Around the Nation

_Here are some of this week's arts and culture stories from public broadcasters around the nation._ - "Did you read":http://www.ifc.com/videos/portlandia-did-you-read.php the "Think Out Loud" "post":http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/shows/carrie-brownstein-portlandia/ about the new IFC comedy "_Portlandia_":http://www.ifc.com/portlandia/? Co-star Carrie Brownstein drops by Oregon Public Radio for a chat about the show that both loves and lampoons that fair city. "[Oregon Public Radio]":http://www.opb.org/ - A Boston string quartet wants to elevate the Baroque composer Zalenka to (in their view) his rightful position among giants like Handel and Bach. Three members of the Boston Zelenka Project "explain their mission":http://radioboston.wbur.org/2011/01/18/boston-zelenka. "[WBUR]":http://radioboston.wbur.org - On tour after debuting at the Brooklyn Museum, "Who Shot Rock & Roll," a photography exhibit that documents the "bipartite" revolution of American popular music, comes to Akron to make some noise. "[Western Public Media]":www.westernreservepublicmedia.org reports:  

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  - WBEZ's Onstage/Backstage blogger "asks":http://www.wbez.org/blog/onstagebackstage/cultural-affairs-same-money-different-pots how a city budget reshuffle will affect public arts and performance programs in Chicago. "[WBEZ]":http://www.wbez.org