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Dale Denwalt talks about Oklahoman involvement with space exploration, and General Tom Stafford's mission just months before Apollo 11.

Javier Jimenez is this week’s guest on “Meet the Artist,” the podcast from the newsroom of the Rockford Register Star.

Jimenez has just been named the first artist in residence of New Genres Art Space, which opened its doors on July 20th.

Jimenez is a Rockford native with a long history of illustration and screen printing here. He began his commercial printing enterprise as Saturated Threads Screenprinting. Through this work he was introduced to fellow illustrators who formed the collective known as Fatherless. Since 2010 that group, based in Rockford, has been showing their work internationally.

Jimenez is a husband, a father, a grandfather. And now he begins his newest role at New Genres Art Space.

On the podcast, listen as Javier shares his inspirations, his desire for a work-life balance, and how he’ll apply his creativity at New Genres Art Space.

Listen to the podcast online at rrstar.com, and subscribe to "From the Newsroom: Rockford Register Star" wherever you find your podcasts.

More information

Rockford Register Star: www.rrstar.com

Host: Scott P. Yates; 815-987-1348; [email protected]; @scottpyates

RRSTAR stories:

Rockford library adds new media, digital arts through partnership

Profile: Javier Jimenez

815: Creating and displaying art in the Rockford region

Charlottesville rally coverage:

https://www.progress-index.com/news/20170812/officials-white-nationalist-rally-in-charlottesville-linked-to-3-deaths

Instagram: @javier__jimenez

New Genres Art Space: https://www.newgenresartspace.com/

Fatherless: Twitter @wearefatherless, Facebook.com/wearefatherless, and Instagram @wearefatherless

Music:

From https://filmmusic.io

"Basic Implosion" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

See You In The Morning -Daily Savannah Morning News Headlines - July 22, 2019

New Live Oak Libraries Singleton brings PINES, Gwinnett County experience

Chatham County District Attorney Meg Heap named state DA of year

River Street monument addition honors Savannah's Abigail Jordan

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Music: "Not for me" by Barradeen

Listen to Lisa Thompson's Q&A with Jim Gavio, director of the Yahn Planetarium at Penn State Behrend.

Andony Melathopoulos, pollinator health extension specialist for the state of Oregon, talks about the Oregon Bee Project and its strategic plan to protect bee pollinators. And, he explains how to run a bee petting zoo. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]

The 50th World Series of Poker crowned its champion: Germany's Hossein Ensan. He played around 80 hours of poker over 11 days, and won himself not only the $10 million top prize, but a diamond encrusted gold bracelet worth more than any other sports prize out there. 

This year's tournament drew a field of 8,569, the second largest in its history. And thanks to ESPN's wall-to-wall TV coverage, every guy or gal with a TV, a deck of cards and a bank account can honestly dream they have a chance.

What do beachgoers in the Florida Panhandle think about recent water-related health concerns in the Gulf of Mexico, and were they aware of the concerns?

The City of Savannah cut the ribbon on the new Lucius “Bo” Levett Recreation Area on Savannah’s west side  Friday, July 19.

The Farmer & Adele

Becky Bowman was best friends with Katie DeCubellis and riding in the car the day of the crash in 1999. She lost her best friend and mother, Marsha Bowman, in a blink. Now, two decades later, Becky White has a son of her own and speaks regularly about the dangers of drinking and driving.