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Europol and partners shut down 13 terrorist websites.  A data breach at the LA County Department of Public Health affects over two hundred thousand. The Take It Down act targets deepfake porn. The Five Eyes alliance update their strategies to protect critical infrastructure. VMware has disclosed two critical-rated vulnerabilities in vCenter Server. The alleged heads of the "Empire Market" dark web marketplace are charged in Chicago federal court. A new malware campaign tricks users into running malicious PowerShell “fixes.”Researchers thwart Memory Tagging Extensions in Arm chips. A major e-learning platform discloses a breach. On our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Guy Guzner, CEO and Co-Founder of Savvy to discuss "Reimagining app and identity security for SaaS." Clearview AI offers plaintiffs a piece of the pie.  Our 2024 N2K CyberWire Audience Survey is underway, make your voice heard and get in the running for a $100 Amazon gift card. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest On our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Guy Guzner, CEO and Co-Founder of Savvy to discuss "Reimagining app and identity security for SaaS." Selected Reading Europol Taken Down 13 Websites Linked to Terrorist Operations (GB Hackers) Los Angeles Public Health Department Discloses Large Data Breach (Infosecurity Magazine) New AI deepfake porn bill would require big tech to police and remove images (CNBC) Five Eyes' Critical 5 nations focus on adapting to evolving cyber threats to boost critical infrastructure security, resilience (Industrial Cyber) VMware by Broadcom warns of critical vCenter flaws (The Register) Empire Market owners charged for enabling $430M in dark web transactions (Bleeping Computer) From Clipboard to Compromise: A PowerShell Self-Pwn (Proofpoint US) Arm Memory Tag Extensions broken by speculative execution (The Register) Star ed-tech company discloses data breach (Cybernews) Clearview AI Is So Broke It's Now Offering Lawsuits Plaintiffs A Cut Of Its Extremely Dubious Future Fortunes (Techdirt) Share your feedback. We want to ensure that you are getting the most out of the podcast. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey as we continually work to improve the show.  Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at cyberwire@n2k.com to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We conclude the Jim's Journey series with guest Will Pfeifer. Jim and Will discuss the music they listened to while in their first real jobs, at the Rockford (Ill.) Register Star newspaper. Episode editor: Jim Lenahan Become a Rockin' the Suburbs patron - support the show and get bonus content - at Patreon.com/suburbspod Subscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends. Visit our website at SuburbsPod.com Email Jim & Patrick at rock@suburbspod.com Follow us on the Twitter, Facebook or Instagram @suburbspod If you're glad or sad or high, call the Suburban Party Line — 612-440-1984. Theme music: "Ascension," originally by Quartjar, covered by Frank Muffin. Visit quartjar.bandcamp.com and frankmuffin.bandcamp.com (c) Artie S. Industries LLC

It's Black Friday. Shoppers were cued up before sunrise outside some chain stores in Rockford to take part in discounts and deals on their favorite items.  Here's the Almonasi family walking out of the GameStop with two new PlayStation 5 game consoles. Register Star reporter Shaquil Manigault has more on this story, on our website at www.rrstar.com. Produced by Scott P. Yates / Rockford Register Star See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Black Friday. Shoppers were cued up before sunrise outside some chain stores in Rockford to take part in discounts and deals on their favorite items.  Here's the Almonasi family walking out of the GameStop with two new PlayStation 5 game consoles. Register Star reporter Shaquil Manigault has more on this story, on our website at www.rrstar.com. Produced by Scott P. Yates / Rockford Register Star See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As some of the area’s top extreme sports’ organizations begin to reopen following the lengthy layoff due to the coronavirus pandemic, Chicagoland Skydiving Center’s chief instructor, and the safety and training advisor, Chris Rea joins sports reporter Jay Taft on the Register Star’s weekly sports podcast “Not Just a Game.” Rea has more than 10,000 jumps in his life and has been with CSC since before it moved to Rochelle. But he had never lived through anything like what they’ve had to deal with the past couple of months during the pandemic and subsequent stay-at-home orders. “Not Just a Game” can be found at rrstar.com/sports. Or you can get the latest episode by subscribing for free to “From the Newsroom: Rockford Register Star” wherever you listen to podcasts. Host: Jay Taft: jtaft@rrstar.com; @JayTaft Editor, producer: Multimedia journalist Scott P. Yates.

As some of the area’s top extreme sports’ organizations begin to reopen following the lengthy layoff due to the coronavirus pandemic, Chicagoland Skydiving Center’s chief instructor, and the safety and training advisor, Chris Rea joins sports reporter Jay Taft on the Register Star’s weekly sports podcast “Not Just a Game.” Rea has more than 10,000 jumps in his life and has been with CSC since before it moved to Rochelle. But he had never lived through anything like what they’ve had to deal with the past couple of months during the pandemic and subsequent stay-at-home orders. “Not Just a Game” can be found at rrstar.com/sports. Or you can get the latest episode by subscribing for free to “From the Newsroom: Rockford Register Star” wherever you listen to podcasts. Host: Jay Taft: jtaft@rrstar.com; @JayTaft Editor, producer: Multimedia journalist Scott P. Yates.

This week's episode of "Not Just A Game" host and Register Star sports reporter Jay Taft speaks with Laura Gibbs-Green, communications manager for Rockford Park District. Gibbs-Green tells Taft that the RPD is following and supporting guidelines and recommendations made by the Center for Disease Control, Illinois Department of Public Health, State of Illinois, along with Winnebago County Health Department, and will continue to do so until this health emergency subsides. Gibbs-Green highlights some of the ways residents may remain active using some new outreach efforts by the park district. For more information on this story and more from the newsroom of the Rockford Register Star, go online at www.rrstar.com and subscribe to "From the Newsroom: Rockford Register Star" wherever you find your podcasts. Host: Jay Taft, Rockford Register Star sports reporter; jtaft@rrstar.com Produced and edited: Scott P. Yates, Rockford Register Star multimedia journalist; syates@rrstar.com

This week's episode of "Not Just A Game" host and Register Star sports reporter Jay Taft speaks with Laura Gibbs-Green, communications manager for Rockford Park District. Gibbs-Green tells Taft that the RPD is following and supporting guidelines and recommendations made by the Center for Disease Control, Illinois Department of Public Health, State of Illinois, along with Winnebago County Health Department, and will continue to do so until this health emergency subsides. Gibbs-Green highlights some of the ways residents may remain active using some new outreach efforts by the park district. For more information on this story and more from the newsroom of the Rockford Register Star, go online at www.rrstar.com and subscribe to "From the Newsroom: Rockford Register Star" wherever you find your podcasts. Host: Jay Taft, Rockford Register Star sports reporter; jtaft@rrstar.com Produced and edited: Scott P. Yates, Rockford Register Star multimedia journalist; syates@rrstar.com

This week’s installment of the Rockford Register Star’s weekly sports podcast “Not Just a Game,” hosted by sports writer Jay Taft, spotlights Illinois State head football coach Brock Spack, a former Rockford football star in his own right, and James Robinson’s former head coach. Robinson, a star running back at Lutheran and then ISU, wasn’t drafted during last week’s NFL draft, but he was quickly signed to a free-agent contract by the Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday night. Spack gives his thoughts on that whole process, as well as what to expect from the ISU Redbirds football team. He also gives some insight on what it’s like to be the coach of a college football program during a pandemic. For more information about this story and more sports and news from the Rockford Register Star, go online at www.rrstar.com. Hosted by Register Star sports reporter Jay Taft. Produced and edited by Register Star multimedia journalist Scott P. Yates.

This week’s installment of the Rockford Register Star’s weekly sports podcast “Not Just a Game,” hosted by sports writer Jay Taft, spotlights Illinois State head football coach Brock Spack, a former Rockford football star in his own right, and James Robinson’s former head coach. Robinson, a star running back at Lutheran and then ISU, wasn’t drafted during last week’s NFL draft, but he was quickly signed to a free-agent contract by the Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday night. Spack gives his thoughts on that whole process, as well as what to expect from the ISU Redbirds football team. He also gives some insight on what it’s like to be the coach of a college football program during a pandemic. For more information about this story and more sports and news from the Rockford Register Star, go online at www.rrstar.com. Hosted by Register Star sports reporter Jay Taft. Produced and edited by Register Star multimedia journalist Scott P. Yates.

Scott Yates and Shaquil Manigault, journalists from the Rockford Register Star, talked to first time voters who are 18-years-old or will be 18 by the time of the primary election to gauge their involvement and see what issues matter most to them. A student's lunch hour is usually the time where they can get away from the classrooms for a few moments in their day. However this day, students filled into a government teachers classroom one after another to share why they want to make their voices heard at the ballot for the first time. Before these students make their voices heard at the polls, The Register Star wanted to talk to students first to find out what issues were of importance to them. Voting laws have changed to allow 17-year-olds to vote on March 17 if they will be 18 by the Nov. 3 general election. According to the most recent population data provided by the Region 1 Planning Council, in 2010, they were 8,499 17 and 18-year-olds which made up 2.9% of Winnebago County's total population. Students were clear on what they were looking for candidates to address. We spoke to students from three different schools and issues such as gun control, the cost of college tuition and healthcare were a running theme among most of the students that we spoke to. These are the voices of first time eligible voters in the community.

This year, you’re the boss at the ballot box. We’re listening as you share what issues are important to you and what you want candidates to know about your community. As the Illinois primary election draws closer, college students are preparing to cast their votes. Some for the first time. As part of our series, we asked several Northern Illinois University voters at campus voter registration events about their most important issues in the election, and what questions they would ask candidates and current officeholders directly if they had the chance. WNIJ reporter Chase Cavanaugh found out what they had to say. You’ll hear these voices of students at Northern Illinois University talking about issues important to them during the 2020 election year: Salvador Meza of Chicago, an electrical and computer engineering major; Alexandra Shuman of Lake Zurich, a psychology major; Daliha Oroczo of Elgin, a history major; Jeremy Jordan of Waukegan, a law major; Aquina Estes of Chicago Heights, an undecided major; Luke Carlson of Rockford, a law major. “You’re the Boss: A Citizens’ Agenda for Campaign 2020” is an occasional series of stories about what issues are important to you and what you want candidates to know about your community. The project is a collaboration of the newspapers of the USA Today Network, including the Register Star, and the radio stations of Illinois Public Media. In the Rockford region, that means WNIJ-89.5 FM. The Solutions Journalism Network is providing financial support for the project. The episode’s theme music is called “Funk Game Loop” by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com and filmmusic.io. And is used under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 licence. For more “From the Newsroom of the Rockford Register Star,” go online at www.rrstar.com. More online You’re the Boss: A Citizens’ Agenda for Campaign 2020: https://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20200222/executive-editors-view-citizens-agenda-what-do-you-want-to-hear-from-candidates The newspapers of the USA Today Network: The Rockford Register Star: https://www.rrstar.com/ The Journal Star: https://www.pjstar.com/ The State Journal-Register: https://www.sj-r.com/ The radio stations of Illinois Public Media: https://will.illinois.edu/ WNIJ-89.5 FM: https://www.northernpublicradio.org/ The Solutions Journalism Network: https://www.solutionsjournalism.org/

“You’re the Boss: A Citizens’ Agenda for Campaign 2020.” This year, you’re the boss at the ballot box. This year, we’re listening as you share what issues are important to you and what you want candidates to know about your community. We’re calling this ongoing project: “You’re the Boss: A Citizens’ Agenda for Campaign 2020.”  The effort is a collaboration of the newspapers of the USA Today Network, including the Register Star, along with the radio stations of Illinois Public Media. In the Rockford region, that means WNIJ-89.5 FM. The Solutions Journalism Network is providing financial support for the project. Today, many college students are joining the electoral process as the 2020 elections approach. WNIJ reporter Chase Cavanaugh has more on how a northern Illinois community college both registers and educates new voters. The episode’s theme music is called “Funk Game Loop” by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com and filmmusic.io. And is used under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 licence. For more “From the Newsroom of the Rockford Register Star,” go online at www.rrstar.com.

We get to listen in on a full meeting of the Register Star Editorial Board. It’s Saturday, February 8, 2020. The board has begun its considerations of who to endorse in the race for Winnebago County Board Chairman in the Republican primary contest to be held on March 17th. On Friday, the board met with candidate Jim Webster, which we hear in this episode. On Monday, the board met with candidate Joe Chiarelli. That podcast is already in your feed. This show was made possible by the journalism of the Rockford Register Star. The episode’s theme music is called “Funk Game Loop” by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com and filmmusic.io. And is used under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 licence. For more “From the Newsroom of the Rockford Register Star,” go online at www.rrstar.com.

We get to listen in on a full meeting of the Register Star Editorial Board. It’s Friday, February 7th. The board has begun its considerations of who to endorse in the race for Winnebago County Board Chairman in the Republican primary contest to be held on March 17th. On Monday, February 3, 2020, the board met with candidate Joe Chiarelli. Today, the board is meeting with candidate Jim Webster. That podcast will air on Saturday. This show was made possible through the journalism of the Rockford Register Star. The episode’s theme music is called “Funk Game Loop” by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com and filmmusic.io. And is used under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 licence. For more “From the Newsroom of the Rockford Register Star,” go online at www.rrstar.com.

Reporter Shaquil Manigault shares insight behind his recent story for the Register Star about Rockford native Juan Antonio, who stars in BET Plus' first original film. Read the full story here: https://www.rrstar.com/news/20200114/rockford-native-stars-in-bet-original-movie Shaquil Manigault; 815-987-1344; smanigault@rrstar.com; @RstarShaquil Scott P. Yates; syates@rrstar.com; @scottpyates

Sierra Goddard’s latest challenge as an actress is to portray a man in the 1800s. Goddard, 23, of Freeport, is the latest guest on the Register Star’s “Meet the Artist” podcast where we meet the artists who make our community a more beautiful place.  During the podcast discussion, Goddard explains how she gets into character as Powell, the lead protagonist in the West Side Show Room’s newest stage production of “Men On Boats” - a production written by Jacklyn Backhaus and directed by Rockford’s own Mike Werckle. In real life, John Wesley Powell led the first government-sanctioned expedition through the Grand Canyon, called the Powell Geographic Expedition in the 1860s. It was a 3-month river paddle down the Green and Colorado Rivers. In the play, the all-female cast helps to highlight the ridiculousness of male bravado and questions male values. Hilarity and tragedy ensues. Goddard attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles and in New York City. She tells the story of how she ended up living in Freeport to attend Highland Community and Kishwuakee Colleges. 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; syates@rrstar.com; @scottpyates Sierra Goddard: https://www.backstage.com/u/sierragoddard/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9919314/  Instagram: @thewritersierra West Side Show Room: www.thewssr.org Music: The episode’s theme music was recorded live during the “Men on Boats” performance at the West Side Show Room in Rockford on November 21, and replayed here with the director’s permission.

The artist known as Buddah Barrios grew up on the city’s south side and became known for his style of urban boudoir and street photography and for producing art shows. Buddah is the latest guest on the Register Star’s “Meet the Artist” podcast where we meet the artists who make our community a more beautiful place.  Buddah’s photography subjects are more often Latinas and women of color. He’s equally comfortable working with natural light outside city buildings as he is shooting in the privacy of a bedroom or an empty living room. One of Buddah’s early artistic influences was his grandmother’s cooking for family meals. Later, Buddah drew inspiration from his older brother’s custom painting on cars. The latter influenced Buddah’s curation of local art shows in which he included colorful low riders and custom motorcycles as well as two dimensional art works in the gallery. Buddah’s latest project was the Dia de los Muertos Art Gallery, which took over an unused floor of a south side building on November 9th. 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; syates@rrstar.com; @scottpyates Buddah Barrios Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/b_easy_photos89/ Dia De Los Muertos Art Gallery: https://www.facebook.com/DayoftheDead815/ Music: Music from https://filmmusic.io "Sancho Panza gets a Latte" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Tom Asher’s wood craftsmanship is as beautiful as it is intricate. Asher is the latest guest on “Meet the Artist,” the podcast from the Register Star newsroom where we meet the artist who makes our community a more beautiful place. Tom, a Rockford native since the mid-1980s, is retired from working as a trumpet player in orchestras in Nicaragua, Mexico and various cities in the United States, including the Rockford Symphony Orchestra. He’s turned his professional music career and his love of violins into a second career of making and repairing instruments, furniture, trinket boxes and other objects. When Tom is not in his basement workshop, he’s probably out riding his bicycle through the midwest countryside. In this podcast episode Tom shares many stories, including one about leaving a beloved music job in Nicaragua just as the Sandinistas overthrew the government in the midst of the Nicaragua Revolution in the late 1970s. 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; syates@rrstar.com; @scottpyates Tom Asher: http://woodenbackroads.com Jamin VanderHeyden: https://www.dangerousdecorations.com/ Music: Music from https://filmmusic.io "Spy Groove" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Aaron Bolden, 39, a long-time Rockford resident, is a world-traveling opera singer and stage performer who most recently sang the national anthem for the 2019 North American Olympic Table Tennis Trials in Rockford. Bolden is the latest guest on “Meet the Artist,” the podcast from the Register Star newsroom where we meet the artist who makes our community a more beautiful place. Bolden is a professional opera singer with a dramatic baritone voice. He is a music educator at Cherry Valley Elementary School. Whether he’s teaching in a classroom or singing, Bolden said music is a powerful medium. “It can take people in so many different directions and places. I get to wake up everyday and know that I’m making an impact on somebody’s life and do something that’s bigger than myself.” Bolden was born in Milwaukee, and spent his youth in Waterloo, Iowa, and his adolescence in Holt, Michigan.  In the podcast discussion, Bolden explains how he has used his personal experiences as a child, as a college student, and as his believer in God, enhances his portrayals of characters on the stage. 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; syates@rrstar.com; @scottpyates Performing in “The Magic Flute” in Tulum, Mexico in June 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itkeUtD9n8k Pascagoula: A Premiere Folk Opera: https://www.pascagoulafolkopera.com/ Peoria Players brings back ‘Ragtime’ https://www.pjstar.com/article/20140830/ENTERTAINMENT/140839947 Music: Music from https://filmmusic.io "Dirt Rhodes" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Jacob Polhill is the latest guest on “Meet the Artist,” the podcast from the Register Star newsroom where we meet the artist who makes our community a more beautiful place. Polhill, 23, is a Rockford native and Harlem High School graduate. He is currently living on the West side of Chicago while studying industrial design at University Illinois-Chicago. Polhill opened his most recent solo exhibit on Friday, Oct. 4, called “Out of the Box” at J. R. Kortman Center for Design & Kortman Gallery located on North Main Street in Rockford. The show runs through November 16th.  Polhill’s work puts on public display the dysfunction and grace that inhabits the human mind. Polhill’s work commonly features a bubbly, humanoid figure in twisted postures that he calls “Lil Doody” who is painted onto clean, bold backgrounds. The figure is often meant to mirror Polhill’s own mental state.  Another motif of his work creates a dialogue about bucking expectations. These designs are luxurious, psychedelic memes of repeating lines of text that form a color-shifting snake squirming in mid-air. A recent illustration says, "Sometimes the things that make us feel full and comfortable in the moment are the things that hold us back." His artistic voice draws from rock concert advertisements from the 70s and 80s, Cubism, and an animated style made famous by Disney and Nickelodeon. 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; syates@rrstar.com; @scottpyates Jacob Polhill: IG @jacob_polhill https://www.jacobpolhill.com “Out of the Box” exhibit: Call 815-968-0123 or visit www.jrkortman.com. Rockford Area Arts Council: www.artsforeveryone.com  2019 Fall ArtScene: www.fallartscene.com Shout Outs: Nate Barksdale: https://www.instagram.com/natebarksdale_/ Kaws: https://www.instagram.com/kaws/ Hebru Brantley: https://www.hebrubrantley.com/ Chris Crack: https://chriscrack.bandcamp.com/ Javier Jimenez: https://bit.ly/2VbYmO7  Balta Ramirez: https://bit.ly/30Hqw4A Vic Rivera: https://bit.ly/35akxbN Music: From https://filmmusic.io "Too Cool" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Breanda Elise Fedie is the latest guests on “Meet the Artist,” the podcast from Register Star newsroom where we meet the artist who makes our community a more beautiful place. Fedie is a Rockford-based photographer and illustrator whose work explores the human psyche through dreamscapes illustrated with soft focus portraits or abstract designs. She shows her work often with other members of the Fringe Art Syndicate. Of her work she writes, “I appreciate the ability to capture my friends, family, and ideas. Seeing life through a lens has allowed me to focus (literally) on the brighter things in life. It teaches me constantly to appreciate my surroundings and others.” Fedie is currently working on exploring the human psyche through a series of images based on the Enneagram, which is a model for describing nine interconnected personality types. Recently she released a series of images for use as mobile phone wallpaper. They are available to download for free on her website. Fedie discusses her earliest artistic memories, other local artists she’s excited about now, and the creative power of a walk in the woods with friends. 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; syates@rrstar.com; @scottpyates Breanda Elise Fedie: https://www.gzhel.co Instagram: @gzhel https://www.instagram.com/gzhel/ Shout Out: Film director Summer Wagner’s “James Paul Sklena - Fool's Gold (Official Video)” https://youtu.be/V1W5OkbYdcU Music From https://filmmusic.io "Deliberate Thought" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Carrie Johnson is the latest guest on “Meet the Artist,” the podcast from Register Star newsroom where we meet the artist who makes our community a more beautiful place. Johnson is the interim executive director and chief curator of the Rockford Art Museum, a post she’s held since 2012. She started working there in 2006. Johnson is a graduate of Guilford High School where she was into theater and music, which flavor her curatorial style to this day. She’s proud of the collaborative spirit she finds within the Rockford art scene. She credits the city's artistic work ethic for the city’s rise out of the shadow of Chicago. In this episode, we’ll talk about Johnson’s new personal art studio at Mainfraim, her unique velvet flock/painting technique, her lesser known singing talent, and her ideas to foster the growth of community art in Rockford. Rockford Art Museum is integral in the production of the annual Greenwich Village Art Fair, which kicks off on September 14 and 15. 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; syates@rrstar.com; @scottpyates Carrie Johnson: cjohnson@rockfordartmuseum.org Rockford Art Museum: www.rockfordartmuseum.org RAM Instagram: @rockfordart Greenwich Village Art Fair: https://rockfordartmuseum.org/greenwich-home Music The episode’s theme music is a cover of “Telephone Line” by Electric Light Orchestra and performed by Carrie Johnson and Rick Zillhart in 2016.

Rachel Ford and Jim Yeager are the latest guests on “Meet the Artist,” the podcast from Register Star newsroom where we meet the artists who make our community a more beautiful place. Ford and Yeager appear in the upcoming play “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead.” The play is about a boy struggling through teenage angst and questioning the existence of an afterlife following the death of his dog. It opens at The Nordlof Center on September 13. Ford is a graduate of North Park University where she earned a degree in creative writing in theater and performance studies. She has several local stage and ensemble credits to her name. On the podcast, she discusses a number of topics together, like how thinking of death makes us appreciate life, and she talks about her little dog, too. Yeager is a teacher of mass communications at Highland Community College. And although he helps students with their film productions, he hasn’t performed on stage in over 20 years. That all changes this month. 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; syates@rrstar.com; @scottpyates “Dog Sees God:” https://thornintheside.weebly.com/ Instagram: @titsproductions Rachel Ford IG: @rachel_m_ford Music From https://filmmusic.io "Breaktime" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Photo Photo artwork courtesy of Molly Baker Bowen

Evangelina Jimenez is the latest guest on “Meet the Artist,” the podcast from Register Star newsroom where we meet the artist who makes our community a more beautiful place. Jimenez is an acrylic painter and owner of Indigo Nail Lounge, where she makes and paints intricate fingernails. She hosts paint and sip events at 317 Art Collective on Market Street, and she assembles Zodiac-themed jewelry. Jimenez uses her canvas and bright colors to paint the power of feminine energy. Social justice advocacy and feminism are strong threads throughout her art and business projects. One big project we discuss in the podcast is her idea of a future women's coworking center in downtown Rockford. Listen to the podcast online at rrstar.com, and subscribe to "From the Newsroom: Rockford Register Star" wherever you find your podcasts. Scott P. Yates; 815-987-1348; syates@rrstar.com; @scottpyates More information Rockford Register Star: www.rrstar.com Host: Scott P. Yates; 815-987-1348; syates@rrstar.com; @scottpyates Evangelina Jimenez on Instagram: @indigobaby.rkfd https://www.instagram.com/indigobaby.rkfd/ and @indigo.naillounge https://www.instagram.com/indigo.naillounge/  Shout Outs Shaniqwa Porter https://omny.fm/shows/from-the-newsroom-rockford-register-star/meet-the-artist-shaniqwa-porter  Vic Rivera https://omny.fm/shows/from-the-newsroom-rockford-register-star/meet-the-artist-victor-rivera  Jessica Alvarez @pequenapixie https://www.instagram.com/pequenapixie/  Daisy Avila: @dalien94 https://www.instagram.com/dalien94/  Jorge Martinez @jorgemarzar66 https://www.instagram.com/jorgemarzar66/ Laura Gomel: https://omny.fm/shows/from-the-newsroom-rockford-register-star/meet-the-artist-laura-gomel Jenny Mathews: https://omny.fm/shows/from-the-newsroom-rockford-register-star/meet-the-artist-jenny-mathews  Music Music from https://filmmusic.io "Verano Sensual" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

DJ and event producer Balta Ramirez is the latest guest on “Meet the Artist,” the podcast from Register Star newsroom where we meet the artists who make our community a more beautiful place. Ramirez is a first generation American from Mexican parents from Chijuajua, Mexico. He was born in Chicago, but has lived here since fifth grade when his mother moved here to be closer to family. In 2012, Ramirez graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a degree in psychology and art history. He is the first in his family with a college degree. In his day job, Balta is a family support specialist for Rockford’s Head Start Services, where he helps young families in need. His coping mechanism from this daily stress is his music and event production projects. His ultimate goal is to combine his education and his artistic skills to create his own practice as an art therapist. 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; syates@rrstar.com; @scottpyates Balta Ramirez on Instagram: @rkfdcollection @balta.ramirez Music: "Sunday Morning Vibes 8.17” by Balta Ramirez

Printmaker Sarah Reed-McNamara is the latest guest on “Meet the Artist,” the podcast from Register Star newsroom where we meet the artist who makes our community a more beautiful place. Sarah operates SRMprints and recently established a collaborative maker space called GEM: Gather, Engage, Make, on State Street in downtown. She makes scarves, tea towels, table runners, and block prints with bold colors and tessellating designs. Sarah moved to Rockford at age 17, and her early favorite memories here were with her dad checking out the CDs, show posters and books at Media Play, an entertainment shop on the east side. She went on to earn an art history degree from Rockford University, where she studied and drew inspiration from the Mexican artists from the early- to mid-1900s who formed the collective called Taller de Grafica Popular. The diverse collection of men and women produced work to advance revolutionary and progressive causes which influence Sarah’s work today. For the next year, Sarah will be Rockford Art Museum’s artist-in-residence, hosting printmaking workshops for young students.  Sarah is a mother of two small children. And she happens to be married to one of Rockford’s most well-known figures, Mayor Tom McNamara.  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; syates@rrstar.com; @scottpyates SRMprints: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SRMprints Instagram: @srmprints GEM: Gather, Engage, Make https://www.instagram.com/gem_gather.engage.make/ Rockford Art Museum https://rockfordartmuseum.org Music From https://filmmusic.io "Cold Funk" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Here’s our inaugural podcast episode where Register Star journalists share stories they are excited about. This week, multimedia journalist Scott P. Yates interviews education and social issues reporter Corina Curry. The stories we discuss this week are: Changes to Rockford Public Schools busing system kick in this fall (https://www.rrstar.com/news/20190801/thousands-of-rockford-students-headed-for-shorter-bus-rides) Fate of Rockford west side school hangs in balance (https://www.rrstar.com/news/20190731/fate-of-rockford-west-side-school-hangs-in-balance) Rockford prepares to open $17.7 million school (https://www.rrstar.com/news/20190801/rockford-prepares-to-open-177-million-school) 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; syates@rrstar.com; @scottpyates Music Music from https://filmmusic.io "The Path of the Goblin King v2" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Shaniqwa Porter is this week's guest on "Meet the Artist." Porter's use of bright primary colors, screams for your attention and her dripping pastels and earth tones, keep you engaged with the canvas. Porter, born and raised in Rockford, is inspired by female empowerment and dedicated to self-love and self-reflection. She is an only child of a single mother. She drew early inspirations from her mom, aunt and grandmother. She dabbled in early works doodling on papers and bedazzling kids’ shoes. “I just paint from my experience and what I come from and how I view the world, which is from a black woman’s standpoint,” Porter said. Porter began painting two years ago during a period of depression. She turned on some music one night and painted the figure of a woman. Her work is mostly bold portraits of strong and proud figures. Her body of work brings to mind the surrealism of Salvador Dali, the female strength and inner struggles of Frida Kahlo, and the pop portraiture of Kehinde Wiley. Porter’s previous shows include the Vibe Life Expo at Rivets Stadium in Loves Park in May 2019. Shaniqwa visited the Register Star newsroom two weeks ago for this podcast. More information Rockford Register Star: www.rrstar.com Host and producer: Scott P. Yates; 815-987-1348; syates@rrstar.com; @scottpyates Shaniqwa Porter on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmesalsa Background music: From https://filmmusic.io: "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

The Rockford hip-hop collective known as the Derelict Dynasty Corps. practices the sub-genre of hip-hop known as backpack hip-hop, in which its members are ready at a moment’s notice for a public performance by carrying all they need in their backpacks. Three local members, Chris Sweeney, the artist known as Chris Geebus, his son Kain Sweeney, known as Kain the Able, and Justin Whitworth, the artist known as Jay Church, visited the Register Star newsroom last week to share their story. Chris is the illustrator of the portrait sketch series depicting local notables. He shares the creation story of Derelict Dynasty Corps. Its members initially struggled to find public venues in which to perform in Rockford. We hear how that changed as the group worked to improve the negative stereotype of hip-hop artists. We get an exclusive first-listen to not one, but two previously unreleased songs: one by Kain The Able and another by Jay Church. 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; syates@rrstar.com; @scottpyates Derelict Dynasty Corps.: Email: dynastycorps1@gmail.com Instagram: @domddc815 @jaychurchddc @chrisgeebus1 @kaintheable @michaelmiccheck @IQtrackteam @stonetheunknown Music: “Something (Produced by Black King Pin)” By Jay Church “Kain Kong (produced by Party Hat)” By Kain the Able, on his album “Music Is Me.” Expected release date is June 2019. “All Night (produced by Roe Royal)” By Jay Church, on his album called “Ready.” Expected release date is Fall 2019.

Doc Slafkosky, co-owner and operator of J. R. Kortman Center for Design and The Kortman Gallery, is the latest guest on the Register Star's "Meet the Artist" podcast. Slafkosky and co-owner Jerry Kortman opened the shop on North Main Street in downtown Rockford in November of 1986. Kortman focuses mainly on the day-to-day operations of the shop. Slafkosky travels frequently to international destinations. He uses the trips to find objects for the store and artists for the gallery. To this day, the shop offers decorations and home gadgets of Rockford memorabilia and other objects with an international flair. Slafkosky has witnessed a generation of creatives transform the city, and come through the Kortman Gallery located on the second floor of the shop. “If we want to keep Rockford vibrant, its through the arts and culture that you do that,” he said. “I think for the longest time we didn’t understand that. I still think a lot of our civic leaders don’t get that either. I think they think it’s about taxes and about potholes and those kinds of things. Infrastructure and all that is very important, but that’s not the only thing.” His passion for the arts and for Rockford comes through in his storytelling. Slafkosky was kind enough to visit the Register Star newsroom for this podcast right after a trip to Rome. More information Rockford Register Star: www.rrstar.com Host: Scott P. Yates; 815-987-1348; syates@rrstar.com; @scottpyates J.R. Kortman Center for Design and The Kortman Gallery: Open: Tuesday - Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Telephone: 815-968-0123. Online: http://jrkortman.com/ Music: "Universal" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Steve Nofsinger is the latest guest on the “Meet the Artist” podcast from the Register Star. Nofsinger, 33, is a life-long Rockfordian. He’s a painter, a fabricator, a musician, and a 3D print maker. Let’s just call him a maker of all the things. He shows his work under the moniker of “Karate Horse.” In this podcast episode, Nofsinger explains how he embraces failure on the path to creative breakthroughs. His upcoming solo art show is called “The Power of Failure Compels You.” It opens at The Kortman Gallery at 107 North Main Street in Rockford on July 12th. Nofsinger visited multimedia journalist and “Meet the Artist” host, Scott P. Yates, at the Register Star newsroom last week for one of the more animated conversations of this show. They spontaneously break into a battle for the best impersonation of Randy “Macho Man” Savage. We apologise to any of our audience members who are wrestling fans. ___ More information Host: Scott P. Yates; 815-987-1348; syates@rrstar.com; @scottpyates RRSTAR Story: “Creative experiences for almost any palette” https://www.rrstar.com/news/20180908/creative-experiences-for-almost-any-palette Steve Nofsinger on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karate_horse/ Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Karatehorse Music: “I’m In A Dream Flying Above A Misty Bamboo Forest” by Steve Nofsinger

Hip-hop artist Victor Rivera of Rockford, Illinois, is the latest guest on the “From the Newsroom” podcast. Rivera is a teacher, an influencer and a leader of a group of breakdancers, known as B-Boys and B-Girls in the hip-hop universe. He’s keeping that dance style, mostly associated with 80s and 90s hip-hop, alive in future generations with events and gatherings throughout the city. Rivera’s father immigrated as a teenager from Mexico to Rockford, eventually raising three sons here as first generation Mexican-Americans. Rivera attended Jefferson High School in Rockford. He has a degree in sound technology and music business from Madison Media in Wisconsin. Register Star multimedia journalist Scott P. Yates interviews Rivera about those topics and more in the latest podcast episode. Listen to the podcast online at www.rrstar.com, and subscribe to "From the Newsroom: Rockford Register Star" wherever you find your podcasts. More information Hosted by Scott P. Yates/Rockford Register Star; 815-987-1348; syates@rrstar.com; @scottpyates RRSTAR story: Local breakdancing scene thrives decades later, new documentary highlights Rockford’s history https://www.rrstar.com/news/20180810/local-breakdancing-scene-thrives-decades-later-new-documentary-highlights-rockfords-history Victor Rivera’s social media: https://www.instagram.com/vicmonsta/ https://www.facebook.com/vic.monsta Music credits: “Never too late” by Victor Rivera More people to know: Evangelina Jimenez (member: 317 Art Collective) https://www.instagram.com/laindigobaby/ https://www.facebook.com/laindigobaby/ Shaniqwa Porter https://www.instagram.com/callmesalsa/ Jacob Polhill https://www.instagram.com/jacob_polhill/ www.jacobpolhill.com

The mother and daughter team of Lisa and Libbie Frost has taken on the audacious task of painting some 42 tall pillars underneath the Jefferson Street bridge as part of the city-wide Creative: Transformation Art festival. The Frosts are no strangers to the Rockford art scene. The Lisa Frost Studio has distributed Lisa’s paintings, clothing designs, and even a line of dishes internationally. Libbie Frost is graduating from Boylan Catholic High School this year. And last summer, she completed a large mural on the side of the State Street bridge at Joe Marino Park. The Frosts took a moment out of their hectic painting schedule in the middle of the mural festival to visit the Register Star newsroom to record a conversation with multimedia journalist Scott P. Yates about the art scene in Rockford. More Information: RRSTAR story: https://www.rrstar.com/news/20190423/8-murals-in-5-days-new-rockford-festival-to-inject-art-into-downtown Libbie Frost on Instagram: @frostlibbieart CRE8IV: transformational Art mural festival: https://www.gorockford.com/cre8iv/ Music: "Bummin on Tremelo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The Stillman Valley Cardinals girls soccer team beat Hinkley Big Rock,  4-0, to earn their eighth consecutive 1A regional title on Saturday in Stillman Valley. Register Star sports reporter Adam Kradle speaks with two players, Kassidi Schabacker and Maddi Doss, and head coach Erin McMaster to find out what it means to be a part of a program that’s won eight consecutive regional titles. Full story: https://www.rrstar.com/sports/20190511/stillman-valley-girls-soccer-captures-8th-straight-regional-title. Audio: Scott P. Yates/Rockford Register Star. Music: "Envision" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Howie Mandel has been making national audiences laugh for four decades as a stand-up comedian and actor and Emmy nominated TV host of “Deal or No Deal.” He is a judge on the 14th season of America’s Got Talent. Mandel is executive producer of many shows through his production company. Mandel’s versatile career has encompassed virtually all entertainment platforms, including television, film and stage. Mandel is especially health-conscious and is on a campaign to tell everyone how to live better with healthy cholesterol in a project called Take Cholesterol To Heart. He is currently touring the nation for his latest stand-up comedy show and performed on May 1st at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles. While in the Chicago area, Mandel called into the the Register Star newsroom to chat with podcast producer and host, Scott P. Yates, about all these topics and more. For more news and sports from The Rockford Register Star, go online to www.rrstar.com. Contact multimedia journalist and host Scott P. Yates; 815-987-1348; syates@rrstar.com; Twitter: @scottpyates More on Take Cholesterol to Heart; Facebook: TakeCholesterolToHeart www.TakeCholesteroltoHeart.com Howie’s Channels: Facebook: @OfficialHowieMandel Twitter: @howiemandel Instagram: @howiemandel Intro music from https://filmmusic.io: "Chill Wave" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

My guest today is Laura Gomel, co-director of 317 Art Collective in Rockford, Illinois. She grew up in Chicago’s punk rock scene in the 1980s. She met her husband overseas and eventually -- and a little reluctantly -- raised a family here in Rockford. Lucky for us, Laura Gomel is co-director with Jenny Mathews of 317 Art Collective -- an art gallery, studio space and event space located at 317 Market Street in Rockford. Together the women are the latest in a series of stewards of the arts who have lived or worked in that building over the last century. 317 Art Collective opened in early January and since then it’s 10 residents and 30 members-at-large have hosted monthly art shows and classes. On March 12, Laura Gomel joined me in the Register Star newsroom for a conversation about her early years in the Chicago punk rock scene in the 80s and what she’s doing now for Rockford’s creative community. Read More: https://www.rrstar.com/news/20190111/new-artists-continue-creative-tradition-at-317-market-st More information: Open Studio: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m., Saturdays. Phone: 815-272-0411 Email: 317artcollective@gmail.com Facebook Instagram

In this episode, Miro talks with Lauren Davis. At 25 Lauren Davis was named one of the 20 People You Should Know (2013) by her city, at 29 named one of the Faces of Tourism for her region, and at 30 one of the Register Star's "People to Watch" (2018). She's been featured talking social marketing and the travelpreneur lifestyle in the Huffington Post, Readers Digest, and several others. When she is not running her local businesses in Rockford Illinois, she is traveling the globe learning at conferences and workshops and expanding that knowledge back to serve her clients. Lauren is also the executive director of Winnebago Buy Local, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to connect local businesses together to collaborate and bring the community closer to them, creating raving fans which put together a successful Social Media Conference each year called #SocialROCK. INSTAGRAM is where people can find and connect with me! @ldaviscreative