you can become a&nbsp;</span><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 22px;"><a href="http://www.whqr.org/communitycommentary" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(12, 76, 162);">community commentator.</a></strong></p><p><em>Commentaries here on WHQR.org don't necessarily reflect the views of WHQR Public Radio, its editorial staff, or its members.&nbsp;</em></p><p> Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:00:00 +0000 asiabrown 34626 at http://whqr.org The Best Sandwich in the World