[278] ‘MTSU On the Record’ rings in ‘Year of the Dog’ with Chinese arts festival

MURFREESBORO — Murfreesboro’s inaugural Festival of Chinese Arts is the topic of the next “MTSU On the Record” radio program.

Host Gina Logue’s interview with Mei Han, director of MTSU’s Center for Chinese Music and Culture, will air from 9:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6, and from 6 to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, on WMOT-FM Roots Radio 89.5 and www.wmot.org.

The center, along with MTSU’s Confucius Institute, is co-sponsoring the two-month series of festivities at various locations, which include musical concerts, art displays, calligraphy workshops and a dragon dance. All events are free and open to the public.

“What I have had in mind (for the festival) is what is our center’s mission, which is to serve the university teaching, serve the local community and bring the best of Chinese arts to the community,” Han said.

Most of the festival takes place during the “Year of the Dog,” which begins Friday, Feb. 16, on the Chinese zodiac. For specific information on dates, times and locations of festival events, go to http://www.mtsu.edu/chinesemusic/events.php.

To hear previous “MTSU On the Record” programs, go to http://bit.ly/mtsu-otr.

For more information about the radio program, contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.