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At the event to launch the Our Front Porch exhibit, University Events Director Bob Ebner reminisces about the legendary series (above), and some of the key players in the exhibit gather during a reception including, from left, John Sheffler, Robert Barclay, Peggy Brisbane, Dan Bracken and Ebner (below). The exhibit features Our Front Porch memorabilia such as a camera that was used to capture images of performers from around the world. Students on their way to and from class hurriedly shuffle past Clarke Historical Library. Janet Danek is standing beyond the sliding glass doors in silence. Surrounding the CMU Libraries' coordinator of exhibits are blank walls and panels of photographs that soon will decorate them. Danek is installing Our Front Porch, the newest exhibit that celebrates the culture and music this storied CMU Public Radio program provided for three decades. "Our Front Porch concert-goers and radio listeners of the past have been treated to bluegrass, folk, blues, acoustic, Celtic, Cajun and Zydeco music," Danek explains. "Now visitors of the Clarke also can enjoy the unique sounds and sites of these genres." Exhibit celebrates 30 years of Public Broadcasting program by Brianna Fitzsimons 4 4 The Our Front Porch exhibit takes viewers from the humble beginnings of concerts broadcasted live from Moore Hall's Townsend Kiva on the CMU campus to what developed into a nationally syndicated Public Radio series. "The exhibit brings out the passion that was not only in the hearts of the performers, but also in the team that made the series happen," Danek says.