As immigrant communities continue to grow across the state — and as awareness of the need for more globally minded, multilingual employees in the local economy expands — more and more districts are looking to establish immersion programs, including the OSSEO District, where they are looking to cater to their ever changing and diverse cities….   FATA ACQUOI is the educational organizer for a nonprofit affinity group, African Immigrant Services.    She joins Jearlyn to discuss who are part of these changing demographics in cities like Brooklyn Park and Osseo, and how expanding immersion programs would be beneficial.

www.www.aisfotl.org

Can an app help people who are stressed or depressed?    Alison Darcy, PhD CEO & Founder of WOEBOT thinks so....

http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-woebot-20170823-htmlstory.html

Midway Bowl is the latest long time bowling alley forced to close.    Although its to make way for a soccer stadium, bowling in general has slipped in participation....can the staple of the 50's, 60's and 70's recover?   Are places like the Nook and Memory Lanes in Minneapolis still viable, or does a bowling center have to be like the Brunswick Zone or Sky Deck Sports Bars at the Mall of America?    BILL SNOWBURGER is national Sales Manager for U.S. BOWLING Corporation...

http://murreybowling.com/2017-trends-for-bowling-centers/          http://murreybowling.com/about-us/

Jearlyn spends the hour with her son, MICHAEL BATTLE.

Those wacky Lutherans are at it again at the Plymouth Playhouse... Three actors join Jearlyn to discuss the show...GRETA GROSCH as Lois Jenson, ROBBIE MANCINA as Bella Anderson, and KIM CHAMBERS OTTO as Ginger Johnson.

http://plymouthplayhouse.com/looney-lutherans-livin-la-vida-lutheran/

Who decides who performs at many stages of the Minnesota State Fair?    NATE DUNGAN!   You know him from

his band TRAILER TRASH, so he knows his music.   

http://www.mnstatefair.org/entertainment/free_entertainment.html

Speaking of entertainment at the Fair, MARY SARAH, who's star is starting to rise in the world of country music, plays Friday and Saturday at the Leinie's BANDSHELL.   

  www.marysarah.com    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Sarah

The Twin Cities superstar singer/actress, has three consecutive Monday shows coming up at a new exciting space in the Twin Cities.

https://hennepintheatretrust.org/regina/

Jearlyn and Michael get together to discuss Monday's solar eclipse, how to converse with people that have opposing political views, and Michael's thoughts of "The Hitman's Bodyguard."

How do we start to heal the divide that has been shown lately?  Jearlyn hosts an Interfaith discussion on this with Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman, Bishop Richard D. Howell, and Imam Makrim El Amin.

What impact does a First Lady have on the POTUS?  Then, hear about the Elevate Your Network group and their upcoming networking event.

This week: A couple of guitar virtuosi (Joe "Radio" Demko and Jim Pellinger) and multi-dimensional Gaosong V. Heu.

KARA LYNUM

IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY KARA LYNUM

http://www.lynumlaw.com/

http://www.citypages.com/news/under-trumps-immigration-plan-neither-you-nor-your-ancestors-would-be-welcome-in-america/439382433

BRIAN JOHNSON

BOOKING PHOTOS….  Can they be racist?   BRIAN JOHNSON, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SOCIOLOGIST, has researched it, and joins Jearlyn…..
http://www.twincities.com/2017/07/14/rosario-even-if-justice-is-supposed-be-blind-looks-matter/

https://ccjs.umd.edu/facultyprofile/Johnson/Brian

JULIO OJEDA ZAPATA 

FACEBOOK going to VIRTUAL REALITY….how and why?   JULIO OJEDA ZAPATA, TECH WRITER FOR THE PIONEER PRESS.

http://time.com/4881487/facebook-vr-spaces-preview/?xid=homepage