Â鶹¹û¶³ will host the nationally-syndicated radio program "Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me!" on Thursday, Feb. 28.
The 7:30 p.m. performance will be in the Wright Center Concert Hall and is sponsored by Birmingham's local National Public Radio affiliate WBHM-FM.
The Birmingham show will air locally on Saturday, March 1 at 10 a.m. and will be re-broadcast on Sunday, March 2 at 5 p.m. on WBHM 90.3-FM. This will be the first Birmingham appearance for the show.
Tickets are $25, $40 and $50 and are available by calling (205) 975-ARTS or online at www.wbhm.org.
The Chicago-based, hour-long quiz show is hosted by Peter Sagal, with announcer Carl Kasell, who also is heard regularly on NPR news programs. Scheduled panelists for the Birmingham show are humorist/author Roy Blount Jr., comedian Paula Poundstone and Boston Globe columnist Charlie Pierce, according to WBHM general manager Mike Morgan.
"WBHM is pleased to partner with Â鶹¹û¶³ to bring NPR's highly popular radio show ´Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me!' to Birmingham" said Morgan. "We greatly thank Â鶹¹û¶³ for helping us make this show happen, and we sure hope to see you there."
To learn more:
Local schedules: www.npr.org/schedule/
The show: www.npr.org/programs/waitwait