<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><div class=""> </div><h1 class="" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Baskerville;">P.O. Box 445, 3 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543 (508) 548-5527 </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Baskerville;"><a href="http://www.atlantic.org/" class="">www.atlantic.org</a></span></h1><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 16pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Baskerville;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 16pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Baskerville;">An Evening of Radio Storytelling in Woods Hole</span><span class="" style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Baskerville;">
</span><span class="" style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Baskerville;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 16pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Baskerville;">May 26, 2016, 7:00-9:30 pm<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;">Atlantic Public Media presents a public listening event to celebrate the creation of new audio work by nine students at this spring’s Transom Story Workshop. It will be held from 7 – 9:30 pm on Thursday, May 26th, at the Community Hall, 68 Water Street, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Admission is free. Seats fill quickly, so come early to ensure you get one.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;">Executive Director Jay Allison says, “It's always great to see the community turn out for this event –– to discover what the students have discovered, to meet the people they've met. We learn about where </span><i class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;">we</i><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;"> live through </span><i class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;">their</i><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;"> experience.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;">The students took up residence in Woods Hole in early April to learn the craft of audio storytelling.</span><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;"> </span><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;">They arrived from California and Wyoming, and various Midwestern and Eastern states –– among them is a student originally from Somalia, now a resident of Maine.</span><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;"> </span><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;">They range in age from the early 20s to 40.</span><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;"> </span><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;">Their stories are about local people and issues, and hopefully some of the subjects will be in the audience.</span><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;"> </span><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;">A question and answer period will follow each piece.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;">Workshop instructor Rob Rosenthal, “Right out of the gate this group of students found stories about a bonsai tree enthusiast in Barnstable and a perfumier in Osterville. </span><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;"> </span><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;">Just when I think we might start running out, the students discover surprising people and stories all across the Cape, Islands, and South Coast.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;">The listening event will precede a brief graduation ceremony and the public is urged to join us in applauding </span><i class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;">Transom Story Workshop’s</i><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;"> tenth graduating class.</span><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;">Public radio producer Jay Allison founded </span><a href="http://www.atlantic.org/" class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(56, 110, 255);">Atlantic Public Media</span></a><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;"> as a non-profit organization in 1993. APM founded </span><a href="http://www.capeandislands.org/" class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(56, 110, 255);">WCAI</span></a><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;">, the Public Radio Exchange (</span><a href="http://www.prx.org/" class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(56, 110, 255);">PRX</span></a><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;">), </span><a href="http://www.transom.org/" class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(56, 110, 255);">Transom.org</span></a><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;"> (the Peabody Award-winning public media website), and produces </span><a href="http://www.themoth.org/" class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;"><i class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(56, 110, 255);">The Moth Radio Hour</span></i></a><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;"> (also a Peabody winner). APM also crafted the popular NPR series, </span><a href="http://www.npr.org/thisibelieve" class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(56, 110, 255);">This I Believe</span></a><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;">, and provides programming for WCAI, including the </span><i class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;">Sonic IDs</i><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;">, </span><i class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;">Creative Life</i><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;"> and </span><i class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;">The Local Food Report</i><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;">. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;">For more information: <a href="mailto:info@atlantic.org" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(56, 110, 255);">info@atlantic.org</span></a>; Web: <a href="http://atlantic.org/" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(56, 110, 255);">atlantic.org</span></a> or <a href="http://transom.org/" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(56, 110, 255);">transom.org</span></a> –– </span><span class="" style="font-family: Baskerville;"> Photograph attached</span></p></div></body></html>