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Eastern Standard for Oct. 27th

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Math Anxiety
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Math Anxiety

It’s unusual for one person to appear twice in an edition of ES, but Whit Whitaker does just that: in his role as Director of the Lyric Theater in Lexington, and as a cast member of our latest radio play, “Three’s a Charm” by David Miller, also starring Roger Leasor and Paul Thomas. | “Math Anxiety” is explored with UK Math Education professor Jonathan Thomas in Gill Hunter’s series on education | CivicLex Director Richard Young details the job of the County Clerk for our election-season series on local offices appearing on the Nov. 8 ballot | We get details on local artists paying tribute to Dolly Parton and on a new release from the Lexington instrumental band Archipelago.

Tom Martin hosts Eastern Standard, a weekly radio magazine of interviews and stories about interesting people, places, and things happening in the Commonwealth.
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