Outdoors with Coggin Heeringa
Every Wednesday on Classical IPR, Coggin Heeringa takes us into the great outdoors. She is the program director and naturalist at Crossroads at Big Creek Learning Center/Nature Preserve in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. And she's taught environmental studies at the Interlochen Arts Camp since 1971.
Latest Episodes
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For climate scientists, these artworks from the Golden Age of Dutch Painting function as visual data sources of sustained climatic conditions rather than isolated events. -
Howard Hanson’s First Symphony is known as the “Nordic” for it evokes the sounds and feeling of the cold and winds of Scandinavia. -
The biblical account of Epiphany never mentions kings. It’s far more likely the Magi were astrologers. These scholars were forerunners of astronomers and mathematicians. -
Coggin wonders: What if "five golden rings" refers to roasted ring-necked pheasants? -
The morning star is striking... but it's not a star. It's the planet Venus. -
What does a sudden freeze mean for our stately pines? -
A look at Thanksgiving, Aaron Copland operas and the cosmic search for life. -
Coggin wonders: Could a moonlit stroll through the Interlochen pines have inspired a famous melody? -
November marks final winter preparations. Not endings, but quiet promises that life will continue in the spring. -
The tilt of the Earth makes day and night vary. It is also what makes life, art and civilization possible.
